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Pullen Arts Center's galleries serve as a premier venue to showcase artists at various levels throughout the center. Pullen's galleries provide artists with exhibition opportunities and space to engage with the work of other artists and the community. The galleries are free and open to the public, and they are an important component of the Pullen Arts Center's community arts education experience.
Current Exhibition
Then & Now: A History of the Pullen Arts Community
Nov. 1 - Jan. 25, 2026
Then & Now: A History of the Pullen Arts Community, is an exhibition that explores Pullen’s history and celebrates the art that’s created by members, instructors, and staff. A closing reception is planned for Jan. 24, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30pm.
Upcoming Exhibition
The Road Through "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Feb. 1 - April 26, 2026
The Road Through Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is an intimate documentary exhibition sharing the portraits and stories of LGBTQIA+ veterans who served before the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The exhibition includes intimate portrait photography paired with first-person oral histories by photographer, oral historian, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Theresa Scott. An artist talk and reception is planned for March 26, 5:30 p.m. to 7 pm.
Chalk Wall Mural
Sow, Make, Repeat by Emily Rubin Malpass
Sow, Make, Repeat, by artist Emily Rubin Malpass, centers around the image of the dandelion, which symbolizes resilience, self-determination, and a defiance against conformity and submission. These values are key to Emily's approach to teaching, making art, and engaging in advocacy/activism beyond the studio.
Emily Rubin Malpass is a teaching artist most often found working in three dimensions at Pullen Arts Center - teaching or making handbuilt and wheel thrown ceramics, or more recently, as a beginner tinkering in the jewelry studio. Her personal artistic path in the past several years has also branched out into the 2-D world, especially in printmaking and letterpress printing at Pullen Arts Center and at Penland School of Crafts.