Welcome!
The Radford University Art Museum system currently utilizes two main gallery spaces: The Art Museum at the Covington Center and the Art Museum on Tyler. While construction for the new Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity is underway, the Department of Design makes use of our two satellite galleries located in Muse Hall and Tyler Hall. Admission is free.
Fall 2023
Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Art Museum at the Covington Center
September 4 through September 23, 2023
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm and Saturday, noon-4 pm.
There is no admission fee and the gallery and reception are open to the public.
Jane Duncan Stogner: A Fifty-Year Retrospective
Art Museum on Tyler (214 Tyler Street)
September 6 through October 5, 2023
Opening reception: Wed. September 6 at 5:00 pm.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am - 5 pm and Saturday, noon - 4 pm.
There is no admission fee and the gallery and reception are open to the public.
Give Your Heart to Art Silent Auction: Paul Frets
The Art Museum at the Covington Center
Tuesday 3 October at 6:00 pm
Join us for an opportunity to own a work from Paul Frets and enjoy an evening of music, hors d'oeuvres and art with an open bar. Tickets ($25 per person) available at https://connect.radford.edu/hearttoart
Paul Frets: An Autumn Retrospective
The Art Museum at the Covington Center
Wednesday 4 October – Saturday 2 December 2023
Reception: Wednesday, October 4, 5:00–7:00pm
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am - 5 pm and Saturday, noon - 4 pm.
There is no admission fee and the gallery and reception are open to the public.
MFA Show
Art Museum on Tyler (214 Tyler Street)
Come see the work produced by our Masters of Fine Arts candidate, Sydne Moseby.
Wednesday 29 November - Wednesday 6 December
Opening reception: Friday 1 December 2023 at 5 pm
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm; Saturday, noon-4 pm
There is no admission fee and the gallery and reception are open to the public.
EVENTS
Selu Scenery Plein Air Workshops
Radford University Art Museum is pleased to introduce the Selu Scenery: Plein Air Workshop Series. Enjoy monthly artist sessions, outdoors at Radford University's Selu Conservancy, an impressive retreat that offers 380 acres of natural beauty and charm.
All workshops are free and open to anyone regardless of previous experience. Artwork created at this workshop may be eligible for the fall 2025 Selu Scenery Exhibition at Radford University Art Museum.
October 28, 2023
Selu Scenery Workshop Date: Saturday 28 October 2023 (Rain Date: Sunday 29 October).
Instructor: Robin Poteet
Workshop title: Beauty in the Details
In late October, the change of seasons will be in the air at Selu. Crisp days. Animals scurrying to prepare for winter. A burst of color in the trees. Perhaps some morning frost. This is a beautiful time of year to calm our mind and reflect on nature’s beauty.”
Robin Poteet is a native Virginian, a long-time watercolorist, a passionate drawer, sketcher and a teacher of workshops locally, nationally and abroad. Join her for a day of exploring techniques and finding noble subjects in the simplest of things around us. Using a sketchbook and small pieces of watercolor paper, Robin will guide participants through the design process, mark making, color choices and the joy of applying brush to paper.
Space is limited, please register in advance.
Contact Radford University Art Museum for further information: RUartmuseum@radford.edu
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
Register Here:
Artwork created at this workshop may be eligible for display at the RU President’s 2023 “Friends of Selu Day” and the 2025 Selu Scenery Exhibition at Radford University Art Museum.
CALLS FOR ENTRY
Call for Entries: Look What We Made Radford Faculty/Staff Art Show
Look What We Made:
An Exhibition of Art by Radford University Faculty and Staff
Call for Entries:
All faculty and staff are eligible.
ENTRIES DUE: Monday September 18 at 11:59 pm.
EXHIBITION DATES: Wednesday October 25 – Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
RECEPTION: Wednesday October 25 from 5-7 pm.
SUBMIT up to three images of your work to be considered for exhibition.
Radford University Art students will select the art for the show. To learn more, use the QR code or click here.
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Charlie Brouwer: All Over the Place
Sometimes art exhibitions tour from one museum to another. This 2023 exhibition will actually be a tour of sculptures installed all over the New River Valley region. Charlie’s artworks will appear in libraries, and churches, on university campuses, community & art centers, in front of historic homes, a coffee shop, galleries, farms and in a front yard. A QR code sign at each site will lead to a website with an interactive map created by the Radford University Art Museum.
About the Artist:
Radford University Professor Emeritus Charlie Brouwer describes himself as an artist in search of beauty, truth, and goodness. His search has been visual, and internal, public and private, local, national and international. His work ranges from large and small-scale sculptures made mostly from wood to monumental installations, and to works on paper or canvas with water-based mediums. He also works collaboratively with other individuals or whole communities making art in ways he could never do alone. His work is philosophical and spiritual, personal and universal, serious and humorous. It is “all over the place.”
More information about the project and the full list of sculptures & sites: Click here.
News
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Pastoral retrospective comes to Radford »
8/31/2023
Radford alumna, Jane Duncan Stogner, returns to the Tyler Gallery on September 5th for a 50 year retrospective on her career as an artist.
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An Interview with Artist Melissa Schappell »
8/8/2023
Artist Melissa Schappell (MFA '20) discusses her art and the contemporary art world with some advice for young artists.
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Radford Art Show draws big crowd »
6/12/2023
The Radford Art Show returned with a packed reception for artists and art lovers from around the region.
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Young Painters Study an Old Master »
4/24/2023
Students in Alexandra Leonetti's Special Topics course on Caravaggio learn how old techniques of light and shadow have a place in their own work.
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Q&A with 3D Artist Will Sawyer »
4/12/2023
Will Sawyer's hands-on, personal approach makes him popular with students of all levels.
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Outdoor Painting Workshops Offered at Selu this Year »
4/10/2023
On April 22, the Radford University Art Museum will offer the first of multiple outdoor workshops open to all painters of all skill levels free of charge.