Programs

Visual Arts

“Making, viewing, and discussing art brings us together and offers modes of connection—it defines us, reflects on where we've been, and imagines where we might go.”

— Pam Lins

The Program in Visual Arts introduces students to the studio arts in the context of a liberal arts education. Offering courses in painting, drawing, graphic design, photography/digital photography, film/video, and sculpture, the program provides enrolled students extensive contact with an accomplished faculty as well as access to technical, analog, and digital labs including darkrooms, ceramics facilities, welding and mold-making areas, a letterpress studio, film editing bays, and a renovated theater for 35 mm and 16 mm film projections. The Visual Arts program occupies the entire historical building located at 185 Nassau Street.

Students who are interested in concentrating in Visual Arts can earn their bachelor’s degree in The Practice of Art (PA) with a focus on Visual Art through the Department of Art & Archaeology or through the Visual Arts Minor done in conjunction with another major. Members of either cohort can follow our dedicated film track. Both Practice of Art majors and Visual Arts minors enjoy 24/7 access to shared studio loft spaces as juniors and spacious, semi-private studios as seniors. Throughout the year, student work is exhibited in the Lucas Gallery, the Hurley Gallery, the newly renovated Hagan Gallery, and the James Stewart Film Theater.

Employing an interdisciplinary and multi-media approach, the Program in Visual Arts encourages general students to enrich their education with art-making experience (and the attendant questions and meta-perspectives that offers), and for concentrators to weave different art-making modalities and media into their overall practice.

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Upcoming Visual Arts Events

Browse the events calendar to see all upcoming events from the Program in Visual Arts or arts partners across campus.

 

Current Visual Arts Exhibitions

 

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Senior Work

5 black and white photographs hang on clips on white gallery walls.

Millstone is a solo photographic exhibition by Jasper Waldman ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7, 2025. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A landscape photograph hangs from silver clips on the wall of a gallery

Millstone is a solo photographic exhibition by Jasper Waldman ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7, 2025. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A topographical diagram and map hangs on a wall with tools and boots placed on a pedestal below it.

Millstone is a solo photographic exhibition by Jasper Waldman ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7, 2025. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A gallery room with abstract sculptures on metal pedestals and monochrome artworks on the walls are on display.

Disrupting Binaries, an exhibition of recent works by Schuyler Saint-Phard is on view in the Hurley Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A series of abstract sculptures on metal pedestals are on view in a gallery.

Disrupting Binaries, an exhibition of recent works by Schuyler Saint-Phard is on view in the Hurley Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7. Photo by Jon Sweeney

An abstract sculpture on a metal pedestal is on view with monochrome artwork on the walls.

Disrupting Binaries, an exhibition of recent works by Schuyler Saint-Phard is on view in the Hurley Gallery from Feb. 24 - March 7. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Art gallery with wall-mounted artworks, a hanging sculptural installation, face projection, and a dress on a mannequin.

Practice of Art major Audrey Zhang ’25 presents Immortality, an exhibition of new work in sculpture, painting, film, and multimedia on view in the Hurley Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Exhibition space with a dress on a mannequin and a projected video of a person with a flute.

Practice of Art major Audrey Zhang ’25 presents Immortality, an exhibition of new work in sculpture, painting, film, and multimedia on view in the Hurley Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Intricate flower-like art installation with geometric, illuminated petals and cascading sheer fabric.

Practice of Art major Audrey Zhang ’25 presents Immortality, an exhibition of new work in sculpture, painting, film, and multimedia on view in the Hurley Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Mixed-media artwork with colorful textured fabric and expressive painted faces.

Monster Mash is an exhibition of both painterly and sculptural works by senior Caroline Weaver ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Abstract humanoid figure made from materials like boxes and wires, with hanging CDs in the foreground.

Monster Mash is an exhibition of both painterly and sculptural works by senior Caroline Weaver ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Mixed-media artwork of a stylized human face and an arm on a white wall.

Monster Mash is an exhibition of both painterly and sculptural works by senior Caroline Weaver ’25 on view in the Lucas Gallery from March 17-28. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Cylinders hang from the ceiling of a gallery with other artwork on the walls and floors.

locus is an exhibition of recent work by architecture major and visual arts minor Corey Segal ’25 on view from March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Ceramic tiles and boxes with glazed surfaces and images, mounted on a white wall.

locus is an exhibition of recent work by architecture major and visual arts minor Corey Segal ’25 on view from March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Ceramic sculptures in a gallery, featuring organic shapes in cream, brown, green, and blue glazes on a white plinth.

locus is an exhibition of recent work by architecture major and visual arts minor Corey Segal ’25 on view from March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Large cylinders are suspended from the ceiling of a gallery space as other artworks hangs on the wall.

Sequin Dog Star, an exhibition by Lily Turri and locus, an exhibition by Corey Segal are both on view in the Hagan Gallery, March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jaclyn Sweet

Two photos hang on the wall of a gallery

Sequin Dog Star is an exhibition of recent work by architecture major and visual arts minor Lily Turri ’25 on view in the Hagan Gallery, March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jaclyn Sweet

A photo hangs on the wall of a gallery.

Sequin Dog Star is an exhibition of recent work by architecture major and visual arts minor Lily Turri ’25 on view in the Hagan Gallery, March 24 - April 4. Photo by Jaclyn Sweet

Chains are suspended from the rafters and positioned on the floor of a large gallery space

Metalogue, a solo exhibition of new work by Sophie Main, a Practice of Art major in the Department of Art & Archaeology on view in the Hurley Gallery, March 31 - April 11. Photo by Jaclyn Sweet

Chains are suspended from the rafters and positioned on the floor of a large gallery space

Metalogue, a solo exhibition of new work by Sophie Main, a Practice of Art major in the Department of Art & Archaeology on view in the Hurley Gallery, March 31 - April 11. Photo by Jaclyn Sweet

Art gallery with photographs on a white wall, featuring a profile of a person with prayer beads.

An exhibition of recent works by Noreen Hosny '25 and Kelsey Champeau '25 titled, can you see through it all now?, on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 7 - 18. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Art installation with panels of printed images, fish on the left and an interior scene on the right, with a container and rolls on the floor.

An exhibition of recent works by Noreen Hosny '25 and Kelsey Champeau '25 titled, can you see through it all now?, on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 7 - 18. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Abstract art installation with a colorful wall piece and a tangled wire floor sculpture.

Sticker is an exhibition of recent work by German major and visual arts minor Magnus von Ziegesar ’25 on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 21-25. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Metal art installation with red flower like petals hangs from a gallery wall.

Sticker is an exhibition of recent work by German major and visual arts minor Magnus von Ziegesar ’25 on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 21-25. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Paintings hang on a wall in a gallery.

Over the same old ground, a solo exhibition of new work by Neuroscience major and visual arts minor Marie Sirenko, is on view in the CoLab from April 14-25. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A painting on a wall featuring a person looking out over a landscape near a car door.

Over the same old ground, a solo exhibition of new work by Neuroscience major and visual arts minor Marie Sirenko, is on view in the CoLab from April 14-25. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Painting of a headless male nude on a narrow canvas in a gallery.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ is a solo exhibition of recent work by Dana Corbo ’25, a Practice of Art major in the Department of Art and Archaeology on view from April 21 - May 2, in the Lucas Gallery. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Art exhibition with paintings of various body parts on a white wall.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ is a solo exhibition of recent work by Dana Corbo ’25, a Practice of Art major in the Department of Art and Archaeology on view from April 21 - May 2, in the Lucas Gallery. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Art gallery with modern artworks on a wooden floor, including a piece titled "Wooly Lear" and various colorful structures.

Garage Sale, an exhibition of recent work by molecular biology major and visual arts minor Lea Casano-Boris ’25, is on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 28 - May 2. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A mannequin head wearing 3D glasses within a wall of red Wawa cups.

Garage Sale, an exhibition of recent work by molecular biology major and visual arts minor Lea Casano-Boris ’25, is on view in the Hagan Gallery from April 28 - May 2. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A hoop with cords and tubes hanging from it is suspended in the center of a gallery space with other artwork and projections on the walls.

None of These Works is Original is an exhibition of new work by Isadora Alsadir Knutsen ’25 on view in the Hurley Gallery from April 28 - May 9. Photo by Jon Sweeney

A large tapestry hangs from the ceiling of a large gallery space.

None of These Works is Original is an exhibition of new work by Isadora Alsadir Knutsen ’25 on view in the Hurley Gallery from April 28 - May 9. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Sculptures and wall projections in a dark studio.

Nopalitos caseros: creating our future is a solo exhibition of recent work on view in the Hagan Gallery from May 5-9 by Rodrigo Galindo-Tejeda ’25 and JRFK. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Projections are shown on sculptures and artwork in a studio.

Nopalitos caseros: creating our future is a solo exhibition of recent work on view in the Hagan Gallery from May 5-9 by Rodrigo Galindo-Tejeda ’25 and JRFK. Photo by Jon Sweeney

Browse a student film showcase of senior films produced since 2003

 

VIS Book 2025

View the Princeton Visual Arts 2025 book. Design by Ben Denzer.

Questions?

For more information about the Program in Visual Arts, please contact the Program Associate Kristy Seymour at 609-258-2788 or kseymour@princeton.edu, or consult a directory of program staff.