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Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ 2-D Faculty Exhibition

• August 28-September 19, 2025
• Opening Reception – Thursday, August 28th, 4-7pm

Bannister Gallery opens the 2025-26 exhibition schedule with our Annual Faculty Exhibition, which offers an opportunity for the community to experience first-hand the artistic talent that is in residence at Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ. These faculty artists are integral to the current aesthetic and conceptual dialogues present in our studio art department. Their practices include research-based and interdisciplinary methods that are at the core of contemporary art. Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’s faculty artists exhibit widely and receive prestigious awards, grants, fellowships, and residencies. As a result, they encourage students by their example to think across boundaries. Collectively, these distinguished, award-winning artists bring a unique vision to the region’s cultural tapestry.

In Bannister's Footsteps: A Contemporary Journey

• October 2-24, 2025
• Opening Reception – Thursday, October 2, 4-7pm
• Artist Panel – Thursday, October 23, 5-6pm

The Bannister Community Art Project (BCAP) was launched in 2021 to support a permanent installation of a life-sized sculpture of Edward Mitchell Bannister that memorializes the artist. The success of BCAP can be seen in several community projects in his honor that continue to engage the public in dialogue that encourages community partnerships and cross cultural relationships.

This exhibition continues with that intent, selecting five contemporary artists to carry on the spirit of Bannister through new interpretations of his life and artistic themes. Shawndavid Berry, Doug Cowan, Darrel Perkins, Ponnapa Prakkamakul, and Michael Talbot will each be contributing artworks to the exhibition, including at least one new piece directly inspired by Bannister’s legacy.

The Galileo Project: Works by Nancy Bockbrader, Doug Bosch, and Richard Whitten

• November 6-December 5, 2025
• Opening Reception – Thursday, November 6, 4-7 PM

In The Galileo Project, Nancy Bockbrader, Doug Bosch, and Richard Whitten have created a dialogue across media, time, and imagination—one that links contemporary art to centuries-old scientific inquiry. Drawing from the history and the visual language of the scientific instruments housed in the Museo Galileo, each artist interprets and reimagines these objects through the lens of their own practice. Bockbrader’s hand-bound catalogue provides a satisfyingly unique companion for the exhibition. Bosch’s sculptures, tactile and purposefully imperfect, suggest objects suspended between function and fiction. Whitten’s intricate paintings create a catalogue of invented devices, each that inhabits a specific if unidentifiable place. Together, their works blur the boundaries between art, science, and history.