Closed for Viewing Through Friday, October 16
The Exhibition will be closed for viewing through October 16. If you’ve signed up for an in person visit, you will be contacted by the gallery manager to reschedule. We are sorry for the inconvenience!
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The Exhibition will be closed for viewing through October 16. If you’ve signed up for an in person visit, you will be contacted by the gallery manager to reschedule. We are sorry for the inconvenience!
This is the virtual catalog for Searching for Home. Print versions are currently available at the gallery. See expanded images below or download the catalog pdf below.
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Agnes Scott’s Dalton Gallery Opens Exhibition with COVID-19 Safe Requirements Searching for Home Artists’ Work Explores Themes Relevant to Our Current World Decatur, GA – September 14, 2020 – The Department of Art and Art History at Agnes Scott College is pleased to announce the opening of Searching for Home, one in a series of […]
Welcome to the Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College. Our fall exhibition Recordar/Anhelar: Aesthetices of Undocumentedness will be on view September 15 – December 1. Our Gallery Hours are: Monday through Friday 12-4pm (Special weekend hours are dependent upon staff availability. For changes to gallery hours please check our social media accounts.) About Dalton Gallery On the […]
A PROJECT OF THE MARGARET VIRGINIA PHILIP ENDOWMENT Gallery Hours:The gallery is currently open for in person visits by appointment only Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12-5pm. Reserve your ticket here. We have all searched for home. Some have found it, while for others it is a lifelong quest. In this century the entire interwoven globe has […]
A Project of the Margaret Virginia Philip Endowment Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott CollegeSeptember 3–December 12, 2020 Online and by appointment Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12-5pm. Reserve your ticket for an in person visit here. Stay tuned for details on our virtual tour of the exhibition. We have all searched for home. Some have found it, […]
Welcome to the 2020 Virtual Spring Senior and Student Showcase Exhibition. You can find work in this exhibition here, on our instagram, and in our virtual gallery space. Join us for our opening reception Thursday, May 7, at 4pm on Zoom. You can RSVP here. Work by Class: Studio Art Senior Majors with Anne Beidler […]
This is the catalog of works in &yet. As a part of our sustainability initiatives, a printed catalog will not be produced for the exhibition. You can click on the links by the listed works below or scan the corresponding QR code on the labels in the gallery to learn more about the works in […]
We are excited to announce that the gallery has gone green with the new year. As we kick off the Spring 2020 semester new bulbs have gone up all over the gallery. These new LED bulbs will not only cut down on energy costs, but will allow us to keep the gallery temperature down, and […]
&yet, an exhibition of young emerging talent in Atlanta was on view 2.13.20 through 3.6.20. The Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College presented a juried exhibition of work by young emerging artists from the Atlanta area in partnership with the Decatur Arts Alliance. &yet sought to connect and foster conversations among young artists from communities around Atlanta. […]
The Dalton Gallery presents a juried exhibition of work by young emerging artists from the Atlanta area in partnership with the Decatur Arts Alliance. This exhibition is made possible by the James T and Ella Rather Kirk Fund. &yet seeks to connect and foster conversations among young artists from communities around Atlanta. In the spirit of […]
You can view the list of past exhibitions and artists who have shown in our gallery below. (this is a growing list so if you see something wrong or a show we’ve missed email us and we’ll update the database!) Click the links to see more information about selected exhibitions. Fall 1978 – American Paintings: […]
Side by Side: Selections from the Permanent Collection on view September 19, 2019 – January 12, 2020 curated by Veronica Kessenich. Side by Side: Selections from the Permanent Collection examines the nature of acquiring a collection, learning about art and exploring how artists’ taste and content evolve over time. Curated by Veronica Kessenich, executive director […]
The Possibility of Framing Infinity on view spring 2008 curated by Lisa Alembik. “Painting as a noun takes on limitless form and attitude. It can arouse visual pleasure, support a manifesto, tell a story and speak of ideas. It is carved out of history. As a verb, painting is a suggestive practice that unfolds and […]
looking/longing on view Fall 2007 “looking/longing is simple in its premise, offering a phenomenal experience of looking and a visual meditation on the potent power of the medium of photography. We absorb our surroundings by reading clues of light bouncing off objects, our subconscious quietly processing the scope of our vision. When a person, landscape […]
Velocity of a Single Gesture, or How to Build an Empire on view spring of 2007. “In an interview by journalist Ron Suskind, a senior White House adviser is quoted as saying “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.” In the exhibition “The Velocity of Gesture, or How to […]
Blackbird on My Shoulder on view fall 2006 organized with support from The Margaret Virginia Philip Art Endowment Fund. Blackbird on my Shoulder featured visual artists, writers and performers who were unshakably attached to the southeastern United States and were inspired by auto(biography) and storytelling. Stories, song and poetry were installed among photographs, drawings and […]
Pink Days Azure Nights on view Spring 2006 curated by Lisa Alembik. “This exhibition does not revolve around a theme. Pink Days, Azure Nights was borne from a call that brought forth artists unknown to the organizer in addition to new ideas from familiar ones. This exhibition does not revolve around a theme, but connections […]