The art gallery in the Frieson Black Cultural Center building features student-led art exhibits as a way to infuse student voice into the campus community.
Currently on Display
Ethnogenesis
Exhibit Dates November 2025–December 2025
Currently on display is the work of master’s student Richard Mabula and his wife, Viktoriia Berger. The exhibit, titled “Ethnogenesis,” features various art forms, including prints, photography, artifacts, and sculptures. The art celebrates a fusion of African and Russian culture as viewed through the lens and creative approach of both artists.
Upcoming Exhibits
Oh Those Beautiful Dolls
A unique artistic exploration of rag and sock dolls around the African Diaspora
January 2026–February 2026
Oh, So DIVINE
a celebration of the National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities through the work of student art
March 2026–May 2026
Past Exhibits
Here we can provide a sampling of past exhibits. This does not need to be a comprehensive list of every exhibit ever shown. You may choose to display the most recent three exhibits, or perhaps three exhibits that demonstrate the widest breadth of topics.
Caribbean Currents: Take Me Home
Exhibited April 2025–August 2025
Caribbean Currents was born from a deep, ancestral pull toward a place where rhythm is not only performance but inheritance. In Knoxville, thousands of miles from the sea, this exhibit is a gathering of echoes of water, memory, and joy honoring those who have crossed oceans and borders and still carry the pulse of the islands inside them. For those far from home, this space showed you were never alone. You are already there.