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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....

David Hilliard (American, b.1964)Norm's Birthday, 2001Four panel Chromogenic print40" x 120"Gift of John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 David Hilliard is known for his multi-panel panoramic photographs, where each image offers a new perspective of the narrative being told. Unlike single photographs, this style allows the artist to direct the viewers' eyes to the smallest details across the panorama. Inspired by his own experiences, Hilliard's work is autobiographical but also involves elements of fiction. He explores evocative and complex themes such as sexuality, gender, and age, which are both personal and universal. Norm's Birthday (2001) depicts a realistic scene of...

Learn more about From Pandemic to Protests, an exhibition drawn fully from our permanent art collection, through some of our recent press. Maya Tetali '21 wrote about From Pandemic to Protests for The Davidsonian. She interviewed Adrienne Lee '21, a Gallery intern who assisted Gallery staff, along with summer intern Sebi Sola-Sole '21, to organize the exhibition. The exhibition remains on view through October 18th. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome, with access Monday-Fridays from 10am-5pm and weekends from 12-4pm. Click the image below to read Tetali's article. Charlotte-based arts writer Lauren Piemont also wrote about From Pandemic to Protests...