The Van Every/Smith Galleries play a fundamental role in the life of Davidson College. The Galleries support the academic mission of the college through the presentation, interpretation, and discussion of primarily contemporary artworks in all media for students and members of the Davidson community, as well as for national and international visitors to the campus. Gallery exhibitions and programs nurture individual thinking, develop visual literacy, and inspire a lifelong commitment to the arts.

The college maintains a permanent collection of art that offers students and members of the community an opportunity to interact with and research more than 4,000 works of art spanning more than five centuries. Works from the permanent art collection are displayed in academic buildings on campus and are also loaned to other regional, national, and international art institutions for inclusion in thematic exhibitions and/or individual retrospectives. To learn more visit our website.