Exhibition Schedule

2024-25 Exhibition Schedule

Ashlyn Pope: A History of Moving Forward

Ashlyn Pope is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University (South Carolina). Her work for “A History of Moving Forward” includes ceramics and textiles. Pope’s work has been shown widely at institutions such as the FSU Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University (Florida), the Palmer Museum of Art at University Park (Pennsylvania), and Baltimore Clayworks (Maryland). She was featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly in December 2023. 

• May 23 – September 26, 2024
• Reception: Thursday, September 26, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Lillian E. Smith: 80th Anniversary Exhibition

Lillian E. Smith was a social justice activist and acclaimed author who spoke out against Southern racism. This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Smith and the 80th anniversary of her best-known novel, Strange Fruit (1944). It will feature art, books, and personal items from Smith’s collection. Smith’s collection is permanently housed at Piedmont University’s LES Center in Clayton, Georgia, where Smith lived and worked. 

• September 5, 2024 – May 15, 2025
• Reception: Thursday, September 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Camden Goddard: Southern/South: of White or Wrong

Camden Goddard’s “Southern/South: of White or Wrong ” is a body of work that questions the “identity of whiteness” as it relates to the contemporary landscape of the post-Antebellum South. Goddard holds an MFA from the University of Florida. Previous exhibitions include the Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee. He served as the Director of the Campus Gate Art Museum at Young Harris College from 2015-2017. He currently teaches art at Young Harris College and Piedmont University.

• October 6 – November 12, 2024
• Reception: Thursday, October 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Alice Stone-Collins

Raised in northeast Georgia, Stone-Collins is an Atlanta-based artist who creates intricate hand-painted collages and installations. She earned an MFA from the University of Tennessee and shows her work throughout the United States. She has served as a resident artist at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and the Julia White Artist Colony in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica. Recently, she was featured on the Studio Break Podcast. Stone-Collins teaches at Georgia Gwinnett College. 

• January 16 – February 15, 2025
• Reception: January 16, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Ben Steele: The Shape of Things to Come

Artist Ben Steele’s paintings and installations consider broad themes that include environmental change, science fiction, and history. Steele holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Previous exhibitions include Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery (Ohio), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia, and Primo Piano LivinGallery (Italy). He teaches art at Atlanta's Westminster Academy. 

• February 27 – March 27, 2025
• Reception: Thursday, February 27, 4:30-6:30 p.m.