Current and Upcoming Exhibitions & Events

 

Collage of art objects representing art elements like line, shape, space and color.

Elements of Art

June 18–Sept. 8, 2024

The elements of art are the parts that can be isolated and defined, like line, space, and texture. They’re the building blocks for creating art. This exhibition explores how to use elements when making, looking at, or analyzing works of art.

Forsyth Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 2428

Lamp stand with a figure holding a scale with free-hanging scale baskets. The top of the scale and each basket hold a fairly lap base and shade.

Instruments of Illumination

June 18–Sept. 8, 2024

A selection of lighting elements from the Forsyth’s Permanent Collection.

Forsyth Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 2428

An abstract painting evocative of stringed and brass musical instruments and musical notes in varying shades of yellow and brown over a dark background.

Poetry in Motion

Aug. 1–Oct. 13, 2024

This exhibition pairs two forms of expressive activity: art and short poetry. With poems by writers from Shakespeare to Langston Hughes, visitors are encouraged to look at the art with new eyes.

J. Wayne Stark Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 1110

Black and white photograph of Big Jay McNeely laying on stage playing saxophone on his back. An audience of teenagers looks on in exuberance.

Shutter and Sound:

The Jazz Photography of Bob Willoughby

Aug. 15–Oct. 20, 2024

Bob Willoughby’s images are jazz improvisation made manifest: they give the viewer a sense of vibrant intimacy as he captured wistful singers, jamming musicians, and enthusiastic audiences.

J. Wayne Stark Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 1110

Wooden block cut in the shape of Texas adorned with small religious trinkets.

Thrifted Religion

By Dr. Heidi Campbell

Sponsored by the Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts

Sept. 9–29, 2024

This exhibition invites viewers to explore the breadth of spiritual traditions found in Aggieland and East Texas through the common & unique religious objects found at local secondhand shops.

J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Education Gallery | Memorial Student Center, MSC 1110

Two-image collage featuring a decorative pink and yellow vase and a blue floral paperweight.

Pattern Recognition

Sept. 14–Dec. 15, 2024

Exploring how patterns can be used to make or decorate art and objects from the University Art Galleries collections.

Forsyth Galleries | Memorial Student Center, MSC 2428

 

Online Resources

Color image of three glass flower vases.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Search amongst the thousands of items in both the Stark and Forsyth collections. Discover paintings, prints, statues, glass, decorative arts and more.

Menos tall, silver tone sculpture standing tall outdoors with trees behind it.

CAMPUS SCULPTURES

Put yourself inside this Texas A&M campus map and discover and explore all of our outdoor sculptures. You can even take a quiz to test your knowledge.

360 degree view of the interior of an art gallery. Colorful paintings hang on the wall at a distance and there is a sculpture on a pedestal on the far left.

VIRTUAL TOURS

Visit the Texas A&M University Art Galleries from anywhere in the world. Get a birds-eye view of current and past exhibitions by virtually exploring and moving through our gallery spaces.