Exhibition Galleries
The Willson Exhibit Room and Hall Gallery feature rotating visual art exhibitions. Check our calendar for current and upcoming exhibits. You may see everything from local student art to well-known regional artists to traveling exhibitions curated by professionals in their field.
We also organize annual competitions for artists. Open to residents of the area, we include separate divisions for experience levels and ages, each with cash prizes.
2022 – 2023 Exhibit Season
| EXHIBIT | AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING | DETAILS |
| EXPOSURE | July 18 – August 29 | 5th annual photography competition & exhibit |
| Reminiscence: A Selection of Works by Ethel Stone Carroll | September 1 – October 24 | An Exhibition of Collected Works by Ethel Carroll |
| Free Hill: Renewal and Rememory | October 26 – December 12 | An Exhibit by Xandr Brown of Rural Strategies |
| Student Art Show | October 26 – December 12 | An Annual Art Exhibit and Competition for Middle School Through College Students |
| A View from the Sycamore | December 15 – February 6 | An Exhibit by Marie Spaeder Haas |
| Fresh Perspectives | December 15 – February 6 | An Exhibit of Work by Students of Sandy Brown |
| An Exhibit by Dannita Noble | February 6 – March 17 | More information to Come! |
| Color Is My Middle Name | March 22 – May 1 | An Exhibit by Paul Fontana |
| Art from the H*ART | May 4 – June 23 | An Exhibit by the H*ART Gallery |
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
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Previous Exhibits
EXPOSURE, 2022
Open Exhibit, 2022
Familial Recollection: An Exhibit by Mandy Wilson, 2022
Artist Bill Borwick: Carving Out Life, 2022
SHINE LANGUAGE FLUENT: An Exhibit by Jody Harris, 2022
Strange Narratives, 2021
High School and College Student Art Show, 2021
Exposure, 2021
50th Anniversary Celebration: An Exhibition of the Eastern Tennessee Members of the Tennessee Watercolor Society, 2021
Free Play: An Exhibit by Bradley Wilson, 2021
Mercylicious: Art as the Antidote to Boredom, 2021
Combined Regional College Student & High School Art Show, 2021
Hattie Boyd: Life & Story, 2021
Exposure, 2021
Life in 2020, 2020
Visual Arts Committee Exhibit, 2020
Regional College Student Art Show, 2020
SAPIYKUNAPAQ: My Roots, Mis Raíces, 2020
Open Exhibit, 2020
Behind the Scenes, 2019
Exposure, 2019
The Magic of Watercolor, 2019
Broadly Speaking, 2019
High School Art Show, 2019
Annual Regional College Student Art Show, 2019
Rochambeau Drawings 2012-2013, 2019
Re-imagined 2018
Upside Down and Inside Out 2018
Exposure 2018
High School Art Show 2018
Regional College Student Art Show 2018
The Process: AACA Students and Teachers
Building America
A Glimpse Through the Artist’s Eye
Surface Geographies
Reflections: An exhibit by Mark Mcleod
High School Art Show 2017
Regional College Student Art Show 2017
Shades: An Exhibit by Charlie Newton
One World: Annual Themed Exhibit
Follow Innocence: an exhibit by Richard Whitehead
Everyone Needs Art: an exhibit by Jalyn Weston
Made Here: An exhibit by AACA Students and Teachers
High School Art Show 2016
Regional College Student Art Show 2016
Gospel Quilts: A Quilt Concert by Karen Malone
Creative Harvest: The Art of Agriculture
Sandy Brown: Recent Works
Me and the Gazelle: Angela Dittmar Posey
Painter, Pioneer: The Life of Goldie Denton Mayfield
High School Art Show 2015
Regional College Student Art Show 2015
Art of Recycling
Roots of Our Art: Collected Works by Athens’ Own