The Gund — Attraction in College Township

My older daughter had an event at Kenyon College so we figured that we would take the younger girls to the art museum. Granted, it is my fault that I didn't research more. I figured that it may not be as big as the OSU wexner center, but I was anticipating more like Oberlin College's art center. They only had one exhibit and unfortunately it was a little heavy for 7 year olds. But we made it work and explained things as we went along. A few things were way too graphic for them, so we did censor a bit. But at the end they had an exhibit to design a protest poster. So the girls each chose a platform and each made a poster. They had so much fun. They were then allowed to add it to the exhibit. How many 7 year olds get to say they have displayed their art work in a gallery exhibit? So all in all,...

It’s a pity that the Gund Gallery doesn’t want to show student work at the same capacity anymore for the Senior Capstone Exhibitions :( It’s also a pity that for over a decade this gallery has tried to remove faculty shows from the Gund Gallery as well. This causes a lot of distress for the Kenyon Art Department: a lot of emotional energy is spent FIGHTING. I think a good gallery at a college would want to help launch student careers by giving them a great place to show, document, etc before going off into the real world. The work would surely be better if they stopped fighting and kept things...

Fund gallery is the nicest college gallery I've ever seen! Great work at the student...