About the List Gallery

The List Gallery complements and enhances Swarthmore College's art curriculum. Each year the gallery mounts five or six exhibitions of both emerging and nationally-known artists. The months of April and May feature a series of senior thesis exhibitions by art majors. An Alumni Weekend exhibition takes place in June.

Together with the gallery director, the exhibition committee selects exhibitions that complement the studio arts and art history curriculum and provide a service to the Greater Philadelphia region. Exhibiting artists come to campus as visiting critics and lecturers, giving students and members of the general public access to a broad range of media and interpretation.

The inner room of the List Gallery normally features a selection of works from the permanent collection. On display are works by Edward Hicks, Benjamin West, Robert Henri, and others.

Both contemporary and historical exhibitions demonstrate excellence in the visual arts and engage the College and surrounding communities in an ongoing dialogue. Because artists raise important questions about history, society, and identity, major exhibitions offer opportunities for interdisciplinary study and are often co-sponsored by other departments. Located in the Lang Performing Arts Center, the List Gallery's 1,200 square-foot facility was made possible in part through generous gifts by Vera G. List and by Eugene and Theresa Lang. The Phillip Bruno Fine Art Fund supports work with the permanent collection. The Ann Trimble Warren Exhibition Fund and the List Gallery Exhibition Fund support List Gallery exhibitions. The Marjorie Heilman Visiting Lecture Fund and the Donald Jay Gordon Visiting Artist Fund allow the Department to invite distinguished artists to lecture and to exhibit at Swarthmore College. Past exhibitors include Max and Joyce Kozloff, Rosemarie Beck, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Alan Gussow, Lois Mailou Jones, Judy Moonelis, Varjuan Boghosian, Gregory Amenoff, Robert Turner, Harriet Shorr, Sidney Goodman, Martha Madigan, Helen Drutt, George Nakashima, Duane Michaels, George Trakas, and Illya Bolotosky.

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