Lamont Gallery - Phillips Exeter Academy

Innovative and thematic exhibitions.

Lamont Gallery is a dynamic exhibition and teaching space that embraces curatorial risk-taking, and highlights thought provoking and socially relevant context from contemporary artists.

Informed by the Harkness teaching philosophy, our emphasis is on inquiry, dialogue, and active engagement. As an extension of the classroom, our aim is to compliment and partner with the Academy’s curriculum to promote student-centered learning.

Visitors of all ages are encouraged to experience and learn about the arts in a welcoming setting. Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism informs all aspects of our work.

Current Exhibition

THROUGH LINE celebrates basic mark-making as a foundation for the remarkable.

Lamont Gallery Events

Learn more about our gallery events and programs.

Student Exhibitions

The Hallspace Gallery features special projects, exhibitions, and curatorial proposals from Exeter students.

Contact the Lamont Gallery

Gallery Hours

Tuesday – Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Closed between exhibitions

Get in touch

603-777-3461
gallery@exeter.edu

Physical Address:

Frederick R. Mayer Art Center
Lamont Gallery
26 Tan Lane
Exeter, NH 03833

Located on the corner of Front Street and Tan Lane. Main Entrance faces Front Street. See map below for details.

Mailing Address:

Lamont Gallery
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833

Plan your visit

Make a reservation here.

The Lamont Gallery is free and open to the public, but RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED for all public guests. Current Exeter students and employees may visit the gallery anytime during our normal business hours.

Getting here

Review driving directions and the parking map for your visit.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Jeffrey Songco, Flower Bouquet, 2024, Digital image

Society of 23’s Conservatory
Works by Jeffrey Songco
January 2 – March 4, 2025
Opening Reception: January 16, 5-7pm

Society of 23’s Conservatory is a multi-media exhibition of installation art, photography, and video. For the last fifteen years, Jeffrey Augustine Songco has continued to make artwork based on the Society of 23 — a fictional brotherhood of 23 mysterious gentlemen all portrayed by the artist himself. Songco’s artwork examines the construction of his personal identities and their relationships to the actual society in which he exists. In Society of 23’s Conservatory, the artist explores a complicated relationship between his identity as an American of Filipino ethnicity and the colonial American behavior of conspicuously collecting “exotic” plants during the US rule over the Philippines from 1898 – 1946. Visitors to Lamont Gallery are invited to wander through the immersive site-specific installation which highlights the unique floor plan and interior details of the space, including 3 rarely exposed skylights.

Maker Fest
April 1 – May 3, 2025

The PEA Design Lab is proud to present works from makers in the Phillips Exeter community: students, staff and others. The selections offer both the aesthetic and practical and showcase our community’s ingenuity and imagination.

Nia Harris ’24, Prism Dreams, 2024, Oil on canvas (from the 2024 Advanced Student Art Exhibition)

Advanced Student Art Exhibition
May 16 – June 8, 2025

This annual exhibition features the hard work and creativity of Exeter’s visual arts students enrolled in advanced studio courses.

Lamont Gallery programs are supported in part by the Michael C. Rockefeller ’56 Visiting Artists Fund.