The Merwin and Wakeley Galleries

Spring 2025

March 24 – April 23
galleries closed on Sunday, April 20th

 

38th Annual Student Exhibition and BA/BFA Senior Art Exhbits

Reception: Saturday, April 12th at 1-3PM 
Award Ceremony at 2PM

 

Join us for the 38th annual Illinois Wesleyan BFA / BA Senior Art Exhibit and the Juried Student Art Exhibitions. All aspects of the art program will be represented: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, graphic design, ceramics, sculpture and glass.
This year the exhibition will be juried by painter Miles Bair, IWU professor Emeritus and past director of the Ames School of Art.

In the Senior Art Exhibit graduating BFA/BAs will display their finest works produced during the senior year.  The exhibition, held in the University’s Galleries, will include works from following seniors:
Melinda Burgin BA
Kasia Jankowiak BFA
Aidan Michniewicz BFA
Logan Shumaker BFA
 

 At the reception on Saturday, April 12th awards will be presented to outstanding works of art.  Some of the purchase awards include The Ames Library Purchase Award, the CLA Social Sciences Art Purchase Award, and the SOA Art Purchase Award, the Sipich and Mayo Alumni Awards, and the President’s Award, The Hart Career Center Award, and The ORL Award, to name just a few.
 
 

These events are free and open to the public.
 
 
This year’s student show poster was created by graphic design major Samuel Okewole 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to visit iwuart and see what our students have been making recently.

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Gallery Hours 

Monday - Friday 12-4PM
Tuesday Evening 7-9PM
Saturday & Sunday 1-4PM

Location

Ames School of Art and Design
Illinois Wesleyan University
6 Ames Plaza West
Bloomington, Illinois 61701-2900

Artists interested in showing at our galleries click the link below for more information

All events are free and open to the public

 

About the Galleries

The Merwin and Wakeley Galleries provide exhibition schedules that support our curriculum, the University community and the general public. These exhibitions mostly consist of contemporary artworks in all media. Each exhibition is meant to suggest the variety of visual approaches one may choose to present an idea. Student exhibitions include the Annual Juried School of Art Student Exhibition, the B.F.A. Candidate Exhibition and the B.F.A. and B.A. Degree Exhibition.

About the Galleries / Artist Submissions