Events for November 1, 2023
Abstraction / Pattern / Geometry / Design
ABSTRACTION / PATTERN / GEOMETRY / DESIGN highlights a curated selection of over 60 artworks from the Berea College Art Collection that showcase how artists and makers utilizing different styles, methods, places, and time periods have relied on and experimented with abstraction, pattern, geometry, and design in their work, to different ends and for varying [...]
Sketch: Contemporary Artists in Conversation with Emily Grace Hanks
The Berea College Art Collection is home to over 250 artworks by Emily Grace Hanks (American, 1886-1962), an artist, educator, and inventor who specialized in observational drawing, painting, and illustration. Though Hanks or her work isn’t well-known today, her career was extremely multifaceted and provides an excellent case study of the pathways that were available [...]
Intimacy: Photographs from the Collection of Joseph Goins
The black and white photographs featured in this exhibition present images of intimacy, examining the spiritual, emotional, physical, intellectual and experiential aspects of this essential component of the human experience. A gesture, a touch, bodies leaning into one another; a white sun above the Pacific Ocean; a nude self-portrait hidden in the branches of a [...]
Opening Reception and Collector’s Talk with Joseph Goins
Join us for the opening of Intimacy: Photographs from the Collection of Joseph Goins, which will include a talk with Berea College graduate Joseph Goins (Class of 1986). The talk will take place in Presser Hall 128, just across the street from the Doris Ulmann Galleries, with a reception afterwards at the Galleries with snacks and [...]