Center for the Arts Gallery

The Center for the Arts and Holtzman MFA Galleries are co-curricular, research driven spaces, supporting and complementing student coursework, faculty scholarship, and experiential learning. They are also sites that promote and exhibit artwork, highlighting the processes and practices of artists from a wide variety of disciplines, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Research is inherent to the artistic process, but it is often hidden from the public. The art that is on display is only a portion of the immense task of creation. Artists examine the world and then present it as the work, making it possible for us to appreciate that which is otherwise incomprehensible.

Engaging lectures and premier exhibitions can be found on our campus throughout the year. See what's coming at: TU Events or TU Galleries on Instagram.

Upcoming EXHIBITION

Even Our Oddkin

September 4 – December 5, 2026. "Even Our Oddkin" brings together artists who are curious about the lives unfolding all around us: not just those of humans, but the many beings, materials and systems with whom we share the world.

In Summer 2026, the CA Gallery participated in Towson University's Summer at the Center. We hosted an exhibition entitled "Vital Beauty: Narrative Through the American Body," from June 12–July 11.

Featured artists included: DeVonn Caldwell, Zoë Charlton, Justyne Fischer, Shae McCoy, Taj Poscé, Candice Tavares, VILLAGER, Stephanie Williams

 

 

Lecture by Artist Jennifer McBrien

 

Recent Exhibitions

RECENT EXHIBITION

Department of Art + Design Faculty Biennial

February 6 – April 18, 2026. Art + Design, Art History, Art Education faculty present examples of their recent aesthetic concerns in a broad range of media. 

Recent 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.

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 Film, Audio, Media Arts.

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.