About
As an integral part of the Brenau University academic community, the Brenau University Galleries serve as a visual arts resource for the educational and cultural enrichment of its immediate university community, North Georgia, and the Southeast. Click here to learn more about the history of Brenau Galleries.
Exhibitions and Events
Brenau University Galleries host rotating exhibitions featuring works by national and international artists, local and regional artists, as well as by Brenau University students, faculty and alumni artists. Click here to learn more about current and upcoming exhibitions.
News
Josué Morales Urbina on exhibit at Leo Castelli this spring
Josué Morales Urbina is New York-based, award-winning installation and sculpture artist whose work primarily explores transcultural displacement and dépaysement: a longing for a sense of home in a foreign environment. Morales Urbina’s career is marked by numerous accomplishments,… Read More
Teresa Abel exhibits at Renaissance Gallery through March 2026
Brenau University Galleries presents Teresa Abel’s solo exhibition, Exposure, running from Dec. 4, 2025, to March 31, 2026, in the Renaissance Gallery on the Gainesville Square. An opening reception and holiday membership party will take place on Thursday,… Read More
‘Serious Play’ on display through the end of Fall 2025
Serious Play, a solo exhibit featuring the works of Jane Westrick, will be on display in the Leo Castelli Gallery through the end of Fall 2025. Westrick is an artist based in New Jersey. She received an MFA… Read More
William J. Thompson: Gestures of Faith
A selection of work by William J. Thompson, a prolific Georgia sculptor and former University of Georgia art professor, is currently on exhibit at Brenau University’s Presidents Gallery. A reception celebrating the exhibit Gestures of Faith will be… Read More
Ichthyology: Illuminated Figures by Marcus E. Bloch
Ichthyology: Illuminated Figures by Marcus E. Bloch presents 30 works created between 1785 and 1797 from Brenau University’s Graham Arader Art Collection. Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist who is best known for his… Read More
The Way We Were: A Tribute to Georgia’s Historic Fashion
Free and open to the public President’s Gallery / Simmons Visual Arts Center, Brenau University Historical Campus Feb. 13 – April 5, 2025 Opening Reception: Feb 13, 2025 6-8 p.m. Closing Reception: April 4, 10 a.m. – 12… Read More