…quote taken from the Wake Forest University Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery web site.  “The 3,600-square-foot Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery opened in 1976 within the newly-constructed Scales Fine Arts Center. The first exhibition was a major show of 20th Century European Art from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum including artwork by Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, and Max Ernst.

During the gallery’s second year, members of the Art Department faculty took turns curating and installing exhibitions. Several group exhibitions were put together, including a print show and an invitational of national contemporary artists. In 1978, the Art Department hired its first gallery director.”

For more information please visit Wake Forest University Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery web site.