Past Exhibitions

Cluster project exhibit. Co-curated by Rachelle Lyons.

What is personhood? How is identity constructed and how does it travel across time and space and memory? What are the echoes of a life? How are we all connected? Artists from multiple genres and media will share found objects and archival materials from a common source, as well as new individual and collaborative work created around/in response to those objects and materials. This collaborative exhibit features four PSU faculty members who are practicing artists.

Highlighting new and recent work by Plymouth State University Art faculty members, this exhibit introduces the campus and community to the innovative explorations going on in faculty studios. The exhibit shines a light on the current and exceptional art being made by PSU Art Faculty members.

The Ogunquit Art Association celebrates its 90th year of gathering together and exhibiting artwork by Maine and New Hampshire based artists. A vibrant mixture of paintings, printmaking, drawing, and photography, this exhibit will highlight the excellence and diversity of these professional artists.

Featuring viewbooks, stereoviews, photographs, glass plate negatives from the MWM collection, as well as stories about how MWM is archiving, digitizing, and sharing the region’s cultural history.

Celebrating the local artist’s life with a selection of the meditative, and vibrant paintings by Christopher Kressy (1936-2016). A color-filled feast that will enrich and inspire. An active faculty member at PSC/PSU from 1968 to his retirement in 1998, Kressy coordinated the painting program, served as department chair and was instrumental in the creation of the BFA studio degree.

Who are the creative workers who enrich our community? How do the arts and creative workers impact local businesses and the region’s economy? How could a collaboration between the arts and businesses help the future of the Plymouth region? This participatory exhibition invites input and ideas that can be woven into a larger plan for the region.

Trees define the state of New Hampshire. What was once a great old growth forest fueled the industrial revolution, and has now regrown to one of the most beautiful forests in the world. New Hampshire is also home to one of the largest collections of covered bridges. Made of the very forests they are nestled within. These relics of a past era stand as a testament to the builders, and the forests from which they are created. Photography Through The Trees illustrates both the covered bridges, and the White Mountain National Forest.

Years of advocacy, negotiation, collaboration, partnership and persistence make the White Mountain National Forest what it is today. The concept of stewardship lies in the heart of the creation and continued conservation of the Forest. This integral part of the regional landscape, clean water, and air, add significant value to the health and wellbeing of northern New England.

The annual capstone exhibits by BFA in Studio Art and BFA in Graphic Design students features the work, passion, and educational journey by PSU senior students. Graphic Design students, whose work is featured in the Silver Center, have been working all year, developing materials for their invented company concept and brand. Studio Art students have been creating a focused body of work in their areas of interest; their work is on display at the Museum of the White Mountains.