Fall 2025 Exhibitions:
Sarah Paul, Self Stitched: Electric Care
SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY
On View: August 28, 2025 – October 10, 2025
Celebration Reception: September 11, 2025, from 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
This solo exhibition on healing, power and the fabric of self surveys the immersive, interdisciplinary practice of artist Sarah Paul, whose work transforms trauma into tactile, participatory environments. Using fiber, video, sound, and light, Paul crafts spaces that hold both pain and possibility, inviting viewers to engage with the body as a site of vulnerability and resilience. Rooted in feminist, punk, and queer traditions, her work explores themes of mental health, power, and the physical and psychological labor of healing. From the enveloping architecture of Fiber Chamber to the performative journeys of Little Miss Cleveland, Paul’s installations challenge societal norms while offering space for reflection, reclamation, and radical self-definition.
A Global Lens: Capturing Culture Through Summer Study
SCHMIDT CENTER PUBLIC SPACE
On View: August 28, 2025 – September 21, 2025
Opening Reception: August 28, 2025, from 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
A Global Lens showcases projects and photographs created by students and faculty during FAU’s College of Arts and Letters summer programs on campus and abroad, notably in Ecuador and Italy. Through hands-on learning and cultural immersion, participants earn course credits while engaging with local traditions, landscapes, and artistic heritage. This exhibition highlights their summer experiences, offering a glimpse into the transformative power of global education. Featuring images provided by students and faculty supervisors, A Global Lens celebrates the intersection of travel, learning, and creative exploration.
Unearthed Futures: The Archaeology of Tomorrow
RITTER ART GALLERY
On View: August 28, 2025 – November 9, 2025
Opening Reception: August 28, 2025, from 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Unearthed Futures: The Archaeology of Tomorrow invites viewers into three chambers where imagined relics of the future offer a poetic critique of the past. In chamber one, Angelo Caruso constructs tactile, tech-infused works destabilizing sensory expectations of “visual art.” Second, Mariana Monteagudo excavates layered narratives, blending organic textures with digital aesthetics to evoke artifacts from yet-to-exist civilizations. In the final chamber, AI-generated texts reimagine the contested histories of early 20th-century African and Oceanian objects—created for the tourist export market and now held in FAU’s collections—using speculative history and sly humor to question collecting ethics and the fictions we tell about provenance. Together, these works suggest that the futures we unearth are never neutral—they are constructed, contested, and strangely familiar. With a cameo by renowned artist Matthew Angelo Harrison, whose sculptural practice interrogates cultural ownership and labor through the lens of post-industrial preservation, this is archaeology turned inside out.
Art Amidst Darkness: Holocaust Testimonies from the Yad Vashem Collection
SCHMIDT CENTER PUBLIC SPACE
On View: October 16, 2025 – November 27, 2025
Opening Reception: October 16, 2025, 6:15pm
Virtual Presentation: October 16, 2025, 7:15pm
Collaboration between the Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education and the University Galleries between 1939 and 1945, artists created these artworks from the Yad Vashem Collection, representing a living testimony from the Holocaust and a declaration of the indomitable human spirit that refuses to surrender. The exhibition provides a glimpse into art created during the Holocaust in ghettos, camps, forests, and while in hiding.
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A Century of Jews in Boca Raton: History, Community, Legacy
SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY
On View: October 27, 2025 – December 14, 2025
Opening Reception: October 27, 2025, from 4:30pm – 8:30pm
This interdisciplinary cultural celebration traces the rich history and enduring contributions of the Jewish community in Boca Raton over the past 100 years. Through photographs, performances, historical documents, and personal narratives, A Century of Jews in Boca Raton explores the cultural, social, and economic impact of Jewish residents, from early settlers to the thriving community of today. Highlighting stories of resilience, activism, and tradition, the exhibition reflects on the evolving identity of Jewish life in South Florida and its lasting influence on the region’s history.
Fall Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
RITTER ART GALLERY
On View: December 4, 2025 – December 17, 2025
Opening Reception: December 4, 2025, from 4:30pm – 8:30pm
The Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) exhibition is the culminating project for students earning this degree in the Department of Visual Arts and Art History. This semester, the graduating class led by Associate Professor Corey Lamb presents works in a variety of studio media.
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
SCHMIDT CENTER PUBLIC SPACE
On View: December 9, 2025 – December 16, 2025
In recognition of World AIDS Day, the University Galleries is honored to partner for the third year with Compass Community Center and its collaborators to display six panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt—the largest community art project in history. Now over 35 years old, the quilt is composed of more than 50,000 hand-sewn panels, each one commemorating an individual lost to HIV/AIDS.
The project began in 1985, when activist Cleve Jones invited participants in a candlelight march in San Francisco to honor those who had died by writing their names on placards. Arranged like a patchwork quilt, these placards became the inspiration for what would become the NAMES Project, first exhibited at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1987.
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