HOURS
MON - FRI: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed on Dec. 24th-Jan. 3


7th Annual Global Culture Photography Exhibition
Marching Giants


PAST EXHIBITIONS

Origami
Folding and Unfolding Mathematical Concepts

January 4 - March 4, 2011
This exhibition explores these ideas through a series of paper creations by UF Honor students. Led by Dr. Kevin Knudson, Professor of Mathematics, the students spent a semester folding and unfolding in the 2010 course Origami: Math Meets Art.


7th Annual Global Culture Photography Exhibition

Sponsored by the UF International Center
November 15 - December 3, 2010

Brazilian Music
Instruments & Tradition
September 7 - November 5, 2010

Tears of the Giraffe
Basketry of Botswana
May 11 - August 20, 2010

Literacies in Action
Arabic Textuality in West African Visual Culture
March 16 - April 23, 2010

Certain Distance
Sculptural Works by Carrie Smith
January 22 - February 26, 2010

6th Annual Global Culture Photography Exhibition
January 4 - 15, 2010

Fresh from Chelsea
21 New York Artists, in conjunction with University Gallery
August 28 - December 4, 2009

Sculpture for the Soul
Art by O.L. Samuels
April 10 - August 14, 2009

Sacred places + skies redux: petit selection
Photographs of Mary G. Padua
January 20 – March 27, 2009
Reception: Friday, January 23, 7-9 pm


4th Annual Global Culture Photography Juried Exhibition Sponsored by University of Florida International Center
and the Transnational and Global Studies Center
December 8, 2008–January 15, 2009


More Than Just Tea
The Collection of Anna Calluori Holcombe
August 25, 2008– November 14, 2008

Visions of Bahia, Brazil, from the Collection of Frances F. Switt
February 18 - August 15, 2008

Grinter Gallery presents “Visions of Bahia, Brazil, from the Collection of Frances F. Switt.” This selection from Frances F. Switt’s extensive art collection highlights artists who lived and worked in Bahia, Brazil, during the mid- to late-20th century.  Ms. Switt entered the Foreign Service after working for the joint U.S.-Brazilian cultural center in Bahia and also served tours in Rio de Janeiro, again in Bahia and Brasilia. She also served as a cultural affairs officer in Buenos Aires and Paris and as public affairs officer in Port-au-Prince.

4th Annual Global Culture Photography Juried Exhibition
January 22 - February 8, 2008
Reception: Tuesday, January 22nd, 4 – 5 pm

Sponsor: University of Florida International Center and the Transnational and Global Studies Center
A Private Eye: Latin American Prints
from Efrain Barradas Collection

September 4, 2007 - January 11, 2008
Reception: Friday, October 12, 2007 7-9pm


Grinter Gallery presents “A Private Eye: Latin American Prints from the Efraín Barradas Collection.” Printmaking has played an important role in Latin American arts since the 19th century. Some countries, such as Mexico and Cuba, have developed a strong graphic tradition, but the medium is popular in all of Latin America. The present selection is not a comprehensive example of prints from all of Latin America. It is, on the contrary, a collection put together by the collector’s taste. Still, this selection shows that Latin American artists have made of prints another important reflection of their social and historical reality.



IN THE HOUSE:
DOMESTIC ARTS FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA

March 5th--August 24, 2007
Reception: Friday, March 30th 7:00-9:00 pm

From pastoralist nomads to modern urban-dwellers, complex patterns of social organization subsist among the diverse ethnic groups throughout the Horn of Africa.  While maintaining the integrity of their respective cultural and religious identities, this exhibition will examine the evolution of the distinctive stylistic traditions that appear both in secular and religious arts from Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.  With reflections on the interconnected influences of Judaism, Orthodox Christianity, and Islam, as well as various indigenous ideologies, this exhibit will feature material culture from the realm of domesticity including an assortment of utilitarian objects, religious paraphernalia and items of personal adornment.



3RD ANNUAL GLOBAL CULTURE PHOTOGRAPHY JURIED EXHIBITION

January 22 - February 23, 2007
Reception: Friday, February 23rd, 7-9 pm



VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE GODS: HINDU ART IN CONTEXT

November 13, 2006 - January 12, 2007
Reception: Friday, December 1st, 7-9 pm

Grinter Gallery presents “Visual Communication with the Gods: Hindu Art in Context,” an exhibition by Jeremy Underwood for his project-in-lieu-of-thesis, Masters of Arts in Museum Studies. Through his selection of paintings and sculptures belonging to the Harn Museum of Art, Jeremy, with help from Hindu devotees in the Gainesville community, illustrates the diversity and intimacy of Hinduism. The objects in the exhibition range from household shrine objects to grain measuring cups and are accompanied by contextual photographs of household shrines from India and Gainesville. “Visual Communication with the Gods: Hindu Art in Context” conveys the permeating existence of Hinduism in everyday life and endeavors to exhibit an honest and accurate portrayal of Hindu beliefs and practices through photographs and quotidian religious objects.


DRESSED AND ADORNED: THE ART OF COSTUME

August 25 - November 3, 2006
Reception: Friday, August 25th, 7-9 pm

Grinter Gallery presents a selection of costumes from three performances with a wide span in both geography and time.  Costumes designed and produced by the UF Department of Theatre and Dance for Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Seagull" (a Russian play), and the African Dance, show the craftsmanship and detail needed to make historical interpretation convincing.  This exhibition highlights an integral component of performance; the dress and adornment that characters and dancers utilize to enhance their art forms.


Image credits:

Left: Costume for The Taming of the Shrew
Designed by Lauren Rossi (BFA 2004)
Constructed by: Jo Donn (Exchange Student from Great Britain)

Right: Traditional Red Wedding Dress for The Taming of the Shrew
Designed by Lauren Rossi (BFA 2004)
Patterned by Regina Truhart (Assistant Professor of Costume Technology 2003-2006)
Constructed by Michelle Benoit (MFA candidate 2007)

Visions of Wind River

Thesis Show by Barbara Matusik
April 10 - Summer 2006
Reception: April 21, 2006 7-9pm


The East of West: Florida Enchantments and Victorian Tourism

February 20 - March 31, 2006
Reception: March 3, 2006 7-9pm

Global Culture Photography Juried Exhibition

January 16 - February 9, 2006
Reception: January 20, 2006 7-9pm

HENRY MATISSE:
ETCHINGS FOR JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES
from the collection of Drs. Ashley and Michele White


September 16 - December 8, 2005
Reception: October 28, 7-9 pm


REFLECTIONS ON THE SHALLOW SEA:
Visual Culture of Andros Island


Featuring the Works of
Omelia Marshall
William “Scrap Iron/Old Iron” Colebrooke
Henry Wallace


RECOLLECTING IRAN

Artist: Aphrodite Desiree Navab
October 8, 2004 - January 14, 2005
Opening Reception: October 8, 7-9 p.m.

An Installation embodying within its fabric both the process and product of the artist's first trip back to her native country, Iran, in 2002. It is a cultural re-collection of objects and memories left behind after twenty-one years of exile. It is in the process of re-collecting, dislocating and relocating her place between Iran and the United States.


Asian Blue and White Porcelain and Chinese Yixing Teapots
April - Sep 30, 2004

Africa Across the Atlantic:
Yoruba Cultural Vibration from Nigeriato Florida

Nov 14, 2003 - April 9, 2004

Textile Arts of the Andes
Mar 17 - Sep 18, 2003

Art of the Americas
Oct.2, 2002- Feb. 28 2003

Asian, African, and Mayan Art
Feb. 14 - Sep. 25, 2002