Art Gallery

Mar 26, 2015 • jretter Retter

How a Crash Changed Everything for the Art Gallery

March 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Arcadia University Art Gallery’s move to its current location in the Benton Spruance Art Center, a historic structure built in 1892 that once held massive turbines that provided electricity for the Harrison mansion, now known as Grey Towers Castle. The...

Mar 4, 2015 • Purnell Cropper

Jamar Nicholas Discusses Black Superheroes on MTV.com

Arcadia University Art Gallery Assistant Jamar Nicholas was one of four African-American comic book creators interviewed by MTV.com on Feb. 25, speaking on diversity in comic books and the future of the superhero. Being African-American informs everything I do, especially creatively...

Feb 3, 2015 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Nicholas, Smith Lecture on Artistic and Academic Lives, Feb. 4

The Office of Institutional Diversity launches Black History Month with “An Evening with Jamar and Alan” on Wednesday, Feb. 4 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Castle Rose and Mirror Rooms. Jamar Nicholas, award-winning cartoonist and assistant for the Arcadia University Art Gallery, and Alan Smith,...

Installation view of “Faculty Exhibition 2014,” Arcadia University Art Gallery. Photo by Allison Krosnick.

Oct 29, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Megan D’Avella ’16: ‘A Glimpse into Our Professors’ Artistic Worlds’

Arcadia University’s Faculty Exhibition offers students, such as art history major Megan D’Avella ’16, the opportunity to check out what their instructors are up to outside of the classroom. D’Avella, whose interest in art exhibitions led her to the Contemporary Curatorial Practices course, has...

Oct 24, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Exhibition at Arcadia University Showcases Artists with Neurological Disorders, Through Feb. 8, 2015

Arcadia University’s ARC Exhibition Program is pleased to present Band of Artists: Spectrum Order Disorder in the Commons Art Gallery and the Great Room lobby through Feb. 8, 2015. This exhibition brings together the work of dancers, performers, photographers, documentary filmmakers, scientists,...

Installation view, “Faculty Exhibition 2014,” Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, Pa., 2014. Photo by Allison Krosnick.

Oct 22, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Faculty Exhibition Highlights Variety of Work by Arcadia’s Visual and Performing Art Professors

Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present its biennial Faculty Exhibition, on view through Nov. 23. The exhibition features 35 works by 22 full-time and part-time instructors teaching the following disciplines within Arcadia’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts: drawing, painting, ...

Installation view, Alumni Spotlight Art Exhibition: Jannalyn Bailey, Arcadia University Commons Art Gallery, Glenside, Pa., 2014.

Aug 31, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Complex Issues of the Female Form Explored in Alumni Spotlight Art Exhibition

[box border="full"]Artist Lecture: Jannalyn Bailey will give a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in the Commons Great Room. A reception will follow.[/box] In an exhibit at the Arcadia University Commons Art Gallery, Jannalyn Bailey explores complex issues related to the perception of the...

Jun 5, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Now on Display: Photography Exhibition Showcases Preview Experiences

Arcadia University’s Art Research Collaboration (ARC) Exhibition Program, in conjunction with the Office of University Communications, is pleased to present Signpost: A Preview Photography Exhibition, on display in the Great Room Lobby through Oct. 5. Prior to departing on Preview in March, the...

Apr 11, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Arcadia University Presents ‘Free Play,’ an Exhibition by International Array of Artists, through April 20

Arcadia University Art Gallery presents Free Play, an exhibition that explores works by an international array of artists who borrow from play and games to reveal social, philosophical, and cultural issues. Curated by Melissa E. Feldman, the exhibition, which runs through April 20 at Arcadia, is...

Apr 1, 2014 • JoLynne Bremmer

April 3: ‘Free Play’ Curator Feldman Presents ‘Playing in the Expanded Field: Art, Activism, and Games’

Melissa E. Feldman, curator for the Arcadia University Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Free Play, will present “Playing in the Expanded Field: Art, Activism, and Games” on Thursday, April 3, at 5 p.m. The event will be held in the Commons Great Room. Offering insight into the interactive works...

Feb 21, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Arcadia University Presents ‘The Black Tongue Lexicon’ by Gary Setzer, Feb. 24

Arcadia University’s Art Research Collaboration (ARC) Exhibition Program is pleased to announce a one-night engagement of a new performance work, The Black Tongue Lexicon, by visual artist Gary Setzer. The performance is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Commons Art Gallery, and is...

Installation view, Student Biennial, Arcadia University Commons Art Gallery, Glenside, Pa., 2014.

Jan 28, 2014 • Purnell Cropper

Arcadia University Commons Art Gallery Presents Student Biennial 2014 Juried Exhibition

Photographs, oil paintings, metal jewelry and sculpture, and other student works are on display at the 2014 Student Biennial Juried Exhibition at Arcadia University. The show, which runs through Feb. 23, is on display in the Commons Art Gallery, and is sponsored by the Arcadia University Art...