Lamont Gallery Student Engagement - Phillips Exeter Academy

The Lamont Gallery provides a variety of opportunities for Exeter students to shape meaningful encounters with contemporary art. Students are encouraged to engage with Lamont Gallery through our vibrant visiting artist program, workshops, lunchtime talks, and classroom visits, among others.

Annual Student Art Exhibitions

In collaboration with the Art Department, each Spring, Lamont Gallery hosts the Annual Student Exhibition. This exhibition – always a favorite at Exeter – highlights the innovative and skillfully created works of students in advanced visual art courses. To see more past student exhibitions, visit the Exhibition Archive page.

Kaleidoscope (2024)

Through experimentation, critique, research, self-direction, and many hours in the art studio, these students have explored themes important to them.

Fresh Produce (2023)

Investigation, research, risk-taking and drive: Fresh Produce showcases the creative outcomes from a period of highly focused artmaking by Exeter students.

Collective Ground (2022)

The students in ART 500 Portfolio and ART 690 Capstone Studio, engage in an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes while developing their own body of work. View the slideshow from the exhibition…

Gallery Engagement Team (G.E.T)

The Gallery Engagement Team is a vibrant a group of art enthusiasts! We like to think of G.E.T as a student-facing art advocates who want to share what we do and why we do it with the PEA community. Our student leaders greet gallery visitors and act as docents, assist with exhibition installations, participate in curatorial research, support workshops, and other gallery events.

Hallspace Student Gallery

Hallspace Gallery is dedicated to hosting student artwork and community driven projects. This platform was designed to foster creative encounters beyond the walls of the gallery, led by students and for students seeking additional creative resources and opportunities.

Lamont Gallery staff mentors participating students through the hands-on experience of exhibition planning, curating, and installation processes. Have an idea? We want to hear about it!

(re)collections / April 9 – May 30, 2024

An installation by: DOS(e). How do we sculpt a notion of ourselves? Our memories of the past situate us in reality as tangible evidence of our experiences-something reliable. However, even the most impactful "frames" of our lives have been diluted, distorted, and destroyed. (re)collections opposes the perceived truth of memories while exploring the paradoxical blur that makes memories human.

In Good Hands / January 23 – April 1, 2024

Chloé Lind ‘27, from Charleston, South Carolina attempts to convey the ephemeral warmth that fellow human beings can provide in her show, "In Good Hands". Her work explores themes of togetherness, light, and the rekindling of the spirit. "In Good Hands" comprises three photographs which utilize light and shadows to depict human resilience in times of hardship. Her work is heavily influenced by current global crises, and how we, as individuals, tirelessly clamber out of the rubble. Chloé hopes her artwork will inspire light in the darkest of chasms and instill in the viewer a sense of tranquility and hope that, in the end, goodness and light will prevail over evil and darkness.

Threads / April 10 – June 4, 2023

Alysha Lai’23, a senior from Hong Kong and Australia, is looking to specialize in textiles, design, and biology. Working with multiple mediums, including fabric, ceramics, and acrylic paints, Alysha creates whimsical and colorful pieces, sculptures, and installations. Her work is inspired by biological and psychological connections, with her cultural identity as an Asian-Australian growing up in different countries and cultures. Her art focuses on environmental sustainability in her message and creation through the use of repurposed recycled materials.

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