Generations: A Solo Exhibit by Julie Torres

On display through Saturday, July 11, 2026, 5PM EDT

Sara May Love Gallery, Sarah K. Newberry Gallery

From Tallahassee to the Metropolitan Museum of Art—Julie Miller Torres proves that art can be for everyone, even if you’ve never stepped into a gallery before.

Julie Miller Torres creates work that blends everyday materials with powerful ideas, turning familiar techniques like crochet and weaving into bold, eye-catching pieces. Her art explores themes of freedom and empowerment in ways that are easy to connect with, transforming legal texts and big civic ideas into striking visual stories through her signature “woven screenprints” and “paper quilts.” One of her most recognized works, Super Diva, is a portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and is part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

A Tallahassee native and Maclay School graduate, Torres now lives and works in Atlanta. Her path bridges both art and law—she holds degrees from the University of Florida, the University of Miami, and the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Today, her work appears in major collections including Delta Airlines, the Ritz-Carlton, SCAD, and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Image: Julie Torres, All I Ask of Our Brethren, 2022, woven screen print, gold leaf, cut fabric, 78 x 62 inches

Relics and Dreams: Jan Austin-Hicken

On display through Saturday, September 5, 2026, 5PM EDT

Munroe Family Community Gallery

Jan Austin-Hicken presents an exhibition of assemblages, collages, original hats, and jewelry, reflecting a lifelong devotion to making. Born in Greensboro, NC, and based in Tallahassee since the 1980s, Austin-Hicken draws on decades of collected materials, incorporating handmade papers, treasured fabric remnants, and found objects from her own closets and travels. With a compulsion to create, Austin-Hicken embraces the artistic life she always dreamed of, offering viewers a vibrant, intimate look into her world of material imagination.

Image: Jan Austin-Hicken, Red Series #4, 2025, assemblage, 12 x 12 inches

Gadsden Arts Artists Guild

On display through Saturday, September 12, 2026, 5PM EDT

Bates Community Room and Bates Gallery

Enjoy the third Artists Guild exhibition of 2026, on view in the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum’s Bates Community Room and Bates Gallery through September 12, 2026. On display is artwork by Nancy Adams, Wendy Adams, Inger Avant, Bobbie Buckingham, Susan Burns, Terrie Corbett, Wendy Devarieux, Brenda Francis, Laura Harrod, Terry Hawkins, William Hugh McKeown, Pamela McLean, Morris Miller, Barbara Psimas, Fred Sanguiliano, Elena Scibelli, Robert DeWitt Smith, Jenny Swearingen, Joel Thornton, and Harris Wiltsher.

Image: Pamela McLean, The Library, 2025, acrylic, 16 x 20 inches

Art and our Environment

On display through December 2026

Zoe Golloway Gallery

This exhibition brings together the work of five distinguished Florida artists,
Beth Appleton, Mark Messersmith, Bob Bischoff, Jesse Aaron, and Bessie Harvey, whose work illuminates our evolving relationship with the natural world. Beth Appleton (b. 1949) creates intricate cut-paper assemblages shaped by a lifetime of observing Florida’s shifting landscapes. Mark Messersmith (b. 1955) is known for his vibrant, layered paintings that merge wildlife, lush vegetation, and human impact into dramatic narratives, often extending beyond the canvas with sculptural frames. Bob Bischoff (1950-2023) became known for creating large, public stained-glass installations with his wife Jo Ann Bischoff. Together, these artists’ work forms a compelling exploration of the beauty, fragility, and resilience of the natural world, inviting viewers to reflect on the connections between art, place, and the environment.

Image: Beth Appleton, Hurricane Charley, paper, watercolor paint, 2006, 28 x 22 in