The Samford Art Gallery’s current exhibit, The Sum of our Parts, features the work of 17 members of the art and design faculty, representing all of the art and design program areas – studio art, graphic design, architecture, interior design, game design and art history! The School of the Arts only does this show once every three years and provides insight into the talented faculty artists at Samford. The exhibit runs until Feb. 3 in the Art Gallery and is open M-F from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The show includes a special installation by Interim Dean and Art Professor Larry Thompson that pays tribute to his wife Amy who passed away last October following a short battle with an aggressive cancer. Fluids and Cells:  160 Days of Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Courage is a 160-panel installation of small paintings.  Each panel is available for purchase to raise funds for the Alabama Oncology Foundation, a nonprofit committed to helping cancer patients in need. Over $12,000 has been raised through this effort to date.  If interested in purchasing one of the panels, email Larry Thompson at lthompso@samford.edu as only a handful remain.  Thompson can send a folder of available panels to anyone not able to view in person.  All panels are 6-inch squares.

Thompson plans to create a new version of this ongoing installation piece in the fall of 2022 for another exhibit at Space One Eleven in downtown Birmingham that will also support the Alabama Oncology Foundation.  More details on that installation will come as dates are solidified.

The next exhibit in the Samford Art Gallery will feature the work of guest artist Jamaal Barber February 8-March 3.  Barber is a printmaker from Atlanta, Georgia.