Morrissey Gallery


Morrissey Gallery

Inside the Galvin Fine Arts Center

An exhibition space in the lobby of Galvin Fine Arts and Communications Center displays the work of professional artists and students. 

The Morrissey Gallery is named in honor of the Morrissey family, longtime supporters of St. Ambrose University.


Art by Angela Wilson

Angela Wilson: 1000 Sleeping Horses

08/21/2023 - 09/06/2023

These are experimental ink drawings inspired by duality: light and dark,
condensed vs. empty space, and the mundane vs. the extraordinary. There are experiments with hierarchy, sometimes nonlinear time, and unedited mark making. Even the paper's fragility within this process is considered as it references impermanence of a permanent mark.

The images are portraits of family members caught unaware of my gaze, and sometimes imaginings of the supernatural, other times nonsense conjured through streams of consciousness. These are personal icons made tangible through drawing, and installed to create a kind of altarpiece. For me this is a way of paying tribute, in a diaristic way... chronicling the love and wonder present in mundane moments.

Formally, I love to make use of both positive and negative space...experimenting with when to use clarity or detail vs. emptiness or obscurity. The medium of ink adds the additional challenge of one opportunity to make a "perfect" mark without the ability to erase, or paint over. For this reason, the process feels "live" as nothing can be edited. In this way, the drawings are, even more so, recordings of unfiltered moments in time.

Morrissey Gallery Exhibit - Winter, Walk with Me (and other stories)


Graphic: 
B/W high contrast photo with text graphics. The photo shows hands interacting with a lightpad, a black Braille butterfly and transparent Braille paper. 

Text in the lower left corner reads:
Jill Wells
DARK SENSORY SPACES
10.23.24 - 12.15.24
Morrissey + Catich Gallery

DARK SENSORY SPACES | Immersive Sensory Exhibit

10/23/23 - 12/15/23

DARK SENSORY SPACES offers a multi-sensory, immersive experience to explore art in many ways. This dark sensory exhibit celebrates all abilities through sound, silence, color, texture, access, light and dark.

Morrissey Gallery Exhibit - Winter, Walk with Me (and other stories)


Hours

During the Academic Year

Fall and Spring Semesters
Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
closed Sat and Sun


About the Gallery


The gallery has featured art in a wide spectrum of media by artists from all over the country. Students and professional artists alike find the glass exhibition cases to be an engaging venue for the public.

Past and Current Exhibitions



2020-21 Exhibitions

Faculty Exhibition

Exhalation
Landscapes by Rich Legg, PhD


2019-2020 Exhibitions

Alex Ackerman
August 12 - September 21, 2019
Places Seen and Unseen

Sue Coleman
October 14 - November 23, 2019
Earthly Beauty

Rosalind Wilcox
January 13 - March 6, 2020
Finding God in the Dark


2018-2019 Exhibitions

Flourishing Habits
August 17 - September 21, 2018
Works of Artists from Blick Art Materials | Iowa City

Paul Lange
September 28 - November 3, 2018
Drawing From For Inspiration

Carla Markwart
November 9 - December 14, 2018
Chicago Paintings

Ben Blount
January 14 - March 2, 2019
Typecast

Moving Pictures
March 6 - April 12, 2019
Print Portfolio Exchange

2019 Senior Exhibition
April 18 - May 10, 2019


2016-17 Exhibitions

Coney Island
August 17 - September 23, 2016
Heidi Hernandez | Watercolor collage

Pending Vestige
August 17 - September 23, 2016
Nicole Shaver | Watercolor drawings and sketches

[D]rift
September 30 - November 6, 2016
Drift Plain Collective | Handmade paper

Wandern Bird
November 11 - December 15, 2016
Matt Pulford | Paintings and photographs

Pushing Paper
January 10 - February 5, 2017
Dawn Wohlford | Hand cast paper and collage

Star-Crossed Lovers: A Print Portfolio Exchange
February 10 - March 5, 2017
Featuring 16 artists from across the nation

Observation and Inquiry
September 30 - November 6, 2016
Andrew Nordin and Lisa Bergh | Paintings, works on paper, and photographs

2017 Seniors Exhibition
April 20 - May 11, 2017
A Group exhibition featuring all of our graduating Seniors

Contact


Christopher Reno, Director

Morrissey Gallery
Galvin Fine Arts Center
518 W. Locust St.
Davenport, IA 52803
563-333-6444
MorrisseyGallery@sau.edu

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