Visual Arts
As a student of Visual Arts at Loomis, you will find a broad experience across a wide variety of media for every skill level. The Visual Arts Department, located in the Richmond Art Center (RAC) will allow you to pursue your interests in ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, art history, and various digital media, on state of the art equipment in professional studios. The RAC has wonderful exhibition space, including The Mercy Gallery, for showcasing professional and student works. With a curriculum focused on your individual growth and self-expression, you will learn the fundamentals of technique and design working with our dedicated faculty, who are accomplished artists in their own right, as well as committed professional educators.
Students in the CL Art Seminar embarked on a yearlong, creative exploration of their artistic visions. Come see what they've created!
Recent Visual Arts News
![Pelicans and Daisies Collaborate on a Novel Idea]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581689078/loomis/rmftkpxqs177ekxpsraj/800_novela_2020-02-13-ART-JR-YOUTH-Mercy-Gallery-Opening-JR1_7225.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581689078/loomis/rmftkpxqs177ekxpsraj/800_novela_2020-02-13-ART-JR-YOUTH-Mercy-Gallery-Opening-JR1_7225.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581689078/loomis/rmftkpxqs177ekxpsraj/800_novela_2020-02-13-ART-JR-YOUTH-Mercy-Gallery-Opening-JR1_7225.jpg","width":800}])
Loomis Chaffee art students designed book covers this winter for Spanish-language novels written by students from nearby Miss Porter’s School in a collaborative project that also brought together two sisters who are Loomis alumnae.
![Students Curate Mercy Gallery Exhibition "Youth"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1580311382/loomis/ue7cmvcwsqlunlslweyi/Youth800x640_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1580311382/loomis/ue7cmvcwsqlunlslweyi/Youth800x640_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1580311382/loomis/ue7cmvcwsqlunlslweyi/Youth800x640_1.jpg","width":800}])
“Youth,” a student-curated exhibition of photographs from the Buhl Collection, will be on display in the Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery through April 14, 2020. Concurrently, an exhibition of student artwork will be on display in the Barnes and Wilde galleries of the Richmond Art Center.
![Installation Depicts Refugee Experience]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573056207/loomis/tjiay4p1rafsyozmweif/800_640-Harriet-Diamond.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573056207/loomis/tjiay4p1rafsyozmweif/800_640-Harriet-Diamond.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573056207/loomis/tjiay4p1rafsyozmweif/800_640-Harriet-Diamond.jpg","width":800}])
Exiled by installation artist Harriet Diamond opened in the Richmond Art Center’s Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery on Thursday, November 14 and will continue through January 17, 2020.
Online Art Exhibition
The Loomis Chaffee visual arts faculty welcomes you to the 2020 Spring Term Online Art Exhibition! Enjoy artwork from various mediums offered in the Richmond Art Center, pieces from the 3D Fabrication class and the Digital Art/Media Design class, and learn more about each of these featured student artists.