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Exhibits

North Hall

Mitchell Gallery

• Women's Voices 3: Make/Believe
  February 7th – May 13th, 2023
  An annual juried exhibition featuring to works of 36 female artists from the Southern Illinois region.
  Reception: Saturday, February 11th, 4:30pm - 7:00pm, University Museum North Hall

Continuum Gallery

• Natural Talent: The Carvings of Fred Myers
  January 17th – May 13th, 2023
  From an early age Fred Myers displayed a natural affinity for the art; a talent that was encouraged by many in his life. A talent that would serve him well throughout his life. With his focus on the human form and the daily life of those around him, Myers developed into a exemplar of the Regionalism movement in American Arts.

Atrium Gallery

• Curators' Choice: Carolyn Plochman & Maude Craig
  January 17th – May 13th, 2023
  The University Museum’s collection hosts several works from many extremely talented artists that call our region home. The Curators have gone through the Museum’s collection of fine art to select two such individuals.

South Hall

• Southern Illinois Gallery
  Our Region
  Ongoing
  Our Region is an exhibition of Southern Illinois history, featuring artifacts from the University Museum and Center for Archaeological Investigations collections.
  
  
• Lutes Gallery
  European Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts
  Ongoing
  This exhibition highlights paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and furniture from Renaissance Europe selected from the collection of Carl W. Lutes.
  
  
• Saluki Gallery
  Visual Translations: The Works of Cheonae Kim
  January 17th – March 11th, 2023
  While at first glance the repeated geometric patterns may mesmerize the viewer, these patterns hold a much deeper meaning for Kim. Many of her works are maze-like to represent the complexity of the human mind. Although abstract, these three rhythmic and dynamic visual compositions function as portraits for the artist.
  
  MFA Shows
  March 28th – May 13th, 2023
  The University Museum is proud to host a series of Graduate Student exhibitions from the SIUC College of Art & Design.
  
  
• West Gallery
  Vogel at SIU
  January 24th – July 29th, 2023
  The renowned Vogel Art Collection began taking shape since the early 1960, and over the decades developed into one of the most remarkable American collections formed in the twentieth Century. In an effort to bring the works in their collection to the public, the Vogel’s began their “Fifty Works for Fifty States” project. To honor their legacy the University Museum is proud to present the works of art graciously donated to SIUC.
  
  
• Hall of Art
  Distinguished Alumni: Fred Brown
  January 17th – May 13th, 2023
  Born in Georgia and raised in Chicago's South Side, Brown settled in a loft in Soho during the New York Art Renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s. Brown’s paintings of the early 1970s were large, bold abstractions based on the abstract expressionist tradition of the art department at Southern Illinois University. By the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, Brown gradually included figural elements, a change that coincided with his creation of some landscape paintings reminiscent of folk art.
  
  
• Study Gallery
  Huichol: Balancing Hybridity
  January 24th – May 13th , 2023
  n the modern world, there is a constant struggle to preserve the Indigenous cultural identity in Latin America. MFA students Martha Osornio and Sarah-Anne Winchester have dived into the archives to select collection pieces as examples of hybridity within Huichol culture.
  
  
• International Gallery
  Taking Flight
  January 24th – July 29th, 2023
  Selected from the University Museum’s international collections, this exhibition includes objects from various cultures highlighting how our feathers friends have captured the imaginations of artists and artisans throughout the decades.