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...
Studio VU Lecture Series continues with Tara Tamaribuchi on November 5, 2025
Oct. 16, 2025—On November 5, 2025, the Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes Tara Tamaribuchi to campus as the next Studio VU Lecture Series visiting artist. Tamaribuchi is an artist working in Seattle, Washington where she investigates human life experiences in an organic unfolding art practice. She enters artmaking from a Buddhist and diasporic perspective with an...
Space 204 to welcome “Comma: Infinity In A Box” – an exhibition founded in collaborative spirit
Sep. 23, 2025—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and Space 204 proudly presents “Comma: Infinity In A Box” an exhibition presented by artist team, Judy Rushin-Knopf and Carolyn Henne. Comma presents an ongoing artist book project that presented opportunities for Rushin-Knopf and Henne to collaborate with 14 other artists. Judy Rushin-Knopf’s and Carolyn Henne’s common interest...
Studio VU starts new season with visiting artist, John Opera
Aug. 26, 2025— The Vanderbilt University Department of Art will start the new Studio VU Lecture Series this fall welcoming artist John Opera to campus this September. Opera’s research explores the physical and conceptual dimensions of photography by focusing on it’s materiality, abstraction, and connection to natural phenomena. Critically examining the medium’s standardized workflows, he challenges its...