The ASMS Gallery is located in the newly built Bedsole Building on the school’s campus and is free and open to the public.

Anagama Clayworks is now being shown.  Curated by University of South Alabama ceramics instructor Tony Wright, the ceramic work featured in this exhibition shares the common experience of being fired in the famed “Fat Bastard” wood kiln at the University of Montevallo. Anagama translates to “cave kiln” in Japanese. It refers to an ancient kiln design brought from China through Korea at about the 5th Century AD, where the earliest examples were derived by literally digging a single chamber into a hillside.

The gallery is managed by artist and ASMS art instructor Orren Kickliter.  Funding for the Gallery is made possible through a grant from the Arts Initiative of the Undesignated Community Endowment of The Community Foundation of South Alabama. The gallery will bring tangible academic and artistic content that will add to and support the excellent academic program at ASMS. 

“Ideally, art that has scientific concerns and/or incorporates scientific reasoning will be shown,” says Kickliter.  “Visitors will see art that uses technology and computers.  The gallery will also be open to any type of exhibit, traditional art or any other academic area. We could host exhibits centering around research in physics or history.”

The ASMS Gallery will be open to any exhibit or media that is academic in nature; however, media or exhibit concepts that deal with scientific concerns will be encouraged.  What is unique about the space is the fact that it can accommodate electronic media.  LCD displays and digital projectors can be located throughout the gallery, making it possible to exhibit art or academic research from anywhere in the world.  In addition, the gallery content could be programmed to change throughout the day.