William Blizard Gallery - Past Shows – 2025
"What Remains"
A collaborative exhibition featuring: Bree Maxwell, One Bowl, One Soul, an interactive installation
and Scott Zimmer, Paintings and Porcelains
January 30 - February 26, 2025
In this vibrant exhibition, ceramic artists Bree Maxwell and Scott Zimmer exhibit personal and collaborative work.
Part of the two-person exhibition, “What Remains,” answers the question many artists have: “What if we worked together?” Maxwell, primarily a potter, and Zimmer, primarily a sculptor, answer this exact question. Their friendship spans more than two decades, but have never worked side by side until now. Through the stacking, breaking, and multi-firing of personal and academic studio discards, new visual possibilities emerged. Metaphorically, works intend to capture a moment in time revealing the essence of transformation and regeneration.
Maxwell is a ceramic artist and entrepreneur celebrated for blending ceramics with community and collaboration. Since founding Studio 467 in Vernon, Conn., in 2019, she has built a dynamic creative hub that offers classes, hosts residencies, and provides a platform for artists of diverse backgrounds to connect and thrive.
Zimmer is an American artist who holds degrees in gardening, fine art in architecture. His garden-inspired work has been shown nationally, he has attended numerous artist residencies, and taught at universities and craft centers since the early 90s.
Ceramic artwork by Bree Maxwell, Sculpture by Scott Zimmer
Thoughts in Motion
Graduating Undergraduate Students Art Exhibition
Featuring Works by Senior Art, Art Therapy, and Art and Design Majors
April 14-25, 2025
This exhibit will showcase the work of Department of Visual and Performing Arts graduating seniors Jesika Garay, Imran Lamhader, Haley Livesay, Michael Ott, and Amanda Simpson.
Works and presentations will include a wide range of creative materials ranging from drawing, painting, and sculpture to digital and experimental formats.
Graduate Art Therapy/Counseling Majors Exhibition
May 5-17, 2025
Graduating students of the graduate Art Therapy/Counseling program will present their artwork in this final exhibition with art mediums ranging from printmaking, painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture. Featuring works by Brianna Daley, Tianna Dwinell, Nungi, Harley Smith, Julia Testa, Paula Um, and Lillian Woods
Artwork: collage panels by Paula Um, Art Therapy/Counseling major, Graduate Class of 2025
"The Way I See It"
September 15-October 24, 2025
Observation is a powerful skill that influences and inspires visual artists. When this aptitude is honed in an artistic practice with reflection, introspection, and experience, it can yield the unconventional. In this intimate, eye-catching exhibition, local and national artists share their idiosyncratic perspectives on art and life.
Artwork by Emma Rossi
"We'll Get There Eventually: A Print Exchange"
September 15-October 24
An exchange celebrating the tenacity, resilience, and courage to face the average day. This process can take many forms, whether it be the act of getting out of bed in the morning, asking questions (even though you think they might sound silly), or enduring constant trial and error. These stumbles unite us; we are all trying, and we will all get there…eventually. The prints in this show, from 23 nationwide artists, feature printmaking techniques, including lithography, screenprint, and intaglio.
Artwork by Sam Mercer
