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Epiphany Knedler810 Dickinson Avenue, 2018Video, 0:06On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus re-opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Epiphany Knedler (b. 1995, American), the South Dakota-born artist, is now working in Greenville, North Carolina. While Knedler has been celebrated for...

We are excited to present AN ENVIRONMENT ENDURED curated by Adrienne Lee ’21 and Emilie Hoke ’21. This exhibition features works from the Van Every/Smith Galleries Permanent Art Collection that encompass “environment.” As curators of the exhibition, we sought to introduce a variety of works that narrate environmental issues that loom, whether seen or unseen. Together, the works situate human beings within an affected, changing climate, and offer an introspective moment to reevaluate one’s relationship to the environment. AN ENVIRONMENT ENDURED is on view at the Hamilton W. McKay Atrium at E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center from August 17 – December 8,...

Growing up in Alabama, Bethany Collins never bought the argument that “Dixie” was an innocent song of Southern nostalgia. She found the song guilty of celebrating a South that battled to keep slavery intact, then later often used violence to prevent free Black people from owning property, voting or holding elected office. In the theory that it’s better to shine a flashlight on the monster under the bed than to hide under the covers, Collins pored over 100 different versions of the song, its lyrics changed for different times and causes. “It is a catchy, horrible song,” Collins said. “I...

Alma LeivaSurvival map for the outsider (Mapa de supervivencia para el forastero), 2015Animation, 3:55On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from August 16 - October 3, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus re-opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Alma Leiva notes that Survival Map for the Outsider (Mapa de Supervivencia para el Forastero)...

Nancy Baker (American, b. 1951)Eating Mist II, 2016Pigment prints, glitter, Mylar and acrylic on hand and laser cut paper, museum board43 x 33 x 3 in.Gallery Purchase during the 2016 Art Acquisition Party with contributions from Malu Alvarez ’02, Jane Avinger, Susan Beaumont, Armando Bellmas, Lydia Bittner-Baird, Chai Lu Bohannan ’14, Elizabeth Bradford, Caroline Brooks ’15, Im Chan, John Christian, Howard Daniel ’72, Dan Drayer, Rosemary Droney, Jennifer Sudul Edwards, Emily Mehta Farlow ’11, Donna Ferguson, John Ferraris, Monica King Friel, Anna Grumman ’19, Kate Hall ’16, Richard C. Halton ’77, Elizabeth Harry ’14, Scott Harry, Stephanie Glaser ’92 &...