09/02/2025
Look Both Ways
50 Years at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
SEPTEMBER 6 - NOVEMBER 9, 2025
PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION WITH CURATOR AND ARTISTS:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH from 3-6 p.m.
Reception is free and open to all. Refreshments are provided.
Featuring Artists:
Stephen Pace
Mary Beth Edelson
Lenore Tawney
Janet Olivia Henry
Andy Warhol
Pablo Helguera
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Michael Aakhaus
JP Begley
Anila Quayyam Agha
Katie Waters
Bill Whorrall
Rudy Pozzatti
Lenny Dowhie
And many more!
For more information visit the gallery's website
https://www.usi.edu/new-harmony-gallery-of-contemporary-art/exhibitions
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
506 Main St, New Harmony, IN
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The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Southern Indiana is pleased to present “Look Both Ways: 50 Years at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art” marks the gallery’s 50th anniversary as Southwest Indiana’s premiere contemporary art space - and the gallery’s 40th year as part of the University of Southern Indiana. This commemorative exhibition is organized by Gallery Curator Audra Verona Lambert with support from Sr. Gallery Associate Grant DiDomizio. An opening reception free and open to the public takes place on Saturday, September 6th from 3-6 p.m. including curator talk and refreshments.
This landmark exhibition charts the evolution of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art while presenting artworks that “look both ways”: speaking to both the impact of the gallery’s exhibition history and celebrating the avant-garde vision integral to the gallery’s identity. With pivotal artworks on view spanning printmaking, clay, painting, mixed media, installation, photography, sculpture and new media, every visitor will find something to ignite their curiosity. “The impact of this gallery over the years is substantial, and this exhibit allows guests to grasp the myriad ways that the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art has featured engaging work by living artists since its very founding,” reflects NHGCA curator Audra Verona Lambert.
Artists with work in the exhibition include:
Michael Aakhus, John McNaughton, Johanna Aenderl, Elizabeth Mumford, Anila Quayyum Agha, Laura Foster Nicholson, Dr. Margaret Burroughs, Stephen Pace, Alistair Baldwin, Erin Palmer, John P. Begley, Io Palmer, Sara Christensen Blair, James Parrent, Christopher Blay, Rick Paul, John Bott, Al Pounders, Gary Brown, Rudy Pozzatti, Aaron S. Coleman, Marilyn Price, Anne Dowhie, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi, Lenny Dowhie, Kellie Romany, William M. Duffy, Tory Schendel-Vyoda, Mary Beth Edelson, Mona Seno, Makenzie Goodman, Al Sheets, Janet Olivia Henry, Rachel Singel, Brian Hitselberger, Lenore Tawney, Al Holen, Peggy Taylor, Ruth Jeyaveeran, Kevin Titzer, Hannah Evelyn Jones, Aimee Tomasek, Yousuf Karsh, Curt Uebelhor, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Andy Warhol, Ann Lannert, Paul Warhola, William Leth, Kathryn Waters, Alex Lewis, Joel Whitaker, Docey Lewis, Bill Whorrall, Mary Mattingly, Mary Ann Michna, Janet Lorence, and Eugenia Woolman.
The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is open with regular gallery hours from 10-5 pm CT Tuesday - Saturday.
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Image: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Certainly Not Impossible, if Not Likely, 2025, letterpress print. 19"h x 12 3/8" w
Guest Curator Talk:
Shauta Marsh of Big Car Collaborative Presents On The Social Alchemy Project
Sunday, September 7 at 2 p.m.
The Working Men's Institute
407 Tavern St, New Harmony, IN 47631
Free and open to the public.
Drawing from the 'Social Alchemy Project' — a multi-year project linking New Harmony, Indiana with Big Car Collaborative, Indianapolis' premiere contemporary art space— Marsh will describe her approach as a curator and arts organizer to utopian art practice and describe the genesis of this partnership, as well as the ways it has evolved over time. The project has spanned a series of conversations in New Harmony and has produced exhibitions of local artists in Indianapolis including Docey Lewis, Laura Foster Nicholson and more, with Ben Nicholson's exhibit forthcoming at the Indianapolis Art Gallery in exhibition year 2026/27.
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For more events going on throughout the run of Look Both Ways, please watch https://www.usi.edu/new-harmony-gallery-of-contemporary-art/programs/events
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art at University of Southern Indiana promotes discourse about and access to art being made today: also known as contemporary art. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is a proud outreach partner of the University of Southern Indiana.
