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Welcome to the Art & Art History Department and Greiner Art Gallery Website

The Department of Art and Art History at Hanover College offers a major and a minor in each area: Studio Art and Art History. The small student-to-faculty ratios ensure individual attention to discover their strength while the creative and nurturing environment encourages students can inspire one another.

The Greiner Art Gallery at Hanover College provides the community with visual art exhibtions in a professional setting. Each year, the exhibition season features a diverse line-up of artists and artistic styles. The gallery also offers opportunities to get to know the artists through a series of Special Events including demonstrations, lectures, and seminars.

Departmental News and Events:

Thanks to the fincial support from alumnae Raluca Preotu, Hanover Spanish major and Art History Minor, the annual Hanover College Art History Writing Prize started in 2009. There are two awards this year, one from Dr. John Martin's and one from Dr. Xiaolong Wu. Each professor selected three papers as finalists from his own classes and these three papers were exchanged with names concealed. Thus, the winners were selected by the other faculty member.

Congratulations to Dani Miller and Jenna Larson are the 2013 Hanover College Art History Writing Prize reciepents!
Dani Miller was selected for her paper on Contemporary African artist El Anatsui.
Jenna Larson was selected for her paper on Gerard Richter's Untitled.
Jenna is a sophomore Art History major.

In the mid 60's, Mary Louise Greiner, a local Madison resident and artist donated an extensive Modern Art collection to Hanover College. Along with this donation, She also set up an endowment for the art department. Every year it is Ms. Greiner's wish that a student work of art is purchased for the permanent art collection. Over the years it has been our good fortune through this award to purchase fine examples of outstanding student works. This award not only benefits the future students of Hanover College; it also financially supports emerging young artists.

Congratulations to Nadia Wise for her sculpture being selected as the 2013 Greiner Art Competition and Purchase Award!
Nadia's sculpture My Version is a reductive plaster sculpture inspired by Constantin Brancusi's artwork Newborn, 1915. Nadia is a junior Studio Art and Education double major. Her sculpture, My Version, is on display in the lobby of the Center for Fine Arts Building

The Independent Colleges of Indiana sponsored a student art show that featured the work of one student form each campus that participates in ICI. The exhibit was on display in Indianapolis through April 8 and concluded during The Indiana Academy Annual Dinner Celebration. Nadia Wise, a junior Studio Art and Education double major, was selected to represent Hanover College by submitting her sculpture titled My Version.

Leticia R. Bajuyo will be exhibiting in Biennial 27 at the South Bend Museum of Art in.
The juror for Biennial 27 was Lisa D. Freiman, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Exhibition dates: July 6 - October 6, 2013
Reception for the exhibition on August 2, 5:00-7:30pm.

Annual President Honors the Arts and the Student Silent Art Auction
President Honors the Arts Friday, April 13, 7pm
Art Auction bids end after President Honors the Arts concludes

Winter Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition gallery talks:
Senior Studio Art majors Kyle Hunteman, Stephanie Proffitt, and Jintao Tan
Reception and gallery talks: Friday, April 5th, 5-7 pm with gallery talks beginning at 5:30.

Jessica K. Whitehead, Hanover College Art History major, graduated in 2011
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
Jessica Whitehead curated KENTUCKIANA SUBLIME: HARLAN HUBBARD AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NATURE
Exhibition Dates: March 14-June 9, 2013

Greiner Art Gallery Lecture Series presents:
JILL BEDGOOD - Books of Hours: Interventions
Friday, January 11th – Wednesday, February 20th
Reception and Lecture: Friday, January 11th, 5-7pm with lecture beginning at 5:30

Fall Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition gallery talks:
Senior Studio Art majors Emily Hempstead and Lisa Hoepf
Reception and Gallery talks: Friday, December 7th, 5-7 pm with gallery talks beginning at 5:30.

Greiner Art Gallery Lecture Series presents:
ROBERT HORVATH (paintings and porcelain)
B.F.A.   Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
M.F.A.   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Reception and Lecture: Friday, Nov 16th, 5-7pm with Artist lecture starting at 5:30pm

Greiner Art Gallery Lecture Series presents:
Brent Cole, Associate Professor of Glass at Ball State University
B.F.A.  The Cleveland Institute of Art
M.F.A.  The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Reception and Lecture: Friday, September 28th, 5-7pm with Artist lecture starting at 5:30pm

Throughout the summer, the Anne Wright Wilson Gallery on the Georgetown College campus in Georgetown, Kentucky will be showing The Hanover Connection, a two-person exhibition featurning Deb Whistler and Leticia R. Bajuyo.
Reception and Gallery talk Friday, September 14th, 12-2pm at Georgetown College