We ushered in the fall 2021 semester with a plethora of exciting new changes and exhibitions on the horizon. We kicked off the semester with the establishment of a new University Galleries system.

After establishing the University Galleries system, on October 1, we officially opened our new exhibitions space, the Robert and Margaret Carolla Arts Exhibition Center.

emerging.poetic
August 23 – September 24

Curated by associate professor Colby Jennings, emerging.poetic featured work from Joe Hedges, Reza Safavi, and Monika Weiss.

emerging.poetic also exhibited a juried collection of gif’s from Osvaldo Cibils, Nicole Czapinski, Maryam Faridani, Izosceles, Erica Jewell, Zachary Koch, Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer, Morgan McKendry, Zach McLane, Neta Moses, Ryan Sarah Murphy, Yudji Oliveira, Noah Travil Phillips, Alex Tyson, and Joshua Unikel.

Joe Hedges

Reza Safavi and juried gif’s

Gather: Rachel Youn and Moonment: Sizhu Li
October 1 – November 5

In collaboration with associate professor Deidre Argyle, the Brick City Galleries exhibited immersive kinetic installations from Rachel Youn and Sizhu Li.

BFA in Art Senior Exhibition
November 22 – December 10

The fall 2021 BFA in Art Senior Exhibition featured bodies of work from Cherokee Knight, Joni R Neal, and Amanda Steimel.

Cherokee Knight

Convergence, a graduate pop-up exhibition
November 29 – December 10

Convergence featured work from current grad students, Rick Briggenhorst, Haley Biere, Mara Cressey, Adana Garrote, Meidi Karampour, Teddy Osei, Anton Pleshka, Erin Sedra, Shelby Theis-Lukenbill, and JP Vivas.

Haley Biere and JP Vivas