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A Survey of Color Photography from its Prehistory to the Present Day

February 2–April 29, 2018
Atrium Gallery, Marshall Fine Arts Center

A diverse group of photographers, photographs, and processes from the Daguerreian era (1839 to 1855) to today’s digital era take viewers on a tour of color photography’s history, demonstrating how color photography has grown to become the norm when it was once the exception. Details »

Through March 9, 2018
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

Drawing on the photographic archives of the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn's exhibition turns the ethnographic gaze onto itself, reflecting upon the administration of racialized labor for transporting artifacts from across the world to the collections of European museums. Details »

Through December 17, 2017
Cantor Fitzgerald Art Gallery

The artists in Futureproof engage with the many malleable interpretations of futureproofing, drawing from both the legacy of military and corporate scenario planning and the use of semi-fictionalized artifacts or archives as "proof," or evidence, of alternate timelines or futures yet to come. Details »

Reclaiming the Past at East End and Evergreen Cemeteries, Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia

Through December 15, 2017
Magill Library, Sharpless Gallery

The photographs in this exhibit by Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer document the labor that uncovered more than 3,000 headstones at two historic African American cemeteries in Virginia that had effectively been abandoned for years. Details »

Through December 10, 2017
Atrium Gallery, Marshall Fine Art Center

Featuring colorful cotton quilts and meticulous needlepoint canvases, Keeping in Touch: Shannon Murphy and Kathryn Bennett is a collaborative showing of works by Shannon Murphy BMC '14, Fine Art Department Assistant and her paternal great-grandmother Kathryn Bennett. Details »

Through December 1, 2017
Magill Library Lobby

This exhibit—co-curated by Paul M. Farber and Eleanor Morgan ‘20 and featuring contributions from the students of the spring 2017 course "Public History"—explores the many potential answers to the question “Where is the Penn Treaty Elm?” Details »

Through December 1, 2017
Magill Library Lobby

This exhibit—co-curated by Paul M. Farber and Eleanor Morgan ‘20 and featuring contributions from the students of the spring 2017 course "Public History"—explores the many potential answers to the question “Where is the Penn Treaty Elm?” Details »

Through December 10, 2017
Atrium Gallery, Marshall Fine Art Center

Featuring colorful cotton quilts and meticulous needlepoint canvases, Keeping in Touch: Shannon Murphy and Kathryn Bennett is a collaborative showing of works by Shannon Murphy BMC '14, Fine Art Department Assistant and her paternal great-grandmother Kathryn Bennett. Details »

Reclaiming the Past at East End and Evergreen Cemeteries, Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia

Through December 15, 2017
Magill Library, Sharpless Gallery

The photographs in this exhibit by Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer document the labor that uncovered more than 3,000 headstones at two historic African American cemeteries in Virginia that had effectively been abandoned for years. Details »

Artist’s Talk & Opening Reception

Friday, October 27, 2017
Talk: 4:30 p.m., Reception: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

The artists in Futureproof engage with the many malleable interpretations of futureproofing, drawing from both the legacy of military and corporate scenario planning and the use of semi-fictionalized artifacts or archives as "proof," or evidence, of alternate timelines or futures yet to come. Details »