Artists Emily and George Thompson are set to debut a joint exhibition titled “Double Feature: A Two-Person Show” at the historic Stover Mill Gallery in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. The exhibition juxtaposes Emily’s contemporary urban landscapes and architectural forms with George’s traditional landscape paintings, showcasing the creative dialogue between the couple who share a studio.
Artist Emily Toomer is opening a new gallery, Emily Toomer Fine Art, on Crane Street in Salisbury on November 22. The debut exhibition will run through Christmas, featuring original works and limited edition prints, including two large paintings titled “Autumn Finale” and “Wisteria Cascade.” The gallery follows Toomer’s successful exhibitions at Arundells and Fisherton Mill in Salisbury, and she plans to rotate her own collections every six weeks while also showcasing other artists in 2026.
Legendary visual artist Jamel Shabazz, a retired New York City correction officer, has opened his first solo exhibition on Long Island at the Emily Lowe Gallery inside Hofstra University's Museum of Art in Hempstead. Titled "Love is the Message," the show features photographs spanning over five decades, capturing love and humanity in overlooked urban communities. Shabazz's work is also held in major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Emily Legleitner, a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist working in print media and installation, presents her solo exhibition "My Life Is the Size of My Room" at the University Art Department Gallery from August 18 to September 26. The show includes a reception and welcome back party on September 4. Legleitner's work explores autobiographical experiences and emotions tied to anxiety, mortality, longing, and the human condition.
The HOPE Outdoor Gallery in Austin, Texas, will open its new purpose-built location at 741 Dalton Lane near the airport on November 28, following a six-year closure after its original site off Lamar Boulevard shut down. The 8-acre space, sponsored by the Nouns DAO Community, features over 30 street artists including Miles Starkey, Emily Ding, and Kimie Flores, and is designed as a free, accessible laboratory for both budding and established artists. The opening weekend includes a special limited-edition print by Shepard Fairey for the first 50 daily visitors.
Diego Perrone's exhibition "There's a certain Slant of light" opens at Galleria Umberto Di Marino in Naples, taking its title from an Emily Dickinson poem. The show features new photographic and painted works born from the artist's observation of light passing through domestic glass objects in Naples, where architecture and daily life are shaped by an interplay of light and shadow. Photographs are enclosed in hand-molded glass frames, while large surfaces created with airbrush, charcoal, and chalk present shadow fields on white backgrounds, forming a visual sequence that unfolds like a film in black and white.
Artist Emily Drew Miller has created a series of collograph prints titled "Matzot" by running sheets of matzah through a printing press. The resulting black-and-white impressions capture the intricate textures and cracks of the unleavened bread, transforming the traditional Passover food into a medium for her grid-based painting practice. The series began as a personal ritual around the holiday and has evolved into a decade-long exploration.
M State Fergus Falls will host two winter art exhibits featuring three regional artists. Emily Williams-Wheeler's painting collection “The Process of Satiation” runs from January 14 to March 20 in the Charles Beck Gallery, while sisters Cathrin and Laura Von Bank present “The Eclectic Collection” of linocut prints, portraiture, fiber art, and mixed media in the Waage Gallery from January 21 to May 16. A joint reception with all three artists is scheduled for February 12.
Artist Emily Mulvaney has opened her debut solo exhibition, "Preservation of Bodies," at Off-Site Art Space, exploring themes of preservation and degradation through a blend of art and science. The show features bioplastics, mold, vacuum-sealed bags, and synthetic organ-like forms, drawing on historical scientific research from the Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the Linda Hall Library. Mulvaney, who was the Lance Williams Art and Science Artist-in-Residence at the University of Kansas, uses materials like bioplastics to address ethical and environmental concerns, collaborating with PhD student Eryk Yarkosky on bacterial communication pieces.
The 30th annual High Energy exhibition at the Art Gallery of St. Albert (AGSA) features over 120 artworks from students at three local high schools: École Secondaire St. Albert Catholic High School, Paul Kane High School, and Bellerose Composite High School. The 2025 theme, 'Look Up and Marvel,' encourages exploration of wonder and perspective. Curator Emily Baker notes a rise in car and truck imagery due to changing student demographics, alongside recurring subjects like music celebrities, fantasy landscapes, and pop culture. Bellerose marks Black History Month with pieces honoring figures such as Zendaya, Nina Simone, and Tupac Shakur. The exhibition opens May 8 with a reception where six Christopher Kazaleous Awards will be presented.
Emily Rauh Pulitzer, the founder of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, has curated a significant exhibition featuring approximately 85 works drawn from her personal collection and the foundation's holdings. The show emphasizes her long-standing preference for sculpture and drawing, showcasing a refined selection that reflects her decades of experience as a veteran curator and dedicated patron of the arts.
Josiane M.H. Pozi's exhibition "PORTRAIT O.A.Y.G." at Carlos/Ishikawa in London is reviewed through an unconventional, fragmented narrative that blends a play script with critical observation. The review describes Pozi's video works, including "Rhythmic Stimming" (2025) and "Restaurants" (2023), which capture mundane domestic scenes and personal artifacts. The text shifts between a first-person account of meeting the artist and a scripted dialogue between characters J and E, reflecting the exhibition's themes of identity, selfhood, and the poetic potential of everyday objects.
The Krannert Art Museum is currently hosting the annual Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, showcasing the thesis work of eight graduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Art & Design. The exhibition features a diverse range of media, including sculptural 3D collages by Samantha Jones that critique the hypersexualization of Black girlhood, and a mixed-media experimental classroom by Anthony Obayomi that explores social justice and educational metrics. Other works, such as Emily Tomlinson’s text-based drawings, highlight themes of cataloging and observational study.
Scottsdale Arts has opened 'Visions ’26,' an exhibition at the Center Space gallery inside the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, featuring works by 40 high school students from six Valley schools. The show is the culmination of a yearlong mentorship program pairing young artists with 13 professional Arizona-based teaching artists, with instruction from faculty at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and Paradise Valley Community College. Participating students, including Emily Pye and Ilana Belogorodsky, created pieces in painting, multimedia, and sculpture, with Pye's mixed-media work 'Le Stagioni' exploring her Italian heritage and Belogorodsky's oil painting 'Refracted' representing childhood emotions.
Heart Café and Church in Liverpool is hosting an art exhibition titled 'Rebirth' until May 3rd. Curated by café employee Emily Blackmore, the show features 25 works by 21 local artists, interpreting themes of spring and new beginnings. It opened on Good Friday to align with ideas of spiritual transformation.
Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, will host “Grounded,” a joint exhibition featuring ceramicist Danielle Whigham and painter Emily McQueen, from January 13 to February 26, 2026, at the Te Paske Gallery. Whigham’s functional ceramic pieces are wheel-thrown and hand-carved with earth-inspired textures, while McQueen’s layered paintings combine printmaking and oil paint to explore nature, seasonality, and loss. Both artists, who live in Glenwood, Iowa, share a thematic focus on the natural world.
The Woodlands Art Gallery & Studios in Texas hosted the opening reception for “Dreaming through the Woods,” a retirement exhibition featuring artist and gallery owner Emily P. Chiles. The show, held on May 15, 2025, marks one of Chiles's final exhibitions as she steps away from running the gallery to focus on her own artwork. The gallery will remain open by appointment until August 15, with a final group show scheduled for June 21 featuring artist Adam Hesse, alongside a pop-up exhibition by Julia Kravets.
Three master’s students from Stellenbosch University—Rebekah Pringle, Thabo Ngwenya, and Emily Fitzgerald—launched an exhibition titled "Matter of Self: Private fragments, public forms" on 7 August at the Gallery University Stellenbosch (GUS). The show is part of a master’s review series that highlights their academic year progress. Pringle’s work explores her domestic experience and caretaker relationship with her grandmother using repurposed furniture; Ngwenya’s pieces address alienation as a Ndebele man in Zimbabwe through pop culture references and self-portraits as "boundary objects"; Fitzgerald’s art challenges patriarchy and heteronormativity using archival photographs, clay, and photolithographic processes.
The Maine Art Gallery is launching its new season with the Wiscasset K-12 Student Art Exhibition, featuring over 100 works by local students. Curated by art teachers Emily Dobson and Liz Proffetty, the showcase includes a diverse range of media such as painting, sculpture, and photography. A public reception will be held on April 9 to honor the young artists and their creative contributions to the community.