Exhibitions

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Hank Willis Thomas

We The People


Van Every / Smith Galleries
On View: October 10, 2025— February 02, 2026

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 >

Vibrant quilt-like artwork with stars, stripes, and fragments of the American flag in bold colors and patterns.

Upcoming

Alternative Medicine

Healing Remedies for Harmful Times


Van Every Gallery
On View: February 11, 2026— April 13, 2026
Opening Reception: February 11, 2026, 5:30 pm— 7:30 pm

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 >

2026

Senior Art Majors 2026


Van Every Gallery
On View: March 02, 2026— May 16, 2026

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... Read More >

2026

Herb Jackson Annual Student Art Exhibition


Van Every Gallery
On View: April 22, 2026— May 07, 2026
Opening Reception: April 22, 2026, 7:00 pm— 8:30 pm
Awards at 7:15 p.m.

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 >

Past

2026 Exhibitions
2025 Exhibitions
Vibrant quilt-like artwork with stars, stripes, and fragments of the American flag in bold colors and patterns.

Hank Willis Thomas

We The People


Van Every / Smith Galleries
On View: October 10, 2025— February 02, 2026

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 >

Silhouette of a woman in front of a multi-colored video projection showing plants and artchitecture

Studio Art Faculty

Explorations


Van Every Gallery
On View: August 25, 2025— October 01, 2025
Opening Reception: September 10, 2025, 5:30 pm— 7:30 pm

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 in the Gallery

2025

ArtMate


Smith Gallery
On View: June 03, 2025— September 09, 2025

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 >

Annual Student Art Exhibition reception 2023

2026

Herb Jackson Annual Student Art Exhibition


Van Every Gallery
On View: April 21, 2025— May 08, 2025
Opening Reception: April 22, 2026, 7:00 pm— 8:30 pm
Awards at 7:15 p.m.

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 >

detail of abstract artwork by Evie Mulhern '25 featuring geometric patterns with multicolored squares and lines intersecting, creating a dynamic, layered effect.

2025

Senior Art Majors 2025


Smith Gallery
On View: March 21, 2025— May 07, 2025

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 >

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