Join us in duPont Gallery on March 12th at 5pm for a gallery talk with Origins series artist Samantha Van Heest (UMW Class of 2020). Van Heest utilizes still life, found objects, and textiles to explore our relationships and rituals with the seemingly mundane. Her hyperrealistic renderings of everyday domestic objects memorializes ephemeral discards and invites conversation around the politics of consumerism.
Join us on Tuesday, January 20th at 4pm (1 hour before the opening reception) in Seacobeck 145 for a conversation with Carolyn Marks Johnson, Texas artist and judicial judge. Twenty three of her bronze collars will be on display in Woman, The Spirit of the Universe from January 20 – March 15, 2026.
Join us on Thursday, November 20th at 5PM in the HCC Digital Auditorium for a Juror Talk with ASAE guest juror Dr. Clare van Loenen, Director of Galleries and Museum at Sweet Briar College.
Join UMW Galleries for an artists’ round table on Thursday, November 6th at 5pm in Seacobeck Hall 145. UMW Associate Professor Dr. Ranjit Singh will moderate the discussion with Patawomeck tribal members and artists included in Adaptation, Innovation, and Tradition: Art from the Patawomeck Community.
Join UMW Galleries, David Carlson, Chee Keong Kung, and Sarah Hardesty for a gallery talk on October 9th at 5pm in Ridderhof Martin Gallery. Intersection brings together the abstract paintings of David Carlson alongside the mixed-media paintings, sculptures, and installations by Chee Keong Kung. Intersection is curated by Sarah Hardesty, an artist and associate professor of art at Marymount University.
Join us on Thursday, September 11th at 5pm in duPont Gallery for a talk with Take A Painting artist Erika Stearly. Erika Stearly is a painter living and working in Pennsylvania. Ms. Stearly launched Take a Painting in 2013, which was installed in venues across PA and NJ before being paused due to the pandemic. Her installation has been supported by grants from various organizations and universities, including the Puffin Foundation and the Black Rock Arts Foundation.
Join us on Tuesday, April 16th at 5pm for a Gallery Talk with the curators of Self Adjacent, Sarah Irvin and Tracy Stonestreet.
Self Adjacent examines the transforming experience of parenthood by artists as they navigate their many identities alongside and within the field of caregiving. Featuring the diverse viewpoints of twenty artists from across North America, Self Adjacent includes photography, performance, painting, printmaking, video, textile, and sculpture.
Join us on Monday, March 24th in Seacobeck 145 at 5PM for a talk with Annual Student Art Exhibition guest juror Jason Stopa. Jason Stopa is a writer and painter working in Brooklyn, New York. He holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BFA from Indiana University. Stopa’s work has been showcased in both national and international exhibitions, with notable solo shows at the Diane Rosenstein Gallery in Los Angeles and Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York. An interview with Stopa in conjunction with his exhibition Interior Monument at Sevil Dolmaci Gallery in Istanbul was recently written up in Vogue: Turkiye.
