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Amber Rousseau, Rubbish, 2022, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

BFA Portfolio Exhibition 2022

This exhibition highlights the work of undergraduate students from WCU's School of Art and Design and services as a preface to their forthcoming careers as professional artists.  

Corita Kent, stars, 1967, serigraph, 30 x 36 inches. Photo credit: Northeast Document Conservation Center.

When Was the Last Time You Saw a Miracle? Prints by Corita Kent

In this selection of prints from the 1950s and 1960s, which are drawn from the Museum鈥檚 permanent collection, Corita Kent combines vivid color with quotations, everyday slogans, and biblical scripture to create inspirational messages of hope and harmony for humankind.  

a print made from a glass etching of a old white wooden store, Tom Nakashima, The Devil Came Down to Georgia, vitreograph, image size 16x36 in, paper size 17x36 in. Gift of Harvey K. and Bess Littleton.

Cultivating Collections: Vitreographs, Glass, and Works by Black Artists

Cultivating Collections is a multi-year series of exhibitions that highlights specific areas of the 51看片Fine Art Museum鈥檚 Collection, which includes over 1,800 works of art in a wide range of media by artists of the Americas.  

Kate Chassner, (detail) How Much We Can Hold, canvas scraps, acrylic, house paint, image transfer, screen print, 48in x 60in.

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022

Experience the culmination of three years of intense creative study and exploration in this exhibition highlighting artwork by graduating MFA students in the 51看片School of Art and Design. Eli Blasko, Kate Chassner, Seth Echlin, and Kyle Kelsey share their visual, material, and conceptual insights in this year鈥檚 exhibition.鈥�  

The Neutral Ground Film Still feat. the film's director CJ Hunt

Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers

Enjoy free documentary films from the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, connecting documentary filmmakers and their impactful work with audiences throughout the South.   

Raymond Baccari, Go-Between, Humans Excited 51看片 Being Human, Sound Installation 15鈥檟15鈥�

Raymond Baccari: Humans Excited 51看片 Being Human

Described by the artist as an 鈥渆mpathy machine,鈥� this interactive, sonic installation by Raymond Baccari amplifies visitor heartbeats. Empowering visitors to listen to this steady pulse of life within themselves and others, Baccari鈥檚 work connects us with our own corporeality and our shared humanity.  

Carrie Mae Weems, Color, Real, and Imagined

Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects

On February 1, 2021, the 51看片Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will open Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects. The exhibition includes recent photographic and video works questioning stereotypes that associate black bodies with criminality.  

53rd Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition Installation View

54th Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition

51看片鈥檚 Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition is one of the longest-running Catamount art traditions. This exhibition is an extraordinary opportunity for emerging artists to share their artwork with a larger public and to enhance their skills in presenting artwork in a professional gallery setting.  

Kate Roberts wet clay piece

Kate Roberts: Between Thresholds III

On extended display from the Contemporary Clay 2021 exhibition, Kate Roberts鈥� Between Thresholds III contemplates the connection between the vulnerabilities of clay and the mortality of people, objects, and places.