The Daura Museum of Art presents stimulating, innovative, and inclusive exhibitions and programs that enhance the academic curriculum, emphasize cross-cultural understanding, provide broad academic experiences, and support collaborative and interdisciplinary opportunities to meet the academic needs of the University and enhance visitors’ on-site and on-line experiences, leading to ongoing engagement with the Gallery.
Exhibitions are scheduled in the Daura Museum and Dillard Lobby Gallery for the academic year. Temporary exhibitions may be planned to correspond with University initiatives, special programs, lectures, events, or symposia scheduled by other academic programs.
Current Exhibitions
Works from the Collection: An Accumulation of Objects Gathered for Study, Comparison, or Exhibition
Gallery I
Artists and artwork include Pierre Daura, Queena Stovall, Georgia Morgan, Umaña, Connie Fox, Marie Tiner, Howard Finster, Annie Tolliver, Beth Shively, African masks, and much more.
Aug. 22 to Dec. 6, 2024
Elena Peteva: Of Ash and Light
Gallery II
Of Ash and Light explores individual, social, and global states through allegorical representation. Subject and material become metaphors, creating a net of meaning. “I strive for a simplified representation that transcends the surface and encourages viewers to pause, examine closely, and contemplate.”
Aug. 29 to Oct. 25, 2024
Looney Tunes: The Animation Art of Chuck Jones
Lobby Gallery
Hand-painted animation cels signed by Chuck Jones, featuring beloved characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester, Tweety, and Wile E. Coyote.
Aug. 22 to Oct. 2, 2024
Past Exhibitions
2024
Pierre Daura: Self-Portraits
A lifetime of artistic practice, viewed through the lens of the self-portrait.
John McCormick: Just a Guy with a Camera
An exhibition of photography by John McCormick celebrating almost 40 years of photojournalism, 13 years of which as a staff photographer at the University of Lynchburg.
Special Programs and Events
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Digital Exhibitions
- Forgotten Markings on Earth: Monacan Burial Mounds of Virginia
- Children’s Art During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital Lectures
- Color in Art
- Catalan Artist Pierre Daura as Exile, Refugee, Naturalized American Citizen Virtual Tour
Disclaimer
The subject matter and themes found in the art of all cultures and all ages often deal with explicit and/or abstract ideas and images that some individuals may find difficult or offensive. Works of art selected for and/or included in exhibitions display significant artistic merit and academic integrity. Exhibitions and associated discussions are frequently quite forthright and challenging, as the content is expressive of diverse social, cultural, religious, and/or individual values.
Assurances
- Exhibitions and public programs support the Museum’s mission;
- Exhibitions and programs are founded on scholarship, marked by intellectual integrity, and subject to academic freedom;
- Exhibitions and programs are accessible and encourage the participation of the widest possible audience consistent with the Museum’s mission and resources;
- Exhibitions and programs respect pluralistic values, traditions, and concerns.
