University Galleries of Illinois State University

05/29/2026

Feeling inspired during your visit to our new exhibitions? Stop by our Summer Studio and use the materials to create your own project or write a reflection.

Free and open to the public and no registration required.

05/28/2026

New exhibition now open!

Dreamscape is a group exhibition of 17 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures selected from University Galleries’ permanent collection by Bloomington High School members of our Teen Art Group. Over the course of several meetings, the students discussed themes, viewed artworks, and developed the checklist and layout of the exhibition.

The exhibition title, Dreamscape, a merging of the words “dream” and “landscape,” alludes to fantasies, nightmares, and visions. The term also embraces multiple ideas the Teen Art Group students wanted to explore, including emotional reactions, mental processing, abstractions of bodies and landscapes, and states of dreaming.

Exhibiting artists include Alan R. Atkins (M.F.A. 2024), Harold Boyd (professor emeritus, Wonsook Kim School of Art), Bob Carlson & Tom Philabaum, Salvador Dalí, Minnie Evans, Mark Forth (B.S. 1987), David Hodges, Leonid Kosinstev, Tim Kowalczyk (M.F.A. 2011), Janet McKiernan, Schuyler Maehl (B.F.A. 2004), Thomas Morey (B.S. 1972), Gladys Nilsson, William J. O’Brien, Melissa Oresky (professor, Wonsook Kim School of Art), Odilon Redon, and Joseph Yoakum.

Teen Art Group members include Maggi Denham, Sage Eyres, Ray Grill, Issaria Jacobs, Ely Miller, Josephine Saebens, and Marlee Wayne.

Teen Art Group is supported by University Galleries’ grant from the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation—Mirza Arts and Culture Fund. Additional support is provided by the Lori Baum and Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Community Fund.

Read more and sign up for workshops at link in comments.

📷: Installation view of Dreamscape (left to right: Janet McKiernan, Joseph Yoakum, Salvador Dalí, Mark Forth, and Minnie Evans). Photo credit: Zo Russell.

05/28/2026

New exhibition now open!

2:43 on a Tuesday presents 32 works from University Galleries’ permanent collection, each selected for its relationship to ideas about chronology. These paintings, photographs, lithographs, sculptures, and ceramics reflect on the ways time passes, how it is experienced, felt, measured, and sequenced.

Artists include Barbara Crane, J. Brooks Dendy III, Frank Eckmair, Benjamin Gardner (M.F.A. 2005), Joan Gardner, Martin J. Garhart, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Richard Mawdsley, Patrick McDonnell (M.S. 1990, M.F.A. 1993), Josefina Muñoz Torres, Patrick Nagatani, Robert Rauschenberg, and Neil Tetkowski (M.F.A. 1980).

2:43 on a Tuesday is curated by Holly Filsinger (M.A. 2023), Gallery Assistant at University Galleries. Exhibition-related workshops are supported by the Lori Baum and Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Community Fund.

Read more about the exhibition and register for workshops at the link in comments.

📷: Installation view of 2:43 on a Tuesday (left to right: Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Gardner, Patrick Nagatani, and Josefina Muñoz Torres). Photo credit: Zo Russell.

05/18/2026

Saturday was our Teen Art Group field trip to Chicago! We took the train; walked to the Chicago Cultural Center for multiple exhibitions, including a solo show by Alberto Aguilar; walked through Millennium Park; ate lunch at the Art Institute; and spent the rest of the afternoon at the museum, where we explored permanent collection displays from medieval through contemporary and temporary exhibitions including Korean National Treasures and Matisse's Jazz.

Thank you to Monica Estabrook (Bloomington High School) and the BHS students for being such wonderful partners, and to the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation and the Lori Baum and Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Community Fund for supporting Teen Art Group!

Next up, we'll be installing the exhibition that they curated. We finished the details for it during our train ride.

📷: 1 by Tanya Scott, 2 by Issaria, 3-4 by Kendra Paitz, 5 by Monica Estabrook, 6-9 by Kendra Paitz

05/08/2026

Happy graduation, Redbirds! 🎓

We had the best time celebrating the end of the semester—and some pending graduations and student-teaching placements—with this wonderful team!

05/07/2026

A few snapshots from our recent Teen Art Group meetings. We've been focused on curating a permanent collection exhibition that will be on view this summer. The first two images are from yesterday's incredibly fun and productive discussion to finalize the exhibition checklist.

Thank you to the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation and the Lori Baum and Aaron Henkelman University Galleries Community Fund for supporting Teen Art Group at University Galleries.

📷 1 by Christina Dababneh; 📷 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 by Kendra Paitz.

05/04/2026

This weekend, students in Dr. Keller’s Second-Year French, Part 1, class (FRE 115) had one last conversational outing opportunity at University Galleries! We admired the artwork by talented ISU students on display and talked about the diverse interpretations and emotional reactions we had to the different works. Merci pour un semestre riche en discussions, et bon été à tou.tes!

05/01/2026

Sunday is the final day to visit the Student Annual exhibition.

AJ Westley is the 2026 Marshall Dulaney Pitcher Award winner for Illinois State University Wonsook Kim School of Art and has a solo show on view within the Student Annual exhibition.

The Marshall Dulaney Pitcher Award honors outstanding students in the visual arts who demonstrate exceptional artistic talent, dedicated studio practice, and academic excellence. 2026 marks the 56th anniversary of this prestigious award, which was established by the Pitcher family in memory of painting student Marshall Pitcher. University Galleries has traditionally dedicated exhibition space within the Student Annual to winners of the Pitcher Award.

This week, Westley introduced his exhibition to an early winner of the Marshall Dulaney Pitcher Award, Wonsook Kim.

📷: Photos 1-5 by Zo Russell. 1-3 Installation views of AJ Westley's solo exhibition at University Galleries. 4. AJ Westley, Buying a Suit, 2026. Silhouetted swagger from an Amazon reviewer, reconstructed second-hand suit jackets, red thread, and acrylic paint. 5: AJ Westley, Echoes of My Mind, 2025. Reconstructed suit jackets, ink, and acrylic paint. 6: AJ Westley and Wonsook Kim. Photo by Kendra Paitz.

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

It’s showcase day!

Come see what we’ve been working on at The Art Station! 2-4pm Grad Posters and 6-9pm General Showcase🥳

04/30/2026

We can't believe the Student Annual ends on Sunday!

Congratulations to all the participating students, and to Lynne Higgins Aranda who won the Best Interactive Media and Technology award for "Is it reality."

Thank you to Creative Technologies at Illinois State University for supporting the Best Interactive Media and Technology award.

📷 1: Installation view of Student Annual (left to right: Lindsey Holtz, Lynne Higgins Aranda, Lynne Higgins Aranda, and Zandria Ragans). Photo by Zo Russell.

📷 2: Lynne Higgins Aranda, Is it reality, 2025. Digital drawing inkjet print and video. Courtesy of the artist.

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