Events

Join us for a reception and artist talk with Joe Claire '24.

Interested in borrowing a work of art from the Galleries's collection for your residence hall room? Drop in to learn about ArtMate and the process for borrowing art. Snacks and coffee provided. Attendance at this event is NOT required in order to participate in ArtMate. ArtMate selection party will take place on Sept. 10. Advanced […]

Want to borrow a work of art for your residence hall? ArtMate is a program of the Van Every/Smith Galleries that loans artworks out to the first 115 students who register! Then, join us for the ArtMate Selection party on Sept 10 between 5:30-7:00 p.m. to select your artwork. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., […]

Join us for the opening reception for Tyler Starr's exhibition, Tales from the Future. Starr will present an artist talk at 6:30pm. Refreshments provided. Exhibition will be on view through Sunday, October 6.

Join us in Commons for a specially prepared lunch and discussion as we kick of this year's programming for Dúta Bahiisere Kus Rá’here (We Know Corn Together), a collaboration between the Galleries, the College Farm, and departments of Environmental Studies, Biology, and History, in collaboration with the Catawba Nation. Conversation begins at 12:15 p.m

In a deeply polarized country, one of the greatest and hardest acts of civic engagement is talking to people who don’t share our beliefs. But that’s exactly what we need to do if we want to solve the social and political problems our country faces and if we want to create a society in which […]

Catherine Opie, from 2020 series, Top: Shrouded Monument, Fork, South Carolina; Bottom: Richmond, Virginia, 2020, pigment print, 20 x 30 inches each. Join us for an artist talk with Catherine Opie, whose work will be on view in the Van Every/Smith Galleries through early 2025.

Join us for an opening reception for Catherine Opie's exhibition in the Van Every/Smith Galleries. The reception will take place at the Belk Visual Arts Center after Opie's lecture (in Tyler-Tallman at Sloan Music Center).

During common hour, join us for a discussion between Ibrahim Said and Dr. Lyla Halsted. Ibrahim Said's work Uraeus 1 was recently purchased for the collection by students from Art 348: Purchasing Art for Davidson, supported through Joe Logan '77 and Betsey Boshell Todd '93 and David Todd '92.

Please join us for an evening with photographer Ira Lupu to discuss her exhibit in the McKay Atrium of the Wall Building at Davidson College: “Ukraine — Sleeping Disorder.” Lupu will discuss her work produced during summer visits to wartime Ukraine in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The project uses the medium of photography to reflect […]