Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery

11/04/2025

✨ Don’t miss the Opening Reception this Friday! ✨

Step into the world of Sean Latif Heiser: Time is a Hearer, a mesmerizing exhibition where abstraction becomes a bridge between memory, imagination, and perception.

Heiser’s paintings shimmer between landscapes and dreamscapes — spaces both familiar and fantastical — pulling you into the architecture of thought itself.

📅 Reception: Friday, November 7 | 5:00–8:00 PM
📍 Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery | Plough Memorial Library, Christian Brothers University
🎟 Free and open to the public

Join fellow art lovers, students, and creatives for an evening of conversation, discovery, and inspiration.

10/13/2025

From “Paper to Pixel”: Artist Dezmond Gipson in The Commercial Appeal 📰

We’re thrilled to see Generally Digital artist Dezmond Gipson featured in The Commercial Appeal!

In this thoughtful interview, Gipson reflects on his journey from sketching Dragon Ball Z characters as a kid to exploring the intersections of creativity, technology, and commercial art as a self-proclaimed “Digital Generalist.”

His recent exhibition, Generally Digital, which has been extended until October 31 at the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery, offered a kaleidoscopic glimpse into his dynamic approach to digital media — where “the commercial meets the creative.”

Read the full article here ➡️ https://www.memphisflyer.com/dezmond-gipson-from-paper-to-pixel

📸 Photo courtesy of the Beverly + Sam Ross

The artist talks CBU show, being a “Digital Generalist,” and digital art.

08/26/2025

✨ We’re back on! ✨

The opening reception for Dezmond Gipson’s Generally Digital has been rescheduled and will take place:

📅 Friday, August 29
🕔 5:00 – 8:00 pm
📍 Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery | Christian Brothers University

We sincerely apologize for last week’s cancellation and thank you for your patience. Don’t miss the chance to celebrate Dezmond’s innovative and inspiring digital work!

🖼️ On view: Aug. 22 – Oct. 10
✅ Free + open to the public

More info: www.cbu.edu/gallery

08/22/2025

🚨 Reception Postponed 🚨
Due to a building maintenance issue, tonight’s opening reception for Dezmond Gipson’s Generally Digital has been postponed.

The exhibition is still on view from August 22 – October 10 at the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery and is free and open to the public.

We’ll share the new reception date soon — thank you for your understanding!
More info: www.cbu.edu/gallery

08/19/2025

✨ Opening Reception this Friday! ✨

Join us at the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery for the opening of Generally Digital by Memphis native Dezmond Gipson.

📅 Friday, August 22
🕔 5:00 – 8:00 pm
📍 Lower level of Plough Memorial Library, CBU campus

Gipson, a self-proclaimed “Digital Generalist,” blurs the lines between personal and commercial creative work through digital photography, cinematography, motion design, and animation. His exhibition reflects on identity, reinvention, and the language of visual communication.

🖼️ The exhibition will be on view through October 10.
✅ Free + open to the public!

More info: www.cbu.edu/gallery

05/08/2025

🎉 You're invited! Celebrate creativity, vision, and four years of hard work at the BFA Spring 2025 Exhibition Opening Reception!
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🖼️ Featuring the graduating seniors of CBU’s Visual & Performing Arts program:
✨ Presley Broughton
✨ Camryn Jernigan
✨ Justin Olige
✨ Darlyn Vicente
✨ Paulina Vidal

📍 Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery at CBU
🗓️ Friday, May 9
🕔 5:00 - 8:00 PM
🎨 Exhibit runs through July 11

Come meet the artists, explore their thesis work, and experience how the next generation of artists is shaping the visual world.

🔗 www.cbu.edu/gallery

04/23/2025

🎨✨ Closing Reception: Arrangements in Gravity | Friday, April 25 | 5–8 PM ✨🎨
📍 Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery, Plough Library Lower Level

What if gravity wasn't just a force - but a feeling?

As kids, we instinctively played with space and objects—stacking, arranging, feeling our way through the world with color, weight, and texture. Arrangements in Gravity by Brian R. Jobe & Jered Sprecher taps into that deep-rooted sense of wonder - inviting us to pause, play, and perceive again.

🧠 Psychologically speaking?

Nostalgia makes us feel more connected and open.

Sensory immersion grounds us in the moment.

Artistic contrast—between Jobe’s sculptural tension and Sprecher’s ephemeral paintings—sparks cognitive curiosity.
And that curiosity? It’s powerful. It makes us look closer, feel deeper, and remember longer.

This closing reception is your last chance to experience that feeling in real time.
🕊️ Stand between painting and sculpture.
💫 Witness tension held by gravity alone.
🌸 See flowers melt into the glow of memory.

🍷 Light refreshments served. Admission is always free.
💬 Bring a friend. Or better—bring someone who thinks differently.

📅 Friday, April 25
🕔 5:00–8:00 PM
📍 Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery, CBU Campus
🅿️ Accessible from Central Ave parking / East Parkway entrance

Let yourself be caught by color, form, and feeling - just like when you were a kid.

03/20/2025

🌟 New Art Exhibition at the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery! 🌟

Step into a world where color, texture, and gravity intertwine in "Arrangements in Gravity," a collaborative exhibition by Brian R. Jobe and Jered Sprecher at the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University!

🖼️ Exhibition Dates: March 17 – April 25, 2025
🎨 Closing Reception: Friday, April 25 | 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Playful yet profound, this exhibition invites you to explore the delicate balance between materials, space, and meaning. Jobe’s sculptures and installations interact with Sprecher’s paintings in a conversation of structure and fluidity—where bricks stack, colors glow, and objects hold each other in harmony.

Come experience the weight of form, the lightness of color, and the beauty of artistic collaboration! 🌿✨

📍 Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University
🔗 Learn more: www.cbu.edu/gallery

The Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery is located on the lower level of Plough Memorial Library. All art exhibits are free and open to the public.

12/12/2024

🎨 Join Us for the Fall 2024 BFA Exhibition Opening Reception! 🎨

CBU Visual Arts is thrilled to invite you to the Fall 2024 BFA Exhibition, showcasing the incredible work of our graduating seniors Ciridany Genchi Cortez and Piper Grokulsky.

📅 Date: This Friday, December 13th
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University

Let’s come together to celebrate the hard work, talent, and creativity of these amazing artists as they share their unique perspectives and final projects with the world.

✨ We can’t wait to see you there! Visit www.cbu.edu/gallery for more details.