Art News Archive

Marshall University art students and alumni, under the leadership of Professor Sandra Reed from Marshall’s School of Art and Design, are presenting the Conceptions of Flight exhibit this week through Friday, Feb. 18, at the library gallery of the Academic Center on Marshall’s South Charleston campus.

The Marshall University School of Art and Design has three upcoming exhibitions. “Retrospective Reflections” is going on Nov. 4-11, and “FO(U)R Others” is going on Nov. 15-18. Both of those are Senior Capstone exhibitions and will be in the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery in the Visual Arts Center, 927 Third Ave. The Birke Art Gallery in Smith Hall will present “Foundations Review: Selected Student Works” from Nov. 17 to Dec. 3.

The Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum’s 2022 Black History Month Poster Competition is open this semester, and all West Virginia K-12 students and Marshall University students are welcome to participate. The theme is “Black Health and Wellness.” For K-12, there will be three winners – a $100 prize for one student winner each at the

Marshall University is celebrating inclusion with five new art installations on the Huntington campus. The pieces were chosen as winners of the Diversity, Equity, and Belonging Artist Competition hosted this year by the School of Art and Design and Marshall President Dr. Jerome A. Gilbert.

Marshall University is teaming up with the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts to host the West Virginia Creative Arts and Business Summit, a free, online event that goes on from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17.

The Marshall University School of Art and Design will open two new art exhibits to usher in the Fall 2021 exhibition season, the TFA 2021 Emerging Artist Fellows Exhibition and Shifting Sediments.

Sandra Reed, a professor of art and former director of the school of art and design at Marshall University, has been named the 26th Distinguished John Deaver Drinko Academy Fellow. The announcement of her appointment was made by executive director Montserrat Miller, Ph.D., during a virtual event at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center

Marshall University’s School of Art and Design and the Pottery Place will host an in-person bowl sale event as part of the 18th annual Empty Bowls fundraising pottery sale. Empty Bowls Live is planned for noon to 6 p.m. Friday, April 30, at the Pullman Square gazebo. Bowls continue to be for sale online as

The Marshall University School of Art and Design has a series of student exhibitions coming up this month and next.

Marshall University’s School of Art & Design and the Pottery Place will host the 18th annual Empty Bowls fundraising pottery sale event next month. For the second year, the pottery sale will be online and will last from April 1to 30 at https://www.thepotteryplace.biz. Proceeds go to the Facing Hunger Food Bank.