Margaret Sutton: Life + Work

Ridderhof Martin Gallery Opening Reception: April 19, 5-7pm April 19- June 29, 2017 This exhibition examines a rich moment in American art through artist Margaret Sutton’s work and long career. Students in Professor of Art History Marjorie Och’s Laboratory in Museum Studies class are curating the exhibit in collaboration with the UMW Galleries. Opening Reception

Annual Student Art Exhibition

duPont Gallery Opening Reception: April 12, 4-6pm April 12- April 30, 2017 Awards Ceremony: April 19, 3pm The ASAE features a guest curated exhibition of UMW studio art students’ work. This year the guest juror is distinguished artist and Associate Professor of Art at University of Maryland, Hasan Elahi. Each year student artwork is purchased from […]

Artist Talk: Hasan Elahi

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 5pm HCC Digital Auditorium The UMW Department of Art and Art History presents visiting artist Hasan Elahi. In 2002 Hasan Elahi, a Bangladeshi born American citizen, was mistakenly associated with terrorist activities, and was detained by the FBI at the Detroit airport. The FBI opened an investigation on him, and instead […]

Emotional Etiquette

duPont Gallery Opening Reception: March 15, 5-7pm  March 15-March 26, 2017 Featuring the work of UMW Studio Art Students: Catie Morton, Elisa Pritchard, Lauren Rauch, Olivia Gallagher, Zachary Norrbom, Clara Doin, Crystal Montgomery, Ellen Wilson, Isabel Soble, Margeaux Ducoing, May Townley, Megan Lee Crockett, Michael Evart, Michelle Pierson, Morgan Wallace, Evelyn Savaria, and Derek Kim. […]

Senior Exhibition: Unknown Caller

duPont Gallery Opening Reception: February 15, 5-7pm Feb. 15- Feb. 26, 2017 Featuring work by UMW Senior Studio Art students: Megan Carey, Rachel Chivers, Emily Dabbs, Sarah Eells, Regine Eleazer, Heather Evans, Dominique Giles, Gabrielle Gatzke, Rachel Harkrader, Dani Issing, Jessica Martinez, John McQuaid, Eliza Nolen, Maddox Palmer, Lily Radolinski, and Sierra Williams. Opening Reception

A Hot Smidge

Sidney Mullis duPont Gallery January 26- February 5, 2017 Opening Reception: January 26, 5-7pm A Hot Smidge by Sidney Mullis is the inaugural exhibition in the series Origin, Celebrating UMW Studio Art Alumni Exhibition Statement In my creative research, I find myself wedged in a space where gender matters tremendously and matters not very much at all. Gender, […]

American Perspectives on Modernism

Ridderhof Martin Gallery January 26 – April 2, 2017 Opening Reception: January 26, 5-7pm Drawn from the KIA collection, this exhibition includes works by American modernists including Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Charles Sheeler, Max Weber and others. Responding to the artistic developments in Europe, these artists sought new ways to picture the rapidly […]

Lecture by Dr. Leo Mazow: Defining American Modernisms

February 2, 2017 6-7pm Hurley Convergence Center, Digital Auditorium Dr. Leo G. Mazow, Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will give a lecture entitled, “Defining American Modernisms.” The lecture is in association with  the exhibition American Perspectives on Modernism on view in the Ridderhof […]