Galleries

The Fine Arts Center Galleries contribute to the enrichment of the broader area community while supporting the academic mission of the University. Twelve to fourteen annual exhibitions include challenging contemporary work by nationally recognized artists as well as faculty and student shows that highlight some of the most talented and successful artists of this region.  Visitors may experience events and artist presentations that can personalize their encounters and open up new awareness of political, social and cultural ideas.
 

FEATURED

Wednesday, October 17, 7:00pm.  

Sha Sha Higby performance [Donnell Theatre, Wolfe Center for the Arts]

free and open to the public, followed by a reception for her exhibition opening in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery

News and Stories

All exhibitions are free and the public is welcome.

All galleries are wheelchair accessible with the exception of the upper level of the Wankelman Gallery.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

These hours may change during summer exhibitions - please check the exhibition description!
The Galleries are also open by special appointment for group visits.

The Fine Arts Center gratefully recognizes generous support from:
The Ohio Arts Council
BGSU Ethnic Cultural Arts Program

IGNITING CHANGE: TEACHING ARTISTS AND SOCIAL PRACTICE

Juror: Saul Ostrow

Sponsored by David and Myrna Bryan and the Bryan Family Fund at the Toledo Community Foundation

This year's SculptureX symposium and its associated exhibitions explore Social Practice, which has long been a powerful means of challenging existing norms and conditions. Juror Saul Ostrow selected 22 artworks from the 130 that were submitted by 48 artists. He divided them into categories of Places, Identities, Bodies and Things. The objects in the show embrace goals of community engagement, interactive installation, political action and environmental awareness.

This exhibition is part of a significant and broad alliance among many area arts organizations, including Bowling Green State University School of Art, University of Toledo, Owens Community College, and the Toledo Museum of Art. The exhibitions coincide with the 2018 SculptureX symposium, on September 28 and 29, with events at BGSU on the 29th. Programming for the two-day event includes keynote addresses by Mel Chin and Laurie Jo Reynolds, presentations by noted artists from around the region, evening networking events, and guided tours of Toledo Museum of Art, University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts, and each of the six exhibitions. 

SEPTEMBER 29 (See all scheduled Symposium events)

• 10AM I Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery Gallery Talk with Mel Chin
• 4PM I Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre in the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Saul Ostrow, followed by a reception at the gallery

Saul Ostrow is an independent critic, curator and art editor at large for Bomb Magazine. He edited the book series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture, for Routledge Press, and founded Critical Practices Inc.

MEL CHIN: FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Internationally acclaimed artist Mel Chin is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that involve multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and cross-cultural aesthetics. He arrives in Toledo on the heels of All Over the Place, a New York-based exhibition spanning nearly four decades of his wide-ranging approach to artistic practice. From April to August 2018, his work, including four newly commissioned works, appeared in multiple exhibition sites throughout the city, including the Queens Museum, Times Square, and the Broadway-Lafayette subway station. [for more: http://melchin.org/oeuvre/mel-chin]