Our Roush Gallery and Galleria showcase an altogether amazing array of exhibitions and other special arts events throughout the year. Check out what’s on display now and what’s coming up!
Though Present and Peripheral
Through December 9
The exhibition by Jennifer Printz is an embodied search for meaning and a poetic meditation on unanswerable questions. The combination of disparate parts and different processes – the hand-drawn mark with a collaged photograph, painting with sewing – reflects on what it means to be alive. The unity of these elements presents the exchange of personal with the universal. Sponsored by Dr. Charles and Marilyn Hubbard.
Season’s Greetings Cards Exhibition
Through December 13
Featuring winter and holiday themes, including the 2024 CCA season’s greeting card. Sponsored by Go Print Plus.
Gallery Play: Creative Cardmaking
November 23 / 1 – 2pm
Make festive cards for everyone on your list! Play with different art materials and learn some fun techniques along the way. Follow-up the workshop by seeing a performance of The Nutcracker in the theater.
Ages: All ages welcome. Guardians should work with small children.
Free
Nutcracker performance at 2pm requires tickets
Small Packages Gift Exhibit
Through December 13
This exhibit showcases the powerful, beautiful and compelling elements of small works of art, as well as text from local writers’ guild members. Shoppers will find great gifts for friends and loved ones. Purchased artworks may be taken home immediately, allowing artists to replace these works with new ones so the exhibition can feature new pieces throughout its duration.
Pastureland
January 9 – February 17
Reception: January 9, 5 – 7pm
A series of whimsical watercolor paintings by Clint Samples that pay homage to the charm of backroad scenes and the tranquility of pastoral settings, inviting viewers to appreciate the idyllic beauty of the countryside. Sponsored by Randy and Penny Ayers.
Kiwanis High School Art and Music Showcase
January 21 – February 27, 2025
Art Exhibition Reception: January 23, 5 – 7pm
Kiwanis Music Showcase: February 2
An exhibition that explores the complexity of contemporary life for teens through a mix of personal perspectives and pop culture.
Gallery Play: Watercolor Birds
February 15
Session I
Ages: 5 – 7 / 11am – 12pm
Session II
Ages: 8 – 12 / 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Artists will learn the basics of drawing and painting a bird in watercolor and can then add a background of their choice. Please note: Students may finish works earlier than the allotted time period.
Free
Session I
Ages: 5 – 7 / 11am – 12pm
Session II
Ages: 8 – 12 / 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Into Neverland: Swirling Dreams of Southern Memories
February 27 – April 7
Reception: February 27, 5 – 7pm
Using the body, space and color; Channing Gray creates gravity-less realms in colorful books, large paintings and found objects that symbolize connections with strangers, personal objects and memory. The work is inspired by the artist’s experiences: rockets launching, late night biking, jumping off a bridge into a creek, moving between homes, building forts with grandma’s quilts and collecting botanicals in glass jars. Sponsored by Walt and Charlene D’Ambrosio.
AP and IB Students
March 3 – March 13
An exhibition of portfolio works by high school students pursuing Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate art programs.
Gallery Play: Quick Books
March 8
Ages: 5 – 7 / 11am – 12pm
Ages: 8 – 12 / 2pm – 3:30pm
Ages: 5 – 7 / 11am – 12pm
Young artists will make “pocket” books they can use to draw and collect little treasures in. They will decorate their books with fun items.
Ages: 8 – 12 / 2pm – 3:30pm
Artists will create fun and simple books that they can use to draw and write in. Students will mix and match different papers and decorate their covers.
Free
Art Takeover UWG Juried Student Exhibition
March 20 – April 3
Reception: March 27, 5 – 7pm
Works by emerging artists from the University of West Georgia illustrate a variety of techniques, media and perspectives.
Repurposed: A Carrollton Artist Guild Juried Exhibition
April 17 – June 2
Reception: April 17, 5 – 7pm
Local artists explore the possibilities of creative sustainability by utilizing abandoned and discarded items as part of their art. Sponsored by Alex and Susan Roush.
When Communities Collide: Georgia Nature Photographers Association
April 17 – May 29
Reception April 17, 5 – 7pm
Featuring a different regional artist guild or similar organization each year. This is an opportunity to meet unique artists and encounter fresh works.
Gallery Play: Recycled Art
April 25 (Earth Day) / 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Celebrate the upcoming Earth Day by making colorful, recycled bird feeders.
Ages: 5 – 12 (Guardians may need to work with younger children)
Free