Gallery curator and art professor Bradly Brown hopes to see the San Jacinto College South Campus’ art gallery become a cultural hub between the Museum District and Galveston.

“I think we fill a cultural void in this area,” Brown said. “Our students don’t always have the means or resources to visit museums in Houston’s museum district and I’d like to think we can help to fill that space for them.”

The South Gallery has featured a variety of installations from artists all over the United States, including many by San Jacinto College’s own students.

“I like to think of our space as not just an art gallery,” Brown said. “It is a multidisciplinary space where we can feature all of the things that inspire art, like science and history.”

The gallery’s latest exhibit, Super Tuning , by artist Trey Duvall used industrial elements to emulate human emotions and experiences.

“Part of the idea behind Duvall’s art is the deterioration of the installation over time,” Brown said. “He often draws on the contradictions in life. ‘I know one thing, therefore I know nothing’.”

Duvall’s installation was just one of many featured recently at the South Campus Gallery; including Carrot Cake; with more than 40 original artworks by famed animator Chuck Jones, League City Legacy; an installation of items from the Butler Longhorn Museum, and Not-So-Lone-Star Studios; a collection of jewelry and metal art created by Texas makers to name a few.

“With our installations, we are looking do more than just display artwork,” Brown said. “I’m interested in using each exhibition as an opportunity to create an artistic experience or an installation that complements the work itself.”

Brown, who took over as the South Gallery’s curator also manages the work study program for art gallery interns.

“I think that the internship program can be invaluable for art students,” Brown said. “We teach them the proper way to handle and display pieces of art, how to break down and clean the space after an installation and make it fresh for a new one. They are the boots on the ground for each of the exhibitions we are lucky enough to display.” 

To learn more about the fine arts program at San Jacinto College, visit www.sanjac.edu/career/art-design.