The Galleries will reopen on September 26 for the Fall 2025 exhibitions. Join us on October 9 at 4:30 pm for an Artist Talk by Janis Mars Wunderlich with reception to follow. 

Current Exhibitions - Fall 2025

Friday, September 26 – Friday, November 21  

Women in Rare Books

Leech Gallery  

An exhibition of rare books from the Richmond Collection curated by Alex Whaley ’27. Completed as an LU Research Fellow in summer 2025, Alex’s work with the collection was supported by Susan Nelson Goldsmith ‘65. Alex delves into editions by women authors in the collection (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, and Harriet Beecher Stowe) to examine their presences and absences within book history.  

First edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, in three volumes with brown marbled covers and a black case for the volumes labeled "AUSTEN," numbered I, II, III, with "1813" printed beneath in gold. All against a black background.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 3 volumes, First Edition, 1813, Richmond Collection of Rare Books, 2017.03.03 a-c

Janis Mars Wunderlich, ceramics and paintings

Hoffmaster Gallery  

Janis Mars Wunderlich grew up in a large Mormon family with Amish cousins in Northeastern Ohio. Her detailed ceramic sculptures and paintings capture the dualities and complexities of being human, inspired by ancient ceramic story-telling figurines and her Cherokee Folk Artist step-grandfather, Edwin George. Wunderlich blends animal, plant, and other natural elements in her narrative figures to celebrate nurturing, reciprocity, resilience, and the spiritual connectedness of all things. Wunderlich is a mother of five grown children and has four grandchildren. Along with her passion to make art, she is also a marathon runner, lap swimmer, bow-hunter, and an associate professor of art at Monmouth College, where she teaches ceramics, creative processes, and art history. She spends much of her time with her husband and best friend Grant on their rural Illinois farm and woodlands.

a multicolor ceramic sculpture of a woman sitting cross legged with birds and small mammals sitting on and around her.

Janis Mars Wunderlich, Voice of the Woods, 2023, Ceramic and underglaze

The Lawrence University Art Collection

Kolher Gallery  

This exhibition of works in the Lawrence University Art Collection will remain on view during most of the academic year, from September to May. A new direction for the gallery schedule, this exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of the collection, built from donations by generous alumni and friends of LU, and connects it concretely to curriculum across the university. The exhibition is organized around four themes: Light, More Light!, Displacement, the Unknown, and Empowerment, which have been conceptualized and curated by Val Muzzarelli ‘27 as a LU Research Fellow in summer 2025. Exemplary artworks by well-known historical and contemporary artists will also be on view. The exhibition will change slightly over the course of the year, so be sure to return often to see new objects. 

Collage of four artworks: abstract patterns, a Japanese scene with lava and boats, colorful modern shapes, and reflective glass objects

Details from left to right: Untitled [Blue Squiggles], late 20th Century; Hiroshige, Great Fireworks Display at Ryogoku Bridge, 1861; Frances Myers, Perils on Land and Sea, 1980s; Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Dots II, 2008