Exhibits

CURRENT EXHIBIT

Rosie Lee Tompkins at the Townsend Center

Inventive Quiltmaking
Exhibit
Wednesday, Aug 16, 2023 9:00 am -
| Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

Rosie Lee Tompkins is widely considered to be among the most accomplished and inventive American quilters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her work is no longer viewed solely within the context of quiltmaking but celebrated as one of the great American artistic achievements of our time. 

Past Exhibits

American Stories

Photographs by Ken Light
Exhibit
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 9:00 am -
| Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

In an exhibition of selected works from the past five decades, documentary photographer Ken Light probes social and political issues in America.

Livia Stein

Monsters and Others
Exhibit
Monday, Jan 28, 2019 12:00 am -
| Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

Livia Stein's paintings depict tentative and often failed efforts at communication between human beings and other beings — whether animal or monster, real or imagined.

Luminous Disturbances

Kara Maria
Exhibit
Monday, Aug 27, 2018 12:00 am -
| Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

Kara Maria's "cheerfully apocalyptic" paintings engage with a host of political issues, including war and environmental destruction.

Remnants

Michael Hall
Exhibit
Monday, Jan 29, 2018 12:00 am -
| Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

Michael Hall, an artist whose perspective is deeply shaped by his family’s military background, presents Remnants, a selection of paintings on display at the Townsend Center.