University Art Gallery

Located near the library and university center, the Central Michigan University Art Gallery's mission is to provide you and other mid-Michigan community members the opportunity to see contemporary art by emerging and established regional, national and international artists.

The gallery also serves as a laboratory and classroom for you to learn the process and concepts of exhibiting your creative work through juried student shows and senior BFA and BAA exhibitions.

We showcase art

We feature up to 12 exhibitions a year, as well as related lectures and films. Our schedule includes original curated exhibitions and national traveling exhibitions. You will be able to exhibit your work in an impressive 1890 square feet of display space and 290 running feet of walls in two galleries, equipped with LED track lighting, computer monitors, wifi, and a high-definition digital projector with a sound system.

Enter Annual Juried CMU Student Art Exhibition

Current exhibition

Judy Natal: video still from The Custodian. A person is washing the side of a cliff with a bucket of water and a wash cloth.

Searing: Works by the Women's Environmental Photography Collective

From the Collective “In Spring 2020, the Environmental Photography Collective was born out of a desire to create a more inclusive space in the historically androcentric fields of landscape and environmental photography. As artists with a long history as educators, our members have diverse yet overlapping interests that include environmental science, land use, biology, geology, cultural studies, and social justice. The breadth of our interests helps to build connections between cultural producers, community leaders, emerging artists, and scientific researchers, creating new production methods and ways to disseminate our work.”

Members in the exhibition are Marion Belanger, Dana Fritz, Margaret LeJeune, Judy Natal, Martina Shenal, and Terri Warpinski. Martha Willette Lewis is a guest artist with collaborative works with Marion Belanger.

Exhibition Dates: January 17 - February 15, 2025

Opening reception: Thursday, January 16 from 4 - 6 pm

About the gallery

    The gallery is free and open to the public. There is never an admission charge.

    Tours and Group Visits
    Tours are available at no cost to school groups or other visitors. To schedule tours or group visits of over 15* people contact 989-774-7457.

    Mailing address
    University Art Gallery
    Wightman 132
    Central Michigan University
    Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

    Shipping address
    University Art Gallery
    Central Michigan University
    251 E. Preston St.
    Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859