Winthrop University Galleries
Past Exhibitions
Previous Exhibitions - Fall 2017
November 28 – December 4, 2017
Art Education Senior Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Capstone exhibition of Winthrop art education
student interns' work with area K-12 students.
November 13 – 19, 2017
A Retrospective Exhibition by Nancy Thomas ‘67
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Weekend hours are available for this exhibition Sat. Nov. 18 and Sun. Nov. 19, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
September 22 – November 17, 2017
pen & ink
Winthrop's Illustration Alumni Mathew Cordell '97 and Katie Kathe '11
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
pen & ink celebrates two
acclaimed children’s book illustrators and Winthrop alumni Matthew
Cordell ’97 and Katie Kath ’11. The exhibition focuses on each
illustrator’s illustrative style and process from early sketches to the
final published books. Cordell’s many acclaimed books for children
include Toby and the Snowflakes, Mighty Casey and Special Delivery, a
Washington Post best picture book of 2015. He is the author and
illustrator of Trouble Gum, Another Brother, Wish, and Hello! Hello!, a
New York Times Notable picture book. Cordell resides in Chicago with his
wife and two children. Katie Kath earned her M.F.A from Savannah
College of Art and Design and is currently living in Winston Salem, N.C.
Kath’s clients include Abrams, Penguin-Random House, Running Press
Books (Perseus Books) and most recently she completed a re-illustration
of “Come Over to My House,” an out-of-print Dr. Seuss book for it’s 50th
anniversary edition.
September 22 – November 17, 2017
Precursors to the Digital Age: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and More
Dr. Dufresne and Dr. Gardner
Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery
Rutledge Building
This interdisciplinary and multi-media
exhibition contains work from the 2016 National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) summer seminar for university educators hosted at UNC
Asheville, NC. Lead by Winthrop University Fine Arts Professors Drs.
Laura Gardner and Laura Dufresne, the sixteen participants researched
evolving forms of note taking and remembering throughout history through
speakers and book making workshops, as well as archival and museum
collection research. The exhibition highlights the diverse,
interdisciplinary responses to the two-week seminar, as seen through
participants’ art, creative writing, book forms, and teaching.
Public Reception
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
4 – 6:30 p.m.
A Retrospective Exhibition by Nancy Thomas ‘67
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
October 24 – November 6, 2017
Visual Communication Design Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
September 12 – September 25, 2017
Illustration Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 6 - 8 p.m.
Opening Reception Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
An opening reception for the Printmaking Exhibition.
Opening receptions are free and open to the public.
October 3 – October 16, 2017
Printmaking Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
This show will highlight the success
within printmaking at Winthrop both before and after students graduate.
Through the work, viewers will gain a better understanding of what
printmaking is as a medium and how Winthrop’s printmaking students
develop strong senses of technical skill, personal image vocabulary, and
experimentation.
Previous Exhibitions - Summer 2017
August 14 - September 1, 2017
29th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
Each
spring, current Winthrop University students are eligible to submit
their recent work to the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. This
exhibition is as an opportunity for students to have their work selected
by a prominent regional juror to exhibit in a professional gallery
setting. Open to students in the department of fine arts and the
department of design, this yearly exhibition showcases Winthrop’s
brightest talent from areas such as painting, sculpture, jewelry/metals,
printmaking, interior design, illustration, and photography.
May 23 – September 4, 2017
MFA Works in Progress
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Previous Exhibitions - Spring 2017
April 7 – June 30, 2017
29th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
Each
spring, current Winthrop University students are eligible to submit
their recent work to the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. This
exhibition is as an opportunity for students to have their work selected
by a prominent regional juror to exhibit in a professional gallery
setting. Open to students in the department of fine arts and the
department of design, this yearly exhibition showcases Winthrop’s
brightest talent from areas such as painting, sculpture, jewelry/metals,
printmaking, interior design, illustration, and photography.
April 26 – May 5, 2017
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition Part II by Amanda Foshag and Samantha Valdez
Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery
Rutledge Building
The
2017 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition features new work by
artists completing their MFA graduate program in the Department of Fine
Arts.
April 25 – May 5, 2017
Interior Design Senior Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
April 7 – 18, 2017
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition Part I by Robert Blalock, Kim Fabio & Jill Gottschalk
Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery
Rutledge Building
The
2017 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition features new work by
artists completing their MFA graduate program in the Department of Fine
Arts.
April 4 – April 17, 2017
2017 Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
The
2017 Fine Arts Senior Exhibition is a key component of the capstone
learning experience for students enrolled in the Senior Studio Seminar
in the Department of Fine Arts. The class requires students to build
individual websites as well as organize their senior exhibition that
illustrates their conceptual and artistic growth.
Friday, April 7, 2017, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Opening Reception | Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony – 7 p.m.
Rutledge, Patrick and Lewandowski Galleries
Rutledge Building & McLaurin Hall
WUG will hold a reception and awards ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new exhibitions: the 29th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition and Fine Arts Senior Exhibition.
March 14 - 27, 2017
Sculpture Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
A survey of sculptural work made over the year by sculpture students.

Eye to Eye by Phil Moody
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
Phil
Moody, the long standing professor of Photography at Winthrop
University, will be presenting an exciting exhibition celebrating his
role as an important educator in Winthrop’s Fine Arts department for
over 30 years. Using ideas of realism formed in his early artistic
studies he explores the relationship of location and identity with a
medium of portrait photography. Not only will this exhibition showcase
still photography, but also Moody’s work with video projection.
December 2, 2016 - March 10, 2017
Hovering by Mark Hamilton
Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery
Rutledge Building
Hovering
is a photography exhibition by Winthrop Fine Arts professor Mark
Hamilton. Hamilton’s exhibition focuses on what is felt rather than
what is seen. His work explores his interest in the departure from
reality; a sparkle of beauty, a moment of grace, a slight gesture of the
hand, the passion and inner struggles of the human experience. This exhibition contains mature subject matter and nudity.
Hamilton’s
fine art works have been exhibited internationally and are in both
corporate and private collections. He attended Parsons School of Design
(NYC) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His work is
published in over 50 international publications. Previous teaching
assignments include the New School for Social Research and The School of
Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. Hamilton is a former recipient of
the prestigious Renaissance Photo Prize (Best Image on Film), which is
awarded annually in London.
February 21 – March 6, 2017
Unconventional Departures
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
This
exhibition will be an area show of the jewelry and metal work created
by students and alumni to showcase the past - present - and future of
the Winthrop Jewelry/Metals program.

January 17 - January 23, 2017
Interior Design Rendering Show
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
January 31 - February 13, 2017
Foundations Exhibition
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Fall 2016
November 22 – December 5, 2016
The Big Picture
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
This
exhibition showcases a series of prints that are large-scale and both
inkjet and darkroom-created, it will feature work from different level
students and presenting a variety of subject matter. This show aims to
celebrate the diversity of image-making processes from experimental to
'straight' photography.
November 1-14, 2016
Art Education Senior Exhibition
People of the River: The Catawba Indian Nation
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Capstone exhibit of Winthrop art education student interns' work with area K-12 students.
October 10 – November 11, 2016
FLUX by Mario Marzan
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
Mario
Marzan’s exhibit uses exciting aesthetics to reflect on cultural
duality in his personal history with Puerto Rico. Using “Caribbean
color” theory he comments on the problematic simplification of Caribbean
culture as a playground for self-indulgence. His works are inspired by
his childhood growing up in Puerto Rico where the shifting landscapes of
the island are thrown into relief by tides of environmental
degradation, political exploitation, and economic upheaval.
September 19 - November 11, 2016
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See by Charles Williams
Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery
Rutledge Building
Charles
William’s exhibition, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See,” is
inspired by recent and historical incidents of unlawful police brutality
in the United States. This North Carolina artist references human
situations involving a need for trust and using the embodiment of a
person’s hands. The visible hands exemplify vulnerability with an
unspoken request for peace and the offer of trust. Using images found
online as a reference for creating the work in the exhibition, each of
William’s paintings focuses on highlighting hands using oil paint on
watercolor paper and combining elements of abstractions. This invites
the viewer to be challenged to question the relationship between the
subject matter as well as their personal subconscious view of the
cyclical nature of humanity; from the reality to it's abstraction.

October 4 – 24, 2016
Painting 2016
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
Painting 2016. A survey of undergraduate painting produced at Winthrop in the last year, from Painting 1- Senior Capstone Work.
September 13 - September 26, 2016
Putting a Face on Syria by Tina Manley
Lewandowski Student Gallery
McLaurin Hall
In
collaboration with the Syrian Refugee Series, the Winthrop Peace
Studies Committee and International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, Winthrop
University Galleries will exhibit Tina Manley's journalist photography
on the Syrian refugee crisis in the Lewandowski Student Gallery. Her
award-winning photographs have been published in many leading journals
such as National Geographic, British Heritage, and Newsweek and featured
in Photographers' Forum, Photo Techniques, and The Art of Photographing
Children.

September 6 - 23, 2016
Works In Black and White by Tom Stanley
Rutledge Gallery
Rutledge Building
Tom
Stanley, the chair of Winthrop’s Department of Fine Arts, will be
exhibiting a selection of paintings from 1993 through 2003, celebrating
Stanley’s career as an artist and a leader at Winthrop University and in
the community. The works are reminiscent of memories, places visited,
and objects seen along a journey. Stanley’s use of a limited palette
directs the audience’s attention within the paintings; but also
showcases the artist’s personal interest in the graphic qualities of
black and white. The exhibition is curated by Chris Clamp ‘01 of Jerald
Melberg Gallery and an alum of the Department of Fine Arts.
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