2026 Alumni Art Juried Exhibition on display

The second annual Alumni Art Juried Exhibition is currently on display in Brenau University’s Renaissance Gallery on the downtown Gainesville Square. The show highlights alumni artists, according to Gallery Director Lybi Cucurullo, and includes a variety of media… Read More

2026 Alumni Art Show artists

Alyson Boyko 2013, BA, Mass Communication Alyson Boyko is a sewist, quilter and needleworker from North Georgia. Boyko was taught hand-sewing beginning at age 2 and knitting at age 12. She learned machine sewing and techniques at Brenau… Read More

William J. Thompson: Gestures of Faith

A reception celebrating the 100th birthday of William J. Thompson will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, in the Brenau University Presidents Gallery at the closing reception of Gestures of Faith. Thompson was a prolific… Read More

Josué Morales Urbina on exhibit at Leo Castelli this spring

Josué Morales Urbina "Interstices" opening reception thursday, jan. 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Leo Castelli Gallery. This project is supported in part by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant

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

Teresa Abel Exposure Thursday Dec. 4, 2025

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

Jane Westrick Serious Play Closing Reception Nov. 13 4-6 p.m. Leo Castelli Art Gallery John S. Burd Center for Performing Arts 429 Academy Street NE, Gainesville GA 30501

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

Galleries to host free community workshops this fall

Fired Clay Compositions, Wed, Sep 3, 3 PM, Simmons Visual Arts Center, Free

Brenau University Galleries is hosting several free workshops for the community members that range from painting fired clay panels to an exploration of printmaking. The workshops are geared toward introducing artists to members of the community and providing… Read More

Southern Clay: Digging in the Mud on view Fall 2025

Southern Clay Digging in the Mud. Featuring Kimberly Riner, William Newman-Wise and Ethan Snow. Opening reception Sept. 4, 2025 5-7 p.m.

Contemporary ceramics made by artists with southern roots will be on display in Sellars Gallery at Brenau University this fall.  The opening reception will take place Sept. 4, and is also the reception for Gestures of Faith, featuring… 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

Inaugural Alumni Art Juried Exhibition on display now

Alumni Art Juried Exhibition - Alumni Sneak Peek: March 21, 4:30-6:30 - Opening reception: April 4, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

The inaugural Alumni Art Juried Exhibition is currently on display at Sellars Gallery at Brenau University. The show highlights alumni artists, according to Gallery Director Lybi Cucurullo. “Our arts programs at Brenau are one of our strongest, so… Read More