Bare-Montgomery Gallery
| COLLABOR8Aug. 19 - Sept. 13, 2024 Eight students in the summer drawing class collaborated on a continuous 30’ drawing, taking inspiration from the architectural and decorative features of Fairbanks Hall. The resulting work was then split into eight sections and the students incorporated self-portraits that echoed the famous historical figures immortalized in the stained glass dome above the gallery. The dynamic process of group decision-making and collaborative creativity led to the energetic and unified work which is now being shown in the very gallery where it was created. |
| ELEMENTALApr. 29- May. 10, 2024 Students in ARTP 170: Introduction to Visual Art created collaborative site-specific earth artworks as their final creative project. Drawing inspiration from artists like Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy, the students worked together in groups to identify the sites and materials they wanted to use and develop design ideas based on the exhibition title, Elemental. Once the designs were agreed on the groups headed outdoors to create their artworks with only the natural materials that were readily available. The posters in the exhibition represent the students’ documentation of that process as well as their project statements. |
| LARGER THAN LIFE SIZE: An Exhibition of Monstrous Masks and More...Mar. 25- Apr. 12, 2024 Alexus Kelley, Phoenix Kelley, and AJ Orman are the Creatures Of The Night Studios. |
| DIVINE JOURNEY- Dante’s Divine ComedyFeb. 5 - Mar. 1, 2024 In tandem with Roberto Márquez’s show, 'Commedia' in The Yang University Art Gallery, is the 'Divine Journey' in the Bare-Montgomery Gallery. Here you will discover framed woodcut prints on letterpress paper from the 1400s accompanied by an interactive prompt to create and display your own contemporary illustrations inspired by Dante's 'Divine Comedy.' This is a great opportunity to travel through Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) and see how past and present visuals converge to narrate this epic poem. |
| The Printmaking Student ExhibitionNov. 16- Dec. 15, 2023 The Printmaking Student Exhibition features a range of print techniques and styles by Art and Design students at ISU who are currently taking the following classes: Serigraphy, Intro, Intermediate, and Advanced. |
| The Haunting of Bare-MontgomeryOct. 17- Nov. 3, 2023 |
| 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A RED CHAIRSept. 18 - Oct. 6, 2023 In 1917, Wallace Stevens wrote his important poem, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. Influenced by Cubism and Imagism, Stevens looks at his subject from multiple points of view. The resulting series of cantos portray not just one but many blackbirds in situations ranging from observational to abstract and metaphysical. Inspired by Stevens’ poem, students in the Intermediate and Advanced Painting classes have created the works in this exhibition using a single red chair as their subject. Together, the paintings – like Stevens’ poem – suggest the passing of time and shifting points of view. As viewers, we are asked to enlarge our notion of what a chair is and does through the multiplicity of approaches. The titles are influenced by the imaginative leaps and lyrical phrasing of Stevens’ poem, and inspired by the thoughts, feelings, and ideas generated in the painting process. |
| You Are HereApr. 26 - May 5, 2023 You Are Here is an exhibition that features the artwork of students in the Spring 2023 ARTP 170 class. In this show students used a variety of mediums to create their own personalized artistic map of ISU's campus. |
| Graphic Design ExhibitionApr. 4 - 14, 2023 The Graphic Design Exhibition features graphic design works by ISU students from the Department of Art and Design. |
| Sculpture ExhibitionMar. 13- 24, 2023 The Sculpture Exhibition showcases 3D artworks fabricated in a range of materials which have been created by ISU students from the Department of Art and Design. |
| Public Blackness IIIFriday, February 17, 3-4pm Public Blackness is an exhibition that spans all three of the Art Galleries at Indiana State University. The aim is to create greater awareness of the on-going and often unresolved local and national racial issues. The show is designed to provide a safe platform where ISU students and the broader community can learn, engage, and be inspired to take positive action to help heal and transform outdated and unconscious biases. Public Blackness demonstrates how the Black body in a racially divided society gradually disappears from our understanding of what it means to be a human. What transpires when the Black body is captured in our gaze—a gaze that has been trained to only view it as a problem everywhere it exists? What happens when the myths from our past—which were frequently used to justify its destruction—become ingrained in our imagination of its existence today? One should leave the exhibition knowing a bit more about what makes the Black body vulnerable to the violence it still endures today. |
| POP-UP Grad ExhibitionJan. 16- 27, 2023 Are you wondering what our amazing Graduate Students are working on? Here is your chance to get a sneak peak of their work in this POP-UP Grad Exhibition. |
| Photography ExhibitionDec. 1- 9, 2022 This exhibition is showcasing artwork made by photography students from this semester. Pieces from the ARTS 335 class feature examples of assignments ranging from darkroom to digital photography. Pieces from the 336/435/400E classes feature examples of the students' semester portfolio work. |
| Ceramics ExhibitionNov. 7- 18, 2022 Featuring students work from the Ceramics Department. |
| The Hunting of Bare-MontgomeryOct. 17 - 31, 2022 Featuring spooky Fall themed artwork from students and faculty. |
| Manu PropriaSept 30 - Oct 6, 2022 Manu Propria is a pop-up exhibition featuring current work from this semester's students in ARTS 215 and 316. Charcoal and chalk on toned paper Image Info: Paradise of Perdition by Jenna Whalin |
| Welcome to Art ClubSept. 1- 12, 2022 Welcome to Art Club is a selection of art pieces submitted by ISU's Art Club. Image Info: Arlene Wilson, WAP, 2020, oil on panel |