Meredith College Art Department

Meredith College Art Department Offers majors in Art Education with K-12 Licensure, Graphic Design, and Studio Art.

Students within the Department of Art find an enriching and stimulating environment which is designed to encourage artistic and intellectual growth. Housed in the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center, the Department of Art has a range of facilities including drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking studios, a ceramics area with an outdoor kiln, photographic darkroom, digital photo lab, graphic design lab

s, an art history classroom, and the Weems Art Gallery, which hosts monthly exhibits of regional and national artists.

The Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College features Amy Wetsch's exhibition, “The Shape of Shifting.” Amy’s practi...
09/02/2026

The Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College features Amy Wetsch's exhibition, “The Shape of Shifting.” Amy’s practice spans installations, paintings, drawings, mixed-media sculptures, and publicly engaged works. Her practice examines systems in constant motion, including tectonic shifts beneath the Earth’s surface, adaptive microorganisms in extreme environments, and human bodies that continually recalibrate in response to internal and external change.

“The Shape of Shifting” will be on display from September 8th to September 27th, 2026, in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center on the Meredith College campus. The gallery is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The opening reception will take place on September 10th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Weems Gallery. The gallery talk will take place in Room 137 at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center at 5:30 p.m. Meredith College is located at 3800 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College features Amy Wetsch's exhibition, “The Shape of Shifting.” Amy’s practi...
08/21/2026

The Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College features Amy Wetsch's exhibition, “The Shape of Shifting.” Amy’s practice spans installations, paintings, drawings, mixed-media sculptures, and publicly engaged works. Her practice examines systems in constant motion, including tectonic shifts beneath the Earth’s surface, adaptive microorganisms in extreme environments, and human bodies that continually recalibrate in response to internal and external change.

Rooted in geological processes, her practice explores how pressure, fracture, and flow create form through constant transformation. Amy experiments with materials like sand, salts, paper pulp, and glass to create otherworldly forms and surfaces that feel active. These shifting structures never fully settle, suggesting landscapes that continually break apart and reform. By unveiling the earth’s hidden processes, Amy evokes wonder about our environment and calls us to appreciate and advocate for it.

“The Shape of Shifting” will be on display from September 8th to September 27th, 2026, in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center on the Meredith College campus. The gallery is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The opening reception will take place on September 10th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Weems Gallery. The gallery talk will take place in Room 137 at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center at 5:30. Meredith College is located at 3800 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, North Carolina.

For the past few days, the ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest students have been staying at Ghost Ranch....
05/24/2026

For the past few days, the ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest students have been staying at Ghost Ranch. It is clear why Georgia O’Keeffe fell in love with this landscape and spent decades capturing its beauty and vibrant layers.

Students took tours to view the subjects and sites depicted in O’Keeffe’s paintings. They also hiked through the towering red cliffs and took in the sweeping views at Ghost Ranch.

Every trail felt like walking through a living canvas.

Fun facts:

• Ghost Ranch is one of the world's premier dinosaur graveyards. In 1947, paleontologists found thousands of perfectly preserved Coelophysis skeletons here, dating back 210 million years, making it the official state fossil of New Mexico!

• Georgia O’Keeffe loved Cerro Pedernal, the iconic flat-topped mountain that frames the horizon at Ghost Ranch. She painted it 28 times from her property. She loved it so deeply that when she died in 1986, her ashes were scattered right at the very top of its peak.

The application is now open for the Emerging Artist-in-Residency Program in Visual Arts. The residency is designed to as...
05/21/2026

The application is now open for the Emerging Artist-in-Residency Program in Visual Arts.

The residency is designed to assist Meredith art department graduates in growing and strengthening their artistic practice in a supportive community with access to studio facilities and mentorship as they create a mature body of work to launch their professional art career or apply for Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs or postgraduate degrees in related fields, such as M.A. in art education, museum studies, or art history.

Visit the Emerging Artist-in-Residency webpage to learn more about the program and view profiles of previous residents: https://www.meredith.edu/art-residence/

Link can also be found in the bio

The ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest students had the privilege of visiting the gallery and studio of ...
05/20/2026

The ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest students had the privilege of visiting the gallery and studio of photographer Cara Romero.

Cara gave our students a personal tour of her space and an inside look at her creative process. Our students got a firsthand look at how her identity shapes her photography. Listening to her discuss her approach to representing cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective was incredibly inspiring for our group.

The ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest, students stepped into a different dimension here in Santa Fe. Th...
05/19/2026

The ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest, students stepped into a different dimension here in Santa Fe. The group spent an afternoon exploring the House of Eternal Return, the massive, immersive art experience created by Meow Wolf.

Did you know that Meow Wolf’s first permanent installation here in Santa Fe is actually housed in a former, renovated bowling alley that was purchased and leased to them by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin?

Our students crawled through fireplaces, opened secret refrigerator doors, and immersed themselves in collaborative storytelling, multimedia installation, and creative problem-solving.

On days 3 and 4 of our ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest, students explored Santa Fe. The students took...
05/18/2026

On days 3 and 4 of our ART288: Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest, students explored Santa Fe. The students took a deep dive into Native art at The Wheelwright Museum and The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. They wrapped up the weekend with a visit to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

Our ART288 Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest trip is officially underway. The students spent the last two days ...
05/16/2026

Our ART288 Art, Culture, & Landscape of the Southwest trip is officially underway. The students spent the last two days exploring Old Town Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Museum, and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Next up on the trip is Santa Fe.

Nothing beats learning about art and the environment out in the real world!

05/14/2026

The application is now open for the Emerging Artist-in-Residency Program: Visual Arts.

The residency is designed to assist Meredith art department graduates in growing and strengthening their artistic practice in a supportive community with access to studio facilities and mentorship as they create a mature body of work to launch their professional art career or apply for Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs or postgraduate degrees in related fields, such as M.A. in art education, museum studies, or art history.

Visit the Emerging Artist-in-Residency webpage to learn more about the program and view profiles of previous residents: https://www.meredith.edu/art-residence/

Link can also be found in the bio

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3800 Hillsborough Street Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center
Raleigh, NC
27607

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