Events

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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. 1, 2026.

Global Cinema Classics: The Exploding American Underground Co-sponsored by Van Every/Smith Galleries and the departments of English and Film, Media, and Digital Studies. Monday, Feb. 2, 5 p.m.: Todd Haynes' The Velvet Underground (2021) Acclaimed documentary about how the NYC underground film, visual art, and poetry scenes birthed rock's most radical band. Monday, March 2, 5 […]

Join us for a reception celebrating the opening of Alternative Medicine: Healing Remedies for Harmful Times. See the exhibition, meet some of the exhibiting artists, and enjoy light refreshments. Brief gallery talk at 6:30 p.m., followed by a live performance by Luis Sahagún, Visiting Assistant Professor of Drawing and Sculpture starting in the Missy Boaz Woodward […]