WINTER HOURS (January 5 - May 9)

ELAINE L. JACOB GALLERY: Wednesday & Thursday: 12-5PM; Friday: 12-7PM, Saturday: 12-5PM
ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY: Wednesday & Friday, 12-5PM ; Thursday, 12-2PM.

 
 

CURRENT

CURRENT

 

Borders of Figuration:
Painting & Drawing From the University Art Collection at Wayne State

Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

Untitled by Robert Bailey., graphite and ink on paper collage
Courtesy of Wayne State University Art Collection
Gift of the artist, 2024

Curated by Chris Stackhouse
January 23 through March 7, 2026


Artists List

Mary Ann Aitken, Mary Aro, Jack Leland Bailey, Robert Bailey, Thomas Bayrle, Romare Bearden, Kristen Beaver, Richard Bilaitis, Richard Jerome Bogart, Robert Broner, Hillary Burnett, Irma Cavat, James Chatelain, Kathy Clifford, Charles Cobb, Charles Culver, Arthur Danto, Bill Dilworth, John Egner, Ed Fraga, Roy Gamble, Brenda Goodman, Barbara Greene, William Gropper, Tyree Guyton, Susan Hauptman, John Hunter, Douglas James, Bradley Jones, Dennis Jones, Zubel Kachadoorian, Takeshi Kawashima, Lila Kadaj, Robert  Kogge, Richard Kozlow, Aris Koutroulis, Hughie Lee-Smith, Edward Levine, Michael Luchs, Michael Mahoney, Miriam Marcus, Charles McGee, Ann Mikolowski, Nancy Mitchnick, Lisolette Moser, James Nawara, Gordon Newton, Sybil Oshinsky, Tom Parish, Valerie Parks, Judy Pfaff, Jefferson Pinder, Ellen Phelan, John Piet, Chris Peterson, Jens Plum, Charles Pompilius, James Pujdowski, Joshua Rainer, Kathleen Rashid, Bradley Rhodes, Mel Rosas, Stanley Rosenthal, Robert Sestok, Gilda Snowden, James Stephens, Ted Striewski, Alan Turner, Rick Vian, Robert Van Vranken, Carol Wald, James Weeks, Seth Whipple, Robert Wilbert, Peter Williams, Shirley Woodson

Borders of Figuration
 

EXHIBITION EVENT SCHEDULE:

Saturday, January 24, 2pm: Gallery Talk - Considering Paintings in the Collection with Christopher Stackhouse

Saturday, January 31, 2pm: Why Collect, Patronage, Culture and Obsession Conversation on Collecting with Grace Serra, Burt Aaron, Isabelle Weiss, Ed Fraga & Christopher Stackhouse

Panel Discussion: Why Collect, Patronage, Culture and Obsession Conversation on Collecting
 
 

UPCOMING

UPCOMING

Fluid State of Land
Art Department Gallery (front half of gallery)

February 17 through March 28, 2026
Reception: Thursday, March 26, 6-9PM
(Curated by Quinn Hunter and Bri Murphy)

 

Artists: Elizabeth Alexander, Magdolene Dykstra, Quinn Alexandrai Hunter, Bri Murphy, Joey Quiñones, Lauren Sandler, Rose Schreiber

Fluid State of Land
 

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition
Art Department Gallery (back half of gallery)

February 17 through March 28, 2026
Reception: Thursday, March 26, 6-9PM

Juried by Renata Cassiano Alvarez.

The 2026 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition includes select works by past recipients of NCECA’s Multicultural Fellowship, initiated in 2015. Juror Renata Cassiano Alvarez is a Mexican-Italian artist born and raised in Mexico City. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, most recently the Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in public and private collections worldwide.

Artists: Amara Abdal Figueroa, Aram Aldana, José Arenivar-Gómez, Emmanuel (Kstony) Asamoah, Maya Beverly, Yael Braha, Angeliky Castrellon, Jazzmine Curtis, Jerome Fitzgerald Kendrick Jr., Astrid Guerrero, Robyn Gibson, Christina Graland Joseph, Gaby Hijar, Ina Kaur, Kim Le, Micah Lewis-Văn Sweezie, Ross Junior Owusu, Vanna Ramirez, Antra Sinha, Mohamad Soudy, Amal Tamari, Marina Wahbeh, Ari Zuaro, Cristal Zeballos

NCECA 2026 Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition
 

Undergrad Exhibition | BFA Thesis Exhibition 
Art Department Gallery

April 24 – May 8, 2025
Reception: Friday, April 24, 5-8PM

EXHIBITIONS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT BY: