Poole Art Gallery 2021-2022 - University of Montevallo

Exhibitions

Poole Art Gallery 2021-2022

May 6 – August 26, 2022

Neighbor Nature Located in Poole Art Gallery

Summer Invitational featuring works by four Auburn University Professors: Lauren Howard, Lauren Woods, Wendy DesChene and Chuck Hemard. The drawings, paintings, photographs and three-dimensional installations displayed utilize various aspects from the natural world to reflect, comment and critique on a range of issues including: place, identity, class, dance, institutional critique, and the land itself.

March 9 – April 28, 2022

Intermountain Mythology
Bryce Lafferty
Located: The Gallery at Bloch Hall
Opening Reception & Gallery Talk: March 9, 2022, 4 to 6 pm

Bryce Lafferty’s landscape drawings emerge as poetic expressions of his wonderment for the natural world. They are almost always based on actual places that he has visited and are the result of an internal process that involves meshing together memories with categorical knowledge, like science, philosophy, or history.

Jan 31 – Feb 19, 2022
Alumni Art Auction Poole Party
Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, 4 to 5:30 pm

The Bloch Party is now The Poole Party!

Please join us for the 25th Annual Alumni Art Auction taking place January 31-February 19 in the new Poole Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts. This year bidding will remain open the entire time the show is up and will close at the conclusion of The Poole Party on February 19 from 4 to 5:30 pm! Artwork drop-off is January 20.

Jan 14-24, 2022
Othered
Located in: Poole Art Gallery
Closing Reception: Jan 24, 4-6 pm

Student Pop Up Show
Student Manager: Deidre Darby
Faculty Support: Ryan Foster Featuring work by: Isaac Barrientos, Megan Boddie, Elle Brown, Deidre Darby, Maddie Evett, Natalie Henderson, Erika Lewis, Kamden Marshall, Atiyah Muhammad, Jamie Myers, Grace Varner, Isabella Zigler and Victoria Green.

Oct. 28 – Dec. 2

THE CRUCIBLE PROJECT
Kenneth Baskin, Richard Hirsch, Scott Meyer, Michael Rogers
Reception/Gallery Talk: Oct 28, 4-6 pm

Through deft manipulation, fire, earth, air and water are made as poetic as they are palpable. Here again, the central tool is the crucible; one of history’s most indelible and pervasive icons for actual and symbolic transformation. The pieces in this exhibition evidence the artists both as individuals and as participants in creative dialogue with pieces owing to the shared vision of the group.

Sept. 9 – Oct. 20

Faculty Show
The University of Montevallo Art Faculty
Located in Poole Art Gallery and The Gallery at Bloch Hall
Opening Reception: Sept 9, 4-6 pm

Participating Faculty: Joe Bennett, Misty Bennett, Joel Bullock, Amy Feger, Ryan Foster, Karen Graffeo, Daisie Hoitsma, Kimberly McWhorter, Scott Meyer, Ted Metz, Bethany Moody, Lee Somers, Scott Stephens, Nic Tisdale, Michael Willett, Collin Williams, Tanner Young.

May 10 – Aug. 25

BFA Alumni Summer Show Located in Poole Art Gallery
Closing Reception: Aug 25, 4-6 pm

This exhibition presents the scope of the students’ creative research. Participating artists include: Victoria Nichols, Thor Audiss, Kristen Beardshear, Mary E. Campbell, Luzena Donell, Zoey Edison, Elaina Fernandez, Landon Flye, Mallory Hall, Hannah Irelan, Morgane Landau, Anna Mullen, Lia Williams, Makayla Wright.

Poole Art Gallery 2020-2021

The Art Department is pleased to open the Poole Art Gallery in the new Center for the Arts on campus. Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, no opening receptions will be held this fall, though exhibitions will be open to the UM community following social distancing guidelines. Each exhibition will include a virtual gallery tour, accessible on our website, and our artist gallery talks will be live streamed. Please check back for specific times and dates. Thank you for helping to keep everyone’s health our top priority.

Opening receptions and gallery talks for 2020/21 will be substituted with a virtual artist talk.
Fall 2020
Aug. 27- Oct. 16, 2020
Small Bites Kenny Jensen

Florida native, Kenny Jensen maintains a deep connection to the state’s unique natural environment. Jensen actively seeks, collects, and re-contextualizes, overlooked, organic phenomena and man-made artifacts.

1. “Time-lapse Installation”

2. “Virtual Walk-through”

Oct. 29- Dec 4
On Repeat Ellen Mueller

Ellen Mueller explores issues related to the environment, hyperactive news media and corporate management systems. She creates experiences that engage with social and political issues through a variety of media.

Ryan Foster

Gallery DirectorM-F 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Open Fall & Spring Terms Free Admission

Bloch Hall, Station 6400 Montevallo, AL

(205) 665-6400

jfoster2@montevallo.edu