Fine Arts Gallery

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The St. Edward's University Fine Arts Gallery serves both the university and Austin community through exhibitions of professional artists, faculty, alumni, and students, as well as sponsored lectures and other programming related to our visiting artist program.

Our goal is to offer a platform for enrichment through contemporary art, exposing the community to a wide range of artistic disciplines and practices, serving our students through direct engagement with professional artists, and offering a space and resources for professional development through student exhibitions.

Both a teaching gallery and exhibition venue, the gallery is located in the Fine Arts Center on the northwest corner of campus. Past visiting artists and guest lecturers have included Justin Favela, David Mack, Robert Hite, Linda Stein, Pato Hebert, Tulu Bayar, Jeff Schmuki + Wendy Deschene, Joe Meiser and Elise Engler.

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Fall/Spring Gallery Hours

Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Gallery is closed during recognized school holidays.

Address

Fine Arts Center, Room 130
St. Edward’s University
3001 S. Congress
Austin, Texas 78704
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2024 – 2025 Exhibition Calendar

FALL

The Big Dance: Printmaking Collaborations at Flatbed Press 
On exhibit: August 26 - October 3 

Artist talk: Friday, August 30, 6 - 7 pm, Jones Auditorium 
Opening reception: Friday, August 30, 7 - 9 pm, Fine Arts Gallery 
Free event parking with code: DANCE 

 

Awake in the Dark
On exhibit: October 16-23
 
Artist talk: Oct. 16, 4:30-5pm, Fine Arts Gallery
Opening reception: Oct. 16, 4-6pm, Fine Arts Gallery
 

Jumping Through Time: 60 Years of Family Photography
Artist: Jessy Price, SEU Alum
On exhibit: November 1 - December 5

Artist talk: Nov. 1, 6-7 pm, JBWS 186
Opening reception: Nov. 1, 7-9 pm, Fine Arts Gallery


SPRING (TBA)

The Minute Gallery began as an initiative for currently enrolled students to engage in a creative dialogue on campus by submitting work for themed exhibitions or by proposing group or solo exhibitions. 

The Minute Gallery exhibition space is a small wall and shelf that is placed between office 130 and 131 in the Fine Arts Center. 

In the summer of 2014 the Minute Gallery opened up an opportunity for alumni from the Visual Studies Department to submit proposals for a full scale exhibition in the Fine Arts Gallery. We continue to celebrate these juried alumni exhibitions each summer and early fall in the main gallery.


Alumni Exhibitions

  • 2023 John Cobb
  • 2022 Mia Carameros 
  • 2021 Jessica Buie
  • 2020 Alumni Exhibit: A call to SEU alumni artists and designers to share words of encouragement and work that matters
  • 2019 Payton McGowan (Spring) Jaime Alexis, John Clendenen, Monika Kratochvil, Michelle Leedy, Brandon Maxwell, Jessy Price, and Ryan Slack
  • 2018 Kaci Beeler (Five Year Anniversary Year)
  • 2017 Jenn Hassin
  • 2016 Lynne' Bowman Cravens
  • 2015 Rebecca Marino and Sean Ripple (Munday Library) and Ben Osheyak, Jessica Buie, Brit Clapper, Julie Welch, and Gerald Llorence (Hilltop Views article)
  • 2014 Rachelle Diaz, Gerardo Arellano and Aldo Ramos

Summer Alumni Exhibitions

  • 2018 Jordan Hamilton
  • 2017 Kristin Moore
  • 2016 Marge Dye

Parking
Visitor Parking Passes are available by registering your vehicle with campus through a provided link that will be updated closer to individual exhibitions.

Directions
The gallery is located in the Fine Arts Center on the northwest corner of the campus. Take the South Congress entrance onto the campus. Take the first left. The gallery is located at the entrance of the Fine Arts Building on your right.

Every spring we host a student juried exhibition in the Fine Arts Gallery. This exhibition provides a setting where the university community and the public can see the depth and excellence of artwork created by students from the artistic programs at St. Edward’s University.

Current SEU students (see eligibility requirements) may submit up to three works to be juried into this annual exhibition. An off-campus juror will select the works to be included in this exhibition, as well as choose a “best in show” award, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Possible prizes to be announced.

ELIGIBILITY: 

Open to majors in Art, Graphic Design, Interactive Game Studies, Photocommunications, Theater Arts, Liberal Studies w/ concentrations in Art, and Art Education. Open to minors in Art, Art History, Graphic Design, Photocommunications, and Theater Arts. Also open to MLA students with a concentration in an art related field. Must be a current SEU student enrolled in the Fall 2023 or Spring 2023 semester. Work submitted must have been completed in 2022 or 2023.

MEDIA: 

Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including but not limited to: sculpture, video, painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, ceramics, photography, design, and digital works.

SELECTION PROCESS: 

An external juror(s) will curate this year's student show. Juror: Sterling Allen

DELIVERY AND RETURN OF WORK: 

Up to three entries may be submitted to the Fine Arts Gallery during exam week. Make sure each submission has an entry forms attached (entry forms will be available in the gallery at time of drop off) and a digital entry form. All works not accepted for the exhibition must be picked up during the first week of classes in Spring. Accepted work will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. All exhibited works must be picked up at the end of the exhibition. St. Edward’s will not take responsibility for lost or damaged work not picked up.

Awards will be announced at the opening reception.

2022-2023

Justin Favela
September 1 - October 6, 2022

Mia Carameros
October 13 - November 4, 2022

Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
November 10 - December 8, 2022

Juried Student Exhibition juried by Sean Gaulager
1st Place Daisy Kallenberg
2nd Nichole Peterson
3rd Clara Rabe
Honorable mentions: Alexis Peeks, Tori Gonzales, Sofia Canestaro, Allyson Augustine,Fifi Roybal

Yuliya Lanina: Guts
May 21 - June 11, 2022

Walle Conoly: Observing Life
An exhibition celebrating the life, art and impact that Professor Emeritus Walle Conoly 

Knowledge, Love, and Service: The Art of The Brothers of Holy Cross
The Art of the Brother of Holy Cross online


2021 – 2022

 Jessica Buie '13How to Photograph Woman

Felice House & Dana YoungerThe Peacemakers

Robert Jackson HarringtonTaller de Harrington Spring/Summer Season Collection

Letitia Huckaby: A Tale of Two Greenwoods


2020-2021

Senior Exhibition Series 2021

Aftermath: Graphic Design Senior Show 

In Medias ResArt & Photography and Media Arts Senior Show 


2018-2019

Kaci Beeler: Perfect Servings For One

Geoffrey Hiller: The Bangladesh Project

Heather Jones & Jeffrey Cortland Jones: And There Is A Light

Jaime Alexis, John Clendenen, Monika Kratochvil, Michelle LeedyBrandon Maxwell Jessy Price, and Ryan SlackNow or Never


2017-2018

Jenn HassinAdapt, Mend & Repair

Tammie Rubin, a curatorial project by:  Fountain: sculptural musings of the readymade

Frank Herrmann, Buoyant
         
Brian Maclaskey, Sensory Swimming

Lynne' Bowman Cravens, Lamella

Donal Haughey, Thin Places, Sacred Sights: Ancient Irish Monastic Sites

Martin Lam Nguyen, C.S.C., Drawing/Painting TIME

Brother Robert Weinmann, C.S.C, Visible to the Invisible

Contact Us

Get in Touch

Alison Rex
arts_gallery@stedwards.edu
(512) 428-1360

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