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An abstracted view of a body of water in hues of blue.
Robert Burkert, Lakeshore, 1970, color lithography, LU art collection, 2014.22.05

First-Year Studies: Water 

Leech Gallery

This exhibition celebrates the First-Year Studies theme for 2024-2027: Water. It will feature works from the Lawrence University art collection that visually explore water from a variety of artistic media, cultures, and perspectives. 

Dense concentric circles made of small black marks.
Christopher McNulty, 20,045 Days, 2007, From the Days Series (2006-2008), Ink on paper, 71″X71″

Christopher McNulty, Days Series

Hoffmaster Gallery

Christopher McNulty's Days Series (2006-2008) draws on an idea from Richard Feynman’s Lectures on Physics: “Much of our knowledge must always remain uncertain. The most we can know is in terms of probabilities.” McNulty writes, “Several years ago, I consulted an actuary to determine my life expectancy. Using the probable number of days that I had left to live as my starting point, I created works composed of over 20,000 repetitive marks in an attempt to represent the remainder of my life and comprehend my mortality. Like unconventional calendars, these drawings both represent time spatially and function as contemporary vanitas. These works continue my earlier concerns with the vulnerability of the body, and the relationship of beauty to the imperfect and contingent. In their absurd attempt to make the invisible visible, the unknowable known, and the uncertain certain, the works also address our culture’s anxiety about the future and death.”

Christopher McNulty ‘90 is Director and Professor of the School of Art at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His diverse body of work has explored the limitations of human thought and performance, and the tensions that exist between our ideals and everyday lives. He has exhibited work in numerous galleries and museums throughout the U.S. A history major at LU, he went on to receive his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

10 Years Out

Kohler Gallery

This exhibition features work by LU Studio Art alumni from 2014-2023 (10 years out or so from graduation). Marking the 35th Anniversary of the dedication of the Wriston Art Center, this show and attendant programming demonstrate the many different career paths a Studio Art major might pursue after in their life after Lawrence. In tandem with the show, there will be a series of zoom panels with Studio Art alumni who work in art therapy and wellness, medicine and sciences, and design and gaming fields, moderated by the LU Career Center staff. 

Alumni artists: Sadie Lancrete ’14, Liam Hoy ’16, Kelsey Stalker ’16, Austin Wellner ’16, Cael Neary ’17, Annie Connolly ’18, Emma Fredrickson ’19, Sarah Luepker ’19, Tanner MacArthur ’20, Leena Meyers ’22, and Charlie Wetzel ’23.