Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative

MARCH 7 – APRIL 4, 2026

Herron School of Art + Design Eskenazi Hall | Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries - 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202

Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries

The Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative exhibition is an annual, invitational showcase featuring Indiana’s top Hoosier Art Salon awardees.

Selected works by 26 distinguished artists highlight the connection between artistic innovation and community engagement, presented in partnership with the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, The Hoosier Art Salon, and the Herron Galleries.

THE LAST TREE 

Expanded Photography by Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo

February 4 – April 4, 2026

Herron School of Art + Design Eskenazi Hall | Basile Gallery - 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202

Basile Gallery

 Recording of the Artist Talk Recorded on February 26, 6pm EST

This exhibition centers Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo’s investigation of colonialism as a system of extraction—of land, culture, plants, and images—and its ongoing effects on Indigenous communities and the ecologies they protect. Employing nineteenth-century photographic processes historically entwined with ethnography and territorial conquest, the artist critically engages the visual technologies that once classified Indigenous bodies and naturalized resource exploitation.  

Through sustained collaboration with contemporary Indigenous land defenders, she reclaims these processes, transforming photography from an instrument of colonial authority into a space of relational exchange and agency. The work traces how colonial logics persist today through religion, global capitalism, the War on Drugs, and climate change, foregrounding those who continue to resist environmental and cultural erasure. 

Herron Goes Global

MARCH 6 – APRIL 4, 2026

Dates of Exhibition: March 6 - April 4

Reception: Monday, March 30, 11am -1pm

Herron School of Art + Design Eskenazi Hall | Marsh Gallery - 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 

Marsh Gallery

Herron continues recent virtual global classroom experiences at Indiana University with four projects led each led by a Herron faculty member and an international faculty collaborator who together guided students in an international exchange project within art and design. All projects involved multiple touch points for students to connect with their international peers ranging from virtual video meetups to collaborative online platforms to share ideas visually. These experiential learning opportunities offer a more accessible means of cultural exchange to a wider student audience than is possible with our classic study abroad opportunities.   

This project was funded in part by the Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Endowment in International Studies and Virtual Global Learning Fellowships issued by the IUI Office of International Affairs.

Graduate Thesis Exhibitions

Reception on April 30, 5-8pm
Dates of exhibition April 30 - May 30, 2026

Herron School of Art + Design Eskenazi Hall | Berkshire, Reese and Paul Galleries | Basile Gallery | Marsh Gallery - 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 

MFA: Berkshire, Reese and Paul Galleries

M.A.A.T.: Marsh Gallery 

MDES: Basile Gallery

This culminating exhibition showcases the work of graduate students completing their master’s degrees in Fine Art, Art Therapy, and Design.

Featuring a wide range of media - including installation, intermedia, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and work rooted in therapeutic practice - the exhibition highlights the diverse creative inquiries and research-driven processes of Herron’s emerging creatives.

Together, these works reflect a commitment to experimentation, personal narrative, and the transformative potential of art in both individual and collective contexts.

The Undergraduate Senior Showcase

Reception on May 15th, 5-8pm

Dates of exhibition: April 30, 2026 – May 17, 2026

Eskenazi Fine Art Center, 1401 Indiana Ave. Indianapolis

The Senior Showcase presents work by graduating undergraduate students from across Herron’s studio programs.

The exhibition reflects the culmination of each student’s academic and creative development and includes projects in painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, intermedia, and design.