Arts
Resonance – A Bridge Between Nashville and Venice
May. 5, 2026—Resonance – an invitation to gather, to commune with, to listen deeply – for artists, curators, poets, performers, and scholars whose voices and perspectives resonate across time and geographies. Extended from their participation in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh, Vanderbilt University faculty María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamal Malak will facilitate a...
Recent and upcoming events and recognitions from Studio Arts Faculty
Apr. 29, 2026—In Her Place concludes a historic exhibition run at Frist Art Museum In celebration of the Frist Art Museum’s 25th anniversary, the In Her place exhibition features the work of women artists who have helped shape the art community in Nashville – spanning across generations and media. Gathering 28 artists – the exhibition spans across...
The Department of Art announces the 2026 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award recipients
Apr. 29, 2026—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
Ways of Seeing: Design Intelligence – Glen Cummings (MTWTF Studio) Space 204 Lecture
Mar. 10, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes Glen Cummings, founding partner of MTWTF Studio, to campus for a design focused lecture on March 19, 2026 in Space 204. Glen Cummings collaborates with a wide range of clients through MTWTF to translate complex content into engaging visual and environmental experiences. Glen operates as an...
Now on View: “Messages & Things” collaborative design process in Space 204
Feb. 18, 2026—Now on view in Space 204 Messages & Things is an exhibition that displays the results of a series of collaborative design processes. The projects in this show have been designed by teams of people at MTWTF, a communication design studio, over the last 10 years. Sarah Dunham is the Managing Partner at communications design studio...
The annual Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis Exhibitions return with “In No Particular order” in April 2026
Feb. 17, 2026—On April 10, 2026 galleries one and two of Space 204 will open to reveal the 10 thesis exhibitions of the 2026 graduating class of senior art majors. The exhibitions are the capstone to a year of research and artmaking – a process that this cohort experienced together. The Senior Year Experience is an immersive...
Studio VU welcomes Amanda Leigh Evans to close out the 2025-2026 season
Feb. 12, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art is pleased to announce that Amanda Leigh Evans as our next Studio VU Lecture Series Visiting Artist with a lecture on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Amanda Leigh Evans is an artist, educator and cultivator investigating social and ecological interdependence. Her work manifests as research-driven ceramic objects, performance, print and...
Frist Art Museum opens “In Her Place” a group exhibition featuring 28 women artists; Vanderbilt Art faculty among the exhibitors
Feb. 10, 2026—On February 1, 2026, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee celebrated it’s 25th anniversary with an exhibition the brings the focus inward to the city of Nashville by featuring the works of 28 women artist who have made a significant impact the the art community and lasting effects with their studio practice and works....
Space 204 welcomes back 2024 Hamblet Award Recipient, Chidinma Onukwuru in January 2026
Dec. 9, 2025—Every January, Space 204 and the Vanderbilt University Department of Art open the spring semester with a solo exhibition from the returning Hamblet award recipient. January 2026 will see the return of Chidinma Onukwuru the award winner from 2024 and her new exhibition, It’s Frightening Having This Much Presence. The exhibition will be on view...
2025 Vanderbilt Alumni weekend – Department of Art welcomes back Dominique Greene (Arts ’24) November 7
Oct. 22, 2025—The 2025 Vanderbilt University Reunion/Alumni Weekend events include a designer talk with Dominique Greene, Studio Arts 2024 alumna Please join us for a conversation and reception with Dominique Greene, 2024 studio art alumna and MFA candidate in Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, and a participant in the 2024 Vanderbilt Department of Art...