The Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery
2025 Faculty Biennial: KU's College of Visual and Performing Arts
SEPTEMBER 4 - OCTOBER 5, opening Reception: Thursday September 4, from 3-5pm
(image credit: Professor Bischel, "Forever", mixed media, 105" x 80" x 24")
Featuring artwork from faculty teaching in the Animated Arts, Art, Art Education, Art History, and Communication Design majors in KU's College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Stay Alive and Make Art: The Art of Amos Lemon Burkhart
OCTOBER 16 - DECEMBER 14, opening reception Thursday October 16, 3-5pm
Presented by the KU CD Department, this exhibition encourages conversations about creativity, mental illness, and addiction to help inspire artists to stay alive and make art.
Related events TBD
2026 Scholastic Art Awards
EXHIBITION IN MILLER GALLERY: FEBRUARY 14 - MARCH 1
CEREMONY IN KU SCHAEFFER AUDITORIUM: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2-3PM
Kutztown University is now the home to the East Central Pennsylvania chapter of the Scholastic Art Awards for students in grades 7-12, the longest most prestigious art awards program in the country.
The exhibition of student artwork is in the Miller Gallery, and the recognition ceremony is in Schaeffer Auditorium. All events are free and open to the public.
Any student or teacher in Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon Counties can apply and win awards at the regional level - top regional winners go on to compete at the National Level with winners exhibiting in NYC with a ceremony at Carnegie Hall. This program is free for Title 1 schools, otherwise there is a small fee for submissions.
www.artandwriting.org/regions/PA008A
Deadline to submit artwork for juried awards : midnight, December 19, 2025
2026 senior exhibitions
(Image credit : ceramics: William Murray, 2025 BFA in Art, painting: Joy Gonzalez, 2025 BFA in Art)
Graduating Art Majors: March 28-April 5/reception Sunday March 29, 2-4pm
Graduating Animation Majors: April 11 – 19/reception Sunday April 12, 2-4pm
Graduating Art Education Majors: April 25-May 3/reception Sunday April 26, 2-4pm
Graduating Communication Design Majors: May 9-15/reception Sunday May 10
Best of 2026: a summer exhibition of select artwork from all 4 art majors: June 15-July 31