Rosemary P Miller Gallery

Stepping Stones: 2025 Artistic Advancement Grant Recipients

On display August 7-28, 2026

About the Exhibit:
Every year, the Bloomington Arts Commission awards the Artistic Advancement grant to local artists in a variety of mediums, including music, visual arts, performing arts, film, architecture, literature, and more. The grant funds are intended to support artists with any needs related to their practices, giving many opportunities to have studio space, pay for new materials, and even travel to research. This year, we’re happy to welcome 2025 grant recipients to the Waldron for a group show. The work on displayed is as varied as the artists in Bloomington, including painting, drawing, fiber arts, music, film, glass, and printmaking.

Treasury Gallery

The Pregnant Form by Gloria Manzanares Romero & Emily Zarse

On display August 7-28, 2026

About the Exhibit:
In The Pregnant Image, artists Gloria Manzanares Romero and Emily Zarse explore their personal historical archives of over 500 photographs depicting pregnancy, dating from the 1940s through the early 2000s, when the digital image overtook film. Using painting and drawing, Manzanares recreates the images from photographs, focusing on the gestural movement and intimacy of the photographs. The result is a formalized snapshot – filled with the emotion captured in the original photos, yet somehow magnified. Zarse uses the photos themselves as archival documentation, displaying the handwritten notes on the back. These framed photos explore the often invisible labor of familial archiving.

Upcoming Shows & Artists

• Artistic Advancement Grant Recipients: August 7-28, 2026
• Emily Zarse and Gloria Manzanares: August 7-28, 2026
• Rene Crigler: September 4-25, 2026
• David Higgins: October 2-25, 2026
• Rod Bradfield: November 6-21, 2026
• Con Ray and Holly Truong: January 8-29, 2027
• Boneger Kwarteng: January 8-29, 2027
• Breathing Spells: February 5-28, 2027
• Incubator Studios Cohort: March 5-21, 2027
• Madelyn Lesnewich: April 2-30, 2027
• Copper Fish Print Guild: May 7-30, 2027
• Victoria Ridgeway: June 4-27, 2027
• Lucy Calotta: June 4-27, 2027
• Ashley Lian: July 2 – August 1, 2027
• Alyssa Davis: August 6-29, 2027
• Patrick Stefaniak: August 6-29, 2027
• Bridget Conn: September 3-26, 2027

Past Shows