Current Season

Sept. 14 – Oct 30

Lynne Avadenka is an American artist/printmaker creating multimedia work informed by explorations of text and image. She is compelled to consider the philosophical and physical presence of the book – as a repository of memory and loss, as a vehicle for transmitting transcendent information, and as a singular object binding a multiplicity of ideas. Her work bridges past and present, creates dialogues between and across cultures, and champions women’s roles throughout history.

Avadenka uses the printing press, as an indispensable art-making instrument: traditionally as a text-making tool and experimentally as an image‑making machine, often creating art using tools and materials intended and designed for other uses.

Associated Programming

• Gallery HOP Reception — Sept. 18, 5-8 p.m.
• Artist Lectures in collaboration with the Moosnick Lecture Series
  • Carrick Theater at Transylvania University — Oct. 21, 6-7 p.m.
  • Ohavay Zion Synagogue — Oct. 22

Nov. 9-Jan. 22

The exhibition is organized into three sections, each featuring a photographic series by a contemporary Chinese artist: Qian Haifeng’s Green Trains, Tang Haowu’s Migrant Workers, and Li Ming’s Post–Three Gorges. I have also drafted subtitles for each section:

1. Tracks of Memory: Life on the Green Train;
2. Building Dreams: Migrant Workers and Urban Transformation;
3. Reshaping the Landscape: Water, Memory, and the Three Gorges.

Associated Programming

• Gallery HOP Opening Reception — Nov. 20, 5-8 p.m.
• Gallery HOP Closing Reception — Jan. 15, 5-8 p.m.
• Curator Talk — Jan. 21, 5:30 in Carrick Theater

Exhibition in collaboration with the Creative Intelligence Lecture Series

Feb. 1-March 12

Jack Girard’s drawings, collages, and sculptures interplay between personal and societal narratives. In artworks spanning roughly 1975 to present, Girard constructs intricate visuals bound together in ways that are at times confusing, funny, alluring, and maybe even a little abrupt, edging against taboo. 

With a masterful hand, honed through decades of prolific creation and continuous inspection, Girard employs a diverse range of techniques to create works that are both intellectually and visually stimulating. A Transylvania University professor for over four decades, his deep engagement with students and the academic world shaped his artistic vision.

This retrospective exhibition reminds us that ideas and relationships are cyclical, that returning later for a fresh perspective establishes who we are through repeated significance. This becomes evident in Jack’s work by repeated themes of death and grieving, curiosity about various cultural practices, and a deeply speculative eye towards power and politics – often executed with a wry sense of humor. These intertwine the multifaceted nature of human experience. Each of Girard’s works tells a story while challenging the notion of linear narratives, preferring instead to explore the messy, often contradictory realities of life.

Associated Programming

• Artist Talk — Feb. 25, 6 p.m. in Morlan Gallery
• Exhibition Reception — Feb. 26, 5 p.m. in Morlan Gallery

April 1-14

Transylvania University studio art and digital arts and media students showcase their best work in this culminating exhibition.

Associated Programming

• Exhibition Reception — April 9, 5 p.m.

May 6-21

Annual Juried exhibition of student artwork. Transylvania of all majors showcase their artistic talent by contributing works in a wide variety of media for this inventive exploration of creativity.

Associated Programming

• Exhibition Reception — May 6, 5 p.m. in Morlan Gallery