The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present Self Adjacent, a group exhibition curated by Sarah Irvin and Tracy Stonestreet, on view in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery April 8 – June 1, 2025.

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.

Artists include: Alberto Aguilar, Robin Assner-Alvey, Christa Donner, Travis Donovan, Meg Foley, Kate Gilmore, LaToya Hobbs, Sarah Irvin, Kevin and Jen Johnson, Carmichael Jones, Courtney Kessel, Chloé Clevenger, Colleen Merrill, Qiana Mestrich, Sarah Sudhoff, Emilia White, William Glaser Wilson, Megan Wynne, and Bohyun Yoon.

The exhibition will be on view from April 8 – June 1, 2025, in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery, with an opening reception on April 8th from 5-7pm. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday from 10am-4pm except on holidays and during student breaks. Admission is always free and tours are available.

The Annual Student Art Exhibition showcases the incredible talent and creativity of UMW students. This year’s guest juror is New York-based painter and writer Jason Stopa. Stopa will give a juror’s talk on March 25th at 5pm in Seacobeck Hall 145.

The Studio Art Department will announce three awards of excellence at the reception and awards ceremony on April 8th at 5pm: The Anne Elizabeth Collins ’73 Memorial Art Award, the Emil R. Schnellock Award for Excellence in Painting, and the Melchers Gray Purchase Award. For this specific award, the recipient’s artwork is purchased from the exhibition to become part of the UMW Galleries permanent collection.

The exhibition will be on view from April 8 – April 27, 2025, in the duPont Gallery, with an opening reception on April 8th from 5-7pm.
Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday from 10am-4pm. Admission is always free and tours are available.

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present the American premier of The Double Infinity of Jump!Star: Simmering.

A collaboration between internationally-acclaimed American artist George Ferrandi and Jump!Star’s Vienna-based creative team: Anna Gaberscik, Bianca Figl, Futurelove Sibanda, Karin Cheng, Mario Sinnhofer aka Touched, Melika Ramic, Teresa Distelberger, and Zuzana Ernst, The Double Infinity of Jump!Star: Simmering showcases elements of a multi-faceted public art project directed by Ferrandi and 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. As an object, the rope symbolizes the collaborative spirit of Jump!Star, an artistic initiative founded by Ferrandi that brings together communities, scientists, artists and arts organizations to explore how future generations might commemorate the shifting of Earth’s North Star. This installation also includes the videos, sounds, drawings and article series created by the Jump!Star: Simmering Team as part of their online sessions.

For more information about Jump!Star projects, visit https://www.jumpstar.love/.

Hours & Admission:
The exhibition will be on view from February 4 to March 23, 2025, in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery, with an opening reception on February 4th from 5-7pm.
An artist’s talk with George Ferrandi will be held on Thursday, February 6th at 5pm in Seacobeck Hall 145. The gallery will also be open that evening for guests.

 

Information for: Bianca Figl, Sounds of Now, 2020

Information for: Futurelove Sibanda, Are You Ready?, 2020

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present The Class: If You’re Asking the Question, You Already Know the Answer.
Curated by sculpture professor emerita Carole Garmon, 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).

The exhibition will be on view from February 4 to March 23, 2025 in the duPont Gallery, with opening events on February 4th as follows:

• Welcome and Round Table Artists Discussion, 5-6pm (duPont Gallery)
• Opening Reception, 6-7pm (duPont Gallery)
• Performance by Wren Tiffany, 6:30pm

A gallery talk with Carole Garmon will be held on March 13th at 5pm in duPont Gallery.

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to welcome back the Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial exhibition in 2024.

Begun in 1997, this juried exhibition highlights new developments in painting by talented artists within our region. The 2024 open call received a record 593 entries and this year’s exhibition features 76 impressive and varied paintings from 69 artists working across eight states and the District of Columbia. From this expressive array, one work is purchased by UMW Galleries to become part of the permanent collection and three cash awards are given. Awards will be announced at the opening reception.

The Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial is made possible by the generosity of Alfred Levitt. Levitt was a New York artist and intellectual with an abiding interest in encouraging young painters.

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present the solo exhibition Joana Stillwell: the scent of rose as it was described to me.

Joana Stillwell is an internationally exhibited artist born in the Philippines, raised around the Pacific, and currently based in Washington, DC. In her work as both an artist and archivist, Stillwell considers the roles of memory and perception, asking what stories get to be told, who gets to tell those stories, and what ultimately gets preserved. Using digital and material fragments, she investigates the collapse of virtual and physical spaces, as well as the growing overlap between memories, lived environments, and digital interfaces.

In her most recent work, the scent of rose as it was described to me, Stillwell incorporates personal mementos, along with adopted images and ephemeral fragments, to navigate screen-mediated intimacy in her family archive.

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present New Currents: UMW Studio Art Faculty 2024, a group exhibition featuring the current Studio Art faculty at the University of Mary Washington.

The quality, diversity, and depth of UMW’s Studio Art program is reflected in the artwork of its talented and dedicated faculty, including returning faculty members Lindsay Arturo, Michael Dean, Larry Hinkle, Ashe Laughlin, Margaret Meehan, Chad Mundie, Jason Robinson, and Sarah White, as well as new faculty members Coorain Devin, Christine Orr, and Abed Shalabi.

The University of Mary Washington Galleries is pleased to present the UMW Studio Art Senior Exhibition 2024 on display in the Cedric Rucker University Center from Saturday, April 20th – Sunday, April 28th.

This exhibition showcases the senior thesis works from the following graduating artists: Shanna Aberle, Noah Barrett, Catie Cowger, Maeve Gilmartin, Hayden Griffith, Winston Heron, Blaine Hower, Alicia Johnson, Arden Jones, Abby Kiracofe, Jessey Machado, Grace Martin, Abbey McFarland, Elizabeth Merna, Jenna Montijo, Gwendolyn Narkinsky, Stella Pallasch, Juno Patton, Ashanti Pender, Jenell Poling, Evelyn Ramsey, Robert Roets, Sophia Sirks, Tom Straus, Lauryn Taylor and Kayla Villareal.