This exhibition presents a selection of diverse works in various media by Hank Willis Thomas, offering a deeper look into the artist’s explorations of identity, history, and collective memory. Presented in conjunction with the dedication of With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited, the exhibition invites reflection on the ways Thomas’s broader... Read More >
So many of today’s hot-button medical issues—debates over contraception, reproductive choice, and access to healthcare—center on pharmaceutical treatments. Life in a post-COVID world revolves around access to specific drugs. As medical care and government oversight become thoroughly enmeshed in divisive political partisanship, we need new ways to think and talk about healing—not only of our... Read More >
Join us for our senior art major solo capstone exhibitions. These exhibitions take place in the Smith Gallery between March 2-May 16, 2026, and include receptions and gallery talks for each student artist. Courtney Sanders ‘26: Rot On View: March 2-6, March 16 & 17, 2026 Reception: March 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Belle Staley McKissick ‘26:... Read More >
The Van Every/Smith Galleries and the Davidson College Art Department will present the Herb Jackson Annual Student Art Exhibition in the Van Every Gallery from April 22 to May 7, 2026, with a reception on April 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 7:15 p.m. The exhibition highlights more than 60 works produced... Read More >
Explorations celebrates the creative research of the art department’s studio art faculty, Joelle Dietrick (in collaboration with Owen Mundy), Luis Sahagún, Tyler Starr, and Katie St. Clair, whose practices span a wide range of media, methods, and concepts. As working artists and educators, each contributes to the academic life of the college as well as... Read More >
ArtMate is an art-lending program that allows students to borrow a work from the Galleries’s art collection for their residence hall room for the academic year. Gallery staff and interns selected over 125 pieces out of the 4,200 works in the college’s permanent art collection spanning centuries, regions, and genres to provide a variety of... Read More >
The Van Every/Smith Galleries and the Davidson College Art Department presented the Herb Jackson Annual Student Art Exhibition in the Van Every Gallery from April 21 to May 7, 2025, with a reception on April 22 from 7-8:30 p.m. This year, the exhibition was named in honor of Herb Jackson ’67 who taught at Davidson... Read More >
Join us for our senior art major solo capstone exhibitions. Bimal Shahi ’25: Way of Life On View: March 19 – March 25, 2025 Reception: March 21, 2025, 4:15 pm—5:30 pm Learn more about Bimal’s exhibition here. La’Nisha Rodgers ’25: Between Here and Me On View: March 29-April 4, 2025 Reception: April 2,... Read More >
The Van Every/Smith Galleries are pleased to present Warp Weft Water Weeds, a solo exhibition by Elizabeth Bradford. The exhibition highlights the talent of an artist who has spent fifty years diligently working within our own community, capturing the evolving landscapes she holds dear. Over twenty monumental canvases created over the last few years will be... Read More >
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Catherine Opie is one of the most important American photographers of our time. For more than three decades she has used her artistic practice to help us see people, places, and subcultures that are often overlooked. Opie has created seminal portraits of the LGBTQIA community, as well as images of high school football players, California... Read More >
We are pleased to present Tyler Starr’s solo exhibition, Tyler Starr: Tales of the Future. Combining research, direct observation, and poetic associations, Starr’s mixed media works and artists books often rely on cross-references to better understand current social and political conundrums. Tales of the Future features a new comic-style artist book of the same name,... Read More >
The Van Every/Smith Galleries and the Davidson College Art Department will present our Annual Student Art Exhibition in the Van Every Gallery from April 24 to May 8, 2024, with an opening reception on April 24, 2024, from 7-8:30 pm. The Annual Student Art Exhibition highlights more than 60 works produced during the academic year... Read More >
Claire Begalla ’24 Unbound On View: December 8 – 13, 2023 Reception: Friday, December 8, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Encompassing photography, printmaking, and animation, Claire Begalla’s works visually explore the manipulation of the human figure and its dynamic relationship with the surrounding landscape. Born in DeLand Florida, they will receive their Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and... Read More >
Featuring Johannes Barfield, Alexandra Bell, Erika Diamond, Johannah Herr, Jammie Holmes, Matt Kenyon, William Pope.L, Shaun Leonardo, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Cara Sheffler, Hồng-Ân Trương, Jina Valentine, Ashima Yadava The sun still rises in spite of everything draws inspiration from the Van Every/Smith Galleries’ 2014 exhibition State of Emergency in its consideration of the role... Read More >
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