News

Name and hometown?Sarah Zhang, from Shanghai, China. Class year and major/minor?2023, undecided. Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?I worked on a few traditional Chinese paintings over the summer. Why were you interested in interning with the galleries?I’ve always loved galleries and I hope to work in one in the future. What role does art play in your life as a Davidson student? Do you see art playing a role in your life post-Davidson?Art is something that allows me to be myself completely, a way for me to get rid of worries and time....

Kiki Smith (German American, b. 1954)Wading, 2004Hand-colored Iris print with tissue collage21.625 X 16.625 in.Purchased with funds from the Herb Jackson and Laura Grosch Gallery Endowment “Wading” is a portrait of a woman, centered on the paper, surrounded by blankness. Lips drawn together, she stares into the distance with a pensive expression. She is presumably nude, though her body fades away at her shoulders as if she is partially submerged in water: wading. The edges of her body are smudgy and foggy, strengthening the feeling of wading and creating a spiritual, almost mystical atmosphere. The woman has naturalistic human features,...

Name and hometown?Caroline (she/her). I’m from Lexington, VA. Class year and major/minor?I’m a senior English and Classical Studies double major. Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?I worked with a Davidson alum on a podcast she’s releasing this winter over the summer (art adjacent). I also did some work preparing to write my English thesis this year, which is poetry (art of a different kind). Why were you interested in interning with the galleries?I’m thinking about pursuing a career in arts administration in some capacity after Davidson and wanted to see what it would...

This year the Van Every/Smith Galleries are excited to have two Mellon-funded internship positions for “Stories Yet to be Told: Race, Racism, and Accountability on Campus,” an initiative that will transform key campus spaces into interactive sites for interrogating race and racism. We would like to introduce the first of our two Stories Yet to be Told interns, Maya Tetali ‘21.  Name and hometown?Maya; Malvern, PA. Class year and major/minor?Senior; Art History Major, French and Francophone Studies minor. Did you do anything this summer or in quarantine related to the arts?Over the summer, I was a research assistant to Dr....