Wriston Art Galleries

The Wriston Art Galleries are currently CLOSED for installation. The 2026 Senior Art Show will open Friday, May 29th with a reception @ 4:30 pm.

Please join us...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026
4:30 PM IN WRISTON ART CENTER, AUDITORIUM
613 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE (corner of Lawe & Alton)
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, APPLETON, WISCONSIN
ARTIST TALK:
Andy Gambrell, UW-Stevens Point Assistant Professor of Art
DANCE PERFORMANCES BASED ON PAINTINGS BY ANDY GAMBRELL:
Students from Lawrence and UW-Stevens Point
With choreographic work by Susan Gringrasso
OPENING RECEPTION:
Light hors d'oeuvres in the lobby

THURS, Feb 26, 2026 come to the Wriston Art Center between 3:30 and 5:30PM for our annual Petting Zoo! As in years past, Byzantine coins will be on display, and this year we are including illuminated manuscripts as well as works that reference medieval times. This event is free and open to the public!

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Hat's off to Madi!

Meet MA in Art History Alumna Madison Pierson | John Cabot University in Rome Madison Pierson graduated with an MA in Art History in 2020. She is currently the Collections and Gallery Assistant at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin.

The Wriston Art Galleries are closed for the summer ☀️
Join us in Sept. for the Fall 2025 exhibitions!

Please join us tomorrow
at 12:15 pm for June Art@Noon(ish) with the graduating studio art majors!

A huge THANK YOU to our amazing student workers!
Our gallery guards and interns are the best! 🎉🎉

Looking forward to the new exhibitions opening next Friday, April 4, 2025 from 10AM to 4PM!

We are excited for the 2025 Spring Shows!
Apr. 4 through May 17, 2025
A Traveler's Guide to Early Modern Japan,
co-curated by students from History 388
Gustavo Fares, Abstract-Organic
Jiayi Young '94, Beyond Tomorrow: An Artist’s Quest in the Last Decade

Join us for these gallery events:
• A Reading from Groom, a new collection of poems by Austin Segrest
Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 pm
• Gallery Talk with Jiayi Young '94, "Beyond Tomorrow: An Artist's Quest in the Last Decade"
Thursday, April 10 at 4:30 pm
Reception with refreshments to follow.
• Gallery Talk with Gustavo Fares, Professor of Spanish and visual artist Thursday, May 1 at 4:30 pm
• Art @ Noonish, informal tours of the exhibition on Thursdays, April 17 and May 8 at 12:15 pm
Follow us on Facebook or check the LU events calendar for more gallery happenings.

Gallery Hours during academic year exhibitions:
Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
Saturday, 12pm - 4pm
Sunday, closed

Galleries are free and open to the public and located in the Wriston Art Center.
For additional information, please visit our new website.
Questions? Email [email protected].

Images:
Shigetoshi, Uozukushi (An Enumeration of Fishes), 1857, color woodcut, LU art collection, 38.126
Gustavo Fares, Botany 33, 2023, Mixed Media on paper
Jiayi Young, This is my protest: March 18, 2025, Mixed media installation with 2020 US presidential election non-partisan journalist-verified misinformation, digital prints on paper, and laundry racks