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Richard Ritter, Clear Disk Bowl with Sanding Etching, and Yellow and White Cane (detail), 1981, blown and sandblasted glass, 3.25 x 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Gift of the Artist.

Cultivating Collections: Glass

Cultivating Collections is a multi-year series of exhibitions that highlights specific areas of the WCU Fine Art Museum’s Collection, which includes over 1,800 works of art in a wide range of media by artists of the Americas.  

Nutcracker Promo Image

The Nutcracker, Ballet Conservatory of Asheville

The Ballet Conservatory returns for its 5th Nutcracker tour to Western Carolina University, in its 13th season. Their magically festive, full-length Nutcracker production, features professional classical dancers and the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville's celebrated company.  

Amber Rousseau, Rubbish, 2022, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

BFA Portfolio Exhibition 2022

This exhibition highlights the work of undergraduate students from WCU's School of Art and Design and services as a preface to their forthcoming careers as professional artists.  

Corita Kent, stars, 1967, serigraph, 30 x 36 inches. Photo credit: Northeast Document Conservation Center.

When Was the Last Time You Saw a Miracle? Prints by Corita Kent

In this selection of prints from the 1950s and 1960s, which are drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, Corita Kent combines vivid color with quotations, everyday slogans, and biblical scripture to create inspirational messages of hope and harmony for humankind.  

a print made from a glass etching of a old white wooden store, Tom Nakashima, The Devil Came Down to Georgia, vitreograph, image size 16x36 in, paper size 17x36 in. Gift of Harvey K. and Bess Littleton.

Cultivating Collections: Vitreographs, Glass, and Works by Black Artists

Cultivating Collections is a multi-year series of exhibitions that highlights specific areas of the WCU Fine Art Museum’s Collection, which includes over 1,800 works of art in a wide range of media by artists of the Americas.  

Kate Chassner, (detail) How Much We Can Hold, canvas scraps, acrylic, house paint, image transfer, screen print, 48in x 60in.

MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022

Experience the culmination of three years of intense creative study and exploration in this exhibition highlighting artwork by graduating MFA students in the WCU School of Art and Design. Eli Blasko, Kate Chassner, Seth Echlin, and Kyle Kelsey share their visual, material, and conceptual insights in this year’s exhibition.   

The Neutral Ground Film Still feat. the film's director CJ Hunt

Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers

Enjoy free documentary films from the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, connecting documentary filmmakers and their impactful work with audiences throughout the South.   

Raymond Baccari, Go-Between, Humans Excited About Being Human, Sound Installation 15’x15’

Raymond Baccari: Humans Excited About Being Human

Described by the artist as an “empathy machine,” this interactive, sonic installation by Raymond Baccari amplifies visitor heartbeats. Empowering visitors to listen to this steady pulse of life within themselves and others, Baccari’s work connects us with our own corporeality and our shared humanity.  

Carrie Mae Weems, Color, Real, and Imagined

Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects

On February 1, 2021, the WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will open Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects. The exhibition includes recent photographic and video works questioning stereotypes that associate black bodies with criminality.  

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