The Department of Fine Arts sponsors the Art Gallery Series in the Hyman Fine Arts Center’s Adele Kassab Art Gallery, hosting varied shows of two and three dimensional works showcasing local and regional artists.
The Art Gallery Curator selects exhibitions that support and enhance the academic goals of the visual arts program at Francis Marion University, providing a non-profit institutional setting in the service of both students and the wider community.
Interested in having your work (or another artist’s work) considered for exhibition? Please use the Adele Kassab Gallery Submissions Form.
Information about previous exhibits may be found in Kassab Art Gallery Archive and additional exhibitions are displayed downtown at FMU’s University Place Steven F. Gately Gallery.
Reverie
by Charity Jules
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
May 5 – August 26, 2026
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Thursday
Charity Jules is an artist, educator, and innovative arts administrator based in Eastern North Carolina. She serves as the Chair of the Fine Art and Music Departments at Pitt Community College, where she has helped grow the Associate in Fine Arts program into a strong university transfer pathway for emerging artists. With an MFA in Photography from East Carolina University and a background in both analog and digital photographic processes, her studio practice has expanded to include mixed media, metals, glass, and wood.
“Reverie is a body of work born from a season of deep renewal. Composed of photographs and found-object sculptures – seashells, whale bones, and other treasures gathered through years of beachcombing, the series is a meditation on love, memory, and the quiet power of place.
“Reverie is not only a reflection on a place, but a practice of presence. It is an attempt to hold onto the ephemeral, to gather beauty, and offer it back.”
Francis Marion University Fine Arts Faculty Show
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
September 1 – November 5, 2026
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
The Department of Fine Arts faculty will present a group exhibit of their work. This exhibit provides an opportunity for the campus and Florence community to view examples of personal research by these faculty. The art encompasses a wide variety of mediums and methods.
Senior Shows by Graudating FMU Visual Arts Majors
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
November 10 – December 12, 2026
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Senior shows are required of all students majoring in Visual Arts. These shows give students hands-on experience in selection and installation of artworks, publicity of exhibition, and external review by the University community and the general public.
Works by Ceramics and 3-Dimensional Design Classes
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
November 10 – December 12, 2026
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Students in ceramics classes learn processes and techniques in both wheel-throwing and hand building in the art and craft of pottery. Throwing leads progressively toward stoneware clay tooling, decorating, glazing and firing. As they advance through the curriculum, students add ceramic fabrications methods of slab-work, modeling from solid masses, and press molding. Multi-part forms and porcelain formula clay bodies are created as artistic discipline develops along with the individual’s philosophy, critical awareness and aesthetics.
Students taking Three-Dimensional Design classes investigate organization techniques, with special emphasis on the plastic controls of form and space. They learn to use a variety of tools and various sculptural media, including wood, plaster and clay.
Hanji Art by Irina Shin-Geller
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
January 5 – February 18, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Irina Shin-Geller is a Korean-Russian-American artist known for her textured hanji collages and non-figurative abstractions. Born in Uzbekistan and raised in Moscow, she earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Moscow State University and a Ph.D. in History from the Soviet Academy of Sciences. After immigrating to the United States in 1992, she studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design and web design at Pace University before focusing on her studio practice. With her husband Jeffery Geller, she co-owns and operates Red Springs Artspace in North Carolina.
“I work primarily with handmade Korean hanji paper, employing traditional techniques alongside experimental painting methods. Layers of hanji are wetted, manipulated, and fused to create rich, textured surfaces. Acrylics, inks, enamels, and occasional metallic accents are applied intuitively, allowing light to interact with the translucent and opaque qualities of the material. Chance and material response guide the process, resulting in organic abstractions that emphasize fluidity, depth, and luminous presence.”
Jeffery Geller Ceramics
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
January 5 – February 18, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Jeffery Geller studied painting and sculpture in southern California from junior high through his undergraduate education, and continued while in graduate school at Duke University and while teaching philosophy and logic at UNC-Pembroke. Over the last several years, he has worked in ceramics and in collage and montage, as well as painting directly on glass. With his wife Irina Shin-Geller, he co-owns and operates Red Springs Artspace.
“I work across painting (acrylics, inks, oils on paper and canvas), collage, printed fabric, and ceramics. Paintings often feature dynamic figures and abstract energies, built through layered mark-making and color. Ceramics focus on organic, sculptural forms with rich surfaces. The process is intuitive and material-driven, informed by philosophical themes of presence, time, and personalism.”
Bug Photography
by Nathan Harness
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
February 23 – April 1, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Nathan Harness is a biologist, an award-winning educator at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC, and a skilled macro photographer. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Truman State University in 2008 and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Missouri in 2018.
His stunning insect portraits—often focusing on arthropods with camouflage or intricate physical traits—frequently spotlight his field expeditions to international biodiversity hotspots like the Ecuadorian Andes, as well as the native wildlife in the Pee Dee region.
S.C. Flora and Fauna
by Delany MeSun Shin
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
February 23 – April 1, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Delaney MeSun Shin is an interdisciplinary artist whose work delves into the complex layers of her personal and cultural identity. Shin’s practice seamlessly fuses biological imagery with themes of heritage, creating a dynamic interplay between science and art.
Delaney earned her Master of Fine Arts in two-dimensional studies from Bowling Green State University with a concentration in painting and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where she specialized in drawing and minored in art history. She is currently shaping future generations of artists through her teaching at Francis Marion University.
Senior Shows by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Majors
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
April 6 – May 4, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
Senior shows are required of all students majoring in Visual Arts. These shows give students hands-on experience in selection and installation of artworks, publicity of exhibition, and external review by the University community and the general public.
Works by Ceramics and 3-Dimensional Design Classes
Kassab Gallery, Hyman Fine Arts Center
April 6 – May 4, 2027
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Thursday
Students in ceramics classes learn processes and techniques in both wheel-throwing and hand building in the art and craft of pottery. Throwing leads progressively toward stoneware clay tooling, decorating, glazing and firing. As they advance through the curriculum, students add ceramic fabrications methods of slab-work, modeling from solid masses, and press molding. Multi-part forms and porcelain formula clay bodies are created as artistic discipline develops along with the individual’s philosophy, critical awareness and aesthetics.
Students taking Three-Dimensional Design classes investigate organization techniques, with special emphasis on the plastic controls of form and space. They learn to use a variety of tools and various sculptural media, including wood, plaster and clay.