September 8 -
November 23, 2008

An African-American artist and author exhibits story quilts, oils from the 1960s, works on paper, prints, tankas from the 1970s, and soft sculpture such as masks and dolls.

November 7 -
December 7, 2008

Featuring works by Samuel Bak, an artist and a Holocaust survivor; Leslie Starobin, a photographer who creates digital montages, and photographer Clemens Kalischer, a member of One by One that brings together the children of Holocaust survivors and German families.

September 8 -
October 19, 2008

This exhibit by guest curator John Royal features indigenous art in a variety of media, including paintings and traditional forms such as weaving and carving in wood and jade.

June 7 -
July 27, 2008

This exhibit showcases the work of Caldecott Award winner Leonard Weisgard and other artists who illustrate children's books from the Keene State College Children's Literature Festival Gallery Collection and the Thorne's permanent collection.

April 19-
May 11, 2008

The KSC Art Departments presents works by 19 graduating art majors. One gallery features artwork by seven bachelor of fine arts students graduating in May. Twelve other students expecting to receive bachelor of arts degrees have their artwork featured in the second gallery along with other students' works.

The paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and ceramics were selected by art department faculty from work students completed in all levels of art classes throughout the academic year.

Public Reception:
April 18, 2008;
5:30-7:30 p.m.

In conjunction with "Emerging Art," the Art Department sponsors a Graphic Design Senior Portfolio Review on the same day as the exhibit's opening reception, Friday, April 18, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Media Arts Center.

January 26 –
March 9, 2008

An exhibit of works in a variety of media by Keene State College studio art and graphic design faculty members features works by retiring professors Samuel Azzaro and Henry Freedman, who both taught more than three decades at KSC. Other faculty showing recent works are Rachelle Beaudoin, Rosemarie Bernardi, Richard Carlson, Dan Carr, William Cass, Mary Kendra Crawford, Karen Dolmanisth, Marsha Hewitt, Robert Kostick, Ann Laroche, Stephanie Nichols, Walter Nicolai, Yuan Pan, Christa Parravani, Lynn Richardson, John Roberts, Katharina Rooney, Peter Roos, and Craig Stockwell.

Lecture: "An Art Historian's Circus," Monday, February 11, 7 p.m., Thorne Conference Room: Professor Henry Freedman, who is retiring after teaching art history courses for 37 years at Keene State, explains his favorite historic works of art. Sponsored by the KSC Department of Art.

November 2 -
December 9, 2007

Artwork and memorabilia by nationally known 19th-century artists of the Dublin Art Colony in New Hampshire highlight the artistic and social milieu that surrounded this creative community. Notable artists from the colony include Gifford Beal, Frank Weston Benson, Barry Faulkner, Alexander James, Rockwell Kent, William Preston Phelps, Joseph Lindon Smith, Edmund C. Tarbell, and Abbott H. Thayer.

To learn more about Mount Monadnock, which inspired many Dublin Art Colony artists, visit: www.monadnockmountain.com

This exhibit is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

September 14 -
November 11, 2007

The Thorne is one of the national venues for this rarely seen exhibit of 33 paintings, works on paper, and sculpture by Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, George Bellow, Robert Henri, Andrew Wyeth, and other American masters

For more information about the "Cassatt to Wyeth" exhibit, visit: www.artsandartists.org/

October 12-14, 2007

Floral arrangements inspired by artworks on display in the Thorne Gallery.

September 4 -
October 14, 2007

In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the MacDowell Colony, the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College and The Art Gallery at the University of New Hampshire co-organized this invitational exhibition featuring works in various media by nine New England visual artists who have been in residence at the MacDowell Colony.

Selected artists for this exhibit include Rosemarie Bernardi from Keene, N.H.; Tom Chapin from Phippsburg, Maine; Jim Coates from Lyndeborough, N.H.; Roberta Delaney, from Sherborn, Mass.; Grant Drumheller, New Castle, N.H.; Beth Galston, Carlisle, Mass.; Olivia Parker, Manchester, Mass.; Susan Schwalb, Watertown, Mass.; and Judith Stone, from Burlington, Vt.

Film Screening and Reception: Tuesday, September 4, 7 p.m., screening of Seasons of MacDowell, four short films by MacDowell Fellows at the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall, Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond, followed by a reception, hosted by Friends of the Thorne, at the Thorne Gallery.

June 1-
July 29, 2007

Contemporary art from the 1960s to the 1990s that plays with and examines space and spatial relationships culled from the Thorne Gallery and Keene State College collections. This exhibit premières works by Tony DeBlasi, Jack Lembeck, and Theodoros Stamos, all gifts to the college from the Louis K. Meisel Gallery in New York City, and a sculpture by Blanche Dombeck donated by Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene. Other artworks from the gallery and college collections also are displayed.

April 14 –
May 6, 2007

The KSC Art Department presents an exhibition of recent works in a variety of media by studio art and graphic design seniors and other students taking art courses.

January 20 –
March 2, 2007

A juried exhibit of works in various media by artists who live within 30 miles of Keene or are members of the Friends of the Thorne.

January 19, 2007,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Opening Reception

September 22 –
December 10, 2006

The exhibition reflects the achievements of women artists and their changing vision, paralleling the increasing social freedom experienced by women. These works present a sampling of various artistic movements and techniques in the field of printmaking in the 19th and 20th centuries.

September 22, 2006,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Public Reception hosted by the Friends of the Thorne

September 22 –
December 10, 2006

This educational exhibit provides an opportunity for audiences to study a variety of techniques and media used in creating two-dimensional works of art and to learn about significant movements in Western art. These exhibits are on loan from the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.

November 9 –
December 10, 2006

These works by 16th-century Italian printmakers are borrowed from New England public collections. The exhibit was curated by Patricia Emison, Professor of Art History and Humanities at the University of New Hampshire. This exhibition was organized by The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire.

November 17, 2006,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Public Reception hosted by the Friends of the Thorne

June 9 –
October 15, 2006
(closed August 5 –
September 4)

The exhibit features: The Tipping Point: Health Narratives from the South End, an interactive interdisciplinary installation; How to Draw Yourself Out of a Hole by Anne Harris; videos; prints by Rosemarie Bernardi, and examples of an integrated learning assignment by KSC students in a 3-D design class. Read more...

September 8, 2006: Public reception and gallery walk-through, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Gallery talk with the artists, 6-6:30 p.m., followed by time for questions and conversation. Hosted by the Friends of the Thorne.

June 2 –
August 4, 2006

This exhibit features 19th-century artists from the Dublin Art Colony, which flourished around Mount Monadnock into the 20th century. The exhibit includes three pieces by local artist Barry Faulkner; the works have recently been restored and framed. Read more...

April 17 –
May 7, 2006

The KSC Department of Art presents an exhibition of recent works in a variety of media by studio art and graphic design seniors and other students taking art courses at KSC.

Opening Reception:
April 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m., hosted by Friends of the Thorne

January 21 –
February 26, 2006

The exhibit ranges from traditional art, such as charcoal drawings and oil and watercolor paintings, to the experimental, including vintage dolls and prints, anodized enamel, installation and computer art, and toy cars affixed with epoxy. Faculty exhibitors are: Sam Azzaro, Rosemarie Bernardi, Richard Carlson, Mary Kendra Crawford, Henry Freedman, Marsha Hewitt, Robert Kostick, Ann LaRoche, Walter Nicolai, Chris Nitsche, Yuan Pan, Christa Parravani, John Roberts, Katharina Rooney, and Craig Stockwell.

Works by Rosemarie Bernardi, associate professor of art, and Marsha Hewitt, chairperson of the Art Department, will be showcased in one gallery. Both Bernardi and Hewitt created numerous works of art during recent sabbaticals from the college classroom.

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Opening Reception:
January 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m., hosted by Friends of the Thorne

January 22 –
March 6, 2005

A juried selection of works in various media by artists who live within 30 miles of Keene or are Friends of the Thorne.

To read a press release announcing the winners, click here.

William H. Hays of Brattleboro, Vt., was chosen the winner of the People's Choice Award for his oil painting "Sunset Mooring, Nova Scotia." To read press release and see a photo of this work, click here.

October 9 –
December 5, 2004

This color photography exhibit by Don Doll, S.J. looks at contemporary Lakotas, Dakotas, and Nakotas who have chosen to carry the traditions and culture of their people to future generations.

September 2 –
October 12, 2003

Since 1993 when a retrospective of his work opened the new Thorne Gallery, Jules Olitski continues a prolific creation of artwork ranging from his characteristic highly-textured abstract canvases to vivid landscapes, monoprints, colorful life drawings, and metal sculptures. This retrospective exhibits work from the last ten years during which time the artist has fluctuated between representational and abstract art returning to paint directly from nature and the human form to exploring abstract color and movement.