Americana art in Norton Family Legacy Art Collection on display in July

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Brenau Galleries will host an opening reception for Celebrating Freedom, an exhibit in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, from 4-6 p.m. on July 2, at Leo Castelli Gallery.

Brenau Galleries to host events in celebration of nation’s 250th

250th puppetry event flyer

The Brenau University Galleries will host events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence. An event for elementary school students will take place on Thursday, July 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be… Read More

Watercolors of naturalist John Abbot on exhibition this summer

This summer, Brenau University’s Renaissance Gallery, located on the downtown Gainesville Square at 106 Spring St., will feature Flora & Fauna: John Abbot’s Natural History of the Insects of Georgia. Abbot, an English naturalist and artist born in… Read More

Brenau Galleries open for Gainesville Art Walk April 16

Art Walk. All Brenau Galleries open. April 16 3-8 p.m. Artist meet and greet April 16 5-7 p.m. Renaissance Gallery.

All Brenau University Galleries will be open during the Gainesville Art Walk on Thursday, April 16. A meet-and-greet with the artists featured in the annual Alumni Juried Exhibition will be held at Renaissance Gallery from 5-7 p.m. Locations… Read More

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