Picker Art Gallery

Mission Statement

Picker Art Gallery facilitates impactful teaching and learning experiences with art through its collections, exhibitions, interpretation, and programs. By creating opportunities for critical inquiry, interdisciplinary dialogue, and creative thinking for—and in collaboration with—the Colgate community, our region, and audiences globally, the museum fosters understanding of how art intersects with people and ideas. In all our work, the museum staff strives to do our part to bring about a more just and equitable society.

Vision Statements

• Picker Art Gallery is a place for creativity, expression, exploration, experimentation, and personal growth that is highly integrated into the intellectual fabric of Colgate and is a valuable part of students’ liberal arts experience.
• Staff responsibly preserve and share a thoughtfully developed museum collection that is relevant, diverse, and responsive to enhance faculty teaching and student learning, strengthen relationships with communities, and connect with visitors.
• The museum and its collaborators—students, faculty, communities, artists, scholars, and peer museums—thrive on partnerships that produce dynamic and relevant exhibitions, programs, and research that connect them to important conversations locally, nationally, internationally, and within the museum field.
• By committing to continuous learning and improvement, the museum creates more inclusive and accessible spaces while transparently addressing its own institutional history and promoting increased social, racial, and economic justice.