William H. & Sonja Carlson Davidow '56 Fine Art Gallery

Happening Now

W. Dale and JoAnn Franke Overfield ’69 Art + Design Faculty Exhibition

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

February 5 – March 25, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, February 5, 4-6 p.m.

This special exhibition features drawings, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, graphic design, and mixed media works by current faculty members teaching in the art + design program.

 

 

 

 

Up Next

Annual Gladys Greenbaum ’39 Meyers Juried Student Art Exhibition 2026

Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Sawyer Center 

March 26 – April 9, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, March 26, 4-6 p.m.

Student artwork submissions are due before March 23rd at 12pm in the Mugar Art Gallery. 
This annual art exhibition showcases student work and is made possible by a generous gift from Gladys Greenbaum Meyers ’39, an avid and longtime supporter of the arts. All Colby-Sawyer students are invited to submit their artwork for adjudication. Works submitted by art and design students from all disciplines of art, as well as students from a wide variety of majors are represented in this exhibition.

Looking Ahead

Forever Friends Concert

Niblack Black Box Theater Davidow Center for Art & Design

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 7 p.m.

Music legends Willy Porter and Tom Pirozzoli perform in the Niblack Blackbox Theater (located in the Davidow Center for Art + Design) on 4/8/26, at 7 pm. Free Admission
 

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The Senior Capstone Art Exhibition  

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

Thursday, April 9 – May 9, 2026
Opening Reception on Thursday, April 9, 4-6 p.m. 

This important capstone art exhibition features the work of students from a variety of media graduating in the BA and BFA programs in Graphic Design and Studio Art.

 

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The Brush that Perceives the World: A William Holst Circle 

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

July 2, 2026 - August 28, 2026 
Opening Reception on Thursday, July 2, 4-6 p.m. 

This summer exhibition features the paintings of the late modernist painter and CSC art Professor, William Holst, with his student and CSC alumna, Fran Wilson, along with abstract painter and Holst scholar, Andrew Young.

 

 

 

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Joseph Csatari: Painter of the American Spirit

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

September 17 - December 8, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17 2026 
Homecoming Opening Reception: October 16 2026, 4:30-6 p.m.

Joseph Csatari (February 20, 1929 – April 14, 2025) was an American realist artist who worked with Norman Rockwell. This posthumous exhibition explores the art and life of Joseph Csatari’s career and features paintings and drawings from the Csatari family collection.

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Impermanence: Esoteric Paintings by Setsuo Kano

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

February 4, 2027 - March 26, 2027

 

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Generations: CSC Alumni Exhibition

September 23 - December 8, 2027
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17
Homecoming Opening Reception: October 15, 4:30-6 p.m.

 

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Tokyo Connections & Collaborations: Tokyo University of the Arts + Colby-Sawyer College  

William H. and Sonja Carlson '56 Davidow Fine Art Gallery

Earthy Collaborations: Tokyo University of the Arts + Colby-Sawyer College  

September - October 2028