Bradley University Art and Design Department

So this is happening right now! Congratulations to our MA graduate (Painting), Khadija Zahid-Butt 🙌🏼

Don’t miss the Art and Design Senior Graphic Design student show open May 11-15th! Reception is tomorrow Friday May 15th from 6-8pm at Bradley Heuser Art Gallery. Hope to see you there!

The 2025-26 Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts Student Awards
ART and DESIGN Student Awards

Outstanding Student in Drawing
Ryan Hearne

Outstanding Students in Graphic Design 
Liliana Castro
Emily Brazel
Annika Pastrana
Selina Chen

Outstanding Student in Painting 
Isabella Turner

Outstanding Students in Sculpture 
Grace White
Manii Burke

Outstanding Student in Complementary Major 
Gabi Pearce
 
Outstanding Students in Art History 
Ariana Nogueda
Ozzy Vanoy
Benjamin Watts 
Aubrey Degnan
Ariana Miller
Lillian Johnson
Braden Cirton
Gabe Allenbaugh

Thank you to the for having the Bradley design students showcase their senior portfolios at your museum! Was a beautiful event and space. Special thanks to all who came out to see the student’s work!

The Graphic Design students will be showing their work again at Bradley University Heuser Art Gallery from May 11th-May15th. The reception is May 15th from 6-8pm.

Congratulations to Khadija Zahid-Butt on a successful defence of her MA Thesis, with a wonderful exhibition.
Also, a great progress presentation from Hallie a Fedorowicz, as she concludes the first semester of her MFA program - both are great adverts for the Art and Design Graduate program at Bradley University.

A busy day of presentation decks at Peoria Next, as the Brand Experience students (Art306) delivered their campaigns promoting a Specialty Insurance Company to the OneFire team. As always, thank you Jim Flynn for a particularly ‘challenging’ brief to round off a great semester, and well done all the students, who are now experts on specialty insurance 🤣

The BFA class of 2026 celebrated their creative talent with a quite wonderful and diverse exhibition of projects including painting, sculpture, book arts, packaging, branding, and exhibition design. The exhibition enjoyed a packed reception, giving guests the opportunity to take in such a strong range of creativity. Congratulations to all our BFA students. And be sure to come and see the exhibition at our Heuser Gallery before it closes.

Khadija Zahid-Butt welcomed guests to her MA Thesis Exhibition reception last night with a beautiful insight into Pakistan culture. The work is on the walls of our Hartmann Gallery for another week yet, so be sure to visit it and enjoy this beautiful exhibition before it comes down.

The winning mural may be up on the walls of Harper, but there were some wonderful runners up who pushed it hard for the glory. We have the pleasure of exhibiting these amazing mural designs on the second floor ‘catwalk’ in the Heuser Art and Design Center, so if you haven’t seen them, come on down before it’s too late!

Last night’s opening reception for the 10th Annual Bradley Sculpture Exhibition at Studios on Sheridan was a wonderful celebration. We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us to support these artists and experience such an inspiring collection of work.

If you weren’t able to attend the opening, there’s still plenty of time to stop by. The exhibition will be on view through May 31st.

This exhibition also marks a meaningful moment, as it is the final show before Fisher Stolz’s retirement. His impact on this space and the artistic community has been truly significant. While this chapter is coming to a close, there is more to celebrate. Fisher’s retirement exhibitions are on the horizon, and we look forward to sharing those with you soon.