University Galleries Archives
Overview
The art program at Saint Joseph's University began in the 1970s and gradually developed into a full department offering majors in Fine and Performing Arts. In its early years, the department was housed in Boland Hall, a residence located on Lapsley Lane, where faculty carved out gallery space to showcase both local professional artists and student work. The space also hosted an annual Overbrook High School student exhibition for many years, strengthening connections with the broader community.
As the University and its campus expanded, so did its commitment to the arts. In 2010, what had once been a single gallery space evolved into two distinct spaces: Merion Hall Gallery dedicated to professional artist exhibitions and Boland Hall Gallery for rotating student exhibitions. Together, these galleries presented approximately ten exhibitions per year, offering students, employees, and visitors regular opportunities to engage with diverse artistic practices.
In 2003, the opening of the Saint Joseph’s University Frances M. Maguire Art Museum significantly broadened and enhanced exhibition space on campus. The museum now hosts rotating exhibitions, including the annual Senior Art Exhibit, while the original gallery spaces continue to feature rotating student shows.
Although this archive does not extend back to the program’s earliest years, it documents the majority of exhibitions held on campus over the past several decades, reflecting the University’s longstanding and growing commitment to the visual arts.
2021
- Danielle Cartier “How To Be Heard”: November 15, 2021-January 7, 2022
- Student Work – Sculpture: October 4–October 29, 2021
- Anthony Vega “After Party (I’m with them)": October 4-November 5, 2021
- Experimental Digital Photography - Student Work: August 23 – September 30, 2021
- “Proxy War” Justyna Badachh: August 25 – September 24, 2021
- Graphic Design Student Work: April 9-May 16, 2021
- Spectrum – Senior Art Exhibition : April 1-May 16, 2021
- Student Ceramic Exhibit: March 8-March 31, 2021
- Faculty Exhibition 2021: March 8–March 29, 20211
- Commercial Photography – Student Work: January 25–February 25, 2021
- Our Neighborhood Robin Michals: January 25–February 19, 2021
- Traditional Photography Student Work
2020
- Mark Making: Student Drawing and Painting Exhibit
- Mixed Media Sculpture Student Exhibit
- 2020 Senior Art Exhibit
- Lavett Ballard – “Just Like A Woman”: August 28–October 1, 2020
- Mosaics - Student Exhibit: September 2020
- “Persistence,” Sculpture by Mana Hewitt: March 3, 2020
- A Visual Story – Student Digital Photography
2019
- Analogue and Alternative Process Photography: December 16, 2019–January 24, 2020
- “Facialogue: Dialogue with Faces” Oluwatobi Adewumi: December 16 – January 29, 2020
- Mark Making – Student Work Painting & Drawing
- Robert Engman “Structural Sculpture”: November 4–December 6, 2019
- If Walls Could Speak – Ada Luisa Trillo
- Form: Student Sculpture Exhibit: October 1 – 25, 2019
- Photography Alumni Exhibit: August 19 – September 23, 2019
- “A Survey” Photography by Susan Fenton: August 19 – September 23, 2019
- “Floating Blue” photographs by Thomas Pickarski - June 12 - August 2, 2019
- “Exploration” Junior Art Majors’ Exhibit: April 5 – May 8, 2019
- Senior Art Thesis Exhibition: April 5 - May 18, 2019
- Form – Student Work in 3D: March 5-29, 2019
- “Shelter” Photographic Installation by Andy Mattern: February 18 - March 21, 2019
- A Visual Story – Student Digital Photography: February 4 – 28, 2019
2018
- “Art for Women Empowerment” curated by Samantha O’Connell ’20
- “Variations on a Theme” Sculpture and Cyanotypes by Heather Beardsley: December 17, 2018 - February 7, 2019
- “Sophisticated Chaos” Watercolors by Ken Karlic: November 5 - December 7, 2018
- “Spirit of the Day” Sumi Ink Paintings by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda: October 1 - October 27, 2018
- “Z” Ambrotypes by Rowan Renee: August 20 - September 20, 2018
- “Easton Nights” Photography by Peter Ydeen: August 20 - September 25, 2018
- “Somnambulant” Mixed Media Installation by Samantha Parker Salazar
- Junior Art Majors’ Exhibition
- Senior Art Majors’ Thesis Exhibition: April 13 - May 19, 2018
- Student Ceramics Exhibition
- “Hair Pieces” Photography by Rebecca Drolen
- Student Digital Photography
- Cynwyd Trail – Directed Projects, Student Work
- Andrew Cornell Robinson “Wishful Thinking”
2017
- Student Work – Drawing II
- Ben Schwab – “Getting Here From There”
- Annual Alumni Exhibit – Kate Ambrose & Julia Newell
- “I’m in the Wrong Film” photography by Hans Gindlesberger
- The Tobacco Project – Art & Social Change Lecture
- “Urban Fabric” by Artist Heidi Nam
- “Silent Scream” – Eun-Kyung Suh
- “Misplaced” Installation of Mixed Media by Eun Kyung Suh: June 5 - August 4, 2017
- “The Tobacco Project”
- Junior Art Majors
- Senior Art Thesis Exhibition: April 7 - May 20, 2017
- Student Art Exhibit – Chromatic Entropy
- “Drawing and Narrative” Christopher Troutman: February 20 - March 24, 2017