Ganser Gallery, located in Ganser Library in the center of the Millersville University campus, exhibits high quality, fine art work produced by national and international professional artists. The gallery displays exhibits of wide reaching interest to the University and the greater Lancaster County community. Art is presented which deals with social and aesthetic issues that go beyond the boundaries of the classroom and generally stresses cultural diversity. Gallery attendance totals approximately 3,000. Past artists exhibiting in this gallery have included Ruth Borgenicht, Masumi Hayashi, Virgil Marti, Alice Oh, Mimi Shapiro, John Schulz, Dick Torchia, Syd Carpenter, Zoe Beloff, Lynn Cazabon, John Rupert, Tom McGovern, Chuck Cave, Ann Clarke, Abe Geasland, Susan Gottlieb, Ward Davenny, and Max Kalish among others.

Sykes Gallery, located in Breidenstine Hall, exhibits high quality, fine art work produced by professional artists. This gallery serves not only as the primary instructional resource for students studying the arts, but as a cultural resource center for the Millersville community and surrounding regions. Gallery attendance averages 2,000 visits per academic year.

Past artists exhibiting at Sykes Gallery include Mary Miss, Miwako Kato, Ben Cunningham, Georges LeChevallier, Hester Stinnett, Conrad Nelson, Laurie Sloan, Wendy Collin Sorin, Bill Fick, Kristy Krivitsky, the PA Arts Council Rostered Artists, and Millersville University students and faculty among others. This coming spring we will be hosting nationally recognized artist Sandy Skoglund who will work directly with students on a site specific installation in the gallery. The gallery’s operational expenses are supported from the University’s general budget.

The student gallery, located in Breidenstine Hall, is designated to provide encouragement and opportunity for undergraduate art students to display their work. Throughout the academic year, this gallery exhibits the best of student art. In fact, those seeking their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree are required to “show” at this gallery.

To submit work for consideration, please send a page of slides (or CD of images), an artist statement, and resume to:

Gallery Committee
Millersville University
Art Department, Breidenstine Hall
46 E. Frederick Street
Millersville, PA 17551-0302