Past Exhibitions

Gallery Walk-N-Talk Presentations:

The Clara M. Lovett Art Museum,  in conjunction with the NAU School of Art and Design presents two opportunities to hear direct from some of the artists in the 2023 School of Art + Design.

• Time/Date: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  October 13, 2023.
• Presenters: Spence Townsend, Helen Hawley, J.R. MacKenzie, Christopher Taylor, Jaewook Lee, and Elisa Wiedeman.

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• Time/Date:4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  November 16, 2023.
• Presenters: Tai Lipan, Kyoungmee “Kate” Byun, Barbara Ryan Gartin, David Politzer, Vincent Caranchini.

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The NAU Art Museums’ Clara M. Lovett Art Museum is proud to participate in a multi-venue exhibition:

Things Not Seen: Art and Healing through Narratives of Hope, Grief, Loss, and Struggles for Self-Acceptance

Venue and events dates:

Reception at the Beasley Gallery 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2022

Reception at the Murdoch Community Center, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on… Read more

We are excited to announce our newest exhibition, the 2022 School of Art Faculty Exhibition. The exhibition will open to the public on February 8, 2022, and will be available through April 23, 2022. This exhibition features works by NAU faculty members representing a variety of media and styles.

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Our current exhibition, Reunion, is a metaphorical gathering of old friends and a celebration of life, featuring artworks from the Aaron M. Macy Memorial collection and the NAU Art Museum’s permanent collection. Reunion offers a glimpse at a group of artists, their connections to each other, and Northern Arizona University, as seen through examples of their work.

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Exhibition Dates: September 10 – November 23, 2019

Eric Conrad employs resolutely “anti-art” materials such as cast-off clothing, team mascots and cheap souvenirs to create sculptures that are simultaneously funny, creepy and surprisingly moving. His works, which typically involve multiple figures in awkward situations, evoke the general confusion of life, love, thwarted desires and mistaken signals. The inherently democratic nature… Read more