THACHER GALLERY

Events & Exhibition Calendar

The Thacher Gallery presents free public programs, including artist talks, craft demonstrations, and docent-led tours for all ages. The facility also serves as a professional training laboratory for students interested in arts management, museum studies, and exhibitions. The gallery often collaborates with faculty and classes for linked programming.

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The Thacher Gallery is open to the public from 12-6 p.m. daily, except during library closures. Please confirm the library schedule prior to visiting, especially during holidays.

All visitors are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations, please call (415) 422-5178 or email simmons@usfca.edu.

Upcoming Events

March 3

Sonia Romero: Taken Root

March 3 – March 4, 2025 12:00AM - 12:00AM

Gleeson Library Thacher Gallery Art Exhibit

2024-25 Exhibition Calendar ART ALL AROUND US

Long Distance Relationship: Asian American Comics Artists and the Complexities of Connecting

Eddie Ahn, Rina Ayuyang, Tessa Hulls, MariNaomi, and Thien Pham

(Aug. 12-Nov. 10, 2024) Using text and image, these creators bring together the past and present to understand their bonds to family, friends, and community. Co-curated by Glori Simmons and Jenifer K Wofford. Co-presented by USF’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Center.

Long Distance Relationship

black and white artwork featuring two people with lens over eyes

Image credit: Tessa Hulls, from Feeding Ghosts, A Graphic Memoir, ink on paper, 2024

Imagined Vessels: Ceramics by Paz G, Liz Hernández, Cathy Lu, Maria Porges, and Maryam Yousif

(Dec. 3, 2024-Feb. 23, 2025) In this exhibition, artists reimagine form to claim personal and cultural identities through contemporary techniques in ceramics. Presented by the M.A. in Museum Studies program’s Curatorial Practicum class led by Paula Birnbaum.

ceramic figurine of person in dress holding bag

Image credit: Maryam Yousif, Fashion Show Model Carrying Nineveh Fashions Cosmic Handbag, 2021, glazed stoneware; photo: Jeff McLane

Sonia Romero: Taken Root

(Mar. 3-Apr. 15, 2024) Spanning 25 years and crossing the realms of studio practice and public art, Taken Root reveals Romero’s visual language that expands the possibilities of printmaking, painting, and paper cutting. Curated by Karen Rapp, Director & Curator, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where it debuted in fall 2023.

blue toned artwork of woman holding guitar from behind

Image credit: Sonia Romero, Revolving Landscape: She Plays Jarana Jarocho, 2012, linocut on paper

26th Thacher Art + Architecture Annual

(May 2-Jun. 29, 2024) This annual juried exhibition showcases juniors and seniors in the Department of Art + Architecture and is presented by the B.A. in Art History and Museum Studies program’s Thacher Practicum class.