Gallery Gathering

November’s Gallery Gathering will focus on Steven MacGowan’s Choice, No Choice and Tim Lowly’s Beacon (Bless the Bastard), paired in conversation with one another in Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century. Very different in style and medium, both works serve as reflections of the artists’ experiences as fathers of children who battled serious illnesses.…

In December, we will gather in the Joy Light Gallery to observe a trio of figures representing Bixia Yuanjun and Guanyin. Sometimes conflated with one another, these two Chinese goddesses are both associated with compassion, protection, and fertility. They differ, however, in their stories of origin and the ways in which they have historically been…

During January’s Gallery Gathering, we will delve into questions of American life and identity with a discussion of Roscoe Hall’s With Great Intent to Leave It All For You and Tylonn Sawyer’s American Woman: Columbia. These pieces are paired together in Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century for their shared focus on contemporary African…