Kipp Gallery and the Kipp Gallery Annex, located in Sprowls Hall, offer a variety of art exhibits throughout the year including touring exhibits, invitationals, and works by advanced students in the Department of Art.
Other exhibits and art events are offered by the University Museum.
View the Events Calendar for Lively Arts.
November 26–December 14, Reception Tuesday, November 27, 5:00 p.m., Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
Through the creation of abstract drawings, inspired by the arrangement of industrial material and the construction of architecture, Kara Skylling’s work explores the patterned repetition of our built landscape.
January 29–March 7, Reception January 29, 5:00 p.m., Artist talk 6:00 p.m., Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
This one-woman group show is a collection of recent works that in totality strive against sameness and toward variousness, permeability, contamination, and mutability.
April 6–May 4, Reception March 30, 6:00 p.m.; University Museum, First Floor Sutton Hall, Kipp Gallery and Annex Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
Concurrent exhibitions showcasing works by the spring 2019 Master of Fine Arts candidates from IUP’s Art Department. The exhibits are presented across three campus venues in Sutton and Sprowls halls.
May 2–11, Reception May 2, 5:00 p.m.; Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
The annual exhibition showcases an impressive collection of visual artwork of the university’s graduating art students.
September 11–October 5, 2018; Reception September 11, 5:00–7:00 p.m, Artist talk 6:00 p.m. Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
Using contemporary and salvaged architectural materials, Doug McGlumphy creates large-scale sculptures that pay tribute to the working class. McGlumphy chooses the form of traditional monuments to begin his tribute to the “regular guy.”
October 15–November 12, Reception October 16, 5:00–7:00 p.m., Artist talk 6:00 p.m., Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
Artist Andy Byers will be presenting a multi-disciplinary show with works in sculpture, photography, costume design, film, and performance. The One Who Sleeps On His Breath investigates the life of artist and photographer Edward S. Curtis as well as Byers’ own life and practices.