Please see a list of our previous exhibitions below:
April 11, 2024 – May 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Spring 2024 Studio Art Senior Exhibition showcases 24 graduating Studio Art students. This show will be hosted in UNCW’s Cultural Arts Building (CAB) Art Gallery and lobby. It is free and open to the public.
Graduating Studio Art Seniors: Andrea Abernathy, Andy Álvarez, Olivia Blain, Ava Blank, Jaylen Blount, Sarah Corcoran, Dinadja Davis, Lucia Dentz Blum, Shannon Dowling, Kelsey Drake, Theresa Dunbar, Erin Gabriel, Madison Gibson, Katherine Hatley, Zavier Mass, Holt Parks, Liz Prechtel, Efren Puente IV, Bailey Roth, Syd Stich, Aleksandra Taylor, Victoria Vidaud, Reagan Williams, Campbell Wynn.
The exhibition will feature a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, digital illustration, graphic design, installation, ceramics, 3D printing and printmaking.
The Spring 2024 Studio Art Senior Exhibition showcases a dynamic range of styles and techniques that push the boundaries of traditional art forms. Senior Exhibition is a capstone requirement for all UNCW seniors graduating with a major in Studio Art. Join us as we celebrate the students while embracing the limitless possibilities in the world of art.
November 16, 2023 - December 15, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 16, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Senior Exhibition is the culmination of study in studio art. The exhibition is juried and mounted in the CAB Art Gallery by the graduating seniors. It is the capstone event for UNCW seniors graduating with a degree in Studio Art.
Presented By:
Tabatha Abbott
Cooper Grant
Kim Blankenburg
Hayley Hornaday
Kait Carpenter
Harper Hunt
Ash Carroll
Elyse Kiel
Curren Conner
Amanda Kortan
Leah Davies
Jessica McClellan
Jared Dodson
Gavin Musty
Trey Glover
May 18, 2023 - September 1, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 18, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
University of North Carolina Wilmington’s “Dorothy Gillespie: Portraits and Self-Portraits” opened in UNCW’s Cultural Arts Building Art Gallery with a public reception Thursday, May 18, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
UNCW’s CAB Art Gallery partnered with the Dorothy Gillespie Foundation and the Radford University Art Museum, to showcase portraits and self-portraits by 20th century American Artist, Dorothy Gillespie. This one-of-a-kind exhibition is an opportunity to view never before seen Dorothy Gillespie portraits and self-portraits.
Dorothy Gillespie was well known as a painter, sculptor, and installation artist whose work encompassed many significant 20th-century trends in art, including abstract expressionism, decorative abstraction, site-specific installations, the women's movement, and art in public spaces. She pioneered joyful new directions for metal sculpture and is best known for large-scale, colorfully painted arrangements of cut aluminum strips that radiate, undulate, or curl like giant arrangements of ribbon, enchanted towers, or bursting fireworks.
On display were portraits of Gillespie’s colleagues and friends, along with many unseen self-portraits, and the iconic aluminum sculpture, "Summer Jazz", inspired by many visits to see "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway.
In conjunction with the CAB Art Gallery’s Dorothy Gillespie: Portraits and Self-Portraits exhibition, Cape Fear Community College’s Wilma W. Daniels Gallery hosted an exhibition, Dorothy Gillespie, featuring a retrospective of her artworks, beginning May 12 - August 25, 2023.
Other Gillespie artworks were also exhibited around the Wilmington area throughout the summer of 2023. Art in Bloom Gallery showcased original Gillespie artworks on view and available for purchase. Additional venues showcasing Gillespie artworks from May through August, as part of their permanent art collections were: The Arboretum, the Cameron Art Museum, Thalian Hall, and the Wilson Center. A brochure was available at these locations with more information regarding the artworks being shown at these venues.