Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland

About Dowd Fine Arts Center

Dowd Fine Arts Center presents rotating exhibitions alongside a permanent collection of over 900 artworks spanning the 13th through 21st centuries. Visitors view curated shows featuring nationally and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, including works by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, and others. The gallery typically presents up to seven exhibitions annually. Each spring semester, the juried Student Select exhibition showcases visual art created on campus, while the Faculty Biennial, held every two years, displays recent work by Art and Art History Department faculty across diverse media. Educational programs including artist talks, lectures, performances, and workshops accompany exhibitions to deepen engagement with the artwork. The gallery also hosts the permanent exhibition "Proprietary Assemblage of Figurative Minds," a curated series of masterworks from the collection. All exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public. The center is located in Cortland, New York, serving the SUNY Cortland community and the broader New York State region.