
The Gallery of Common Experience has been generously funded by our endowment from the Mitte Foundation, an award from the Portz grant of the National Collegiate Honors Council in 2007-2008 and a grant from the Texas State Parents Association in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
Located:
University Honors Coffee Forum
Lampasas Building 407
Curator: Professor Linda Kelsey-Jones with assistance from the gallery crew.
To become active in curating the Gallery of Common Experience, send e-mail to honors@txstate.edu.
The Gallery of the Common Experience began in the spring 2006 semester under the theme “Courage.” The first exhibit, “Hamba Kamandi -- Walk Forward Well,” included the award-winning photographs of Susan Winters. Her photographs document both the liberation struggle from apartheid and the onset of AIDS in South Africa. This poignant show portrayed the Common Experience theme of Courage with strong yet beautiful photographs.
The gallery has since exhibited photos from the civil rights movement, artwork from the Sam Coronado Studio in Austin, a Day of the Dead Altar, as well as an exhibit of student art representing protest and dissent.
For more information call 512.245.2266.