Exhibition on view at the Richard & Carole Cocks Art Museum August 26-December 13, 2025

Galleries are open Tuesday-Friday 10 AM-5 PM and Saturday Noon-5 PM

The museum is FREE & OPEN to ALL!

For more than fifty years the Department of Art has been an incubator for creative expression at Miami University, and beyond. Faculty have and continue to lead through innovative approaches to artmaking. Their students who are now alumni, cyclically becoming the next generation of artists, are the recipients of such knowledge in the fields of studio art, art history, and art education. Several new faculty and alumni not previously shown are featured in this iteration, further demonstrating the continuing growth of the Department of Art. With new faculty and increasing numbers of alumni, paired with shifting directions and demands of the art market, the quadrennial Department of Art Faculty and Alumni exhibition always presents something new to experience. 

Featured are thirty-nine works of various artforms and mediums, including printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, painting, collage, fashion, time-based media, scholarship, animation, and drawing. Without a specific theme connecting all of works, this exhibition presents a diverse exploration of contemporary art. Works are grouped or paired based on known or perceived visual and contextual connections. Several common themes consist of identity and lineage; nature and the landscape; nostalgic reflections; and introspective explorations of the human experience. Take time to engage with each work and consider which speaks to you and offers a personal connection. 

FEATURED ARTISTS

CURRENT FACULTY | Amanda Alexander, Christy Carr, Dennis Cheatham, Joomi Chung, Annie Dell’Aria, Dilge Dilsiz, Tracy Featherstone, Jordan Fenton, Richard W. James, Jennifer Purdum, Geoff Riggle, Rob Robbins, Dana Saulnier, Ann E. Taulbee, Roscoe Wilson, Jennifer Pearson Yamashiro, Jon Yamashiro

EMERITUS FACULTY | Larry Winston Collins, Susan R. Ewing, Jeannie Langan Heins, E. James Killy, Ellen Price, Ron Stevens, Robert Wolfe

ALUMNI | Chrissy Collopy, David Dotson, Katherine J. Fries, Steve Garst, Amy Holmes George, John Hankiewicz, Anna Kell, Travis Linville, Hannah Litt, Brent Payne, Katrina Shafor, Billy Simms, Sarah-Faith Strait, Nicole Trimble

Exhibition and Program sponsors and acknowledgements: 

Supported by the Department of Art Miriam W. Howard Art Museum Fund the Art Museum Support Fund

Exhibition logo & catalog designed by Communication Design Student, Caitlin Wong with additional graphics by David Shuppert ('25)

Visit our exhibition information at www.tinyurl.com/25doafaae to view additional information and to view the catalog and ordering information.