The Allegheny Art Galleries opened a faculty art exhibition featuring works from three art department professors. Associate Professor Heather Brand presented three photographic series, including "Under Glass, Over Time," "Recursive Light," and "After Utopia," exploring themes of scale and contained worlds. Associate Professor Clare Kambhu displayed a series of oil paintings inspired by her time teaching in New York City public schools, focusing on imparting a human presence to impersonal educational spaces through her technique.
The exhibition highlights the ongoing creative practice of academic artists and provides students with direct engagement with their instructors' professional work. It underscores the role of college galleries in fostering community and dialogue between faculty and students, while also showcasing the diverse artistic research—from funded sabbatical projects to reflections on teaching—that occurs within an academic art department.