Hite Institute of Art + Design
Summer 2025
UNIVERSITY
Schneider Hall Galleries
Queer Convergence:
Figurative Abstraction in Contemporary Art
May 15 - August 21, 2025
Closing Reception: Thursday August 21 | 4-6 PM
Schneider Hall Galleries | Gallery X University of Louisville
Queer Convergence brings together the works of contemporary artists Drew Scanlon, Lalana Fedorschak, and Joshua Jenkins to reimagine the human body through a queer lens. Using abstract forms where bodies blur, overlap, and merge, the exhibition centers the body as a site for physical change through connection.
Image: Joshua Jenkins, The Foggy Mnt. Kick Back, 2023-2024, 60 x 48 x 1.5, Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas Cover: Robert Willet, Red River, ND, Oil on canvas, University of Louisville Art Collection
Summer time
Student Show & Collections Highlights
May 15 - August 21, 2025
Closing Reception: Thursday August 21 | 4-6 PM
Schneider Hall Galleries | Belknap Gallery
Our two-part exhibition Summertime features work from undergraduate students alongside pieces from the University Permanent Art collection.
The Student Exhibition is a small non-juried show highlighting the current themes and processes our undergraduates are engaged with.
Collection Highlights presents work that explores the colors, themes, and moods of Summer. A magical time of year, Summertime is often associated with long days and long breaks, smoky campfires, fresh fruit, fireflies, outdoor games, and adventures.
Images: Stow Wengenroth, Paul Cezanne, Jose Claudio Corbiniano, Lucille Allen, and Alma Lesch
Cressman Center
MFA Graduates Exhibition
John Clay Annabela Cockrell
John Day
Eisey Eisenhardt
May 23 - July 18, 2025
Reception: Friday May 23 | 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Thursday July 17 | 11:30am
Robert Graham Carter: The Art of Reflection
August 1 - September 29, 2025
Reception: Friday August 1 | 5-7 PM
The Hite Institute of Art + Design is thrilled to host Robert Graham Carter: The Art of Reflection at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts this Fall 2025.
Robert Graham Carter (American, b. 1938) is a visual artist best known for his mixed-media works including commanding drawings; sculptural, high-relief paintings; and whimsical works on wood. Carter’s figurative compositions routinely speak to systemic societal issues with a specificity derived from his lived experiences. Created over the last sixty years drawing influence from his upbringing in the Jim Crow South, Robert’s figurative compositions balance personal and universal truths, with a focus on topics pertinent to the African-American condition: the joy and importance of family, the legacy of segregation, the charm of childhood, the spiritual and corporal force that is the Black church, and the impression of Blackface on American culture. This 2025 presentation explores his studio practice and his unique painterly voice as it traces overarching impactful themes from his lifelong career.
Conceived in direct collaboration with the artist, this exhibition is curated by Sarah Battle, research curator at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, with support from Camille Pratt, artist, and digitization specialist at Digital Transitions-Pixel Acuity.