The Winter 2025 Exhibitions open on January 17. Join us for a gallery talk with artists in the Uihlein Fellows Reunion show and a reception on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 pm.

a brown wooden door divided vertically in three parts with stylized human figures in rows carved onto them.
Dogon peoples, Bandiagara Cliffs, Mali, Granary Door or Shutter, 20th century or earlier, Wood, iron staples, Lawrence University art collection

Venerated Art from Mali to Gabon

Leech Gallery 

In summer 2024 LU Research Fellow Honor Winter ’26 continued active provenance and scholarly research on a collection of African objects made of wood. These objects were donated to LU by Shaun Donnelly ’68 and collected largely in east Africa in the 1970s and 80s, when Shaun was in the US Foreign Service. This exhibition will showcase Honor’s in-depth research on these objects and provide an opportunity for the campus and local communities to see and learn about these compelling additions to the art collection. 

Brittany Sievers, Intertwined

Hoffmaster Gallery

Brittany Sievers is a process-based artist who utilizes modular repetition to create sculptures and installations that highlight spatial relationships of rooms or the parameters of the sculpture itself. She digs her own clay from local farms and creek beds, processes it, and uses simple actions to create sculptural installation works. Brittany aims to create a platform for each viewer to become mindful of the sourced material and asks the viewer to actively notice the touch of her hand, the contrast of sleek to handcrafted, and the area this work fills. She received a BA in Studio Art from DePauw University and an MFA from Louisiana State University.

Uihlein Fellows Reunion

Kohler Gallery

This exhibition will feature work by the four artist who served as Uihlein Fellows in Studio Art: Valerie Zimany, Debbie Kupinsky, Sarah Gross, Meghan Sullivan. This show will highlight these artists’ distinctive and diverse approaches to working with clay as the medium for both sculptural and installation works.