Calendar of Exhibitions

Unbrainwashable, Alexi Torres - September 19, 2024

Alexi Torres solo exhibit on display at Brenau this fall

Atlanta artist Alexi Torres will present Unbrainwashable at Brenau University this fall. The solo exhibit features contemporary sculptures, installments and large scale oil paintings that emphasize the importance of thinking for oneself. Torres was born in Bermeja, Cuba, a small… Read More

Avian Song: Natural History Works from Brenau University’s Permanent Art Collection On View in Brenau’s Renaissance Gallery

AVIAN SONG: Natural History Works from Brenau University’s Permanent Art Collection The natural history collection on display in Brenau University’s Renaissance Gallery opening April 11th and running through December 5th, encompasses artworks dating from the 1700s to the… Read More

Jenny Bishop Heaton to Show at Leo Castelli Gallery Opening April 4th, 2024

Jenny Bishop Heaton: Lavish Delights Opening Reception: April 4th, 5:30-7 PM Artist Talk 6PM Leo Castelli Gallery, John S. Burd Center for Performing Arts 429 Academy Street, Gainesville, Ga 30501 Georgia artist, Jenny Bishop Heaton (aka Virginia) is… Read More

Brenau’s Fashion Department Presents: A walk-In through Princess Shirazi’s Closet – A Historic Clothing Collection Exhibition

Come join the Brenau Center for the Arts – Fashion Program, as they unveil the magnificent collection of Princess Lucie Jadot Shirazi from the Historic Fashion Collection. Brenau acquired her collection in 1996 after her demise in 1994…. Read More

Paul Paiement to Exhibit Works in Solo Show at Sellars Gallery in January

Award winning Los Angeles Artist, Paul Paiement, will be coming to Brenau University to exhibit his contemporary multi-media and installation works Jan. 18th – March 14th, 2023 in Sellars Gallery at Simmons Visual Arts Center. He will also… Read More

Melissa Huang’s solo show, Body Cloud to open at Brenau’s Leo Castelli Gallery in January

Melissa Huang will be have a solo exhibition of her dynamic glitch-inspired paintings and video self-portraiture Jan. 11 – March 19th, 2024 in Leo Castelli Gallery located in the John S. Burd Performing Art Center at Brenau University…. Read More

Brenau University Students Artwork Featured at the High Museum- Reception Sunday, Jan 7th

The annual student exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta will once again feature current works of art by Brenau University students. The display will be featured in the Stent Family Wing of the Education Center… Read More

Seize the Clay – A Survey of Ceramic Educator Works to Open Nov. 2nd

SEIZE THE CLAY A Survey of Ceramic Educator Work Curated by Brenau University Ceramics Professor, Huy Chu Seize the Clay, which opens November 2nd at 5:30 PM in Brenau University’s Sellars Gallery, is an immersive survey of ceramic art… Read More

Gainesville Times writes article, features Brenau exhibiting artist, Maggie Evans

This Savannah artist was nearly killed in a cycling accident. Now, she’s having a solo art exhibit at Brenau Ben Anderson The Times Updated: Sep 1, 2023, 6:10 PM Published: Sep 1, 2023, 1:19 PM In April last… Read More

Solo Exhibition by Chris Boyko to be Held in President’s Gallery in September

Explore the bizarre, strange and unusual world of local Gainesville, Ga. artist, Chris Boyko. Boyko’s surrealistic works will be on view during his solo exhibition at Brenau University’s Presidents Gallery located on the 2nd floor of the Simmon’s… Read More

Maggie Evans to speak on her art, rehabilitation from life altering cycling accident

Maggie Evans will be speaking at the Thurmond McRae Lecture Hall. Wednesday, August 30th, @ 11:45 AM. She will also be having a solo show at Leo Castelli Gallery in the Burd Performing Arts Center Aug. 31- Nov…. Read More

Hunt Slonem’s Painting “Looming” on Loan at the Courtyard Marriott in Downtown Gainesville

Brenau University Galleries is pleased to announce that it has decided to Loan one of 76 Hunt Slonem paintings within Brenau University’s extensive Permanent Art Collection to the new Courtyard Marriott located in the heart of Downtown Gainesville,… Read More

The Bourbon Brothers Band to Perform Live at the Opening Reception of Maggie Evans: Parallel Narratives Solo Exhibition

This is one event you will not want to miss!!! Brenau University Galleries is Proud to announce that The Bourbon Brothers Band, based out of Atlanta, Georgia will be performing at the Opening Reception of the Maggie Evans:… Read More

Leggett Collection and other Highlights from the Brenau University Permanent Collection on View at Sellars Gallery in August 2023

View Brenau University’s Newest Acquisition of Works, The Leggett Collection, and other Highlights from the Brenau University Permanent Collection, August 17th – October 12th, 2023 at Sellars Gallery, Simmons Visual Art Center, Brenau University. The Leggett Collection, donated… Read More

Maggie Evans Solo Exhibition, Parallel Narratives to Open August 31st, 2023

MAGGIE EVANS: PARALLEL NARRATIVES- SOLO EXHIBITION LEO CASTELLI GALLERY- JOHN S. BURD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 429 ACADEMY STREET, GAINESVILLE, GA AUGUST 31st – November 16th, 2023 OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 31st from 5:30-7:30 PM ARTIST TALK: AUGUST 31st,… Read More

Calls For Ceramic Art Educators: Seize The Clay – Juried Exhibition

CALLS FOR ART SEIZE THE CLAY – JURIED EXHIBITION Calling All Ceramic Art Educators Living in the Southeastern United States The Brenau Galleries & Center for Art and Design at Brenau University is proud to present Seize… Read More

Abstract Expressions Exhibition to Open May 18th

View the abstract works of North Georgia artists, Kelly Turley, Roxane Hollosi, and Clara Blalock in historic Sellars Gallery located in the Simmons Visual Arts Center at Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. Both Kelly Turley and Clara Blalock… Read More

Brenau Galleries and Pearce Auditorium to Host The Brenau Collaborative Exhibition and Fashion Show

The Brenau Collaborative Fashion Show and Student Art Exhibition/Reception WHAT: The Brenau Collaborative WHEN: APRIL 14-21st, 2023- Free and open to the public Fashion Show at 6:30 PM at Pearce Auditorium Friday, APRIL 14th Reception will be held… Read More

Claudia Wilburn to Exhibit Solo Show at Renaissance Gallery, Downtown Gainesville on the Square

Opening Reception: April 20th 6-8 PM – Renaissance Gallery, Downtown Gainesville on the Square (On the Historic Gainesville ART WALK Circuit) ARTIST TALK: MAY 4th, 2023 at 6PM – Renaissance Gallery- Downtown on the Square – 106 Spring… Read More

See and Listen to Judith Surowiec Talk About Her Creative Process

Judith Surowiec talks about her creative process and her inspiration as she prepares for her solo exhibition at Brenau University Feb. 23rd – April 20th. The artist reception is Thursday night, March 9th from 5:30-7:30 PM. Listen to… Read More

Riccarda de Eccher: Montagna

Riccarda de Eccher: Montagna Feb 16-March 30th, 2023 Riccarda de Eccher was born in 1954 in Bolzano, and raised in Udine, Italy. She began painting mainly in watercolors, later in her life, expressing her love of mountains, particularly… Read More

Judith Surowiec to Show at Castelli Gallery

JUDITH SUROWIEC: MOMENTS IN TIME SOLO EXHIBITION February 23rd -April 20th, 2023 Artist Reception: March 9th, 5:30-7:30 PM Artist Talk 6PM Prolific and vibrant landscape painter, Judith Surowiec will be exhibiting at the Castelli Gallery located in… Read More

Ferdinand Rosa: Excerpts in Paint

EXCERPTS IN PAINT by Ferdinand Rosa Location: President’s Gallery, Simmons Visual Art Center Dates: Jan.19th – March 23rd, 2023 Closing Reception: March 23rd, 5:30 – 8PM Brenau University Galleries is proud to present, Excerpts in Paint, an upcoming… Read More

The Brenau Collaborative 2022

This exhibition celebrates the work of senior Art and Design students and undergraduate artists of all majors. April 14-21 • Free and open to the public Fashion Show and Opening Reception Thursday, April 14 Fashion Show at 6:30 p.m…. Read More

Inner Worlds: The Art of Alpha Andrews

Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery Thursday, January 20-Wednesday, March 2 This exhibition highlights many years of work by Georgia-born folk artist Alpha Andrews (1932-). Andrews is best known for her “memory paintings” – vivid works blending her… Read More

Bird Art in the Age of Discovery and Beyond: Works from the Stubblefield Collection

Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery Thursday, November 4, 2021-Thursday, March 2, 2022 … Read More

The Brenau Collaborative: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Each year, undergraduate students across the university have the opportunity to submit their work to our Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Selected works are typically on display in Brenau’s Presidents Gallery during the final weeks of the… Read More

The Brenau Collaborative: Senior Projects and Portfolios Exhibit

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Each year seniors in the Art and Design Department complete a capstone project that demonstrates the skills that they have acquired throughout their education at Brenau University. Click on images to enlarge. STUDIO ART SENIORS… Read More

Person, Place, Thing: Paintings by Women Artists in Brenau’s Collection

The works in this exhibition exist within a rich tradition of historical genre painting – landscape, portraiture, and still life. While diverse in their application, these genres have existed in some form as far back as people have… Read More

GRL PWR: Women Artists in the Brenau Collection

GRL PWR Curator’s Statement Since its inception, Brenau Galleries has brought extraordinary exhibitions from prominent women artists and unique group exhibitions to the campus of its historic Women’s College and the Gainesville community. These exhibitions helped to distinguish… Read More

“Charles Webster Hawthorne: Paintings from the Collection of Doug and Kay Ivester” Online Exhibition

On loan from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ivester in the Brenau Downtown Center are 30 oil paintings and watercolors by American artist Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930). Hawthorne was renowned for his portraits and genre paintings,… Read More

“House and Universe: Margaret Evangeline” Online Exhibition

This exhibition by New York-based artist Margaret Evangeline brings together works from the Brenau University Permanent Art Collection and from the artist’s own studio. View the Brenau-held Evangeline works in a new light as their context shifts from… Read More

“L.A. Stories” Online Exhibition

“L.A. Stories”, curated by California artist and educator Paul Paiement, features works by a variety of West Coast artists. The artists included in this exhibition represent Los Angeles’ vast demographics – ages, ethnicities, religions and genders. The works… Read More

Reception: Friday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7 p.m. Brenau University Downtown Center, Theatre on the Square Lobby On loan from the collection of Doug and Kay Ivester are 29 oil paintings and watercolors by American artist Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930)…. Read More

Thursday, Jan. 16-Thursday March 12 Gallery Talk and Reception: Thursday, Jan. 23, 5:30-7 p.m. Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery This exhibition by New York-based artist Margaret Evangeline brings together works from the Brenau University Permanent Art Collection… Read More

Thursday, Feb. 6- Thursday, March 12 Reception: Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30-7 p.m. Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery This exhibition features works created by faculty and staff who practice and/or teach studio art, interior design, and fashion and… Read More

Thursday, Feb. 13- Thursday, May 7 John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery “L.A. Stories”, curated by California artist and educator Paul Paiement, features works by a variety of West Coast artists. The artists included in this exhibition… Read More

Past Exhibition “Ethos: Works by Carmelo Blandino”

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Aug. 15-Thursday, Nov. 21
Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, Sept. 19, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

These works present simplified narratives involving flora and fauna while questioning the origins of man and our own understanding of reality.

Past Exhibition: “Crimes and Fashion: Clothing to Die For”

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Oct. 3-Thursday, Nov. 21
Reception: Thursday, Oct. 10, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibition: “President’s Summer Art Series: A Retrospective”

Thursday, May 16 – Thursday, July 11
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Art Center, Sellars Gallery.

Past Exhibit: “Southern Pastoral”

Thursday, Feb. 14 – Thursday, April 25
Reception: Thursday, March 7, 5:30-7 p.m.
John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery

Past Exhibit: “The Brenau Collaborative: Senior Projects and Portfolios Exhibit”

Thursday, April 11 – Tuesday, April 23
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Art Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibit: “Brenau Collaborative: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition”

Thursday, April 11- Tuesday, April 23
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Art Center, Presidents Gallery.

Past Exhibit: “In the Streets: Photography from the High Museum of Art”

James E. Hinton
American, 1936–2006
Mother and Daughter at Intermediate School 201, Harlem, 1968
Gelatin silver print
14 x 18 3/4 inches
Purchase with funds from Jan P. and Warren J. Adelson, 2001.77

Thursday, Jan. 17 – Thursday, March 14
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Thursday, Jan. 17, 5:30- 7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibit: “My Work Has Always Looked Like Me: Works by Kathy Yancey”

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Thursday, March 14
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, Feb. 7, 5:30-7 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibit: “Brenau University Student Exhibition at the High Museum of Art”

Tuesday, Jan. 8 – Sunday, Feb. 10
Closing Reception: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2-4 p.m.
High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center

Past Exhibit: “Donald Sultan: Lantern Flowers and Poppies”

Thursday, August 23rd-Thursday, November 15th
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibit: Love’s Vacuum: Works by Dominique Labauvie

Thursday, August 23rd – Thursday, November 15th
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery

Past Exhibit: “Lacemaking in Georgia and Beyond”

Thursday, September 27th-Thursday, November 15th
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 1st, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibition:”The Brenau Collaborative: Senior Projects and Portfolios Exhibit”

Simmons Visual Art Center, Sellars Gallery
Thursday, April 12- Tuesday, April 24
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 14, 5-6:30 p.m.

Past Exhibition:”The Brenau Collaborative: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition”

Simmons Visual Art Center, Presidents Gallery
Thursday, April 12-Thursday, May 24
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 14, 5-6:30 p.m.

“25 | 30 | 45: Interior Design Retrospective”

John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery
Monday, April 16-Thursday, May 24
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, 5-6:30 p.m.

Past Exhibit: “2018 President’s Summer Arts Series”

Simmons Visual Art Center, Sellars Gallery
Thursday, May 17-Thursday, July 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 7, 5:30-7 p.m.

Past Exhibit: “That ’70s Show”

Simmons Visual Art Center, Presidents Gallery
Thursday, Feb. 8-Thursday, March 15
Opening Reception: Thursday, Feb. 8, 5:30-7 p.m.

Past Exhibit: “The One in the Duck Feather Cloak and The Other Side of the World: Works by Rob Hessler”

John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery
Thursday, Jan. 25-Thursday, March 15
Closing Reception: Thursday, March 15, 5:30-7 p.m.

Past Exhibit: “More than Meets the Eye: Works by Eric Forstmann”

Simmons Visual Art Center, Sellars Gallery
Thursday, Jan. 18-Thursday, March 15
Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan. 18, 5:30-7 p.m.

Past Exhibit: “Brenau University Student Exhibition at the High Museum of Art”

Monday, Jan. 8-Sunday, Feb. 11
Closing Reception: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2-4 p.m.
High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center.

Past Exhibit:”Expanded Geographies”

Thursday, August 10th- Thursday, November 16th
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, September 14th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibit: “Conversation with My Past”

Thursday, August 24th- Thursday, November 16th
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, October 12th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibition:”Mom: Writing with Alzheimer’s”

Thursday, January 26th- Thursday, April 20th
Reception: Thursday, March 9th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery

Past Exhibition:”2017 President’s Summer Art Series”

Thursday, May 18th-Thursday, July 13th
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 18th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibition:”The Brenau Collaborative: Senior Projects and Portfolios Exhibit”

Thursday, April 6^th– Thursday, April 20th
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8^th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibition:”The Brenau Collaborative: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition”

Thursday, April 6th- Thursday, April 20th
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibition:”Southern Hospitality: The Collaborative Work of Wayne Kline and Rolling Stone Press”

Thursday, January 19th- Sunday, March 19th
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibition:”Printmaking at Brenau University”

Thursday, January 19th- Sunday, March 19th
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery Lobby

Past Exhibition–“Brenau University Student Exhibition at the High Museum of Art”

Tuesday, January 3^rd-Sunday February 5th
Closing Reception: Sunday, February 5^th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center

Past Exhibition:”Nostalgia”

Thursday, February 9th-Thursday, March 9th
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 9th, 5:30-7:00
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

Past Exhibition– “Lacuna: The Space in Between”

Thursday, August 11th- Thursday, November 17th
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22nd, 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery.

Past Exhibition– “Quiddity”

Thursday, August 25th- Thursday, November 17th
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22nd, 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery.

Past Exhibition– “Postwar Modernists”

Pictured: “Interior with Chair” by Roy Lichtenstein
Extended through Thursday, November 17th, 2016
John S. Burd Center, Leo Castelli Gallery.

This exhibition from the Brenau University Permanent Art Collection features works by artists that played pivotal roles in the shifting American art world in the years following World War II including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, and Helen Frankenthaler.

Past Exhibition– “2016 President’s Summer Art Series”

Thursday, May 19th-Thursday, July 14th
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery.

This exhibit features works by regional artists with close ties to the local community and Brenau University. This year’s exhibit will include works by local artists Pris Buttler, Ann Goble, Anne Brodie Hill, and Judy Black.

Past Exhibition– “The Brenau Collaborative: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition”

Thursday, April 14th- Tuesday, April 26th
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery.

This juried exhibition features the work of Brenau University Art and Design and Interior Design students. For info call 770.534.6263.

Past Exhibition– “The Brenau Collaborative: Senior Projects and Portfolios Exhibit”

Thursday, April 7th- Tuesday, April 26th
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery.

This exhibition showcases the final projects and portfolios of graduating seniors in the areas of studio art, fashion design, fashion merchandising, and residential planning.

Past Exhibition– “9 Words”

Pictured: “Weight” by Claudia Wilburn

Thursday, February 4th-Thursday, March 17th
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery.

Claudia Wilburn and Lori Gann-Smith experiment with the visual resonance resulting from the their own unique connotations and shared implications of nine words chosen by the artists.

Past Exhibition– “The Prints of Jasper Johns”

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, January 14th- Thursday, March 17th
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery

Past Exhibition– “John Heliker: The Order of Things”

Pictured: John Heliker , “The Salad Maker”, 1972, Oil on Linen

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, August 13th- Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Sellars Gallery.

This exhibit encompasses 60 years of painting and drawings by American artist John Heliker. Heliker developed a unique and expressive artistic style during the Works Progress Administration years and continued to be a central figure in New York’s art world for over six decades.

Past Exhibition– “Behind the Seams: Caring for Historic Clothing”

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 10th- Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery

This exhibition highlights recent conservation efforts to preserve garments and accessories in the Brenau University Historic Clothing Collection.

Past Exhibition– “WADE-Women’s State High School Art and Design Competition”

Exhibit Dates: Monday, November 9^th– Saturday, November 14^th
John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts, Leo Castelli Gallery.

The Young Women’s Art and Design Exhibition, WADE, includes workshops, portfolio reviews, and a lecture on art criticism. The exhibition will feature select works in multiple media from students across Georgia and neighboring states.