Self-guided Visits, Group Visits & Large Group Guided Tours
Self-guided Visits, Group Visits & Large Group Guided Tours
Gallery shows are intended to be Self-Guided. Text panel didactics that describe the objectives or curatorial vision of each exhibition are generally always available for viewers to read during their visit. Professional artist exhibitions will often also include artists’ statements about their work. These, along with wall labels for each artwork, give viewers a rich and informative gallery experience which provoke thought for lone visitors, and poignant dialog within groups. Self-guided visits are always encouraged for individuals or small groups of 15 or less.
Large Group Guided Tours
Special requests for Large Group Guided Tours (more than 15 visitors in a group) or special accommodations for groups during closed hours may be requested, but may only be granted based on staff availability, and are not guaranteed. Special requests for small groups or sole individuals during closed times (press excepted) is not available. Please consider self-guided options during regular publicly open hours.
Guided Group Tour of About Face (2017) exhibition with visiting students from another local off-campus university with Gallery Curator, Michele Cairella Fillmore. Exhibition featured the work of Justin Bower, Rebecca Campbell, Salomon Huerta and Roni Stretch
Recommendations for Planning Visits and Tours
For all Self-Guided Visits, Tours or Group-Guided Tour planning: Please refer to open hours for each gallery which are staggered 12-4pm or 4-8pm on each M-Th weekday, and open weekends 12-4pm when exhibitions are in place.
Kellogg University
Art Gallery
Building 35A Mon-Tues: 4-8pm
Wed-Thurs: 12-4pm
Fri: Closed
Sat-Sun: 12-4pm
Huntley Gallery
Library (Building 15)4th Floor, Suite 4435
Mon-Tues: 12-4pm
Wed-Thurs: 4-8pm
Fri: Closed
Sat-Sun: 12-4pm
Closures Between Exhibitions
All exhibitions are temporary, and rotate regularly. Both galleries often open at the beginning of a given semester, close mid semester for an estimated 3-week period for change-out of shows (aka “dark”) for deinstallation/re-installation of new exhibitions, and is therefore not open to the public when “dark”. After re-installation is complete, shows newly reopen to close again at the semester’s end or in the middle of the next semester depending on the scale and type of show. Please also refer to each gallery’s current exhibition schedules to determine open or closure status of exhibition when planning your visit.
Closures During Holiday Breaks
Galleries are always closed during the 10-day holiday Winter Break (late December to early January), as campus is closed. Galleries are often, but not always, closed during Spring Break (end of March to early April) and sometimes during the Summer as well. Pay attention to Galleries' websites and social media for show durations and closure periods.
For Guided Group Tour or Large Group Visit Requests:
When making a "Guided Group Tour Request" or "Large Group Visit Request" please provide the following information with your emailed request:
- state the name of your off- or on-campus organization; or your class course number, name and University/College affiliation;
- provide the full name of your group’s main contact or point-person; or faculty/staff member making the request;
- provide contact person’s cell number and email;
- supply expected or estimated number of total people in the group incl. any or all chaperones, faculty, aux. staff, etc.;
- name of which gallery and show wishing to visit;
- date and time request (please try stay within regular open hours to ensure greater chance of staff availability);
- approximate expected duration of visit;
- request special accommodations for disabled persons, if applicable;
- confirm if a guided gallery tour or introductory group talk is needed, or if group will be self-guided, or faculty-guided.
Image: Large Group at the Kellogg University Gallery during a catered Special Event in conjunction with exhibition Artists Talk. St. Broxville Wood: Into the Thicket, 2020 exhibition featuring the center-of-the-room installation by Katie Stubblefield titled Comeuppance. Larger groups require added staff on hand for the protection of artworks on display.
How to request a group tour or large group request or special access:
On-campus groups, or groups coming from off-campus, that would like to request a guided tour or special accommodations during closed hours may make a special request to:
University Art Galleries & Collections Curator, Michele Cairella Fillmore via email at: michelec@cpp.edu with "Guided Group Tour Request" or "Large Group Visit Request" (depending on need of the request) written in the Subject Line.