Spring 2026 Hite Exhibition Guide

Hite Institute of Art + Design

Spring 2026

Exhibition Guide

Cover Image: Michael Webster, White Walled Fountain, 2021 fountain pump, water, tire, cooler, level, ratchet strap, “mother’s memories” mug, cabriolet legs, spray paint 60 x 60 x 40 with pedestal

At a Glance:

Spring Calendar of Exhibitions and Events Schneider Hall Exhibitions Paired Influence: MFA Student’s Selections from the University Collection January 7 - February 20, 2026 Little Fictions January 15 - February 20, 2026 Scholastic Silver Key and Honorable Mention March 2 - 28, 2026 Closing Reception: Thursday March 26 | 5-7 PM Spring BFA Thesis Exhibition April 16 - April 30, 2026 Reception: Thursday April 16 | 5-7 PM

Cressman Center Exhibitions Maybe Kudzu Covering My Body: Camouflage in the South January 9 - February 28, 2026 MISSING: When East Village Artists Came to Main Street March 20 - May 2, 2026 Reception: Friday March 20 | 5-7 PM MFA Graduates Exhibition May 15-June 27, 2026

Schneider Hall Galleries Paired Influence: MFA Student’s Selections from the University Collection January 7 - February 20, 2026

In Paired Influence, Hite Institute of Art + Design MFA Candidates select artwork from the University Collection that shares their creative interests—through materials, style, or concept. Those pieces are then paired with their own work so viewers can explore the overlapping themes and concepts present amongst the groupings. Exploring how artists are influenced by and react to each other’s work, Paired Influence offers a glimpse at the universal styles and ideas that unite artist across time and the world.

Featuring work by students, Nahla Joy, Oliver Krueger, Kristine Moss, and Michaela Weick, alongside collection pieces by Edward Glannon, Paul Klee, Barry Moser, Ad Reinhardt, Utagawa Toyokuni, Sylvia Wald and more.

Above Left: Pol Bury, Disque Carre Bleu Orange, ND, color etching, UofL Art Collection; Above Right: Kristine Moss, Mars I (Magic Squares series), 2025, oil on unstretched canvas, 35 x 35 inches Right page: School of Salvatore Rosa, Battle Scene, 1660, oil on canvas, University of Louisville Art Collection (Acc. No. 1955.01.04)

Little Fictions

January 15 - February 20, 2026 Drawing from the University’s rich art collection, Little Fictions explores the role of storytelling in the visual arts. Over centuries artists have used their craft to bring myths and histories to life, explore abstract ideas, or use a landscape to reflect the mood, values, and culture of the time.

Scholastic Silver Key and Honorable Mention March 2 - March 28, 2026

Closing Reception: Thursday March 26, 2026 | 5-7pm

Spring 2026 BFA Thesis Exhibition April 16 -April 30, 2026

Reception: Thursday April 16, 2026 | 5-7 PM

Cressman Center Maybe Kudzu Covering My Body: Camouflage in the South

January 9-February 28, 2025

In Maybe Kudzu Covering My Body, we gather eighteen contemporary artists and collaborators working across video, painting, textiles, installation, sculpture, and archival/research practices to explore camouflage as subject, action, metaphor, visual reference, or by actively camouflaging.

Artists include: Adam Eddy, Alex Schechter, Ashley Rabanal, borealis, Brooks Harris Stevens, Dana Potter, Elle Hendrickson, Jacob Riddle, Katherine Van Drie, Katie Hargrave + Meredith Laura Lynn, Kevin Kao, Max Trumpower, Michael Borowski, Michael Webster, Rachel lin Weaver, Raymond Thompson, and Zen Cohen. Curated by Megan Bickel.

MISSING: When East Village Artists Came to Main Street March 20 - May 2, 2025

Reception: Friday March 20 | 5-7 PM

MISSING: When East Village Artists Came to Main Street, is an exhibition that returns to December 1985 when five New York artists traveled to Louisville to stage an unlikely show in a vacant building at 600 East Main Street.

Mounted as a fundraiser for Kentucky’s Child Victims’ Trust Fund, the 1985 Missing Children Show featured new work by David Wojnarowicz, Judy Glantzman, Rich Colicchio, Kiely Jenkins, and Futura 2000. Dubbed “the new irascibles,” this group of artists defined New York’s new East Village avant-garde scene with a mix of graffiti, painterly expressionism, social commentary, and impassioned advocacy. MISSING brings these artists back to Louisville’s Main Street for an exhibition of 1980s art alongside photographs and ephemera from the historic Missing Children Show.

Image (left): Max Trumpower, Double, 2025, Elective fired ceramic, wild soils, slips, glaze, lustre Image (top): The Missing Children Show, 600 East Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 1985. Photo courtesy of the David Wojnarowicz Foundation.

Gallery Locations Schneider Hall Galleries Schneider Hall | University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40208

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30am-4:30pm & Saturdays 11-4pm

Cressman Center for Visual Arts 100 E Main St Louisville, KY 40202 Spring Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays 11-4pm

MFA Galleries 1616 Rowan St Louisville, KY 40203 The Hite Institute of Art + Design has an active exhibition program featuring exhibitions of local, regional, national and international artists to exhibitions of student work from our BA, BFA, MA, and MFA programs. In addition to curatorial and exhibition preparation space, the galleries include approximately 3,300 square feet in Schneider Hall on Belknap Campus and approximately 2,100 square feet at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts in downtown Louisville.

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