Washington and Lee University's Department of Art and Art History

Students in the Creating Comics class discuss abstract comics and work on an assignment. 📷 SOC 05.13.2026

Visiting Assistant Professor Niloofar Gholamrezaei and Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning Director JT Torres discuss artwork in Wilson Hall with students enrolled in the Art and AI class. 📷 SOC 05.13.2026

This Spring Term, students in Creating Comics are exploring graphic narratives as a dynamic blend of visual art and storytelling. Co-taught by Studio Art professor Leigh Ann Beavers and English professor Chris Gavaler, the experiential course challenges students to create their own multi-page comics while discovering how images can shape narrative and meaning. 📷

Glynn Visiting Professor Adriana Greci-Green and Bess Bryant ’26 look at the Stan Kamen ’49L Collection in The Reeves Center .museums. 📷 SOC 04.22.2026

John and Barbara Glynn Family Professor Adriana Greci Green speaks during the Glynn Visiting Professorship lecture in Northen Auditorium. Photo by Bella Ferrate ’26 📷 SOC 04.08.2026

Professor of art history Elliott King shares the Phi Beta Kappa handshake during an induction ceremony in the Harte Center. 📷 SOC 04.08.2026

Think you’ve already seen it? Think again!
We shared a preview, but the real details and new additions can only be experienced in person...
Stop by and see what’s waiting inside Tinier Gallery!

Drawing II Exhibition is now on view in Tiny Gallery! 🎨
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the incredible work of our talented students and see their creativity come to life.
On view through April 10th!

Our final spotlight is on student artist ✨Jordan Hoover.✨

Jordan Hoover creates black-and-white photographs that layer multiple exposures of portraits and landscapes to explore the deep connection between people, memory, and the natural world. Blending personal relationships with place, their work invites viewers to reflect on belonging and responsibility

Jordan's work is on view in Undercurrents at Staniar Gallery through April 10.

Congratulations to Teresa Yoon, Elka Prechel, Katie Lawson, and Jordan Hoover! 🙌Be sure to stop by Staniar Gallery to experience their thesis work in person.

Our third spotlight is on ✨ Katie Lawson. ✨

Katie Lawson creates layered acrylic and pastel paintings that depict solitary figures in domestic spaces, using texture, distortion, and expressive mark-making to reveal raw, often overlooked emotional narratives. Balancing tension with humor and irony, her work highlights the complexity of authentic human experience.

Katie's work is on view in Undercurrents at Staniar Gallery through April 10.

Check back for one more highlight soon!