![An art piece shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230426_184851-rotated-e1683590642171-900x834.jpg)
New art exhibits illuminate underrepresented narratives
The collections fill gaps in W&L representation of Arab American and Chicana artists
![A painting, where a Black woman reaches for an orange, and a white woman lying on her lap gazes at the tree overhead. Both women are wearing patterned dresses.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-5.42.00-PM-676x900.png)
Steinkraus raises environmental awareness with “Impossible Garden”
W&L began Women’s History Month with a lecture on female artists and the environment
![Three people sit at a table, which is covered in shirts and tote bags with the Ukrainian flag colors.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UkraineTablingCat-900x675.jpg)
‘This is my frontline’: W&L student fights for justice and visibility for Ukraine
Tania Kozachanska, '26, partnered with W&L organizations to host "Ukraine Week" and support her home country
![A white artwork with red tubes connecting to five small pickaxes arranged in a circle.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/another-exercise-in-futility-900x675.jpg)
Sam Blanchard’s “Futile State” explores the connection between humans and technology
The contemporary art exhibit features machines that visitors can interact with
![A woman gestures towards a pottery figure in a display case. Two other pottery artworks sit to either side.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MotherClayGalleryTour-882x900.jpg)
W&L museums showcase female artists’ pottery with two new exhibits
The "Born of Fire" and "Mother Clay" exhibits
opened on Feb. 1
![Lechner’s “The Way We Were” represents conceptions of Earth’s culture. Photo by Catherine McKean, ’24](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Amanda-Lechners-_The-Way-We-Were_-2017-depicts-the-Voyager-Golden-Records-sent-to-space-photo-by-Catherine-McKean-24-706x900.jpg)
Amanda Lechner explores social and scientific connection in ‘Terra Ignota: Land Unknown’
Lechner’s paintings explore subjects “beyond the range of human understanding”
![Dibbles thesis is based on dinner parties and includes a video element. Photo by Jess Kishbaugh, 24.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_6578-900x675.jpeg)
Seniors reflect on art thesis exhibition: “Memory & Motion”
The 2022 studio art majors’ final show will remain in Staniar Gallery through April 9
![“Donald Nield: American Surrealist” will be on display in Staniar Gallery from Jan. 10 to Feb. 9.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-01-at-7.54.38-PM-900x673.png)
Staniar exhibit explores the definition of surrealism
American artist Donald Nield’s works merge Old Master painting, surrealism and pop art styles
![Andrew Donchez, ‘17, Murray Manley, ‘18, Sara Dotterer, ‘18 and Hayley Price, ‘18, the administrators of the Wilson Art Organization, work closely together to get their project off the ground.
Photo by Nuoya Zhou, ‘18.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WAO-728x900.jpg)
From Wilson Hall, there’s art for all
The Wilson Art
Organization, a
rising non-profit, makes debut with the goal of bringing art to as many
students in the Rockbridge area as possible
![Eliot Dudik’s collection, “Still Lives.” Photo by Ellen Kanzinger, ‘18.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dudik1-900x600.jpg)
A matter of life, death and history
Photographer Eliot Dudik explores disappearing landscapes and death in his collections
![Paul Ryan, left, talks with Anthonia Adams about his work hanging in the Staniar Gallery. Photo by Ellen Kanzinger, 18](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PaulRyan1-900x600.jpg)
Nature, culture, identity: capitalism
Capitalism takes a different form with artist Paul Ryan