Visual Art Exhibitions and Galleries
explore our galleries, experience contemporary art
Our galleries showcase contemporary artists and provide dedicated spaces for our UWG student artists to exhibit their work. Galleries are open to throughout the fall and spring semesters with an active exhibition schedule. We also invite talented artists and art historians to give talks throughout the academic year, creating opportunities for further demonstrations and discourse.
Admission is free to campus and community.
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Exhibitions and Events
Student Capstone Preview Exhibition
Student Capstone Preview Exhibition
August 25-September 5
Library Gallery, 3rd Floor Ingram Library
Special Event:
- Reception:
Thursday, September 4 / 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Come support the creative voices of our student artists as they showcase their work to campus and community. This is a unique opportunity to experience their talents before they take the next big step towards graduation.
Herding Horses
Herding Horses
September 2-26
The Vault Gallery, Wadsworth Auditorium, Newnan
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Special Events:
- Reception and Gallery Talk:
Thursday, September 11 / 5:00-7:00 p.m. - Newnan Art Walk:
Friday, September 19 / 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Herding Horses explores the noble beast through the work of artists Anne Berry and Ellis McEntire. Bringing together prints, photographs, and paintings, the exhibition foregrounds the horse as both subject and symbol of spiritual connection, power, grace, friendship, success, and good fortune.
Felicia Castro: Unicorn Blood and Mother's Milk
Felicia Castro: Unicorn Blood and Mother's Milk
September 15-October 10
Library Gallery, 3rd Floor Ingram Library
Special Event:
- Reception:
Wednesday, September 17 / 4:00-6:00 p.m.
In Unicorn Blood and Mother's Milk, Felicia Castro explores her experience of motherhood after her baby was diagnosed with heart disease at 20 weeks in utero: from the fantasy of possible futures to the harsh reality of what could be a fatal diagnosis. Her paintings capture the horror, harshness, and brutal beauty of navigating the day to day of mothering a baby with CHD. She uses baby shower iconography; nursery room décor; and images from the NICU, post-op open heart surgery, to create a tension between the pain and resiliency of both mother and baby.
Hannah Chalew
Hannah Chalew
Thursday, September 25
Adamson Hall / 6:00 reception, 6:30 talk
Michael and Andrea Stone Visiting Artist Series: We are proud to welcome to campus artist and environmental activist Hannah Chalew, whose stunning installations, sculptures, and prints examine life in a time of global warming and a collective, uncertain future. Hannah will discuss her work and entertain questions from Casey McGuire, UWG Professor of Art.
Tamie Beldue: Blackwell Prize in Painting Exhibition
Tamie Beldue: Blackwell Prize in Painting Solo Exhibition
October 7-31
The Vault Gallery, Wadsworth Auditorium, Newnan
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Special Events:
- Artist Talk: Tuesday, October 14 / 6:00 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. talk / UWG Newnan / Register
- Reception and Gallery Talk: Wednesday, October 15 / 5:00-8:00 p.m. / The Vault Gallery
Born in upstate New York, artist Tamie Beldue creates mixed-media drawings that blend representational precision, emotional gravity, and imaginative flair. She currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina Asheville.
Exploring Art with Nathan Rees
Exploring Art with Nathan Rees
Tuesday, October 28
UWG Newnan / 6:00 reception, 6:30 talk
The Hudson River School and the American Landscape: Explore painting in the early nineteenth century with Dr. Nathan Rees, UWG Associate Professor of Art History. Learn how the Hudson River School, America's first internationally recognized art movement, documented the beauty of the continent's wild spaces—and the growth of settlements that threatened to destroy them.
Gallery Spaces
Visual Arts Building Gallery
The Visual Arts Building showcases a range of exhibitions in its gallery and provides a space for students to learn by experience, curating their own shows to prepare for professional careers.
The Vault Gallery
The Vault Gallery is a state-of-the-art designed space inside Newnan's Wadsworth Auditorium that holds diverse exhibitions of community interest in partnership with the City of Newnan.
Emergency Art Gallery
A boutique micro-gallery for installations, the Emergency Art Gallery is located in the exit for classroom 1301 in the TLC Building.
The closest parking lot is beside the Townsend Center.
Gallery Spaces
facilities
Humanities Building: Studios for painting, drawing, and animation; labs for photography and graphic design; and classrooms for art education and history are located in the newly renovated Humanities Building, a 30+ million dollar state-of-the-art project, redesigned specifically for the arts.
Visual Arts Building: Visual Arts Building is also a new space created to house a printmaking studio, sculpture studio and foundry, and ceramics studio.
Campus Map
Locate buildings and parking for our UWG Carrollton venues and facilities on the campus map or consult the above directions for each venue via Google Maps.