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.
September 16-October 24, 2024
Artist Talk: Thursday, October 24 from 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Reception: Thursday, October 24 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Marshall University School of Art & Design proudly presents Stratification, an exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Michael DeLuca. Stemming from a profound need to create, DeLuca’s work emerges from rapid, intuitive responses of his own artistic process. Stratification highlights DeLuca’s deep engagement with materials, offering a visual exploration of emotions and the complexities of the human condition.
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.
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.