Wriston Art Galleries

Mission of the Wriston Art Galleries

The mission of the Wriston Art Galleries is to strengthen Lawrence University's liberal arts education and outreach by stimulating thought, inspiring creativity, providing insight, and inviting contemplation by students, faculty, staff, and the community through interaction with the original works of art and cultural objects that the galleries exhibit and collect.

Three Exhibition Spaces

Wriston galleries are comprised of three exhibition spaces and feature work by contemporary artists, selections from the collection, the annual Senior Art Show, and more. An interdisciplinary space, exhibitions strive to connect to curricula in all areas of campus from the College to the Conservatory.

Explore Works on View

A man in a black t-shirt seen from behind as he holds a magnifying glass up to a drawing with tiny text on a long white piece of paper.

Art Collection

Through gifts from generous alumni and friends of Lawrence University, our art collection contains around 6,000 objects: prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures, as well as print media, coins, textiles, and ritual and vernacular objects.

More about the art collection