SMU Division of Art

🎓 Congratulations to our graduating BA and BFA students on all you’ve accomplished!

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us at Saturday’s BA/BFA Qualifying Exhibition reception.

📸 Images from the reception at the Po***ck Gallery, featuring work by Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss.

🎉 Tonight!

Join us from 5–7 PM at Po***ck Gallery for the closing reception of BA/BFA Qualifying Exhibition! Come celebrate our graduating seniors and see their final work!

🗓️ Dates: April 25 – May 10
🎉 Reception: Tonight, 5–7 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Featuring work by: Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss

🎉 Just a few days left!

The BA/BFA Qualifying Exhibition is nearing its close at Po***ck Gallery. This group show features the final work of graduating seniors from SMU Meadows’ Division of Art. Join us for the reception on Saturday!

🗓️ Dates: April 25 – May 10
🎉 Reception: May 10, 5–7 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Featuring work by: Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss

🖼 Final stretch!

Only a few days left to catch the BA/BFAQE in Po***ck Gallery. Don’t miss this group exhibition by SMU Meadows’ graduating BA and BFA students!

🗓️ Dates: April 25 – May 10
🎉 Reception: May 10, 5–7 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Featuring work by: Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss

✨ Come explore a wide range of work from graduating BA and BFA students in the Division of Art, reflecting each artist’s distinct perspective and final year of study.

🗓️ Dates: April 25 – May 10
🎉 Reception: May 10, 5–7 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Featuring work by: Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss

📸 The BA/BFA Qualifying Exhibition is now open!

Stop by Po***ck Gallery to see works by graduating students in the Division of Art!

🗓️ Dates: April 25 – May 10
🎉 Reception: May 10, 5–7 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Featuring work by: Joyce Alexander, Zakiya Caldwell, Meg Lauren Castellanos, Kailee Cawley, Areum Finley, Victoria Garcia, Peyton Hansen, Journey Harris, Emma Johnson, Miller Johnson, Sophie Kim, Sophie Knox, Ace Miller, Naw Nhkum, Swarangi Potdar, Britton Purcell, Jace Savala, Sara Stoetzel, and Capri Woss

✨ MFAQE opens tonight! ✨

Join us at the Po***ck Gallery this afternoon to celebrate the work of MFA candidates Taylor Cleveland, Shinwoo Song, Sharmeen Uqaili, and Carolina Yáñez in their qualifying exhibition.

📅 Opening Reception: Today, 4–6 PM
📍 Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas 75206, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Stop by, see the work, and support these incredible artists!

MFA candidates Taylor Cleveland, Shinwoo Song, Sharmeen Uqaili, and Carolina Yáñez present MFAQE, their qualifying exhibition at the Po***ck Gallery. This show marks a key milestone in their graduate studies, bringing together work that reflects their research and artistic practice.

🗓️ Dates: Saturday, March 29 – Monday, April 8
🎉 Reception: Saturday, March 29, 4-6 PM
📍 Location: Po***ck Gallery, 6116 North Central Expressway, Dallas 75206, Expressway Tower Suite 101

Stop by to see what these artists have been working on and celebrate their achievements!

📸 American Photography Now 📸

Now on view at The Mezzanine Gallery of Photography, “American Photography Now” showcases work from students in Introduction to Photography and Film Photography, alongside guest artist Carolina Yáñez. Curated by Frederico Câmara, with assistant curator Sara Stoetzel.

✨Featuring work by:

🔹 Introduction to Photography: Davis Bland, Jack Bracher, Ella Finnegan, Gabe Garlick, Kevin Guo, Spencer Hogan, Ellie Pierce, Tiffany Pranoto, Yana Spitzer, and Oliver Wilkin.

🔹 Film Photography: Joyce Alexander, Meg Castellanos, Ben Ferst, Victoria Garcia, Sophie Knox, Davis Sinnott, Sara Stoetzel, and Jane Strauss.

🗓️ Exhibition Dates: March 10 – May 17, 2025
📍 The Mezzanine Gallery of Photography, Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, TX

Stop by to see the work of these talented students!

Thank you! 🐎❤️

We are so grateful to everyone who supported the Division of Art’s Giving Day campaign for Metal Casting! Thanks to 10 generous donors, we raised $1350 to support our foundry and sculpture students.

Your generosity helps our students create lasting works in bronze and aluminum, building a legacy of art that will resonate for generations. Your support makes a real impact—thank you for being part of this community!

"What's Left Behind" is a joint exhibition featuring works from Professor Emily Budd's "Time & Material" sculpture class and Professor Kerry Maguire's Intermediate/Advanced Print class.

In the spaces between presence and absence, what traces remain? "What's Left Behind" explores the art of impression—where casts, rubbings, and transfers become vehicles of memory and meaning.

Our student artists investigate how materials record moments of contact, preserving details that might otherwise go unnoticed. Each artwork considers the relationship between original and reproduction, between what was and what remains.

Through sculpture and print, the artists examine the moment of contact. The indexical mark—a direct physical impression of something that once existed—tells stories of temporality, transformation, and the poetry of absence.

🗓️Dates: Thursday, March 13 – Tuesday, March 25
🎉Reception: Tuesday, March 25, 6pm – 7:30pm
📍Location: Jordan Student Gallery, Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd.

Artists:
Vaanya Bhakri
Davis Bland
Gracyn Buckner
Reagan Bell
Ben Davila
Cameron Flores
Hadley Finch
Victoria Garcia
Kaitlyn Gonzales
Allison Hart
Sophie Jaynes
Miller Johnson
Jarrell King
Cam Lynch
Jace Savala
Kaylie Wiley

SMU Giving day is on March 11! Let’s help shape a brighter future through art that endures! This year, the Division of Art asks for your support for Metal Casting in our foundry.

Did you know that using our sculpture department’s foundry, students can create bronze and aluminum cast sculpture? Help us connect students with timeless materials that tell stories. Each piece cast has the potential to inspire and impact generations. Tag a fellow Mustang who appreciates the transformative power of metal! Link in bio. 🎨