UM Art Department

08/14/2026

The academic year hasn’t started yet, but we’ve already completed our first group project 🔧😂 Welcome back, Art Falcons!
And HUGE thanks to some very special donors who made this happen! Check back for a plaque outside Room 3 in Bloch Hall. 💜💛

06/29/2026

Congratulations to Art major Stella Duren, this year’s winner of the Hazel Award in Drawing! Her graphite and white charcoal drawing on toned paper perfectly captures a contemplative moment of domestic life, with both technical skill and emotional connection.

Students can start planning for next year’s Hazel Awards, in both Drawing and Painting! Entries will be due on April 1st and must be artwork completed outside of classes. Many thanks to our benefactor, former Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Professor of Art, Ken Procter, who made this award possible. The award is named for his grandmother, Hazel Truth Shelhamer Procter, an accomplished artist, published author and illustrator, to recognize accomplishment and promote further achievement in the arts.

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Yi Syuan Fang on her beautiful exhibition, “Dwelling As Structure” in The Gallery at Bloch Hall until 5 pm Friday. Come by and see it today!

05/27/2026

Art majors engaged in service learning right here in Shelby County! Stay tuned for pictures of the completed murals 🎨

Students at the University of Montevallo are partnering with Baptist Health to create murals designed to bring comfort and encouragement to patients and staff i...

05/15/2026

Today’s the day! All are welcome at the opening reception of Dwelling as Structure, an exhibition of new work by Yi Syuan, Fang, visiting the Art Department this semester from the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts (M.F.A. Program, Second Year), at the Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan. Her work focuses on the issue of stray animals in Taiwan, and the relationship between animals, humans, and urban development. The show opens at 4 pm in The Gallery at Bloch Hall.

05/12/2026

Please join us Friday, May 15th at 4 pm in The Gallery at Bloch Hall for the opening reception of Dwelling as Structure, an exhibition of new work by Yi Syuan, Fang, visiting the Art Department this semester from the Graduate Institute of Applied Arts (M.F.A. Program, Second Year), at the Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan. Her work focuses on the issue of stray animals in Taiwan, and the relationship between animals, humans, and urban development.

05/08/2026

The University of Montevallo is proud to present the Montevallo Invitational, a summer exhibition celebrating artistic excellence within our regional high schools. Please join us for the opening reception in the Poole Art Gallery, on Saturday, May 9th, from 2-4 pm. This showcase brings together a diverse collection of works from student award winners alongside the mentors who guide them. By exhibiting students and teachers side-by-side, we celebrate the collaborative spirit of the arts and the vital relationship between instructor and emerging artist.

The works on view were selected through a competition held on campus this spring and represent award recipients across eight categories: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, New Media, Mixed Media, Sculpture, and Ceramics. In each category, one first place winner and one honorable mention were selected. Teachers of award‑winning students were invited to exhibit their work alongside their students, creating a dialogue between instruction and practice.

05/02/2026

Congratulations to the class of 2026! Be proud of what you have achieved here and never stop creating 🎨🧑‍🎨🥳🎓

04/28/2026

This week is your last chance to see our final BFA exhibition of the year in The Gallery at Bloch Hall. Congratulations to students Mary Bergman (painting), Alayna Butler (new media), Brooke Mills (new media), and Lily Burford (drawing and new media), pictured in order.

04/23/2026

Get ready, the final BFA exhibition of the semester opens on Thursday, April 23rd at 4:30 pm in The Gallery at Bloch Hall, featuring work by Mary Bergman, Lily Burford, Alayna Butler, and Brooke Mills.