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2021-2022

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Scott Nicol
Ladders and Walls


October 21 - December 10, 2021
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
October 23, 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM


Image: Ladder and Border Wall, Granjeno, TX
January 2, 2021

2020-2021

2021 End of Year Student Show

May 12 - 22, 2021

Announcing the winners of the Nelson Materials Awards: Shannon K. Fischer, Luisa Pina, Sam Skinner, Cynthia Zapata, Ryann Ashlock, Rebecca Tobias, & Ruth Toth
2021 Student Show Gallery

2019-2020

photo collage from 2020 EOY Show

2020 End of Year Student Show

Online: May 15, 2020

Announcing the winners of the Nelson Materials Awards: Phung Banh, William McCarthy, Madison Taylor, & Cynthia Zapata

Mark Monroe: Industrial Debitage

February 26 - May 15, 2020
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Sabbatical Series Event:
February 26, 2020
Reception - 4:30 pm
Lecture - 5:00 pm
junk yard photo
Kappa Exhibit Gallery View

Kappa Gamma Chi: 1919 - 2019

October 22 - December 13, 2019
Wright Campus Center Johnson Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
October 26, 2019 6:00pm-7:30pm
 

Witness

Eve Neidhardt

October 24 - December 13, 2019
Ida Green Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
October 26, 2019 4:30pm-6:00pm


Image: Witness 6, mixed media, 2019, 30" x 40"
Eve Neidhardt Postcard Front

2018-2019

Prose Card Front

Nature Observed and Imagined: Catherine Prose

February 11 - March 29, 2019
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Images:
1) Oklahoma Sample: Threatened, Endangered, Extinct, Intact and Invented, mixed media on wood, 2007.
2) Sea Scape #10, screenprint and acrylic, 2019.
3) Darwin Tortoise, mixed media on wood, 2009.
4) Retracing Steps Kealia, intaglio and screenprint, 2018.
 

Michael Winegarden 

Parallel Universes

February 4 - March 8, 2019
Ida Green Gallery
Artwork by Michael Winegarden in Oil, Acrylic and Mixed Media
Winegarden Postcard Front
 
Subliminal Surprises Postcard Image

Subliminal Surprises

Assemblages Featuring Jewelry by Alumni Artists Martina Noble and Amy Veatch

November 5 - December 14, 2018
Ida Green Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
November 10, 5:30-7:30 pm
Subliminal Surprises explores through jewelry the markers we leave behind - the tangible links between the present and the people, places, and experiences of our past.
 

Sincretismos de Mesoamerica

Documentary Photography
by Eva Lépiz

September 10 - October 19, 2018
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery
Image: Emilio Quevedo, Regionales de Oaxaca, Manganas a pie, Lienzo Charro de Hacienda Blanca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 16/09/2010
Photo by Eva Lepiz of Emilio Quevedo

2017-2018

Steven J Miller Postcard

Steven J. Miller
Big Distractions


April 2 - May 13, 2018
Ida Green Gallery


Image: Big Distractions, 30" x 48", 2013
 

Driving the Dream
Photographs by Harrod Blank

January 22 - March 2, 2018
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Image: Photos from Art Cars by Harrod Blank, 2007
Harrod Blank
 

Laura J. Lawson: Elements of Place

October 9 - December 8, 2017
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
October 14 from 6 - 8 pm
in Forster Dennis Gallery

Image: Laura J. Lawson, detail from Dépaysement, acrylic ink on polypropylene, 200" x 80", 2016

 

Brianna M. Burnett
Borrowed Whimsy

September 25 - November 10, 2017
Ida Green Gallery

Homecoming Reception:
October 14 from 4:30 - 6 pm
in Ida Green Gallery

 

Image: Brianna M. Burnett, Pink House/ Shadow on the Roof, archival digital print, size variable, 2017
 

Exit or Not


Curated by Scott Tucker for [inner.space projects]

Featuring: Ali Akbar, Sheryl Anaya, Legend D'Oro, Sarah Martin, Scott Tucker, and Paul Winker

September 13 - October 4, 2017
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Image: Legend D'Oro, Blood Donor, sumi ink on paper, 60x44"

2016-2017

Patent Pending

Curated by Jonathan Whitfill

Featuring works by 30+ artists, all inspired by U.S. patent books from the early 1960s

March 20 - April 21, 2017

Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Image: collage of work by Voisey, Burnett/Foreman, Richards, Rische, and Weaver/Weaver

 

Required Reading


Robin Dru Germany

 

November 7 - December 16, 2016

Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

 

Image: Robin Dru Germany, Blue Reference Book (detail); pigment ink on rag paper, 32x26", 2016.

 

Dennis Nance: Cast of Characters
Candace Hicks: Boxes and Books

October 3 - October 31, 2016
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Left Image: Dennis Nance, Snail; fleece, Poly-fil and thread, dimensions variable, 2015.

Right Image: Candace Hicks, still from Rooms by the Sea; video on portable TV, turntable, laser cut model in laser cut box, 12x12x12"

 

Landscape

Featuring work by Sarah Martin, Janel Lionberger, Diana Dinh, and Amanda Kelly

October 10 - 28, 2016
Ida Green Gallery

Image: Sarah Martin, The Black Line; acrylic on canvas, 60x96", 2016

 

Portrait

featuring work by Heidi Rushing

October 10 - 28, 2016
Ida Green Projects Gallery

2015 - 2016

Faith Scott Jessup and Robert Jessup: Recent Paintings

Ida Green Gallery

April 11 - May 20, 2016

 

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Jill Bedgood
Soliloquy

March 28 - April 22, 2016
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

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Tuba Koymen

quiddity |ˈkwidətē|
noun
the inherent nature or essence of someone or something.

February 15- March 18, 2016

Forster Art Complex Dennis gallery

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Tim Tracz: Collaborations
30 Years Making Art

November 9, 2015 - January 29, 2016
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Homecoming Celebration and Retirement Reception for Tim
Saturday, October 14, from 6 - 8 pm
Join us for wine and hors d’oeuvers and say hello to Tim.
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The American Cowboy: Generations

Photographs by father and son, Bank and John Langmore, representing over forty years documenting the American West.

 

September 28, 2015 - April 15, 2016
Wright Campus Center Johnson Gallery

2014 - 2015

Ghost Town Arts Collective

BOOKED

 

April 13 - May 22, 2015

Ida Green Gallery

Featuring work by artists Deeya Bain, Elizabeth Cox, Buck Dawson, Diane Durant, P. Taillefer Dye, Sam Gamble, Sierra Harper, Candace Hicks, Janice Howell, Daniel Mikelonis, Rhaine Murray, Erin Hawley Reardon, Natalie Rodgers, Jean Roelke, Heidi Rushing, Dianne Smith, Alex Telecky, Tim Tracz, and Michael Zimmerman.

 

CLOSING RECEPTION: Friday, May 22, 6 - 8 pm

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Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture

Organized by the Aspen Art Museum

February 16 - April 24, 2015
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Card Front Images (clockwise from top left):
1) Shigeru Ban, Paper Emergency Shelter for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Byumba Refugee Camp, Rwanda, 1994-99.
2) Shigeru Ban, Paper Log House, KObe, Japan, 1995. Photo: Takanobu Sakuma.
3) Shigeru Ban, Paper Log Hosue, Cebu, Philippines, 2014.
4) Shigeru Ban, Paper Partition System 4, Iwate, Japan, 2011
Images Courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects/NGO Voluntary Architects' Network (VAN)
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Nestor Topchy:

Nothing works

Nothing is the same

Nothing is as it seems, nor is it otherwise

November 17, 2014 - January 23, 2015

Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Topchy

 

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Carl Antonowicz: Spotblacks on the Soul

October 13 - November 21, 2014
Ida Green Gallery

Visiting Artist Talk: Thursday, October 30 at 11 am in Forster room 111

Homecoming Reception: Saturday, November 1, 4:30 - 6:00 pm

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Kelly Yarbrough: Order and Abandon

September 22 - November 2, 2014
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Homecoming Reception: Saturday, November 1, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Visiting Artist Talk: Monday, November 3 at 3 pm in Forster room 210

Image: The Commons, mixed media, 30 x 22", 2014
The Commons

2013-2014

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Michael Corris: The Storage Problem.

April 7 - May 18, 2014

Ida Green Gallery

Image: Michael Corris, Too Many Parthenons, 2013, Inkjet print on paper, 22x17 inches
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Small Pleasures III

March 31 - May 2, 2014

Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

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Sherie Lehman: Surface

February 10 - March 21, 2014

Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

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Donald E. Camp
Dust Shaped Hearts: Earth & Milk

November 4 - December 13, 2014

Tuesday, November 19, 11 am - noon, WCC 231

Artists's Reception and Magic Performance
by Donald E. Camp, Eugene Burger, and Lawrence Hass
Monday, November 18, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Dennis Gallery
Panel Discussion
"Art, Performance, Magic: A Discussion of Art-making in Today's World"
with Donald E. Camp, visiting artist, Eugene Burger, visiting magician, Kirk Everest, Associate Professor of Theatre, and John McGinn, Assistant Professor of Music
Moderated by Lawrence Hass, Professor of Humanities
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Common Threads

Austin College Alumni Exhibit

Featuring: Carl Antonowicz, Brianna Burnett, Brent Fogt, Candace Hicks, Horace Hobbs, Seth Hudson, Kristy Peet, Heidi Rushing, Dianne Smith, Cedra Wood, and Kelly Yarbrough

September 16 - October 27, 2013

Artists' Talk: Friday, October 25, 11 am - noon
Homecoming Reception: Saturday, October 26, 6 - 8 pm

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Kent Bowser

Ghost Ranch in Black and White

September 2 - November 8, 2013

2012-2013

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Ghost Town Arts Collective
Relative Proximity

April 22 - May 24, 2013
Ida Green Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4 from 6-8 pm
Free and open to the public

Featuring work by: Arlene Cason, Carlos Perez,
Cedra Wood, Deeya Bain, Devyn Gaudet,
Diane Durant, Heidi Rushing, Jean Roelke,
Katherine Taylor, Kay Merritt, Liz Elsberg,
Marie Jones, Megan McCullough, Randi Tanglen,
Sarah Pfohl, Shelly Cervantes, and Tim Tracz.

Card Image (right) by Liz Elsberg
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Isabel Farnsworth
Contours

April 1 - May 3, 2013
Forster Art Complex Dennis Gallery

Image: Vessel, 2013
 
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Amy Holmes George
Awakenings...

March 11 - April 12, 2013
Ida Green Gallery

Right: Laundry Day, 2013

 

 

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Becky Goldsmith

My Life in Quilts (so far)

February 4 - March 15, 2013

Dennis Gallery, Forster Art Complex

 

Becky is better known in the quilt world as half of the design team Piece O' Cake. Along with her business partner, Linda Jenkins, she has written more than 30 books, innumberable quilt patterns, and has produced hundreds of original quilt designs.

 

Image: Picasso's Garden, 2008
hand appliqued, machine pieced & machine quilted, 49 x 57 in
in the book Applique Outside the Lines by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins, 2009.
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Think Transatlantic

German Expressionism Inspired
Art Exhibition and Contest

Austin College Students

Craig Hall Student Gallery, Austin College
October 22 - November 2, 2012

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Denise M. A. Brown

Paintings and Sculpture 1990 - 2005

Dennis Gallery, Forster Art Complex

November 5 - December 14, 2012

Image: Two Goats (unopened), 2002, hand-carved wood, metal and assemblage.

 

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Ellen George

PRAIRIE

September 17 - November 9, 2012

Ida Green Gallery

Image: Installation detail view, 2012, polymer and monofilament.

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Brent Fogt: Prodigal Projects

September 3 - October 26, 2012

Forster Art Complex, Dennis Gallery

Homecoming Reception: Saturday, October 27, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Image: Houston, 2011, ink and graphite on coffee-stained paper

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25 Years of Photography at Austin College

Guest Artists’ Works from the Collection of Tim Tracz

Johnson Gallery, Wright Campus Center

August 31, 2012 - April 26, 2013

 

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