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See something you like? Email us if you would like to see more artwork from the featured artists in our archive or have any questions about the exhibits listed.

CONTENT WARNING! Some of our exhibits contain descriptions of sexual assault, nudity, or harmful words as artists express their artwork in our space. If you have concerns about anything on our website, please email us.
3 film series posters displayed from Fall 1989, Spring 1992 and Spring 1990
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3 film series posters displayed from Fall 1989, Spring 1992 and Spring 1990

SUA's 85th Birthday Exhibition in Spring 2023

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A white small home on top of a green alien tablecloth with a frog exiting from the front door. Around the house there are stones, a painted rock, and a mushroom the size of the house.
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A white small home on top of a green alien tablecloth with a frog exiting from the front door. Around the house there are stones, a painted rock, and a mushroom the size of the house.

Shedding by Zoe Burkholder in Spring 2023

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From left to right: a felt made vine of white flowers and dark green leaves, a paper made beetle, and a large painted canvas of various insects including a bee, butterfly,
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From left to right: a felt made vine of white flowers and dark green leaves, a paper made beetle, and a large painted canvas of various insects including a bee, butterfly,

Watch Your Step by Sydney Seller in Spring 2023

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A zine of developed film pictures from a memory of being a junior in college
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A zine of developed film pictures from a memory of being a junior in college

72 by Grace Dickerson in Fall 2022

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Shakti, A women's naked body with colorful aspects surrounded by other cultural words to be described. Those words include Mizpah, Tartle, and Forelsket
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Shakti, A women's naked body with colorful aspects surrounded by other cultural words to be described. Those words include Mizpah, Tartle, and Forelsket

Found Words by Jordan Murphy in Spring 2023

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3 photographs of a women with white petals from a blossoming tree
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3 photographs of a women with white petals from a blossoming tree

Earth, Water, Body and Air by Donna Doung in Fall 2022

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Multiple articles of patchwork clothing spaced around the gallery on display. Includes a Univeristy of Kansas Sweatshirt, sweatpants with flower pots, cherry and flower sweatshirt, beachfront lake and flannel sweatshirt, and a wildlife animal sweatshirt.
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Multiple articles of patchwork clothing spaced around the gallery on display. Includes a Univeristy of Kansas Sweatshirt, sweatpants with flower pots, cherry and flower sweatshirt, beachfront lake and flannel sweatshirt, and a wildlife animal sweatshirt.

Wear a New World by Finnegan Higgins in Spring 2022

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3 funky wood artworks with similar pattens of circles and rectangles with various different colors.
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3 funky wood artworks with similar pattens of circles and rectangles with various different colors.

Elightened Exuberance by Richard Fanolio in Spring 2022

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United States piece of Legislature ripped into strips and woven together with a few pieces of red, white and black string.
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United States piece of Legislature ripped into strips and woven together with a few pieces of red, white and black string.

This Land by Hallie Cole in Spring 2022

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A colorful drawing in marker and crayon on paper of a small store called "The Ship" and the alley next to it
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A colorful drawing in marker and crayon on paper of a small store called "The Ship" and the alley next to it

Making Music by Olivia Michka in Spring 2022

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Oil painting on a panel, a messy room with a human looking out the tall window and two other humans sitting on furniture
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Oil painting on a panel, a messy room with a human looking out the tall window and two other humans sitting on furniture

Familiar Spaces by Emma Hixson in Fall 2021

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Relief Pring and Photolithograph of floral vines intertwined with two faces covered by
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Relief Pring and Photolithograph of floral vines intertwined with two faces covered by

The Space Between by Various Artists in Fall 2021

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A selection of Riddhi's work
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A selection of Riddhi's work

Work from Riddhi Duvvur's exhibit "Projections of Self" Fall 2023

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A selection of Andrew's work
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A selection of Andrew's work

Tree-Sized Flower Pot by Andrew Stender from "Moments" Fall 2023 exhibit

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A selection of Octavia's work
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A selection of Octavia's work

Work from Octavia Lawson-Solorio's exhibit "Twenty-One; The Next Chapter" Fall 2023

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Erin Williams Fall 2023
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Erin Williams Fall 2023

Work from Erin Williams' Fall 2023 Show

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Matt Fliehler Fall 2023
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Matt Fliehler Fall 2023

Matt Fliehler's "Perspective" Fall 2023

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6 photographs of people in their day-to-day life at home
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6 photographs of people in their day-to-day life at home

Perspectives by Liza Wimbish in Fall 2019

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Various pieces of aluminum hanging from the ceiling with a projected green light on the displays.
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Various pieces of aluminum hanging from the ceiling with a projected green light on the displays.

Moon Creeper by Unknown Artist in Fall 2019

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17 various yarn/thread artwork displays with hues of brown, red, white and black
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17 various yarn/thread artwork displays with hues of brown, red, white and black

Reading the Rocks by Catherine Reed in Fall 2019

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8 different scrapbook panels of colored items including an orange, yellow, pink, red, purple, black, green and blue panel.
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8 different scrapbook panels of colored items including an orange, yellow, pink, red, purple, black, green and blue panel.

Senior Show by Millie Jones in Spring 2020

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11 various photographs in different sizes from The 1975 concert spaced across the wall
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11 various photographs in different sizes from The 1975 concert spaced across the wall

It Is What It Is by Ben Luancing in Fall 2020

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2 abstract paintings of unique shapes and one projection of developed film nature pictures
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2 abstract paintings of unique shapes and one projection of developed film nature pictures

Behind the Garden by Case Trick in Fall 2020

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7 various ceramic vases scattered on pedestals in the gallery
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7 various ceramic vases scattered on pedestals in the gallery

Pinched and Sewn by Marty Arnold in Spring 2021

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23 pieces of contemporary abstract art with hues of white, brown and black including furniture, ceramics and textured paintings
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23 pieces of contemporary abstract art with hues of white, brown and black including furniture, ceramics and textured paintings

The Collection: Tierra by Monica Curiel in Spring 2021

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7 photographs of "growing pains" like stretch marks, corset skin indentions, chairs breaking and cracking surronded by hanging small blue sheets and a rocking chair with blue hued old photos on the cushions.
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7 photographs of "growing pains" like stretch marks, corset skin indentions, chairs breaking and cracking surronded by hanging small blue sheets and a rocking chair with blue hued old photos on the cushions.

Growing Pains by Eli Wright in Spring 2021

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9 different paintings, from left to right: an older container of pasta that looks like a canister from overseas, a bonsai tree growing out of a mans torso, a tiger looking down on a naked woman in a cage, grapes, apples and lavender next to a mason jar, various vines of strawberries, a scared little girl in a museum hiding from a rhino, two circus looking elephant mugs facing opposite ways, a person behind a baker counter handing out a cup with her hand and cup enlarged to the viewer, a gallon of milk.
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9 different paintings, from left to right: an older container of pasta that looks like a canister from overseas, a bonsai tree growing out of a mans torso, a tiger looking down on a naked woman in a cage, grapes, apples and lavender next to a mason jar, various vines of strawberries, a scared little girl in a museum hiding from a rhino, two circus looking elephant mugs facing opposite ways, a person behind a baker counter handing out a cup with her hand and cup enlarged to the viewer, a gallon of milk.

Dis-Comfort by Isabella Rausch in Spring 2021

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Multiple paintings on display throughout the gallery. From left to right: colorful swirls with a black background, abstract two naked bodies hugging one another on the ground, two humans side hugging one another starting to morph into one with black torsos and detailed heads.
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Multiple paintings on display throughout the gallery. From left to right: colorful swirls with a black background, abstract two naked bodies hugging one another on the ground, two humans side hugging one another starting to morph into one with black torsos and detailed heads.

Pretty Ugly by Libby Richey in Spring 2021

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A manequine dressed with the torso of a snail and the shell of a snail behind it
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A manequine dressed with the torso of a snail and the shell of a snail behind it

The Insect Play by Hanah Glimpse in Spring 2021

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4 seperate ceramic sculptures of bodily attirbutes. From left to right: a lung, heart and brain sculpture with flowers coming out of the heart; a standing sculpture of two torso and up bodys on top of each other with flowers in the middle and spaced around the body; skulls in a circular shape with bones circling the bottom skull, flowers spaced around the bones; a penis sculpture with mushrooms below the groin.
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4 seperate ceramic sculptures of bodily attirbutes. From left to right: a lung, heart and brain sculpture with flowers coming out of the heart; a standing sculpture of two torso and up bodys on top of each other with flowers in the middle and spaced around the body; skulls in a circular shape with bones circling the bottom skull, flowers spaced around the bones; a penis sculpture with mushrooms below the groin.

Morbus Animi by Cody Murray in Spring 2021

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Gallery space filled with various bright clothing items and accessories that are ecofriendly high fashion.
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Gallery space filled with various bright clothing items and accessories that are ecofriendly high fashion.

Summer Camp by MacKenzie Greckel in Fall 2021

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Multiple paintings including black, white and gold swirl mimicking marble, various blue swirl mimicking marble, white, pink and purple swirl mimicking marble, a sunflower bouqet and two others.
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Multiple paintings including black, white and gold swirl mimicking marble, various blue swirl mimicking marble, white, pink and purple swirl mimicking marble, a sunflower bouqet and two others.

Fusion by Sivani Badrivenkata in Fall 2021

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Multiple paintings of various nature scenes in Kansas. Includes a stone path in the woods, rocky mountain terrain, underwater plants and small fish, wetlands with tire tracks, rushing stream of water with rock outline and a sunset with sunflowers..
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Multiple paintings of various nature scenes in Kansas. Includes a stone path in the woods, rocky mountain terrain, underwater plants and small fish, wetlands with tire tracks, rushing stream of water with rock outline and a sunset with sunflowers..

Reflection and Rejuvenation by Brenda Stockman Selman in Fall 2021

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"Sprout" by Isabella Sanchez
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"Sprout" by Isabella Sanchez

Fall 2023 Isabella Sanchez's exhibition

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