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The University of Mary Washington Galleries, comprised of Ridderhof Martin Gallery and duPont Galler This gallery is located at 1301 College Avenue.

The Ridderhof Martin Gallery hosts exhibitions brought in from museums around the country, or drawn from the permanent collection of over 5,000 works. The permanent collection is strongest in mid twentieth-century art and Asian art. The duPont Gallery features painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and textiles by art faculty, students, and other contemporary artists. This gallery is located inside duPont Hall at 1913 College Avenue.

10/27/2026

Next up on our Visiting Artists and Speakers program is Richard Rinehart for this Thursday!

Richard is the juror for this year’s Annual Student Art Exhibition. Join us in learning about Richard this Thursday, October 29, from 5-6pm in the Digital Auditorium of the HCC (room 136)

All VASP lectures and gallery events are free and open to the public. See you there!

10/20/2026

And that’s a wrap on Mid-Atlantic New Painting and Practice What You Teach exhibitions!

Thank you for everyone involved, these were truly a pleasure to have. Until next time we do our MANP Biennial!

Now time for working on our next shows…⭐️

10/14/2026

CANCELLED: MID-ATLANTIC NEW PAINTING JUROR TALK

We are very sorry to share the news that the Mid Atlantic New Painting Juror Talk by Alexis Assam is cancelled for tomorrow, Thursday, October 15. Our juror is very ill and cannot give her lecture as planned.

It’s been a beautiful show, and thank you Alexis for curating it. We hope Alexis has a speedy recovery. Thank you everyone for your understanding!

10/13/2026

Get ready for this Thursday! 🩵

Join us for Alexis Assam, the juror for Mid-Atlantic New Painting exhibition, to discuss her process in selecting the works and her career. The Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial closes October 18th, so take this as a chance to celebrate the ending of this amazing show!

October 15 | 5-6pm
Digital Auditorium, HCC 136

All gallery events and exhibitions are free and open to the public!

10/09/2026

• CLOSED FOR FALL BREAK •

UMW Galleries will be closed 10/10-10/13 for UMW’s Fall Break and reopening 10/14.

Next week is our last week for both current exhibitions, so come and stop by to see amazing art!

We have one more exciting event to close out our Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial is the Juror Talk with Alexis Assam October 15, 5-6pm, in the Digital Auditorium Room 136. All of our events are free and open to the public, we hope to see you there! Until then, we are going to take a little weekend break ☺️⭐️

10/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Faculty Gallery Talk last Thursday! We had so much fun and hopefully students had a good time seeing the faculty in the hot seat this time ☺️🩵

The fun isn’t over yet for our current exhibitions! The Faculty and Staff Exhibition as well as the Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition are open until October 18th!

We also have our Juror Talk with Alexis Assam for MANP October 15th, 5-6pm in the Digital Auditorium (Room 136) of the HCC.

All events and exhibitions are free and open to the public.

09/30/2026

Our first VASP Lecture of the semester is tomorrow!

Join us for UMW Art Faculty Gallery Talk in duPont Gallery from 5-6pm. Each faculty member will be discussing their work and then there will be a Q+A afterwards.

This event is free and open to the public! See you there!

09/23/2026

Mark your calendars! It’s officially fall, so that means time to share our Visiting Artists and Speakers Program! ⭐️

All of our events are free and open to the public.

Gallery Talk: UMW Art Faculty for “Practice What You Teach”
October 1, 2026 | 5-6pm | duPont Gallery

Alexis Assam: “Mid-Atlantic New Painting” Juror Talk
October 15, 2026 | 5-6pm | Digital Auditorium, HCC 136

Richard Rinehart: “Annual Student Art Exhibition” Juror Talk
October 29, 2026 | 5-6pm | Digital Auditorium, HCC 136

USA 250 Artists’ Round Table
November 19, 2026 | 5-6pm | Monroe Hall 116

We hope to see you there! Check out our website for more info about current and upcoming exhibitions. For any questions email [email protected]

09/22/2026

Our Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial is filled with exceptional craft from contemporary painters, including our award winners.

We wanted to show off the pieces from our 4 award winners:

Purchase Award: Betsy Bannan, “Airside Choreography” (left most piece in slide 1)

Best in show: Emma Knight, “Proteus” (slide 2 and 3)

Second place: Julia Dzikiewicz, “After the Fall of Roe v. Wade” (slide 4)

Third place: Roberto Jamora, “Lazy River Road (2)” (centered piece in slide 5)

Congratulations to all of these incredible artists! If you want to come hear our juror talk from Alexis Assam, she will be speaking October 15, 5-6pm in the Digital Auditorium, HCC 136.

This exhibition will be up until October 18, 2026! Check out our website for visiting hours and more information.

09/15/2026

We had our opening for Practice What You Teach: UMW Faculty and Staff last Thursday, but if you missed it, don’t fret! This exhibition is open until October 18th!

Our hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10am-4pm, so plan a cute date or a little family outing to our galleries this week! Don’t forget to stop by Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial while you’re here as well. Admission always free! 🩵

Address

1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA
22401

Telephone

+15406541013

Website

http://www.umwgalleries.org/

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