News and Events
The Creative Writing Program and the Department of Art host poetry event in collaboration with Space 204 exhibition
Sep. 22, 2022—The Creative Writing Program and the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University invite you to Pendulum: Poetry Responds to Art, an event in collaboration with the Space 204 exhibition Entropic Systems from Laleh Mehran. Poets from the MFA program at Vanderbilt University will spend time within Mehran’s immersive exhibition and respond to their experience with...
Laleh Mehran’s “Entropic Systems” in Space 204, September 8 – October 20
Aug. 30, 2022—Space 204 and the Vanderbilt, Arts, and the Middle East: Building Bridges to the Global and the Local curatorial program are proud to present Entropic Systems, a solo exhibition from Laleh Mehran. The exhibition will be on view September 8 through October 20, 2022 in Space 204 will feature an immersive video/audio experience surrounding an...
Space 204 hosts Closing Reception for “The Water-Carrier Died” exhibition, August 30
Aug. 30, 2022—The Water-Carrier Died, currently on view in Space 204, closes on Aug. 30! You are invited to the closing reception that evening, 4-6 p.m., in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. The Water-Carrier Died features the work of three artists from the Nashville Coptic Community–Keria Nashed, Bassam Habib and Mohsen Ramsis. During the exhibition’s...
Student Gallery starts 2022 -2023 academic year with “sunprints”
Aug. 1, 2022—The Student Gallery, located on the first floor of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center (Vanderbilt University), opens the 2022-2023 academic year with an exhibition from the Summer II ARTS1101 – Introduction to Studio class titled Sunprint Collages. The exhibition features student artists Aliyah Weaver, Alix Roy, Teal Caudle, Eddy Kwon, and Ari Pande. The course is...
Department of Art welcomes El Mahaba Center with Live-Streamed events; part of the curated Middle Eastern Gallery Program
Jul. 20, 2022—Currently on view in Space 204, The Water-Carrier Died – an exhibition from three members of the Nashville Coptic Egyptian community, fills the gallery space with imagery, video, and sound. The works of Keira Nashed, Bassam Habib, and Mohsen Ramsis bring forward a community perspective that is underrepresented in the city and has been working...
Coop Gallery opens new video exhibition in collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s “Arts, and the Middle East: Building Bridges to the Global and the Local program; Space 204 Gallery
Jun. 13, 2022—Coop Gallery writes: In collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s “Arts, and the Middle East: Building Bridges to the Global and the Local” 2022-2023 initiative COOP Gallery is pleased to present “Abracadabra” video works by three Middle Eastern female artists. The goal of the Middle East art initiative is to raise awareness of the Middle East and...
2022 summer exhibition, The Water-Carrier Died, on view in Space 204
Jun. 13, 2022—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and the Space 204 Gallery present the summer exhibition The Water-Carrier Died – a group exhibition of Tennessee Middle Eastern artist in the Nashville and surrounding community. The exhibition will be on view from June 13 to August 30, 2022. Curated by Qais Assali, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor...
The Department of Art announces the 2022 Hamblet Award Recipients
Apr. 18, 2022—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to annouce the recipients of the 2022 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
Keep It Together! Senior Show 2022 on view April 15 – May 13
Apr. 10, 2022—The doors between the gallery spaces of Space 204 will slide open on Friday, April 15, to showcase the hard work of Vanderbilt University’s graduating studio art majors and their Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet senior thesis exhibitions collectively titled “Keep It Together!” The exhibitions will be on display from Friday, April 14 thru Friday, May...
‘A Letter to a Friend’ (Emily Jacir) – Film Screening Event
Mar. 15, 2022—The Deparment of Art at Vanderbilt University presents a screening of A Letter to a Friend, a film by current exhibiting Space 204 artist, Emily Jacir. This event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 2:30PM (CST) in Room 220 of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center at Vanderbilt University. Description: A close friend...