July 7 - August 29, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, July 10, 5-7pm

Brent Funderburk, a North Carolina native, is an acclaimed artist known for his large-scale watermedia paintings and dynamic 40-year teaching and arts administration career, including 36 years at Mississippi State University where he is William L. Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus.  A 2024 Mississippi Governor’s Arts Award recipient, he has earned numerous honors for teaching, research, and scholarship while maintaining an active studio practice in Starkville, Mississippi. Funderburk has exhibited, lectured and taught extensively across the U.S. and abroad, speaking particularly on his art and artist Walter Inglis Anderson. He has co-curated and presented to museums, universities and art groups in association with touring exhibitions developed with Walter Anderson Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, and lives in Mississippi with his wife, dancer/choreographer/teacher Deborah Wyatt Funderburk.

SPONSORED BY JANE RILEY and ANNE & ROBIN HAIRE

September 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 5-7pm

SPONSORED BY RAY & LINDA ALLEN

October 2026

SPONSORED BY SCOTT & ANNETTE REED

December 2026