Exhibitions

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

Out of an abundance of caution in light of the COVID-19 virus, Brenau Galleries will be closed to the public until further notice. Please stayed tuned and visit https://www.brenau.edu/coronavirus/ for updates.

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.