Art Gallery At Cohen Memorial Hall

In 2023 the Vanderbilt Art Gallery commissioned Atlanta-based artist Amie Esslinger to produce a site-specific installation above the grand staircase in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. The resulting work is Holding Impact, a series of eight distinctive multimedia installations that have collided into one, creating a force that fills, conforms to and breaks free from the confines of the space.  Read More

Vanderbilt's Fine Arts Gallery and the Divinity Library have partnered with the National Museum of African American Music to develop the Sound of Art residency, an artist-in-residence program to explore how creative and critical thinking expressed through the visual and musical arts can develop a sense of community, reveal hidden histories and inspire change. Read More