Art Galleries
EMU is home to several art galleries, including the Margaret Martin Gehman Art Gallery in University Commons, the Hartzler Gallery in Sadie A. Hartzler Library, and the student gallery in Common Grounds coffeehouse, near the thriving Visual and Communications Arts program offices and advanced media lab.
Artist Showcases 100 Faces, 100 Stories
April 26th, 2013The “art of aging” took on new meaning for Molly Kraybill, a senior photography major from Lancaster, Pa., who photographed women ages 1-100 for her senior art show, “One Hundred.” The show premiered on April 20, 2013, in the Margaret Martin Gehman art gallery. Kraybill traveled around campus and Harrisonburg taking photos of women in …More
Student Academy Award Winning Artist to Premiere Work at EMU
January 25th, 2013Tal Shamir, a 2011 Student Academy Award winner, will premiere his latest video installation, “Di-Framing Vermeers,” on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Margaret Martin Gehman Art Gallery at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The installation will include raw footage from Shamir’s 2011 Academy Award winning film, “The Vermeers.” Shamir proposes to exhibit Jan …More
Paintings, Pottery and Photography Combine in a “Beautiful Peace”
November 2nd, 2012Paintings, pottery, photography and art come together in a show by Lisa Schirch, peacebuilding artist and practitioner-in-residence, on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m., in the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) library gallery. “Pax Bellissima,” which means “beautiful peace” in Latin, uses three mediums to illustrate and articulate the use of arts as a practice of …More
Gehman Speeding Beyond 90
May 30th, 2012Margaret Martin Gehman continues to be a pacesetter as she embarks on her ninth decade as one of Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) leading philanthropists and a beloved professor emerita. Affectionately known as “Speedy” for her decades of fast-paced walking in and around EMU’s campus, Gehman celebrated her 90th birthday on May 24, 2012, among friends …More
Senior Shows Open with Dynamic Multimedia Exhibit
March 16th, 2012A dynamic multimedia exhibition combining digital media, stained glass and a collage of digital photography will open the 2012 senior art show season on Saturday, March 17, at 4 p.m. Conrad Yutzy and Justin Roth, students in the Visual and Communication Arts (VaCA) students at Eastern Mennonite University, will open the shows in the Margaret …More