Newcomb Art Events Google Calendar
Fall 2026 Events
Graduate Works in Progress - UNO and Tulane exhibition opening reception: Thurs, Aug. 27, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery On view: Aug. 13 - Sept. 18, 2026.
Studio Essentials: Fall Faculty Exhibition opening reception: Thurs, Oct. 8, 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Carroll Gallery
The Studio Art faculty of the Newcomb Art Department will continue the tradition of showing new work. Professors of Practice, Visiting Professors, Instructors, Lecturers, Adjunct Professors, tenured and tenure-track Professors, and art department staff are all invited to exhibit new work. Exhibition on view: Oct. 6 - 23, 2026.
Fridays at Newcomb: "Newcomb Embroidery: Women's Craft as Profession", Friday, October 9, 12 -1 pm, Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Stern Lecture: By the Saint’s Own Hand: Old Books and the Medieval Art Historical Imagination by Erik Inglis
Thursday, October 22, 6:00 pm, Stone Auditorium
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition opening reception: Thurs., Nov. 5, 5:30 - 7:30 pm with juror comments at 6:00 pm | Carroll Gallery. Annual exhibition open to all Tulane Undergraduate students pursuing a 4-year degree. The guest juror (TBA) will select works from student submissions, and cash awards will be given. Exhibition on view: Nov. 5 - 20, 2026. Student submissions due to gallery: Tues, Oct. 27, 9 am - 3 pm.
MFA Artist Lectures
Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale Friday, Dec. 11: 10 am - 7 pm Saturday, Dec. 12: 10 am - 4 pm | Carroll Gallery. Annual sale benefitting individual artists as well as the various areas of the Newcomb Art Department. Lots of glass, ceramics, jewelry, fiber arts, works on paper, photography, and more!
Spring 2026 Events
Get-to-NOLA Spring Semester Kick-Off Visit: The Gitter-Yelen Collection and the Art of Rinpa
Friday, January 16 , 1:00-4:00 pm
Jer’Lisa Devezin, solo exhibition opening reception Thursday, January 22, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Carroll Gallery
Stern Lecture by Camille Serchuk Tuesday, February 3, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium
Visiting Artists: Teri Walker & Chad Ridgeway February 3rd-4th, Pace-Willson Glass Studio. Supported by the JoAnn Flom Greenberg Fund
Artist Lecture Matt Bollinger Thursday, February 26 Supported by Sandra Garrard Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art
MFA 1 + 2: Emi O’Brochta & Sarah Singh opening reception Friday, Feb. 27, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talk by artists at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery
One-day conference on the architecture of colonial Latin America Friday, March 6
Wednesday, March 18, 6:15-7:30 pm, Stone Auditorium
MFA 3 + 4: Emma Sarver & Gabrielle Garcia Steib opening reception Thursday, March 19, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talks by artists at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery
Art History Trip to NYC Thursday, April 9 - Sunday, April 12
MFA 5: Hope Hickman opening reception Friday, April 10, 5:30 – 7:30 pm (with talk by artist at 6:00 pm), Carroll Gallery
Annual Conference for the Association of Nahuatl Scholars 2026 Conference with presentations and translation workshops.
April 16-18, 9:30 am -5 pm, Jones Hall, Room 100 in the Stone Center
Simmons Lecture: Kate Flint April 16, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium
"The Holt Lecture on Middle American Ethnohistory" by Laura Matthew, Marquette University Friday, April 17, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium
“Navigating Frida Kahlo's Minefields” by James Oles, Wellesley College April 21, 2026, 6pm, Stone Auditorium. Supported by Sandra Garrard Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art
Student Art Awards Night Thursday, April 23, 6 pm, Stone Auditorium
BFA #1 Exhibition reception Thursday, April 23, 6:30 -8:30 - Carroll Gallery
BFA #2 Exhibition reception Tuesday, May 5, 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Carroll Gallery (earlier due to exams)
BA Exhibition reception Thursday, May 14, 2026,⋅5:00 – 6:30 pm, Carroll Gallery
Fall 2025 Events
August 28 On Display: a 21st-century Salon des Refusés
Panel discussion in Stone Auditorium: August 28, 5 - 6 pm, followed by opening reception, 6 – 8 pm. Exhibition coordinated by: Claudia González-Díaz. Co-Curated by: Camila Aguayo, Hailee Corbin, Aine Powers, Maryluna Santos Giraldo
September 30 Angie Jennings: Specter
Exhibition dates: October 1 – 24, 2025
Opening reception: Tuesday, September 30, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
October 16 Conversation: Poetic Gaps: Opacity in the Photographic Imprint
Curators Kaillee Coleman and Fei Xie will be in conversation with local artists featured in the Poetic Gaps exhibition. Light refreshments will be served. 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM, Newcomb Art Museum.
November 6 Teju Cole: Take Lots of Pictures
Sandra Garrard Memorial Lecture, 6 pm, Freeman Auditorium
November 7 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2025, juror: Emily Alesandrini
Opening reception & walkthrough with the juror, 4-6 pm Carroll Gallery
November 11 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center
November 13 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center
November 14 Wave'25 Homecoming: Hot Glass Demo
2-3 pm, Pace-Willson Glass Studio, 125 Woldennberg Art Center
November 14 Wave'25 Homecoming: Casting: The Lost Wax Process and Metal Casting with Ceramic Shell
3-4 pm, Sculpture Foundry, 123 Woldenberg Art Center
November 15-16 Carroll Gallery Open Hours for Wave'25 Weekend
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, 10 am - 4 pm
November 20 MFA Lectures
6 pm, Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center
December 5 MFA Open Studios
6 - 8 pm, Woldenberg Art Center
December 12-13 Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale
Friday, December 12, 10 am – 7 pm -and- Saturday, December 13, 10 am – 4 pm
Spring 2025 Events
January 16 Tenterhooks: Sculpture and Installation by Sarah Kusa, Artist’s talk: 5:00 pm in the Stone Auditorium, followed by a reception at 6:00 pm in the Carroll Gallery. Exhibition on view: Jan. 16 - Feb. 14, 2025.
January 31 Art History Networking Event w/ Visiting Grad Students from UT Austin 1 - 8 pm. Newcomb Art Department will hold a networking event, bringing together Art History grad students from Tulane with Art History grad students from UT Austin for a grad student lunch plus visits to exhibitions and sites in the Prospect Art Triennial.
February 3 "Love and Collaboration in Modern Scandinavian Art," lecture by Bridget Alsdorf, Professor of Modern European Art, Princeton University 6 pm Stone Auditorium, Supported by the Sandra Garrard Fund for Recent Trends in Contemporary Art
February 26 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Robin Haithcoat and Adrien Lee, opening reception 5:30-7:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 6:00 pm
March 18 Visiting Artist in Ceramics: Rebecca Hutchinson, Professor of Art, Ceramics at UMass Dartmouth, Workshop 10 – 12 & 1:30 – 5:00 in room 122, Artist talk 6:30-7:30 in Stone Auditorium. Supported by the Bywater Institute and the Sandra Garrard Fund for Contemporary Art.
March 20 Stern Lecture by Tamar Mayer, "Curating Contemporary Art at a University Museum: Art + Science Collaborations" 6pm Stone Auditorium, Supported by the Altman Program in International Studies & Business.
March 26 Visiting Artist in Glass: Deborah Czeresko hot glass demo 3-6pm, Pace-Willson Glass Studio, artist talk 7pm, Stone Auditorium
March 27 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Theresa Batty and Grace McIntyre-Willis, opening reception 6:30-8:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 7:00 pm
March 28 Introduction to the World of Art Crime: An Investigator’s Perspective lecture by Randolph Deaton IV, Former FBI Special Agent, 1-2:30 pm, Stone Auditorium.
April 4 “Beyond the Retablo: Overlooked Sculpture in Colonial Latin America” 4:00 pm, Greenleaf Conference Room, Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies. A one-day workshop on the art of colonial Latin America that will bring together, in-person, a small group of scholars from different latitudes to Tulane’s historic campus. During our day together, we will present short papers and discuss ideas on the topic “Beyond the Retablo: Overlooked Sculpture in Colonial Latin America.” The rationale is this: across Latin America, the best-known sculptures are those found in original contexts, such as the church retablo and facades, but publics in colonial-era Latin America engaged with a range of sculptural objects that have subsequently been overlooked by the field of art history.
April 10 MFA Thesis exhibitions: Brandon Chavis and Katie Shanks, opening reception 6:30-8:30 pm, with brief gallery walkthrough by the artists at 7:00 pm
April 24 6-8 pm Michael Plante Retirement celebration, Carroll Gallery
April 25 10-12 pm Careers in art history panel discussion with Victoria Barry, Nicole Glimner Dach, Christina Nielsen, Jessie Haynes, Cudd Hall
April 25 Art Awards Night, BFA/BA exhibition opening reception
May 15 BFA/BA exhibition closing reception
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