artWorks Gallery is JMU's student-run gallery within the School of Art, Design, and Art History, exhibiting work by undergraduate and graduate students.
The gallery features moveable walls, hardwood floors, large windows, and a high, open ceiling with exhibits changing every three weeks. Being solely run by students provides us with opportunities to gain experience running a gallery, showing work in a professional setting, and networking with the Harrisonburg arts community.
artWorks Gallery
The Arts at 131 West Grace
131 W. Grace Street
Harrisonburg, VA. 22801
Gallery Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 12-4 pm
and by appointment
Semiotic Forms: Type as Communication
Sept. 4–30, 2026
Opening: Friday, Sept. 4, 5:00pm
artWorks Gallery
This exhibition brings together student work from Intro to Type Design and Typography I, highlighting the ways typography can function as both language and visual form. The exhibition presents a range of explorations and experiments with letterforms, symbols, composition, and visual communication through the use of diverse tools, materials, and processes. Together, the works demonstrate how students investigate the relationship between form and meaning, transforming typographic elements into expressive systems of communication.
Curator: Prof. Zenab Bastawala, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Views and positions expressed in exhibitions are those of the artists and do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of the university.
