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Current Exhibits
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Lori Brubaker: "Rooted"
May 23, 2026 - September 6, 2026
Shook Gallery
Lori Brubaker’s work combines printmaking, photography, and sculpture to showcase the beauty in the unnoticed aspects of nature and the negative spaces they create. She uses her own photographs within her work; she regularly goes out looking for the next piece of inspiration that nature provides her.
“Nature can be an intriguing, delicate, and complex being. It can be easy to take for granted all the alluring qualities and aspects that nature holds. My work aims to extract those elements that tend to go unnoticed. I find beauty within the positive and negative spaces that are formed with nature’s natural being. Color, abstraction, and earth’s natural appearances are used to present the natural elements in an alternate way to allow the viewer to form their own thoughts and experiences with the work and their connection to nature.”
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Alice Baber: From the Permanent Collection
January 24, 2026 - May 31st 2026
Weil Gallery
Alice Baber (1928-1982) was an American abstract expressionist painter, best known for the organic, biomorphic forms she painted using a staining technique which allowed her to explore pure color and elicit a sense of radiant light. Born in Charleston, Illinois, Baber spent her childhood winters in Florida due to poor health. Drawing attracted her from an early age, and by the time she was twelve she already attended college-level classes. Upon graduation from high school, she joined Lindenwood College in Missouri, and soon transferred to the more competitive Indiana University, Bloomington, where she was able to study with the figurative expressionist painter, Alton Pickens. Baber completed her Master of Arts degree in 1951 and travelled to Europe, where she spent a short period studying at the École des Beaux- Arts in Fontainebleau, France, before settling in New York City. During the second half of the 1950s, Baber supported herself by writing for McCall’s magazine, where she then became the arts editor. She also joined the March Gallery roster, which was one of the Tenth Street artists’ co-ops.
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Sishi Wang and Jessica Mohl: "Poetics of Metal: Jewelry and Metalwork"
May 2, 2026 - August 2, 2026
McDonald Gallery
Metal is Jessica’s language. It is the medium that feels most natural in her hands, allowing her to create forms that are both familiar and mysterious. Shaping metal becomes a parallel to growth itself, making her an active catalyst in bringing new structures to life. By creating the illusion of growth, life, and decay in such a rigid material, she reconnects with the very sense of being alive.
Incorporating organic materials, natural forms, and filigree, Sishi weaves symbolism from Chinese culture together with her own understanding of the world. The works in this series honor the moments that have profoundly shaped her — each piece capturing a feeling, an experience, or an aspect of herself. Together, they trace her identity as an individual, a daughter, and a foreigner navigating the spaces between cultures.
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"Time for Tea: A Pour of Art and Craft"
May 2, 2026 - August 2, 2026
East Gallery
Pour yourself into this lively exploration of the teapot, where function meets imagination in surprising and delightful ways. Drawn primarily from the Bruno and Mary Moser Collection, with additional works from Jim Sondgeroth, and selections from the museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition brings together a wide-ranging array of teapots and companion pieces.
Working across ceramics, metal, glass, and mixed media, artists reimagine the teapot as more than a humble household object. Some pieces nod to tradition and the rituals of tea, while others twist, stretch, and reinvent the form entirely, playing with scale, balance, humor, and abstraction.
Featured Class:
Stained Glass Workshops
In this workshop, students will learn all of the skills and techniques needed to build a unique piece of stained glass art. Create a suncatcher, a small panel, or an ornament to display in your home or to give as a gift! This does not include soldering the piece.
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