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RE/collection Alumni Exhibition
The School of Art and Design is proud to host RE/collection, the 2026 School of Art and Design Alumni Exhibition. The exhibition is on view from August 24 through September 26, 2026, hosted jointly by the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery in Joyner Library, Emerge Gallery and Art Center, and the Proctor-Yongue House, home of the College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Join us for a reception on Friday, September 4, 2026 from 5:00–8:00 PM, across all exhibition venues, coinciding with Greenville’s First Friday ArtWalk.
More Alumni Exhibition Weekend Events!
Jenkins Fine Arts Center Open House
Friday, September 4 | 2:00–5:00 PM
Tour facilities, meet current faculty, and reconnect with the School prior to the reception.
Alumni Mixer
Saturday, September 5 | 2:00–4:00 PM
Join fellow alumni, family, and friends for a casual gathering at
📍 Pitt Street Brewing Company, 630 S. Pitt Street, Greenville
Light refreshments will be provided.
Stay in Greenville
A block of rooms is available at the Hilton Garden Inn (Downtown Greenville)
Booking Code: 90N
STUDENTS!
The Juried Undergraduate Exhibition opens for entries on August 31!
Call for Entries: August 31 – September 11, midnight EST
Juror: Lamar Whidbee
Born and raised in Hertford, North Carolina, Lamar Whidbee is an interdisciplinary artist and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate whose practice merges visual art with therapeutic inquiry. Through painting and mixed media, he explores memory, fatherhood, Black identity, and mental health—creating work that invites reflection, emotional processing, and dialogue. Exhibitions such as Amygdala, Daddy’s Home, and Monday, along with public works like Get Well Soon at Dorothea Dix Park, extend this exploration into shared civic space.
Alongside his studio practice, Lamar provides clinical services and facilitates therapeutic art workshops in schools, museums, and community settings. His early work with Hidden Voices—teaching art alongside prison psychologists on death row and using practices such as life mapping to help individuals visually reconstruct their personal narratives—deepened his understanding of art as a tool for accountability, reflection, and healing.He has taught as an adjunct at Duke University, UNC–Chapel Hill, and Forsyth Tech, experiences that strengthened his commitment to public pedagogy and accessible mental-health engagement.
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