Events & Exhibitions

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Spring 2026 Events


Get-to-NOLA Spring Semester Kick-Off Visit: The Gitter-Yelen Collection and the Art of Rinpa
Friday, January 16 , 1:00-4:00 pm  
 

Jer’Lisa Devezin, solo exhibition opening reception

Thursday, January 22, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Carroll Gallery

 

Stern Lecture by Camille Serchuk

Tuesday, February 3, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium

 

Visiting Artists: Teri Walker & Chad Ridgeway

February 3rd-4th, Pace-Willlson Glass Studio

Supported by the JoAnn Flom Greenberg Fund

 

Artist Lecture Matt Bollinger

Thursday, February 26

Supported by Sandra Garrard Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art

 

MFA 1 + 2:  Emi O’Brochta & Sarah Singh opening reception

Friday, Feb. 27, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talk by artists at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery

 

One-day conference on the architecture of colonial Latin America

Friday, March 6

 

 

MFA 3 + 4: Emma Sarver & Gabrielle Garcia Steib opening reception

Thursday, March 19, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talks by artists at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery

 

Art History Trip to NYC

Thursday, April 9 - Sunday, April 12

 

MFA 5: Hope Hickman opening reception

Friday, April 10, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talk by artist at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery

 

Simmons Lecture: Kate Flint

April 16, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium
 

"The Holt Lecture on Middle American Ethnohistory" by Laura Matthew, Marquette University

Friday, April 17, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium

 

 “Navigating Frida Kahlo's Minefields” by James Oles, Wellesley College

April 21, 2026, 6pm, Stone Auditorium

Supported by Sandra Garrard Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Student Art Awards Night

Thursday, April 23, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium

 

BFA #1 Exhibition reception

Thursday, April 23, 6:30 -8:30 - Carroll Gallery

 

BFA #2 Exhibition reception

Tuesday, May 5, 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Carroll Gallery (earlier due to exams)

 

BA Exhibition reception

Thursday, May 14, 2026,5:00 – 6:30 pm, Carroll Gallery
 

 

Fall 2025 Events

August 28  On Display: a 21st-century Salon des Refusés   
Panel discussion in Stone Auditorium: August 28, 5 - 6 pm,  followed by opening reception, 6 – 8 pm. Exhibition coordinated by: Claudia González-Díaz. Co-Curated by: Camila Aguayo, Hailee Corbin, Aine Powers, Maryluna Santos Giraldo

September 30 Angie Jennings: Specter
Exhibition dates: October 1 – 24, 2025
Opening reception: Tuesday, September 30, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

October 16 Conversation: Poetic Gaps: Opacity in the Photographic Imprint 
Curators Kaillee Coleman and Fei Xie will be in conversation with local artists featured in the Poetic Gaps exhibition. Light refreshments will be served. 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM, Newcomb Art Museum.

November 6 Teju Cole: Take Lots of Pictures 
Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture, 6 pm, Freeman Auditorium

November 7 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2025, juror: Emily Alesandrini
Opening reception & walkthrough with the juror, 4-6 pm Carroll Gallery

November 11 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center

November 13 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center

November 14 Wave'25 Homecoming: Hot Glass Demo 
2-3 pm, Pace-Willson Glass Studio, 125 Woldennberg Art Center

November 14 Wave'25 Homecoming: Casting: The Lost Wax Process and Metal Casting with Ceramic Shell
3-4 pm, Sculpture Foundry, 123 Woldenberg Art Center

November 15-16 Carroll Gallery Open Hours for Wave'25 Weekend
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, 10 am - 4 pm

November 20 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center

December 5 MFA Open Studios
6 - 8 pm, Woldenberg Art Center

December 12-13 Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale
Friday, December 12, 10 am – 7 pm   -and-  Saturday, December 13, 10 am – 4 pm

 

Spring 2025 Events

January 16 Tenterhooks: Sculpture and Installation by Sarah Kusa, Artist’s talk: 5:00 pm in the Stone Auditorium, followed by a reception at 6:00 pm in the Carroll Gallery. Exhibition on view: Jan. 16 - Feb. 14, 2025. 

January 31 Art History Networking Event w/ Visiting Grad Students from UT Austin 1 - 8 pm. Newcomb Art Department will hold a networking event, bringing together Art History grad students from Tulane with Art History grad students from UT Austin for a grad student lunch plus visits to exhibitions and sites in the Prospect Art Triennial. 

February 3 "Love and Collaboration in Modern Scandinavian Art," lecture by Bridget Alsdorf, Professor of Modern European Art, Princeton University 6 pm Stone Auditorium, Supported by the Sandra Garrard Fund for Recent Trends in Contemporary Art

February 26 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Robin Haithcoat and Adrien Lee, opening reception 5:30-7:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 6:00 pm 

March 18 Visiting Artist in Ceramics: Rebecca Hutchinson, Professor of Art, Ceramics at UMass Dartmouth, Workshop 10 – 12 & 1:30 – 5:00 in room 122, Artist talk 6:30-7:30 in Stone Auditorium. Supported by the Bywater Institute and the Sandra Garrard Fund for Contemporary Art.

March 20 Stern Lecture by Tamar Mayer, "Curating Contemporary Art at a University Museum: Art + Science Collaborations" 6pm Stone Auditorium, Supported by the Altman Program in International Studies & Business. 

March 26 Visiting Artist in Glass: Deborah Czeresko hot glass demo 3-6pm, Pace-Willson Glass Studio, artist talk 7pm, Stone Auditorium

March 27 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Theresa Batty and Grace McIntyre-Willis, opening reception 6:30-8:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 7:00 pm 

March 28 Introduction to the World of Art Crime: An Investigator’s Perspective lecture by Randolph Deaton IV, Former FBI Special Agent, 1-2:30 pm, Stone Auditorium.

April 4 “Beyond the Retablo: Overlooked Sculpture in Colonial Latin America” 4:00 pm, Greenleaf Conference Room, Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies.  A one-day workshop on the art of colonial Latin America that will bring together, in-person, a small group of scholars from different latitudes to Tulane’s historic campus. During our day together, we will present short papers and discuss ideas on the topic “Beyond the Retablo: Overlooked Sculpture in Colonial Latin America.” The rationale is this: across Latin America, the best-known sculptures are those found in original contexts, such as the church retablo and facades, but publics in colonial-era Latin America engaged with a range of sculptural objects that have subsequently been overlooked by the field of art history.

April 10 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Brandon Chavis and Katie Shanks, opening reception 6:30-8:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 7:00 pm 

April 24 6-8 pm Michael Plante Retirement celebration, Carroll Gallery

April 25 10-12 pm Careers in art history panel discussion with Victoria Barry, Nicole Glimner Dach, Christina Nielsen, Jessie Haynes, Cudd Hall

April 25 Art Awards Night, BFA/BA exhibition opening reception

May 15 BFA/BA exhibition closing reception

 
 

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