Events

  • Artist Lecture: Hank Willis Thomas

    Duke Family Performance Hall, Alvarez College Union 207 Faculty Drive, Davidson, NC, United States

    Join our community for an artist’s talk with Hank Willis Thomas, creator of With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited on Davidson’s campus. Thomas is a conceptual artist whose work explores perspective, identity, commodity, media, and popular culture. In this lecture, Thomas will discuss With These Hands alongside his broader art practice, considering […]

  • Art, Mindfulness, and Community – STUDENTS ONLY

    Van Every / Smith Galleries 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC, United States

    Join Ivan Mayerhofer, Associate Chaplain for Buddhist Programs, Director of Davidson Meditation Initiative, Coordinator of Interfaith Programs, for a student mindful and meditative community engagements. No experience with mindfulness necessary. Register here.

  • GLOBAL CINEMA CLASSICS – Close Up

    Semans Lecture Hall, Belk Visual Arts Center NC

    Co-sponsored with Departments of English and Film, Media and Digital Studies Close Up (1990, Iranian docufiction written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami.) Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Location: Semans Lecture Hall (VAC 117)

  • Global Cinema Classics: Close-Up

    Semans Lecture Hall, Belk Visual Arts Center NC

    1990 Iranian docu-fiction writte, directed, and edited by Abbas Kiarostami

  • Art, Mindfulness, and Community – Bearing Witness Lunch

    Van Every / Smith Galleries 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC, United States

    Join Ivan Mayerhofer, Associate Chaplain for Buddhist Programs, Director of Davidson Meditation Initiative, Coordinator of Interfaith Programs, for a lunch where we will engage in the practice of Bearing Witness from the Zen Peacemakers Order. This includes (i) experiencing the exhibit from a place of unknowing mind, (ii) looking deeply, and (iii) responding compassionately. No experience […]

  • Maker’s Market

    Hurt Hub@Davidson 210 Delburg St, Davidson, NC, United States

    More than 10 vendors will sell their goods as our first Maker's Market, in collaboration with the Hurt Hub.

  • Reception – In House: Art and Craft by Faculty and Staff

    Hurt Hub@Davidson 210 Delburg St, Davidson, NC, United States

    Join us for the reception for In House: Art and Craft from Faculty and Staff on Friday, Nov. 14, 5-6 p.m. Location: Hurt Hub@Davidson, 210 Delburg St, Davidson Exhibition On View: Oct. 31, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026 The Van/Every Smith Art Galleries, Hurt Hub@Davidson, and Davidson Arts and Creative Engagement are pleased to present an exhibition of art and […]

  • Art + Apps – Seen on Campus

    E. Craig Wall Academic Center 325 Concord Road, Davidson, NC, United States

    Join us for a quick snack and short talk about artworks in the Galleries’ collection installed in the E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center - We’re in This Together by Tavares Strachan & Ntozakhe II, Parktown, from the Somnyama Ngonyama series by Zanele Muholi.

  • Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day

    Semans Lecture Hall, Belk Visual Arts Center NC

    In partnership with Davidson College Arts & Creative Engagement and Davidson College Health Education, the Galleries will once again commemorate Day Without Art with a screening of 6 videos commissioned by Visual AIDS that forefront the experience of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis. As a memorial […]

  • ART + APPS – Seen in the Gallery

    Van Every / Smith Galleries 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC, United States

    Seen in the Gallery: Last Chance to see Hank Willis Thomas’s exhibition, We The People. Join gallery staff and interns for a quick snack and a short talk about artworks in the exhibition before it closes on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2026.