Exhibition Schedule

Fall 2024

This Land
August 19 – September 13 | First Friday Art Walk: September 6, 6-9 PM

Featuring work from Stacey Holloway and Steve Snell, This Land visual mines the relationship and interplay between the natural world and the lifeforms that inhabit it, exploring what stories they tell about our history, who we are, and who we could become.

Legacy: Celebrating the Art + Design Department
October 4 – November 1 | First Friday Art Walk: October 4 and November 1, 6-9 PM

Legacy: Celebrating the Art + Design Department, is a tribute to all the people who are responsible for where we are today, with a representative group of works from 25 studio faculty who retired from service at Missouri State University over the last 50 years.

BFA in Design: The Professional Design Practicum
December 2 – 13 | First Friday Art Walk: December 6, 6-9 PM

Every semester, the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center is pleased to host an exhibition of work by graduating students from the Department of Art and Design. The fall exhibition showcases the talent and skill of students who have spent years developing a design practice that will carry them into their professional careers.

Spring 2025

Radical Jewelry Makeover Project
January 27 – February 21 | First Friday Art Walk: February 7, 6-9 PM

Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) is Ethical Metalsmiths' innovative community mining project. It raises awareness of the connection between mining, metalsmithing, activism, collaboration and art. It involves volunteer "miners," "smelters," "refiners," jewelers, and metalsmiths working together to create a new and transparent supply chain. The project is both performance and event, linking recycling, reuse and collaborative work sessions with the creation of unique, innovative, handmade jewelry, concluding with an exhibition and reception. The project was designed and developed by Christina Miller and Susie Ganch and is now directed by Susie Ganch and Kathleen Kennedy.

Annual Juried Student Exhibition
March 7 – April 4 | First Friday Art Walk: March 7 and April 4, 6-9 PM

The Annual Juried Student Exhibition features work from the breadth of our department’s undergraduate and graduate students. Juried by St. Louis-based artist, Sage Dawson, we are also excited continue the legacy of Mark J Hall with the Mark J Hall Best in Show Award, in addition to many other monetary awards.

BFA in Design: The Professional Design Practicum
April 28 – May 9 | First Friday Art Walk: May 2, 6-9 PM

Every semester, the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center is pleased to host an exhibition of work by graduating students from the Department of Art and Design. The spring exhibition showcases the talent and skill of students who have spent years developing a design practice that will carry them into their professional careers.

Carolla Arts Exhibition Center receptions

Opening receptions at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center are scheduled in conjunction with the Downtown Gallery Association's First Friday Art Walk.

Admission is free and open to all.