Center for the Arts Gallery

The Center for the Arts Gallery is the main venue for viewing some of the region and nation’s finest artwork and is a premier exhibition space, rivaling many museum spaces. The schedule includes several exhibitions each year of important living artists of the past 40 years, as well as emerging artists.

Engaging lectures and premier exhibitions can be found on our campus throughout the year.

For upcoming events and exhibitions, visit TU Events or visit TU Galleries on Instagram.

Current EXHIBITION

Spatial Affinities

September 12 – December 6, 2025, featuring the work of Kyohei Abe, Sasha Baskin, Liz Donadio, Jon Geiger, Trisha Holt, Margaret Hull, Laura Krifka, Gina Osterloh (lecturing on Tuesday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Gallery), Kat Thompson, and Carl Toth.

Recent Exhibitions

Joan Cox: Side by Side

Summer gallery hours June 13 – July 12, Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

 

This exhibition presents recent works highlighting Joan Cox’s significant contributions to the genres of figurative painting and queer portraiture. Cox’s work captures the quiet, often fleeting moments of intimacy between women. 

 

On view: canvases and watercolors by Joan Cox and photos by collaborator Morgan Lieberman 

One of BmoreArts Pick of the Week and check out this review of the exhibition by J. Susan Isaacs in Bmore Arts!

Recent EXHIBITION

Reverie&Alchemy: A Cabinet of Curiosity

January 31 – April 19, 2025, featuring the work of Brad Blair, Stephanie Garmey, Alex Garove, Caitlin Gill, Luci Jockel, David London, Jennifer McBrien, Quentin Moseley, Mary Opasik and David Smith, and lecture with writer/curator/publisher/showman James Taylor (Center for the Arts, Rm. 2032 at 6:30 p.m.)

WRHR Panel Discussion 

Featuring Dr. Miho Iwata, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice, Dr. Desirée Rowe, Department of Communication Studies, and Dr. Kalima Young, Department of Electronic Media and Film.

2025 Senior Exhibition

May 9 – 17, 2025

The Senior Exhibition features students’ works that represent the various tracks, including painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, crafts, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art and design, photography, and printmaking.

Center for the Arts and Holtzman Galleries

Lecture by Artist Jackie Milad

TU Interviews with Artists We Love, 2021

J. Alpha Massaquoi, BFA '19 discusses the artist collective model and the role TU continues to play for him as an alumni and artist. This summer Alpha is co-curating the exhibition "Novo Legado: Bmore Legends" in the Holtzman MFA Gallery. Learn more about Hot Sauce Artists Collective here.

Anthony Cervino TU MFA '03 and current professor of Studio Art at Dickinson College discusses his artistic and academic career, and founding and running an independent art gallery. Check out Ejecta Project gallery here.

Artist Alison Saar talks gender, race, beauty, heritage, and history amidst a global pandemic. Learn more about her work and current/upcoming exhibitions here.

Artist Alejandro Guzmán, whose artistic practice focuses on creative misunderstandings through art through ritualistic group performances, celebrates the ingenuity and collective action of NYC artists in the midst of the pandemic.