Visual Arts Gallery
Overview
The Visual Arts Gallery is Emory's center for the presentation of contemporary art. Approaching contemporary art as a cultural prism though which all manner of inquires pass—literary and historical, scientific and social scientific, ethical and spiritual—the gallery shows work by leading regional, national and international artists. A courageous willingness to engage significant issues through art, an insistence on the value of diverse intelligences, an embrace of responsibility as it arises from responsiveness—these are the touchstones of the gallery’s mission within the department, the university and the community.
Programming
Located adjacent to the university’s studio classrooms—and actively used as a vital element of liberal arts education at Emory—the gallery exhibits five to six contemporary art shows each year, including an annual student exhibition in April. To supplement its exhibitions, the department and gallery present outstanding lectures, panels, and screenings by prominent artists, curators, critics and scholars.
Recent programming includes Dawoud Bey: The Emory Project, The Lucid Eye: A Year of Photography, Testaments of the Heart: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau, The Missing Piece: Artists consider the Dalai Lama, twentieth-century masterworks from the collection of Arnall Golden Gregory, and exhibits and lectures by Martha Rosler, Eve Andrée Laramée, Radcliffe Bailey, Tim Rollins, Alice Aycock, Pat Ward Williams, and Janine Antoni, among many others.
All exhibitions and educational programs at the Visual Arts Gallery are free and open to the public, made possible by essential support from the Friends of Visual Arts. Through its fundraising initiatives and community partnerships, this group of artists and art patrons foster the mission, programs and growth of the gallery.
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