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SUMMARY:All Peoples of the Earth: Selections from the Berea College Art Collection
DESCRIPTION:Housed in the Dimitrie Berea Gallery\, this ongoing exhibition includes over 100 examples of visual art and material culture that emphasize the connections and experiences that humans share across cultures\, time\, and space. Because our permanent collection is so vast (with over 16\,500 objects!)\, artworks rotate on and off view throughout the year\, so there will be something new to see with every visit you make to the Galleries. \nVisual art and material culture – the things that people design with intention\, creativity\, and technical skill – have for ages provided insight into our belief systems and social customs\, our long-held traditions and day-to-day lives\, and how we see ourselves\, and one another\, as individuals. By closely considering the items that people make\, wear\, use\, and value\, we can learn something deeper about our shared humanity. \nThe selected artworks and objects from the Berea College Art Collection on display in All Peoples of the Earth are organized not by style\, date\, or culture of origin\, but instead by categories of human experience that connect us across time and space. Viewers may notice overlaps in some areas\, instances where these thematic groupings blur. For example\, should a painting of fishing boats be placed within “Observation & Documentation” or “Labor & Leisure”? Does a vessel used in tea ceremonies fit better within “Belief & Ritual” or “Fashion & Function”? These gray areas underscore the multifaceted functions that visual art and material culture can serve\, while also reflecting and exposing the challenges inherent in curatorial work and\, by extension\, all historical inquiry. In resisting easy classification\, art challenges us to be open to the possibility of multiple interpretations\, not only about visual culture but about our world – and ourselves – more broadly. \nStorytelling & Mythmaking \nArt has always been an important conduit for telling and passing down stories. From fictional narratives and historical accounts to mythical tales and religious texts\, people have turned to visual media to bring stories to life in ways that are thought-provoking\, convincing\, and deeply moving. \nThe artworks in this section represent a wide range of storytelling methods and speak to how literature\, the written and spoken word\, and the visual arts are all intertwined. At the same time\, these objects challenge us to consider how stories from the past are continuously constructed and made over\, how familiar narratives might shift when told or illustrated in a different or unexpected way\, and how visual media contributes to our understanding of what we believe to be true about the world. \nThis slideshow requires JavaScript. \n  \nObservation & Documentation \nSince the prehistoric era\, people have been compelled to record their observations for posterity\, documenting the landscape\, themselves and others\, and their personal surroundings in ways both realistic and imaginative. Through a variety of media – from painting\, drawing\, photography\, and printmaking – this selection of artworks provides visual evidence of the human impulse to document\, to make permanent and personal\, the world around them. \nThis slideshow requires JavaScript. \nLabor & Leisure \nThe value and dignity of labor is entrenched in Berea College culture as an integral part of the College’s mission and identity\, reflected in our Great Commitments and the Labor Program. At the same time\, leisure – rest and play – is equally important to our physical wellbeing\, mental health\, and intellectual and emotional development as individuals. Labor and leisure are often intertwined in our lives and are yet another instance of the human experience in which boundaries are blurred. As the artworks and objects in this section show\, the tasks we perform and objects we use for “work” are not always that far removed from the things we make and do for “fun.” How do labor and leisure overlap in your life? \nThis slideshow requires JavaScript. \nKinship & Care \nHow do we care for one another? Do the objects we surround ourselves with play a role in our relationships? Can art and material culture reflect the deep personal connections that people share or contribute to emotional caretaking and familial practices? \nArtists and makers throughout history have used their work to express love for another person\, to document strong family and community ties\, and to craft artworks and objects that provide warmth\, nourishment\, and fulfillment to those that use them. The artworks in this section emphasize kinship\, the passing down of traditions from one generation to the next\, the shared household\, and the creation of community through common belief systems and rituals – and in doing so\, these objects have something significant to say about the ways that we seek to connect with other people. \nThis slideshow requires JavaScript. \nPattern & Abstraction \nWhat first comes to mind when you think of “pattern”? Like familiar plaid pillows on a much-loved sofa or the orderly stripes of a favorite t-shirt\, patterns can be found all around us. \nPattern is often rooted in a formula\, a structured system that repeats in predictable and satisfying ways. Abstraction\, however\, can be more fluid\, more surprising\, or even seemingly-irrational. Despite these differences\, pattern and abstraction have much in common in both art and everyday life. In viewing the abstract and patterned artworks in this section\, reconsider your first impressions. What appears like a haphazard arrangement of random shapes and colors might come into focus as a careful display of harmoniously balanced hues\, textures\, and lines; or you may find that an apparently strict pattern may in fact subvert expectations of uniform rigidity. \nThis slideshow requires JavaScript.
URL:https://dulmanngalleries.berea.edu/event_cal/all-peoples-of-the-earth/
LOCATION:Dimitrie Berea Gallery
CATEGORIES:Current Exhibit
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SUMMARY:At Home with the Elliotts: A 'Fine Art Print Collection' Before Berea College
DESCRIPTION:“I have the collecting gene. There’s just no doubt about it.” – Gerald Elliott \nShelly and Gerry Elliott have been collecting prints since they married in 1960\, carefully selecting one print through a mail order catalog tied the New York-based Association of American Artists. As Gerry says\, “It just went on from there.” \nSince then\, the Elliotts have amassed a collection of hundreds of these works on paper representing an impressive array of artistic styles\, time periods\, methods\, processes\, and techniques that they have lovingly hung en masse in their home\, leaving hardly one inch of wall space bare. Shelly and Gerry have chosen to live a life surrounded by art\, by what they find to be beautiful\, curious\, and interesting. \nTo date\, the Elliotts have generously gifted over five hundred artworks from their personal collection to the Berea College Art Collection. At Home with the Elliotts: A ‘Fine Art Print Collection’ Before Berea College is inspired by the Elliotts’ lifelong adoration and pursuit of the print and their drive to intentionally create a space for themselves in this world that has enabled them to be entirely surrounded by visual art and human creativity. This exhibition recreates\, in part\, the Elliotts’ Washington\, DC\, home in such a way to encourage visitors to consider the different ways one might seek out a life in the arts. \nClick here to view more information about the artworks included in the show! \nAt Home with the Elliotts will be on view in the Masterpiece Gallery on the first floor of the Rogers-Traylor Art Building from Monday\, September 29\, 2025 through Friday\, March 13\, 2026. This exhibition is generously supported by Shelly and Gerry Elliott and the William A. and Leola Piper Boyce Art Exhibition Endowment Fund. \n\n  \nGerry Elliott – Fine Art Print Collector\, directed by Justin Skeens\, 2023\, featuring Kelsey Frady Malone\, PhD; Dante Stewart (Berea College Class of 2023); and Florence Wright (Berea College Class of 2025)
URL:https://dulmanngalleries.berea.edu/event_cal/at-home-with-the-elliotts/
LOCATION:Masterpiece Gallery\, Berea\, KY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Kat Spears: Surface Lore
DESCRIPTION:Kat Spears: Surface Lore is on view in the Upper Traylor Gallery from January 21 through March 13\, 2026. Kat Spears will give an artist talk on Wednesday\, March 11\, at 5:00pm in the Upper Traylor Gallery in the Rogers-Traylor Art Building. All are welcome; no RSVP required. Kat will also lead a workshop focusing on monotype printmaking techniques on Wednesday\, March 11\, at 7:00pm. Advanced registration for this workshop is required. The workshop is free and all supplies are provided\, but space is limited. For more information\, visit our Events page. \nThe paintings in Surface Lore hide many layers of imagery gleaned from observation\, sketches\, personal photo archives\, art history\, memory and imagination. Their surfaces have been metamorphosing for the past three years\, during which time they have changed to reflect the artist’s changing preoccupations and favorite icons. The surface quality and imagery visible at last has been guided by the unexpected textures and colors that appeared in this process of layering\, painting-over\, and un-painting. \nKat Spears is an artist originally from Kentucky. Their studio practice is founded largely in an inexhaustible love for observational and figural drawing and painting. Parallel to this practice\, they engage with many modes of image-making\, as well as installation\, sculpture\, poetry\, music\, and sound. They graduated from Berea College in 2014 (Studio Art\, Art History\, Spanish)\, and completed a Masters of Fine Arts from Indiana University Bloomington in 2022. They have been teaching drawing and painting courses since 2019 and currently serve as the Visiting Professor of Painting and Drawing at Berea College.
URL:https://dulmanngalleries.berea.edu/event_cal/kat-spears-surface-lore/
LOCATION:Upper Traylor Gallery
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Sara Torgison: Spanned Separations
DESCRIPTION:Sara Torgison: Spanned Separations is on view in the Lower Traylor Gallery from January 28 through March 20\, 2026. Sara Torgison will give an artist talk at the exhibition’s closing reception on Friday\, March 20\, at 12:00pm in the Lower Traylor Gallery in the Rogers-Traylor Art Building. All are welcome; no RSVP required. For more information\, visit our Events page. \nIn this visiting artist exhibition\, Sara Torgison presents a collection of recent works that explore the deceptions and detachment of anthropocentric culture\, while imagining repair to our relationship with ecosystems and the more-than-human world. Animal figures play at the edges of human\, while humans merge with experimental ecologies. Each work troubles the distance between us and the animals and environments we exploit for our wellness and comfort. During an era of mass extinctions and climate collapse\, Torgison’s work complicates binary narratives by dwelling in the margins of material and symbolic corporealities of human and non-human animals. \nSara Torgison is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in ceramics and fiber art. She received an MFA from the University of Cincinnati Department of Design\, Architecture\, Art and Planning and a BFA (ceramics) and BS (Zoology) from Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata\, California. Her work often blends media\, extending finite and fragile surfaces to emphasize and inhabit marginal spaces. Sara is currently Visiting Ceramics Faculty at Miami University in Oxford\, Ohio\, and works as a preparator at the Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati.
URL:https://dulmanngalleries.berea.edu/event_cal/sara-torgison/
LOCATION:Lower Traylor Gallery
CATEGORIES:Past Exhibit
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