Welcome to the Galleries in Porter Hall!

Emily Moores: On the Edge of a Dream

Emily Moores is a visual artist living and working in Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned her BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2008 and her MFA from The University of Cincinnati in 2014. Her work consists of hand-cut and ornately layered materials, which create both wall works and large-scale installations. Emily’s work investigates the playful engagement of the body as essential to understanding and experiencing spaces or objects. Emily was selected as one of the Women to Watch 2020 by the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery in collaboration with the Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She created ‘Let’s Celebrate,’ a large-scale installation consisting of wood, paper and fabric. With a party-like atmosphere, this work immersed the viewer in a celebration. | On display August 20-October 11, 2024. Reception August 21, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Robert Dohrman: The Golden Age of Polymer

https://www.leonrichmondart.com
Robert Dohrmann received his Master of Fines Arts in Painting and Drawing in 1992 at Central Washington University Ellensburg WA. He is currently a Professor of Studio Arts at The University of Oklahoma. His recent body of works, Dohrmann has taken the pseudonym of Leon Richmond have been the process of collecting reclaimed vintage thrift store objects and “re-arting” them using mostly collage, assemblage and traditional two-dimensional techniques. Formerly an experimental video artist screening shorts both nationally and internationally, his works has been firmly rooted in semiotics, American iconography and remix theory and practice. | On display October 23, 2024 - January 10, 2025. Reception October 23, 2024, from 5-7pm. 

Reni Gower: GEOmatrix: a Perfect Proof 

Reni Gower received a 2023 Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship for Works on Paper. In 2020, she also received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. In 2017, she was awarded SECAC’s Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. In 2014, she received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Teacher of Art Award, as well as distinguished teaching awards from Virginia Commonwealth University and VCUarts. Her art work is represented in many prestigious collections and has been exhibited at international and national venues for over 40 years. In addition to her painting practice, she curates award winning traveling exhibitions that include The Garden, FLASHPOINTS: Material / Intent / Fused, Geometric Aljamía: a Cultural Transliteration, and Pulped Under Pressure: The Art of Handmade Paper. After 37 years, Professor Emerita Gower retired from Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2018. Gower is represented by Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA. | On display January 23-March 14, 2025. Reception Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 5-7pm.

Brooks Dierdorff: A Geological Survey

Brooks Dierdorff is an artist exploring the ways media like photography and video shape our cultural imagination of environmental collapse. His work includes a range of methodologies such as photo-based sculptures, installation, video, appropriating images from commercial and archival sources, and experimental documentary filmmaking. This expanded photographic practice often explores new ways of seeing - staging encounters with photographs that challenge their status as neutral documents. His work serves as an interface between political, ecological, and artistic spheres. He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally at galleries that include Amos Eno in Brooklyn, New York; The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; The Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle; High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree, California; The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art at The Orlando Museum of Art; the Ulrike Hamm Gallery in Bissendorf, Germany; the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in South Korea; and The New Gallery in Calgary, Canada. His work has been written about in The New Yorker Magazine, The Daily Mail, Lenscratch, Feature Shoot, Aint-Bad, and the Orlando Sentinel among others. His work has been collected by the Nevada Museum of Art, the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, and the Ely Center for Contemporary Art. Brooks received his BA from the University of California, San Diego in 2007 and his MFA from the University of Oregon in 2012. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Photography at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. | On display March 26-May 16, 2025. Reception March 26, 2025, from 5-7pm.

Erin Dellasega: New Shapes

Erin Dellasega is an interdisciplinary artist and fashion designer working between Athens, Ohio and her home state of Kansas. Dellasega received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 2020 and a Master of Arts from Eastern Illinois University in 2021. Currently, she is working towards her Master of Fine Arts in Painting + Drawing at Ohio University. She is interested in the intersection of traditional fine art practices and fashion design and how they come together to implicate ideas of "learned femininity" and self-identity. Dellasega's current research practice includes the exploration of the performativity of public persona, contemporary explorations of femininity, and the impact of social media and pop culture upon self-perception and self-creation. | On display August 30-September 27, 2024. Reception September 26, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Leah Gose: Transplantations 

According to Webster’s Dictionary, “transplantations” is defined as, “the movement or transfer of someone or something to another place or situation.” Our connection to a specific place is made up of our experience with its physicality, an awareness of its history, and an emotional reaction, positive or negative, to its meanings and memories. In general, this sense of place defines our relationship with the world and with each other. It provides a foundation for both individual and communal identity and can become an intimate and deeply personal experience. However, having never lived in one place for more than 6 years, the concept of “home” has always been elusive for me. My nomadic lifestyle has removed my internal sense of place as it would define “home” for others. I am untethered. Lost in a variety of landscapes not connected to family, place, or purpose. This series of photographic collages uses personal connections to multiple landscapes in my search for home. The images are duplicitous in their connection to place while they also continue to search for a meaningful location—they represent both familiar and nostalgic scenes while still leaving the viewer feeling like an outsider. These visual transplantations reflect feeling lost and my inability to ground myself as I move through various landscapes in my desire to find home and stability. | On Display October 3-November 8, 2024. Receptin November 6, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Senior Exhibition WF 24: Title to be determined

This will be a Senior Exhibition with works from Moss Benelli, Claire Bruening, Ella Armentrout, and Quinn Martinez. Title and reception times to be determined at a later date.

Kathryn Combs: You Are Here: Embodying the Virtual

Kathryn Combs is a Midwest based artist and educator who specializes in printmaking. Her work explores relationships between technology, society, and individuals. Kathryn’s work employs a wide range of techniques and approaches, including screenprinting, laser engraving, weaving, and installation art. Recently, she has focused on the opacity of the way that AI technology interprets data. Combs’s work has been exhibited internationally at Spazio SV in Venice, Italy as well as domestically throughout the American Midwest and South. She is a cofounder and co-owner of the Southern Indiana based Risography studio, Junior Jr. Studio, which hosts the annual Kentuckiana Zine Festival. Kathryn received her MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University in 2021 and a BFA in Printmaking from Indiana University Southeast in 2018. She is currently the Studio Manager at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas. | On display January 20-February 21, 2025. Reception February 19, 2025, from 5-7pm.

 Ann Marie Greenberg: Pour Forth

Ann Marie Greenberg is an artist and educator based in the neighborhood of Mayfair, Chicago, IL. Using plastics as a base and as an inspiration, her work explores extending the materials life as art. Most recently, she is creating bioplastic and adding light to create stained plastic collages. She was a recent artist in residence at Mothers Milk Residency, Ks. and Incahoots Residency, CA. She lives with her family and dogs. | On display February 26-April 4, 2025. Reception April 3, 2025, from 5-7pm.

Senior Exhibit SP 25: Title to be determined 

This will be a Senior Exhibit with works from Savannah Guillory and Meranda Belew. The title and reception times are to be determined. | On display April 11-May 16, 2025. Reception to be deteremined at a later date.

Elnora Nokes: The View From Inside

I am a collage/mixed media artist living and working in Olathe, Kansas. My work is inspired by the landscape and the forms, textures, colors, and shapes of the built environment. The visual interactions of the various elements never fail to inspire further exploration through artistic exercises. I use personal and found photographs, handmade papers, magazine pages, found objects, and acrylic and watercolor paints to create abstract landscapes and still life collages. My work has been shown and won awards in juried exhibitions across the country as well as several galleries in the Kansas City Area. I am a signature member of the National Collage Society where my work has been included in exhibitions and won awards. My collages can be seen locally at the First Art Gallery of Olathe. | On display from August 14-October 18, 2023. Reception August 24, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Faculty Exhibit: Process

This was a group exhibit of faculty members exploring the “process” of their work. Participating artists were Janet Lewis, Olivia Timmons, James Oliver Jr, Kim Allison, Mayumi Kiefer, Jared Jennings and Li-Lin Tseng. | On display October 25-January 5, 2024. Reception November 2, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Angel Brame: Re-Purpose, Re-Engineer, and Relocate

Clay is my chosen vice. My initial love in art was paint. I love the ability of paint to be manipulated to create color and texture on a flat surface that draws your attention and makes you want to reach out and touch it. After years of dealing with paint, I took a local pottery class for therapy. It was my way of thinking outside of the box and outside of my comfort zone while having some fun playing in the mud. I have found that clay offers me things that paint cannot. Clay offers me the challenge of transforming a lump of mud into something useful through the utilization of the spinning wheel and my own dexterity and coordination. It makes me think ten steps ahead so that I may be successful in that transformation. And it gives me what I consider to be a bonus. Once I am done with the creation process, I can still revert to my love of color and texture with slip and glazes. I not only have my useful platter, but a canvas to paint on as well. For me, this is the best of all worlds. | On display from January 10-March 13, 2024. Reception February 1, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Daniel Opoku: Identimatics: Mathematical Grammar of Kente Patterns

The patterns I project in this exhibition are visual essays of historical narratives and wise sayings woven with mathematical calculations. As a result of my calculations, I interpret the geometric shapes that form the Ghanaian Kente patterns using mathematical formulas parallel to the Pythagorean theorem as an attempt to blur the boundaries between “mathematics” and culture. As a survivor of pedagogic violence, the state-driven mathematics I learned was based on foreign concepts, where mathematical ideologies from alien cultures were superimposed on my local mathematical essays; concepts that presented abstract theorems and projections, instead of my everyday experiential examples. By cross-examining the "TICS" of the "MATHEMA" in the Ghanaian Kente patterns, I affirm mathematics as a global language except for different ways of visualizing meaning. I build upon D’Ambrosio’s concept of ethnomathematics by introducing Identimatics; a term I formulate from Identity plus Mathematics. The latter addresses the limitations of the other by including the numerous ways to sample relationships within and outside one’s culture, because of cultural mathematics hybridization; the penetration of one culture into another. The exhibition concludes that for the greater understanding and advancement of mathematical knowledge, all cultural mathematical projections should contribute, and at times intersect, equitably. | On display from March 27-May 10, 2024. Reception March 27, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Evan Stoler: While Supplies Last

I want to challenge viewers to question the textures, patterns, and organic entities placed before them as I strip materials of their commonplace function. With each piece, I create or utilize a mechanical process and repeat that process to develop a form or effect. Light is important because it emphasizes a blurred distinction between familiar reflective surfaces and in some cases creates a paradox of fragility. My work is a testament to the monotony of the daily grind and revealing the beauty in the mundane. | On display from August 14-September 29, 2023. Reception September 27,2023, from 5-7pm.

Jo-Ann Morgan: Cotton Collages: Remembering the Innocent

Visual artist Jo-Ann Morgan is Professor Emeritus of African American Studies and Art History at Western Illinois University. She is the author of The Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual Culture (Routledge, 2019) and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as Visual Culture, which won the Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship in 2008.

Since 2020 Morgan has been a full-time fiber artist, creating stitched fabric wall hangings on themes related to social justice and gun violence. Among her awards are a Cultural Commentary/Social Change Grant from Fiber Art Now (summer/fall 2021) a Not Real Art Award from Culver City Arts Foundation (2022), a Weyerhaeuser Juror Award at the 2021 Great Northern Art Explosion, Grayling, MI, and several honorable mentions. Her work has been in over twenty-five juried shows. Solo exhibitions include Dalton Gallery, Arts Council of York County, Rockhill, SC (February 2022), Park Circle Gallery, North Charleston, SC (November 2022), and Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR (February 2023). | On display from October 4-November 9, 2023. Reception November 9, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Steven Head: Family Secrets

I am an award-winning artist from Webb City, Missouri. I have been featured several times on local television, radio, area newspapers, and regional magazines. My artwork and VR exhibit has even had worldwide media coverage, including an article last year in the country of Ukraine. | On display from November 13-January 18, 2024. Reception November 14, 2023, from 5-7pm. 

Marilee Salvator- Growth and Abundance

My work has long been an examination of the natural world through the lens of micro-biology; I search for structural commonalities between invasive plants in ecosystems and invasive diseases in the human body. At the same time, I am invested in combining and applying historical and non-traditional approaches to printmaking, specifically print-installation and repetitive mark-making, to push the boundaries of printmaking into what has developed into an expanded field. I create modules to build installations or to make unique prints by intuitively combining printing plates in different sequences, creating one of a kind works that slowly unfold and grow on their own. | On display March 6-April 5, 2024. Reception March 6, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Senior Exhibit: Continuum

This is an exhibit showcasing our graduating seniors. The artists in this exhibit are Hayden Bennett, Christian Garth, Des Hernandez, Devin March, and Devynn Mae. | On display April 17- May 10, 2024. Reception April 17, 2024, from 5-7pm.

Susan Ferguson- We Are the Change

Susan Ferguson holds two academic degrees in English (B.A. and M.A.). She worked for more than forty years in agriculture, journalism, writing, editing, marketing, and teaching before chucking it all to pursue a visually creative path. In southern Arizona, during a hiatus from traditional employment, Susan discovered a passion for weaving. She has taken classes in art history and weaving, as well as workshops in weaving, dyeing, and quilting. Otherwise, she is a self-educated artist. Susan is a member of the Fiber Guild of Kansas City, Inter Urban Art House, Kansas City Arts Coalition, Missouri Fiber Artists, Surface Design Association, Studio Art Quilts Associates and Weavers Guild of Greater Kansas City. She serves as the newsletter editor for the Missouri Fiber Artists group. She is a recipient of the 2021 Rocket Relief Emergency Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation, Spencer Museum of Art and Charlotte Street Foundation; and she received ArtsKC Regional Arts Council Inspiration Grants in 2018 and 2019. She was a Fellow in the 2020 cohort of the Artist INC program of Mid-America Arts Alliance. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Kansas City, MO; Liberty, MO; St. Louis, MO; Prairie Village, KS; Overland Park, KS; and Santa Fe, N.M | On display from August 24-October 26, 2022. Reception August 24, 2022, from 5-7pm.

Ariel Wilson- Simulacrum

Ariel C. Wilson is an artist and educator whose work investigates notions of neutrality, photographic intermediaries, and the fluidity of perception. Her work draws upon processes and materials traditionally used in photography while formally hovering between photography and sculpture, installation, and video. She holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico and a BA in Studio Arts from Willamette University. She has been selected to present work at the Society of Photographic Educators (SPE) regional and national conferences, and received residencies from Bikalpa Art Center (Kathmandu, Nepal) and Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, Vermont). Her work has been exhibited internationally and in twelve cities across the United States. Born and raised in Fort Collins, Colorado, Wilson is currently based out of Dallas, Texas where she is a Lecturer of Photography at Southern Methodist University. | n display from November 2-December 10, 2022. Reception November 2, 2022, from 5-7pm.

Kevin Mercer: Dipole Light Installation

Kevin Mercer earned a BFA degree from Western Illinois University, then an MFA degree from The Pennsylvania State University where he received the Gerald Davis Painting Prize. Kevin has exhibited work with: Miranda Kuo Gallery, Manhattan, NY; Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY; Treat Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Artists’ Milepost, Portland, OR; Art with Impact, San Francisco, CA; In Liquid, Philadelphia, PA; Philadelphia Center for Architecture; Satellite Art Show, SXSW, Austin, TX; CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Korea. His work has been featured by Artist Studios Magazine, Dialogist.org, SLAG MAG, and Newfound Journal. In addition to his personal work, Mercer is one half of the interdisciplinary, collaborative project, titled Bubblegum & Whiskey, with fellow artist, Sarah Swist. Kevin Mercer is currently Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts & Animation at Southern Illinois University. | On display from February 1-May 5, 2023. Reception February 1, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Tom Birkner-Demographica

Born in New Jersey in 1966, Tom Birkner exhibits his paintings on an international level. His work has been shown in numerous cities, including Newark, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Milan, Venice and Juárez. In 2003, he was one of the artists chosen to represent the U.S. in the First Beijing International Biennial. His work has been reviewed in journals such as Art In America, ART News, Tema Celeste, Flash Art, The New York Times, and The New York Observer. He is an associate professor of art at The University of Texas at El Paso. He is represented by the Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Gerald Peters Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. | On display from August 22-October 12, 2022. Reception October 12, 2022, from 5-7pm.

Natalie Tyree: Letterpress Prints

Natalie Tyree is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Western Kentucky University. An active educator, designer, and maker, she seeks to explore popular culture themes in her work related to contemporary trends and generational mindsets in this media and influencer obsessed world we find ourselves in. An "old millennial," her most recent work and research centers specifically on Millennials and Generation Z and her mission to de-mystify and mock pre-conceived notions of those generations. | On display from October 19-November 30, 2022. Reception November 30, 2022, from 5-7pm.

Sarah Lorentz: Apperception

My past work in early childhood development programming prompted a sensitive reaction to the subject of personality development and lasting impacts of trauma. In my current work I explore pivotal moments of identity formation hinged on trauma or preservation of innocence. This subject is relevant not only for societal well-being but also for individual resilience and fulfillment. My own academic background in psychology and fine arts equips me to communicate ideas from the intersection of art and science. I earned my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in studio painting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, pursuing additional training through artist apprenticeships and studies abroad. I value the role of higher education and artist mentorships in connecting art making with more compelling conceptual communication. In the fine arts sphere, I have received recognition on both a national and global level. Notably, my work has been displayed in the Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, and abroad in Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy. Both my landscape and figurative collections have been granted solo exhibitions and in addition to juried shows and exhibitions, I have an active presence in the art scene of St Louis working as a full-time artist and instructor. I am confident in my ability to produce a quality exhibition and I look forward to making an impact through my art and interactions on campus. | On display from December 7-February 8, 2023. Reception February 8, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Nick Gadbois: Real Life Abstraction

I am a Kansas City based contemporary artist. My work is included in numerous private and corporate collections, and has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Santa Fe and Kansas City. In Kansas City I have had solo shows at Arts KC, Smalter Gallery, Todd Weiner Gallery and Kiosk. In addition to creating paintings, I have completed public art projects in New Mexico and Washington state. I have an approach to abstraction that involves transforming discarded industrial byproducts into works of art. | On display from February 15-April 5, 2023. Reception April 5, 2023, from 5-7pm.

Senior Exhibit: Familiarity

This is an exhibit of the department’s graduating seniors. This exhibit included artists George Hatcher, Katie Wells, Brianna Carranza, Destiny Ray, and Montana Watts. | On display from April 10-May 12, 2023. Reception on April 22, 2023, from 3-6pm. 

Ayman Alamoudi: Stained & Silence

Ayman Alamoudi was born in Medina, Saudi Arabia. After completing his work at the Taibah High School, Medina, Saudi Arabia in 1993, he entered King Abdul-Aziz University in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in art from King Abdul-Aziz University in December of 1997. During the following three years, he worked as an artist and teacher in the Medina area. In 2000, he was a Teaching Assistant in the art department of King Abdul-Aziz University. In January 2003, he entered the graduate school of Pittsburg State University at Pittsburg, Kansas and soon earned a master’s degree in art.   

In 2010, he received a doctoral degree from The University of Texas at Dallas and earned a Ph.D. in Aesthetic Studies of Art and Technology and worked as Assistant Professor of Art at Taibah University until 2014. Alamoudi now teaches at The University of North Texas at Dallas. and his academic research and artwork interweave visual, digital, and interactive media with socio-cultural conflicts, differences, and contradictions. | On display January 17-March 4, 2022. Reception March 3, 2022. 

John Cohorst & Holly Kranker: No Space Like Home

Focused on the “notion of home, both domestic and cosmic” the ceramic works presented show both are for Cohorst embedded with humor and for Kranker with nostalgia. “I use humor to draw the viewer in. I find the astronaut image speaks to people on different levels; for some, it’s scientific or about exploration, others see a nerdy outsider or a space cadet.” states John Cohorst. While From Kranker states of her work “Objects that at first glance appear mundane deeply resonate…” | On display March 28-May 13, 2022. Reception April 28, 2022, from 5-7pm.

Jared Jennings: Nature vs. Nurture

Jennings, an alumnus of the Pittsburg State University Department of Art, recently completed his Master of Fine Arts Degree at Fort Hays State University.  With the works on view, Jennings creates stories that draw a metaphor between those who suffer from mental illness and the discarded but found supports.  Of the works in the exhibition Jennings says, “Drawing stories and events from people struggling with mental illness onto found objects, helps nurture the discarded back to life.  I put myself in these people's stories so I can try to understand their anguish or joy.” | On display August 27-October 15, 2021. Reception ?

Jessica McGan: Bound

Born and raised in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, Jessica received her A.A. in Studio Art from Labette Community College in 2001,a  B.F.A. in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004, an M.A. in Painting from Pittsburg State University in 2006, and a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts from the School of Architecture and Design at The University of Kansas in 2020. | On display from November 1-December 10, 2021. Reception November 10, 2021 at Noon.

PSU Alums from Artforms Gallery

Participating artists: Nicole Meyer-Foresman, Patricia Glick, Michael Cessna, Janet Lewis, Rebecca Lomshek, and Kristin Girard. Established in 2016, ArtForms Gallery is an artists’ cooperative gallery located at 620 North Broadway in downtown Pittsburg, Kansas. In its five years of operation, it has averaged approximately 20 member artists, several who have graduated from PSU. This exhibit includes works from current members who are PSU alums having earned their degrees in a variety of studies, not necessarily visual art.  | On display January 17-February 18, 2022. Reception February 9, 2022 from 5-7pm.

Juan Gaucin: Borders: Separation, Detention, and Dehumanization

It is difficult to remain uninformed of the humanitarian crisis unfolding along many borders, including our own southern border. The constant stream of both accurate and inaccurate news stories creates a drastically polarized environment in which what one chooses to believe is almost completely dependent on the political ideologies they adopt. In this work, images from news media and journalists are visually transformed to emphasize the experiences and unseen qualities that may re-sensitize viewers all too comfortable with tragedy obsessed media. 

Art is uniquely suited to dispel the polarization by reminding the viewer, through visual language, that empathy for the suffering being inflicted on these individuals should supersede any consideration of politics. In being confronted with the reality of the inhumane nature of child separation, denial of asylum, and general villanization of migrants, it is my hope that they will be moved toward positive action so that the suffering of human beings is diminished. | On display February 28-April 1, 2022. Reception March 31, 2022, from 5-7pm. 

Senior Exhibit: Sensory 22

This is an exhibit of our graduating seniors. The artists participating are Collin Chaney, Ali Doll, Grayson Johnson, Jeren Kent, Hannah Kinsey, and Abby McCoy. | On display…Reception April 22, 2022, from 4-6pm.

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The Pittsburg State University Museum of Art accepts submission materials from artists and curators on a rolling basis. All submissions are reviewed by the museum’s Exhibitions Committee, and are considered for all available opportunities.Exhibitions are planned a year or more in advance. All submissions are reviewed, however it may take 12-18 months for a response. Please do not call or e-mail to check the status of your submission. Submissions by e-mail will not be reviewed.

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General Submission Policy

Submission packets should include:

• ARTWORK formatted for Mac computers - 10-20 images that are identifiable regarding medium, size, date and date. A list should be provided that corresponds with the artwork.
  
  • IMPORTANT: Each digital image must be saved in JPEG format, sized at a resolution of 72 dpi (psi) and no larger than 600 pixels in any direction. These guidelines are in place so that the gallery committee can review the materials in a timely fashion.
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  • If selected for the exhibition, you may be requested to submit a 300 dpi (psi) file.
  • Name images with consecutive numbers from 1 - 20. Images must be labeled LastName_FirstName_EntryNumber.jpg (Such as Smith_Joe_1.jpg or Doe_Jane_3.jpg)
  • Three-dimensional image details must be labeled in the following format:
    LastName_FirstName_EntryNumber_detail.jpg (Such as Smith_Joe1_detail.jpg or Doe_Jane_3_detail.jpg.jpg)
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• Artist statement or Curatorial statement
• Curriculum vita/resume/Biography
  (Group shows should include an exhibition history of the group including upcoming shows and a list of current members)
• Self-addressed stamped envelope
  (for reply and/or return of materials — packets without an SASE will not receive a reply)
• Related support material (reviews, catalogs, articles, etc.)

Available spaces:

University Gallery
9 ½ ceilings
118 lineal feet
900 square feet
Hardwood floor

Harry Krug Gallery
Hallway mezzanine with 100 feet of wall space

Please mail or deliver your completed proposal to:

Artist Submission: Exhibitions Committee
Pittsburg State University Museum of Art/ Porter Hall
Department of Art
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg KS, 66762

Jury

All artwork coming into the Pittsburg State University Museum of Art are juried by the University Gallery Committee. The committee is comprised of from the Department of Art Faculty. Artists accepted for exhibition are expected to show the type of work that is reflected in their proposal. All materials of non-accepted work will be returned with you SASE. If an online submission is made an your proposal is accepted we will request that a hard copy that includes a CD of submitted work, a resume/biography and artist statement plus any additional support material is provided.

Sales

Unless otherwise specified by the artist all work will be offered for sale. Pittsburg State University Museum of Art mission is educational based thus artwork sales are not a primary focus. We do not provide gallery representation or sales marketing.

What We Provide

1. Gallery space for temporary exhibitions (proposals cannot be for permanent work and cannot cause excessive damage to gallery walls or floors).
2. Preparatorial oversight and assistance for exhibition installation;
3. Vinyl title lettering and wall labels for the pieces
4. Advertising and promotion for the exhibition as an important feature of Pittsburg State University’s offerings.
5. Security.

What We Do Not Provide

1. Gallery representation, marketing or sales services other than those described above;
2. Payments for the creation of new work;
3. Fabrication assistance (all works must be installation-ready when they are brought to PSU); or
4. Exhibition space for works unless they are complete and operational. Exhibitions that require daily or frequent maintenance are not suitable.
5. Insurance of all artwork submitted remains the responsibility of the artist. PSU is unable to provide insurance to entrants as the university is “self-insured”. The Museum maintains a professional staff and strives to ensure that all work exhibited will be treated with the utmost care and protection. However, PSU Department of Art and Museum of Art nor its employees are liable for damages to submitted works.
6. Artists are responsible for shipping work at their work expense including the cost of return. Exhibit awards are intended to assist exhibitors with this expense.

PSU is located in Pittsburg, Kansas which is home to approximately 6000 Students and a community of 19,000. It is near Joplin, Missouri and the Ozarks. Kansas City and Tulsa, Oklahoma are each about 120 miles away.

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Spring Exhibition Schedule

September 1 – November 2, 2017
Tom Lundquist
Sci-Fi Jumbo
Exhibition: September 1 – November 2, 2017
Artist Talk: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 28 in 103 Porter Hall
Reception: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 28 in the Harry Krug Gallery, Porter Hall
The Pittsburg State University Department of Art is pleased to announce the exhibition “Sci-Fi Jumbo” by Tom Lundquist in the University and Harry Krug Galleries within Porter Hall. The exhibition will run from September 1, 2017 – November 2, 2017.
“Science fiction can be a great source of fun for people who make pictures. Though the subjects need to be reasonably rendered, all requirements for recognizable environments, scaling, or any object’s reason for being may be tossed over your shoulder…
Everything in this exhibit is produced through some form of digital modeling and/or digital painting. I turned to computer imagery after spending much of my youth making elaborately detailed drawings. The ability to create much more complex images was an irresistible enticement and I was willing to put aside traditional drawing values to do it.”

February 2 - April 6, 2018
PSU Art Faculty
Seasoned
Exhibition: February 2 - April 6, 2018
Reception: March 1, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Pittsburg State University Faculty Biennial exhibition, a longstanding tradition, highlights creative works produced by the current studio art faculty in the Department of Art. Showcasing a wide range of media by six faculty, the exhibition celebrates ongoing creative research and the art-making process.

April 16 - May 4, 2018
Senior Exhibition
The Brainy Bunch
Exhibition: April 16 - May 4, 2018
Presentation: April 20, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Russ Hall 409
Reception: April 20, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Harry Krug Gallery
“The Brainy Bunch,” an exhibit featuring the work of Pittsburg State University senior art students, will open in the Porter Hall Harry Krug Gallery on Monday, April 16. The student artists will talk about their work from 4-5 p.m. on Friday April 20, in 409 of Russ Hall. The artists represented in the exhibit are Christen Ireland, Chris Griffets, Will Cowley, and Levi Quills.

Fall Exhibition Schedule

September 6, 2016 - January 12, 2017
Curated by Stella Hastings, Professor of Music at Pittsburg State University
Blue Brew
Exhibition: September 6, 2016 - January 12, 2017
Curator's Talk: October 20 4:00 - 5:00pm
Reception: October 20 5:00 - 6:00pm
This exhibit explores motion, stillness and the celebration of the connection of art and music via the Pittsburg State University's Permanent Collection.

January 30 - April 7, 2017
Department of Art and Wood Technology Student Collaboration
Exhibition: January 30-April 7, 2017
Curator's Talk: February 9, 5:00-6:00 pm
Reception: February 9, 6:00-7:00 pm
Home is a collaborative art exhibit between the Pittsburg State University Department of Art and the Department of Wood Technologies, curated by recent graduate Robert Raio. The student artists will be presenting their pieces, along with insight into their thoughts and processes in creating the pieces on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 5:00pm in Porter Hall room 103. Reception will follow in the Harry Krug Gallery from 6:00-7:00pm.
"Being someone who has traveled and lived in various places, I have found “HOME” to be more than a place. It’s more than a physical structure where at the end of the day you take your shoes off and relax. It’s more than grandma’s cookies, or a warm embrace. Home is a feeling, or an amalgamation of feelings where you can come to find your self. “HOME” is the feeling of the present moment where you feel and find peace, comfort, and prosperity. If I have to give “HOME” any physical location, I would say it’s the body my soul resides in. This art exhibit was a great collaboration experience among two Pittsburg State University Departments consisting of Wood Technology majors, Art majors, and Alumni. Working together, the participants using their collective skills and team work explored new grounds as artists and craftsman. The meaning or concept of “HOME” for each piece varies as does the meaning to each individual. Each piece displayed should represent and reflect the participating artists, and craftsmen as a harmonious whole. Enjoy!"
-Curator, Robby Raio

September 14, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Curated by Dr. Li-Lin Tseng
Highlights from the Pittsburg State University Permanent Collection
Exhibition: September 14, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Curator’s talk with Dr. Li-Lin Tseng: September 17 3:00 - 4:00pm
Reception: September 17 4:00 - 5:30pm
The Pittsburg Museum of Art presents of highlights from its diverse permanent collection of works of art. The current presentations include a range of artists, from paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures. Curated by Museum of Art Director, Rhona McBain, and PSU Art Historian, Dr. Li-Lin Tseng.

January 22 - April 7, 2016
PSU Faculty and Staff
Collective Fusion
The Pittsburg State University Department of Art will celebrate the wide-ranging talents of faculty, staff and friends of its galleries with an exhibit, “Collective Fusion.” The exhibit will feature works be members of the Pittsburg State University family from all across campus.

Fall Exhibition Schedule | Spring Exhibition Schedule

August 25 – December 4, 2014
Neil Lawley, St. Joseph, MO
Point Clouds
Sculpture and Mixed Media
Lecture: December 4 at 2:00pm
Room 103 Porter Hall

January 20 - April 30, 2015
Teresa Harris
Storytellers
Lecture: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Porter Hall
Reception: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Porter Hall
"Symbolism saturates my work. I am moved and influenced by what has come before me; the symbol-laden art of the Middle Ages, the purposeful and impeccable craftsmanship of ancient handmade books, and my own rich familial history."

Spring Exhibition Schedule

September 1 – November 2, 2017
Tom Lundquist
Sci-Fi Jumbo
Exhibition: September 1 – November 2, 2017
Artist Talk: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 28 in 103 Porter Hall
Reception: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 28 in the Harry Krug Gallery, Porter Hall
The Pittsburg State University Department of Art is pleased to announce the exhibition “Sci-Fi Jumbo” by Tom Lundquist in the University and Harry Krug Galleries within Porter Hall. The exhibition will run from September 1, 2017 – November 2, 2017.
“Science fiction can be a great source of fun for people who make pictures. Though the subjects need to be reasonably rendered, all requirements for recognizable environments, scaling, or any object’s reason for being may be tossed over your shoulder…
Everything in this exhibit is produced through some form of digital modeling and/or digital painting. I turned to computer imagery after spending much of my youth making elaborately detailed drawings. The ability to create much more complex images was an irresistible enticement and I was willing to put aside traditional drawing values to do it.”

December 2nd - February 1st, 2018
Matt Moyer
Sub-systems
Exhibition: December 2 - February 1, 2018
Celebration: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the University Art Gallery
Reception: 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 1 in 103 Porter Hall
The Pittsburg State University Department of Art is pleased to announce a public lecture and closing reception for the exhibition, “Sub-systems” by Matt Moyer. Please join us for a reception celebrating the work on Thursday, February 1, from 4-6. This will be followed by the public lecture at 6pm in room 103 Porter Hall.
“Water and air are essential. Clean water and air, as well as the systems that deliver them, are undeniable necessities and conveniences within our lives. Conceptually, my work focuses on water and air distribution systems, both real and imaginary, and the ingenuity and materials needed to design and maintain them.
By combining seemingly contradictory and disparate materials such as handmade fired ceramics, air filters, found industrial objects, and steel pipes, I present whimsical systems intended to ease the viewer into underlying ideas about progress, change, time, and decay.”-Matt Moyer

February 27 - April 26, 2018
Eric Kunsman
Thou Art..., Will Give...
Exhibition: February 27 - April 26, 2018
Lecture: April 5, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Reception: April 5, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
In Thou Art ... , Will Give ... , Eric hopes to offer some of the atmosphere experienced by prisoners when the Penitentiary was active. This exhibition attempts to capture some of the story, energy, and the sorrows of this remarkable space. Actual photographs of entries from the Warden’s 1800s logbooks have been blended with his photographs of the Penitentiary, to give a historical sense of both the prisoners and their treatment at the Penitentiary. Eric is hoping that through these images and text, visitors can share some of the sense of loneliness, hopelessness, and desperate search for redemption that drove so many of those spirits still trapped within the walls of Eastern State.

Fall Exhibition Schedule

August 30 - December 1, 2016
Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Dix, Aubrey Beardsley, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Fransisco Goya, and more
Lasting Impressions
Exhibition: August 30 - December 1, 2016
Printmaking Demo: September 7, 2016, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Artist Talk: September 8, 2016, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Reception: September 8, 2016, 5:00 - 6:00pm
The Special Collections and University Archives at Pittsburg State University contain material pertaining primarily to Kansas and the University. The department specializes in printed materials from Southeast Kansas, its culture and inhabitants, and the correspondence, libraries, business files and memorabilia of significant Southeast Kansans. Included are manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and non-print materials. Art of various mediums, both original and reproductions, are part of the collection as well.

April 11 - May 6, 2017
Jerry Smith
Verses and Versus
Exhibition: January 24 - March 9, 2017
Lecture: 4-5 p.m. on Friday, March 10 in 401 Russ Hall
Reception: 5-6 p.m. on Friday, March 10 in the Harry Krug Gallery, Porter Hall
Artist Jerry E. Smith, from Plano, TX will deliver a public lecture to accompany the closing reception for his exhibit University Gallery exhibit “Verses and Versus,” on March 10 at 4:00 – 5:00 in Russ Hall Room 401. Smith writes, “Stylistically, I seek to work between the issues of Illusion and Allusion, and to put into a cryptic context life’s introspection of career, family, work, art, spiritual conviction and death.” His works begin with planning, and then detours into serendipitous spontaneity. The installation exhibit of sculpture and painting then becomes an intersection of the “poet and the performer.” A reception will follow in Porter Hall from 5:00 – 6:00pm!

April 11 - May 6, 2017
Marjorie Schick
50 Years Innovating Art for the Body
Exhibition: April 11-May 6, 2017
Lecture: 3-4 p.m on Saturday, May 6, in 109 Grubbs Hall
Reception: 4-5:30 p.m on Saturday, May 6, in the Harry Krug Gallery, Porter Hall
Challenging, radical, and adventurous are some of the ways Marjorie Schick’s artwork for the body has been described. During her five decade career of teaching and making art, she influenced and mentored students and earned an international reputation for her artwork that is represented in numerous publications and art museums around the world. Her exhibition, “50 Years Innovating Art for the Body” will be in Porter Hall University Gallery, April 11 – May 6. She will lecture May 6, in 401 Russ Hall, with a reception following from 5:00-6:00 in the Harry Krug Gallery, PSU.

Fall Exhibition Schedule

November 16, 2015 - February 6, 2016
Daniel Hunt
Lucky Feet, Magic Holes
Exhibition: November 16, 2015 - February 6, 2016
Artist’s Talk: November 13, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Reception: November 13, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Daniel Hunt regularly employs recycled cast aluminum and iron, steel and wood to generate sculptures and installations, often building the equipment necessary to cast metal. Incorporating narrative and iconographic imagery with a humorous edge, Daniel Hunt’s ideas are inspired by the experiences of living and the study of Theology, which are often shaped by music, literature, film, art history and hot rod culture.

February 15 - May 6, 2016
Gwen Walstrand & Sarah Perkins
Cairo
Exhibition: February 15 - May 6, 2016
Artist’s Talk: April 21, 2016, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Reception: April 21, 4:00 - 6:00pm

Fall 2014 Schedule | Spring 2015 Schedule

August 18 – September 26, 2014
Colby Parsons, Denton, TX:
"Semiotics"
Glazed stoneware with projected video loop
Lecture: September 26, 2014 at 4:00pm
Room 103 Porter Hall
Reception to follow

October 3 – November 10, 2014
Dave Ingram, McCune, KS:
"Assembled Patterns"
Ceramics and Wood
Reception: October 6, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm

November 18 - January 23, 2015
Pittsburg State University Department of Art Bi-Annual Faculty Exhibit
"Assembly Required"
Rhona McBain
Marjorie Schick
James Oliver
S. Portico Bowman
Malcolm E. Kucharski
Josie Mai
Emi Gennis
Janet Lewis
Deann Norris
Reception: November 21, 4:00 to 6:00pm

February 1st - March 6th, 2015
Maria Lupo (MFA, MA, ATR) Artist & Art Therapist
Pigs, Process and Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series - February 6th, Bicknell Family Center of the Arts
Artist Lecture - 3:00 pm, February 6th, Bicknell Family Center for the Arts
Reception - 4:00 - 6:00 pm, February 6th, Bicknell Family Center for the Arts

March 23 - May 1, 2015
Ariel Bowman
A Magnificent Migration
Artist Lecture - 3:00pm, April 2nd, Porter Hall
Reception - 4:00 - 6:00pm, April 2nd, Porter Hall