We regularly host artist talks, film screenings, live music, performances, and more.
Check out the list of upcoming events below and join us!
Upcoming Events.
Mid-Atlantic Abstraction Opening Reception
come celebrate the opening reception of our newest exhibition!
The Art of Repair
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Broke your favorite mug or plate? Don’t throw it away. Turn it into art. Join artist Jen Leung Johnson for a workshop on the basics of kintsugi repair. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold, silver or platinum. This art form treats breakage as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise.
Past Events
In addition to his visual work, Hataałii is an accomplished singer-songwriter. He will present a live solo performance featuring selections from his growing catalog of songs, which weave together stories of life, identity, and community.
Hataałii is a Navajo artist whose multifaceted creative practice spans visual art, music, and poetry. This special program brings together both a solo exhibition and a live musical performance, offering an immersive look into a distinctive, emerging, artistic voice.
Join us for the Closing reception of Singe the Head and an artist talk from the artist himself!
For over 150 years, dinosaur skeletons have loomed over families and school groups like sentinels of bygone worlds. But how do these colossal fossils end up erected in halls of polished marble and glass? Where on Earth do they come from? Join paleontologists and conservators Ashley and Lee Hall, for an intimate, first-hand look at digging and conserving dinosaur fossils.
Exhibiting TACTILE artist, Roxana Alger Geffen is an award-winning sculptor and collage artist living and working in Washington, D.C. For more than two decades she has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Geffen studied visual art at Columbia University as an undergraduate and received her MFA in painting from Boston University.
Janis Mandrus is a former Associate Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She holds master’s degrees in both Art History and Art Conservation. In her talk, she will explore the field of art conservation and share insights from her work at the Met, including specific projects and related travel experiences.
Messières and Naydenov work together in sculpture and public art. They will talk about their collaborative process, their approach to community engagement, and how their individual and shared practices have evolved over time.
Join us for the Opening reception for TACTILE during Downtown Salisbury’s monthly 3rd Friday events on Main-street!
Exhibiting TACTILE artist, Natalie Kuenzi explores ideas of growth, movement, and acceptance. Working across high and low art media, her sculptures and installations embody seemingly incongruous states simultaneously.
Exhibiting TACTILE artist, Natalie Kuenzi gives a hands-on workshop with glimpses into how her craft has come to be.
Join us for the Opening reception for David Smith: The Development of Low-Fire Wood Firing Techniques, and the Making of Monsterswith an artist talk with the artist-himself !
When punk rock emerged in Washington DC, it united powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film is the first to explore the challenges faced by this subculture in the late 1970s. Featuring Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, and Ian & Alec MacKaye, it delves into the ideas and sounds of this transformative scene.
Join us for an artist talk with, Lucian Perkins, two-time Pulitzer winner and 27-year Washington Post photographer, covered major events in the U.S. and abroad, including Russia, the first Palestinian uprising, and wars in Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He co-founded Moscow's InterFoto festival and published HARD ART DC 1979 and Runway Madness.
Alec MacKaye is an American singer and musician best known as a member of the DC hardcore bands Untouchables, the Faith, Ignition and the Warmers. Today, he is vocalist in The Hammered Hulls, Chief Preparator at The Phillips Collection, and a writer graduating as a Lannan Fellow at Georgetown University in 2011. Followed by performances by Hammered Hulls as part of the HARD ART DC exhibition.
Join us for an artist talk with, Lely Constantinople, a Washington, DC photo-based artist, has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 20 years. Her work is in the Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and private collections. She is also a photo editor, archivist, and teacher.
I FEEL LOVE: A Centennial Disco Dance Party, our fundraiser, is on October 24 at Salisbury University Art Galleries | Downtown, Salisbury, MD. Celebrate Donna Summer and the 70s with music, dancing, art, and community. Join us Friday, October 24, 2025, 7–10 p.m. Tickets: $5 students, $20+ for others.
The place we now call Salisbury has always shaped-- and been shaped by-- the Wicomico River. Join our "mobile classroom" to explore the often-overlooked stories and features of Salisbury's downtown and waterfront. Through reflective dialogue and participant observation, we'll connect with the past, present, and future of the river and those who call it home.
join us for multiple artists talks with several of the amazing artists who have helped create Climate Stories the fantastic exhibition it is!
Personal storytelling can help communities take up bold conversations and build more resilience in the face of climate change. Join us for this interactive workshop where you'll listen to personal "climate stories" and begin to tell your own.
This new media exhibition explores urban environments in nature and the role of water in them. Through video projections, installations, and sculptures, Silva's personal experiences and research points to how this electric fluid plays in the fabric of human existence and asks if we are ready to deal with a world shaped by water.
Join our senior artists as they showcase their capstone academic progress as they accept their awards for their achievements.
Using traditional black and white techniques, and alternative 19th century photographic processes with a 21st century spin, Wade attempts to tangibly express the circumstances that both plague and stimulate her.
Join Jayme McLellan, curator and acting Director of University Galleries, for a closing reception and Close, Slow Looking program where the curator unpacks and discusses works from the show, Murie Hasbun: With the Pulse of A Community / Con el pulso de una comunidad. This program is an opportunity to learn, share, and create community.
Join us for an engaging artist talk and reception featuring John Mosher. Mosher will discuss his artistic process, influences, and current exhibition 'Wanderer'. The event will provide attendees an opportunity to interact with the artist and gain insights into his creative journey. The reception will follow, allowing for further conversation and connection over refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please Join us at Gallery 128 for a series of individual performances by ART 367 and ENVR 305 for a Site-Specific and Installation at 7pm.
Ober (editor in chief) and Castedo (creative director) of BMore Art Magazine discuss publishing and their most recent and largest publishing effort to date, Baltimore: City of Artists
Washington, DC-based Brazilian visual artist and art educator Silva uses new media to respond to urban development issues in green regions. Silva holds an M.F.A. from Maine College of Art and Design and an M.A.T. from Corcoran College of Art and Design. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and reviewed in The Washington Post, Sculpture Magazine and PBS.
Please join Dr. Yujia Song, an Associate Professor with the Philosophy Department at SU for a friendly and mind provoking seminar of philosophical discussions, free and open to the general public!
The awards reception for Salisbury University’s 70th Senior Exhibition for our graduating Fine Arts and Graphic Design students.