Join the UMW Galleries for a talk with artist and curator Carole Garmon on Thursday, March 13th at 5pm in duPont Gallery. Garmon will discuss the artists and works in the exhibition The Class: If You’re Asking the Question, You Already Know the Answer.

The Class: If You’re Asking the Question, You Already Know the Answer brings together pieces from twenty-four artists – former students, most of whom are UMW alumni. The exhibition showcases the legacy of Garmon’s 25 years of instruction and the compelling work that graduates continue to create as they shape the contemporary art world. This exhibition is co-curated by Shanna Aberle, UMW Class of 2024.

Featured artists include:
Shanna Aberle (UMW 2024), Carlisle Bingham (UMW 2006), Abernathy Bland (UMW 2005), Caitlin Cocco (UMW 2009), Tom Condon (VA Tech 2000), Matt Czapiewski (UMW 2008), Teneé Hart (UMW 2011), Honor Bowman Hall (UMW 2006), Travis Head (UMW 2002), Larry Hinkle (UMW 2000), Maria Joranko (UMW 2015), Jesse Kopp (UMW 2009), Jordan Kyler (UMW 2015), Robert Wood Lynn (UMW 2008), Merida Marston (UMW 2009), Erin Martinelli (UMW 2008), Claire McKinley (UMW 2012), Sidney Mullis (UMW 2014), Chad Mundie (UMW 2018), Sarah Perry (UMW 2007), Molly Sheldon (UMW 2008), Wren Tiffany (UMW 2021), Taylor White (UMW 2017), and Paula Zuleta (UMW 2023).

Please join us Thursday, February 6th at 5pm for an artist talk by internationally acclaimed American artist George Ferrandi. The talk will take place in Seacobeck 145, and is open to everyone.

George Ferrandi is a visual artist based in New York, working in sculpture, performance, and public projects. Over the past several years, she has been collaborating with artists across the United States and internationally on Jump!Star, a multi-site, publicly engaged project that explores the shifting location of the North Star. George’s work has been exhibited around the world, at the International House of Japan in Tokyo, at Abrons Arts Center in New York, the Kitchen in New York, Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn, the McKinney Contemporary in Dallas, the Wexner Center in Columbus, the Harn Museum in Gainesville, Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia and at Sluice in London. She is an NEA fellow of the Japan – US Friendship Foundation and has also been awarded grants from the Franklin Furnace Fundwinners for Performance Art, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Council.

George’s exhibition, The Double Infinity of Jump!Star: Simmering, is currently on view at Ridderhof Martin Gallery on campus. This exhibition showcases the American premier of artwork produced in collaboration with Jump!Star’s Vienna-based creative team, and includes elements of a multi-faceted public art project presented by Brunnenpassage and Weltmuseum Wien during Documenta 15. At the center of the exhibition at Ridderhof Martin Gallery is a rope woven by participants from around the globe during the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020.
For more information about Jump!Star projects, visit https://www.jumpstar.love/.

Join us for a Juror Talk with Heather Hakimzadeh, Senior Curator and Special Projects Manager at Virginia MOCA on Thursday, November 21st at 5pm in Seacobeck Hall 145. The talk will also be live streamed and recorded. Use the following link to view the recording: https://umw-sso.zoom.us/rec/share/VYPh6ji2X6Cm9lmg6IWO6E0LFNkLV9lRcCVOStzDtxxNo9t5OIHwHoOUJR-HIDQD.3SeuVj1AfI5-Z5m7

Join the UMW Galleries on Thursday, October 17th at 5pm in Seacobeck Hall 145 to hear Joana Stillwell discuss her solo exhibition the scent of rose as it was described to me as well as her work as a digital artist and archivist. Ridderhof Martin Gallery will be open before and after the talk for guests to experience the exhibition.

Join us in duPont Gallery on Thursday, October 3rd at 5pm for an artists’ talk with several of the current UMW Studio Art faculty. Hear about their practice and process as they talk about the pieces they included in the exhibition.

Join UMW Galleries for a lecture with ASAE guest juror Charlotte Potter Kasic, artist and Executive Director of the Barry Museum at ODU. This event will be held in the HCC Digital Auditorium on Thursday, March 28th at 5pm.

Join us for a gallery talk on Tuesday, March 19th at 5pm with Andrew Coombs, Shanna Fliegel, Jeff Forester, and Jon McMillan – four of the artists featured in Elemental. Ridderhof Martin Gallery will be open all day Tuesday prior to the talk as part of the NCECA conference being hosted in Richmond, VA March 20-23, 2024.

Join us in the duPont gallery on February 22, 2024 from 5-6pm for an Artist’s Talk with Taylor Anton White. Taylor White graduated from the Studio Arts program at UMW in 2017 and has since gained international recognition for his artwork.