Spring 2025

Temma in Aurora

March 25 - May 16, 2025 

Tim Lowly, Coroacao (Coronation) 2014

Over the course of the last 40 years, much of Tim Lowly's art has been largely devoted to representing his daughter Temma. She is medically categorized as "multiply and profoundly disabled" and as such, one who has little personal agency. Lowly's art depicts Temma as a profoundly meaningful human and as a representative of a significant population that is relatively unseen and unconsidered in our society. Inspired by European Renaissance and Baroque painting and drawing, Lowly creates highly skilled, realistic drawings and paintings depicting Temma as a loved, valued, dignified, and mystical subject.

Black Excellence at Aurora University: A History

January 21 - April 17, 2025

 Paulette Miller '72, Aurora College's 1971 homecoming queen, with her escort, James H. Townsend '70, in the homecoming parade

To celebrate Black History Month, the Office of Black Excellence and Schingoethe Center invite you on a journey through the history of Black Excellence at Aurora University. Using historical documents and photographs from the university's Colby Archives, this exhibition showcases the university’s efforts to support African American students since the Civil Rights Era, the impact of the Black Student Association, and the remarkable achievements of Black students on campus.

Click here for Past Exhibits and Programs.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Contemporary Native American Art Display

Marlin Johnston Gallery

Installation view of Contemporary Native American gallery

View selections of contemporary Native American art from the Schingoethe Center Collection. Artists on display include:

• Peggy Black (Navajo)
• Julie Buffalohead (Ponca)
• Dan Friday (Lummi)
• Tammy Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo)
• Edgar Hachivi Heap of Birds (Cheyenne)
• Lisa Holt (Cochiti Pueblo)
• Erica Lord (Athabascan / Inupiat)
• Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
• Chris Pappan (Kanza / Osage / Lakota Descent)
• Lilliana Pitt (Warm Springs / Wasco / Yakama)
• Harlan Reano (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
• Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke)
• Preston Singletary (Tlingit)
• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish)
• Angela Swedberg (Tribally Certified Indian Artisan)
• Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo)
• Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota)
• Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez Pueblo)

 Click here to see works currently on display.