The School of Art & Design is housed in the Visual Arts Center in downtown Huntington and contains three active art galleries. Events are free & open to all.
November 11-14, 2024
Reception: Monday, November 11 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Artist Talks: Monday, November 11 at 5:30 p.m.
Serve! addresses various facets of providing services, both big and small, material and immaterial. It is a presentation relating to meeting the desires that sustain communities and shape societies. Each work encourages the audience to consider the value, impact, and complexities of service in both everyday life and in the broader cultural landscape. The capstone exhibition features works by Sadie Allen, Jenna Billups, Josh Perry, and Makayla Welch.
October 7 – November 7, 2024
Artist Talk: Monday, October 7 from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Reception: Monday, October 7 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Marshall University School of Art & Design proudly presents Echo/Locations, a two-person exhibition by SOAD Fibers Professor Miyuki Akai Cook and Houston-based jeweler and metalsmith Masumi Kataoka. This exhibition explores our relationship with the natural world, blending whimsical anthropomorphic animals and Japanese Folklore traditions, while also examining the intersection of craft and fine art.
November 18-December 20, 2024
Reception: Wednesday, November 20 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Marshall University’s School of Art & Design presents Stressed to Impress: Selected Foundations Works, an exhibition featuring outstanding work by students who have recently completed the Foundations program and review process. The included works have been thoughtfully selected by the School of Art & Design faculty, highlighting some of the most compelling works created by students during this period.
Marshall University Live Stream of Artist Talks
ByProduct Studios Artist Talk-September 18, 2024
Echo/Locations-Masumi Kataoka Artist Talk-October 7, 2024
Becky Borlan Artist Talk-October 17, 2024
Art Careers Panel Discussion-October 18, 2024
Combined Ceramic Processes-Bryan Hopkins-October 21, 2024
Bryan Hopkins Artist Talk-October 22, 2024
Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery
The Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery hosts a full program of exhibitions by Marshall Students, Faculty, and professional artists from across the country and even across the world including senior Capstone exhibitions and the popular Annual National Juried Exhibition.
Birke Art Gallery
The Birke Art Gallery is host to a series of rotating exhibitions throughout the year including an annual juried student exhibition that has provided decades of art students the opportunity to showcase their best works of art.
Pneumatic Gallery
Housed on the first floor of the Visual Arts Center, the gallery occupies a small and quirky space adjacent to the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery. The Student Gallery opened in the Fall semester of 2021 in response to a need for exhibition space students and their professors could access on short notice. The Student Gallery was renamed the Pneumatic Gallery in 2024.
