ROOM•MATE
Living with Tang Art

Three students sit at a table with an abstract work of art on the wall behind them.

Eliana Colzani ’22 and housemates share a meal with her Spring 2021 Roommate selection: Henri Matisse’s Palme blanche sur fond rouge, 1946-1947, published 1978⁠, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Richard Levine

A student holds a flower in his mouth as he stands before an artwork on his wall.

Kelven Polite ’22 strikes a pose beside Madison Dudek’s Spring 2021 Roommate selection: Vik Muniz’s Medusa Marinara, 1999⁠, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of John Weber and Leila Whittemore, photo by Madison Dudek ’22

A student holds an abstract artwork from the Tang collection.

Katherine Leonard ’21 takes home her Spring 2021 Roommate selection: Paula Hayes’ Untitled, 2010, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Beverley Mastrianni

A student reclines on a sofa beneath an artwork on her wall.

Lydia Doban ’21 reclines in front of Reva Preven’s Spring 2021 Roommate selection: Nan Goldin’s Suzanne and Phillippe on the train, Long Island, 1985⁠, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Leslie Tonkonow, Class of 1974, and Klaus Ottmann, photo by Reva Preven ’21

Jose Nunez ’23 shows his Spring 2021 Roommate selection: Eduardo Paolozzi’s High Life, 1967, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of George Friedman and Diane Love

Simone Hadebe ’20 getting ready to take home Malick Sidibé’s Untitled at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Fiona Campbell ’22 in her dorm with Salvador Dali’s Don Quixote (Don Quichotte), 1966, published 1978, etching on paper, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Richard Levine

Fiona McLaughlin ’20 in her home with Shinique Smith’s Collage with Orange Flowers, 2007, mixed media on paper, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Anne and Arthur Goldstein

A student stands in her living room next to a framed artwork hung on the wall. The artwork has a white background with a hot pink diamond-like shape in the center left

Serena Hildebrandt ’20, at home with Jonathan Borofsky’s I dreamed I found a red ruby, 1978-1982, lithograph on paper, Tang Teaching Museum collection, promised gift of Jack Shear

four smiling students stand and pose with their wrapped and framed artworks before leaving the museum to bring the works home for the semester

ROOM•MATE pilot participants Kira Lee-Mundschau ’20, Lila Dittersdorf ’20, Serena Hildebrandt ’20 and Caroline Coxe ’20 with their packaged artwork

Art Loan Program for Skidmore Students

Have you ever wanted to live with art you saw in a museum? Roommate: Living with Tang Art returns this Fall. The program gives Skidmore students the opportunity to borrow artwork from the Tang collection to hang in their dorm or apartment.

Every year, fifty works from the Tang Museum collection are available for students to borrow on a first come, first served basis. At the beginning of the fall semester, students are encouraged to attend a viewing party featuring all fifty works. Soon after, students line up for our Pickup Day event; the first fifty students in line have the opportunity to bring those works home for the academic year.

In the spring of 2022, eight works of art, which were returned by students studying abroad, will be available via lottery for students to take home for the semester. For more information on the lottery, visit the ROOM•MATE: Living with Tang Art Spring 2022 Lottery event.

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Below is a selection of artworks available for students to borrow as part of Roommate: Living with Tang Art.

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ROOM•MATE
Living with Tang Art Pick-Up Day 2020

Emily Egan ’20 choosing Carroll Dunham’s Floating Shape with Backdrop at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Tang Staff wrapping up artwork to go home with students at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Jared Azud ’20 getting ready to take home David Dupuis’ Visions of Pantelleria at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Shay Kolodney ’21 looking at her chosen piece Groundbreaking (Shovel) by Vik Muniz with Art Loan Program Coordinator Kelsey Renko at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Simone Hadebe ’20 getting ready to take home Malick Sidibé’s Untitled at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Lila Dittersdorf ’20 holding Pablo Picasso’s Pour Roby at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Sylas Herbert ’21 holding Patrick Hughes’ Untitled [from The Domestic Life of the Rainbow] at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Olivia Rosenblum ’22 holding Tom Holmes’ chip bag Untitled and Jules Ramirez ’21 holding Lisa Sanditz’s The Capture of the Unicorn at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Variya Tongtip ’21 holding Terry Star’s Soulcatcher at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Malchijah Hoskins ‘22 leaving the Tang with Romare Howard Bearden’s Three Women (Easter Sunday) at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Paul Seggev ’23 leaving the Tang with Joseph Stella’s Tree at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

Three Skidmore students leaving the Tang with their chosen artworks at ROOM•MATE Art Pick-Up Day, Tang Teaching Museum, January 26, 2020, photo by Dan Lubbers

ROOM•MATE Living with Tang Art

Art Loan Program for Skidmore Students

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Living with Tang Art

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Living with Tang Art Pick-Up Day 2020