Art Galleries

The University Art Galleries are northern Idaho's principal facilities emphasizing the visual arts. The University Gallery occupies the main floor of Ridenbaugh Hall on campus (corner of Blake Street and Campus Drive) and the Prichard Art Gallery is located at 414 S. Main Street in downtown Moscow, open year-round. During the academic year, the University Gallery displays the work of University undergraduate and graduate students studying in the disciplines of Art and Design, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. All gallery programs and exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Through the galleries' rotation of exhibits, visitors may see examples of visual arts that include traditional and experimental art media and decorative and applied design. The galleries' objectives are to provide opportunities for local, regional, and national artists to exhibit their work, a means by which visitors' awareness and appreciation of the arts is heightened. The galleries also serve as an excellent teaching device. Outreach by the Prichard Art Gallery strengthens ties between the university and its communities.

In addition to exhibitions of work by artists of international, national, and regional repute, exhibitions mounted each year at the Prichard Art Gallery traditionally include those by faculty members and graduate students from the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. In service of the university and the community, the Prichard hosts public receptions held in connection with some exhibitions, occasional musical performances, seminars with guest artists and lecturers, and the A.R.T. Gallery Connections Docent Program (K-12).

The gallery facilities and programs are administered through the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences.