Our Mission

Study original works from the Martin Museum’s permanent collection up close and personal. Select from some of our most compelling areas of the collection, and give your students access to amazing works of art.

This exhibition highlights the dedication of graduating BFA students, who planned, curated, and installed their own body of work as a meaningful capstone experience. The exhibition represents the culmination of years of creative development; the BFA Senior Exhibition mark students’ transition from academic to professional art practice.

Opening Reception | Thursday, November 19th, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Visiting artist, Shawn Saumell uses photography to capture the landscapes around him. Although every element originates in photographic observation, the final images do not attempt to document a particular place. Instead, they construct landscapes that are simultaneously recognizable and impossible—composite environments in which the distinctions between what was encountered and what was invented become increasingly difficult to locate. Join us as we encounter Shawn Saumell's exhibition and ask ourselves how do the structures and systems that we build change the landscape around us? And how do those structures and systems affect how we see that landscape?

Behind the Art | Tuesday, February 23rd, 2027 5:30pm -7:00pm