2022-23 Art Gallery Exhibitions

 

Sept. 8-Oct. 14, 2022

Mark Space ‘Mark Space’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

This exhibition features Anne Muntges, an artist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. Blending 2D and 3D space, she re-envisions environments through the mark of her pen, encasing objects and spaces through obsessive handmade lines, creating interactive black-and-white worlds. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 and hear the artist talk from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


Oct. 26-Dec. 10, 2022

Ope, Not Ope ‘ope, Not ope’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

This group exhibition features the best of the Midwest printmakers. As Midwest is best, so too is this display of artists, including relief prints, monoprints, intaglio, lithographs, silkscreens, and letterpress. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 and hear the artist talk from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


Dec. 2-10, 2022

Art Gallery in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art in 2020. ‘Senior Exhibitions’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

To celebrate the completion of their senior thesis projects, graduating Carthage Studio Art Majors present a group exhibition of their work in various media. This showcase also serves as a springboard event for our emerging professional artists and is the first step of their exciting new careers as Carthage alumni. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 3 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


Jan. 17-29, 2023

‘Milestones: soviet-era art exhibition’ Boy From Kirgistan. Oil on Board. Vasili Arlashin.

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

“Milestones” is the first exhibition of works in the Carthage College Sam and Berry Schoen Collection of Soviet Art. The exhibition is guest curated by Dr. Masha Zavialova.

Hear the curator’s talk for this exhibit at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27 and attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 4 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 27 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art. 

This exhibition brings together thirty works of art from a country that no longer exists, the Soviet Union, making a brief excursion into the art of Imperial Russia. This assemblage of renowned names includes Ilya Mashkov, Sergei Gerasimov, Arkadi Plastov, and many other 20th-century masters who lived in Soviet Russia (one of the fifteen Soviet republics), illustrating the troubled path of artistic expression during the era.

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Learn about the Carthage Art Symposium: Beauty in Expression 

Download the gallery floorplan and read more about artwork and artists who painted them


Feb. 9-March 10, 2023

Constitutional ‘Constitutional’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

This exhibition features Christine Wuenschel, an artist based out of West Lafayette, Ind. Using the human figure as a confrontational force, Wuenschel’s drawings emphasize the tensions within the cultural expectations around nudity, touch, pleasure, and comfort. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 and hear the artist talk from 6:16 to 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 15  in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


March 21-April 21, 2023

A Place All One's Own ‘A place All One’s Own

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

This exhibition features Ellie Richards, a furniture designer and sculptor based out of Penland, NC. Her work builds from the traditions of woodworking and the readymade to create connections between people and their sense of place. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on March 30 and hear the artist talk from 6:16 to 7:30 p.m. on April 5 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


March 28-April 6, 2023

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art ‘Senior Exhibitions’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

To celebrate the completion of their senior thesis projects, graduating Carthage Studio Art Majors present a group exhibition of their work in various media. This showcase also serves as a springboard event for our emerging professional artists and is the first step of their exciting new careers as Carthage alumni. Attend the opening reception for this exhibit from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on March 30 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art. 


April 29-May 5, May 11-17, 2023

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art ‘Senior Exhibitions’

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

To celebrate the completion of their senior thesis projects, graduating Carthage Studio Art Majors present a group exhibition of their work in various media. This showcase also serves as a springboard event for our emerging professional artists and is the first step of their exciting new careers as Carthage alumni.

Attend the opening receptions from 1 to 3 p.m. on April 29 and May 13 in the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art.


May 13, 2023

2015 Art Walk ‘Eighth Annual Art Walk’

Across Carthage campus

Join us for the eighth annual Art Walk at various venues across our beautiful, flowering lakeside campus. Stroll along Lake Michigan and admire the capstone thesis projects of Carthage studio art and graphic design majors, using many different forms of media.

The gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Extended hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. All art exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Fine Arts Administrative Office at finearts@carthage.edu or 262-551-5859.