Southeastern Student Juried Art Exhibition opens March 12

The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery will present the 2026 Juried Student Exhibition from March 12 through April 17. Featuring artwork from Southeastern students, the exhibition is juried by graphic designer and New Orleans artist Kay Curley and Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the New Orleans Museum of Art Orlando Hernández Ying.

Gallery Director Cristina Molina said Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery invites two jurors to campus every year from the artistic community in order to select from a pool of submissions that reflect exemplary artwork made by Southeastern students. This year Curley and Ying will select a variety of artworks ranging from area concentrations, such as ceramics, drawing, graphic design, new media and animation, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

“The Contemporary Art Gallery is dedicated to providing a platform for emerging artists to showcase their works and in keeping with our mission,” Molina said. “This exhibition provides an excellent opportunity for students to exhibit their artworks in a professional setting and have their artwork reviewed by two arts professionals. We invite visitors to the gallery to see the juror’s final selections.”

The gallery will hold an opening reception to celebrate the 2026 Juried Student Exhibition March 12 from 5 to 7 p.m., when “Best in Show” selections will be announced.

Curley develops visual identities, digital landscapes, print design, and motion graphics for creative brands, D2C companies, cultural institutions, and collaborators across many sectors. Her client list includes Meta AI, NIKE, Sephora, and the Color Factory Museum, to name a few.

Prior to his position at NOMA, Ying worked for the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York, where he was a curatorial associate (2022–24), National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and Rockefeller Curatorial Fellow (2021–22), and curatorial intern (2006–10). A native of Panama, Ying was the head curator of the Museo Antropológico Reina Torres de Araúz and held the position of national coordinator of museums in Panama, where he coordinated a country-wide master plan of 18 museums.

The gallery is located in East Strawberry Stadium on campus at 411 Ned McGehee Dr. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

For more information, contact Molina [email protected]. To keep up with gallery events, visit southeastern.edu/slucontemporary.