Art, Storytelling, and Creative Placemaking on the St. Mark's Heritage Trail

The University Art Gallery—in partnership with the St. Mark’s community and the Roberson Project on Slavery Race and Reconciliation—proudly presents Art, Storytelling, Creative Placemaking and the St. Mark’s Heritage Trail, on view in the UAG from Oct. 27 through Dec. 11, 2026.

Creative projects play an essential role in making the stories of the St. Mark’s community visible in the landscape. Art, Storytelling, Creative Placemaking and the St. Mark’s Heritage Trail is part exhibition and part workshop, showcasing existing projects along the St. Mark’s Trail and inviting new ones. In all cases, the featured projects are marked by a shared commitment to the work of remembering and to how that work might make something new. They are shaped by a commitment to learning, and to directing that learning to community purpose. 

Please join us!

Oct. 27, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Convocation Hall and the University Art Gallery, Opening reception with brief remarks at 5:15 p.m. 
Nov. 12, 5 p.m., Guerry Auditorium, Artist talk by designer Joe Veazey, illustrator of the new Sewanee Black History Map. Reception to follow.
Nov. 17, 5 p.m., Guerry Auditorium, Screening of Woven Wind with artist Vesna Pavlović, Q&A to follow.

The University Art Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The UAG is closed Monday, and for academic breaks, including Thanskgiving.

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The UAG is 60!

What do you remember from the UAG’s last 4, 15, 25—or more—years?
Remember a show that intrigued you, an artist who inspired you, a class visit that invited you to see from a new perspective?
Ever stepped inside the UAG and felt surprised, transported, or simply at home?
Ever shown your own work here, or visited to see the work of your friends?
Know something about the exhibition of Johannes Oertel’s paintings in 1995, or the show by Fisk University faculty in 1972?
We’d love to know too. Help us see the bigger picture, and let us know what's stayed with you. Please share your memories of the University Art Gallery by following the link below. Thank you!

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The arts and what they teach us are more essential than ever. The arts inspire us, and fire the imagination. They teach us creative problem solving, and how to meet challenges with imagination, flexibility, and invention. If you would like to offer your support to exceptional exhibitions and event programming as a Friend of the University Art Gallery, please follow the link below.

About the UAG

The University Art Gallery fulfills an essential role on campus. Devoted to exhibitions of contemporary art, the UAG fosters innovation and creativity, and experiential and visual learning. UAG exhibitions encourage conversation beyond the classroom, between all the members of our community, and a welcoming and diverse campus community.

Academic Engagement

Working together, faculty members and the Director and Curator of Academic Engagement build productive ways for UAG exhibitions and events to support courses across the curriculum. Students contribute to exhibitions and programming, they visit exhibitions to consider course themes and questions, they have conversations with visiting artists, they use artists’ methodologies and work as inspiration for class assignments, they put their foreign language skills to work in a community setting outside the classroom. Use the button below to contact Shelley MacLaren, Director and Curator of Academic Engagement, to discuss possibilities for your classes.

Previous Exhibitions

The University Art Gallery presents four to five exhibitions each academic year, from the work of our graduating to senior art majors to the work of nationally and internationally recognized contemporary artists. 

Arts Across Campus

Committed to modeling the interdisciplinary work and collaboration essential to a Liberal Arts education, the arts at Sewanee work to bring together art, music, and dance, and to give our students opportunities to experiment, perform, and reach new audiences, whether by means of a campus-wide Gallery Walk, by means of filmed performances shared with remote audiences, or by means of pop-up collaborative events across campus. Be ready to be delighted and inspired! 

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