Past exhibitions at McNamara Gallery
Explore past exhibitions on display at McNamara Gallery.
April 24 - May 20
The carte de visite was a popular 19th-century photographic format that included portraits of sitters, served as visiting and business cards, and was used as an advertisement for photo studios. They were traded among friends, collected in albums, displayed on walls and shelves in homes, included in books' frontispieces and exhibited in photo studios' window displays. Each carte de visite was a complex medium of self-promotion and popularization of the photographic portrait and may be regarded as an early form of social media.
March 20 - April 24
Curated by the 2026 Spring Galleries Practices Class taught by Austin Pratt, Crossroads features artwork about journeys and pathways - both literal and metaphorical. Crossroads is a reflection on the path of life, road trips and travel. This group exhibition features work about the people and things we find and meet in our lives and considers the journey as important as the destination.
Feb. 24 - March 20
Wild Flower House pairs the paper-based work of Zach Clark and D. Stevens. Together, this work represents a kind of skepticism of images, combined with a resourcefulness and direct approach to art-making found in both of their practices. Clark's snapshot photography and Stevens' casual drawing hand demonstrate an immediacy of voice, while Stevens' razor-sharp collage compositions and Clark's skilled risograph print knowledge share a sustained and sophisticated craft.
Join us for a reception in McNamara Gallery on March 12 from 5-7 p.m.
Pull Me Apart: Representing the Body in Painting
Dec. 19, 2025 - Feb. 14, 2026
Pull Me Apart: Representing the Body in Painting is a group exhibition featuring work from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø painting students enrolled in Teaching Assistant Professor, Ahren Hertel's, Fall 2025 courses: Painting 2, Intermediate Painting and Advanced Painting.
Artists include: Cassidy Alcorn, Heidi Archdekin, Allie Brown, Kaela Costello, Sarah Ellis, Mik Fershin, Cindy Garcia, Grace Herzog, Erica Hincapie, Gabi Ho, Charzie Janovro, Barbara Laird, Zoa Rich, Elena Rodriguez, Kieran Rymple, Auriana Saechao, Ashley Santiago, Emily Stauss and Riley Waters.