THE LAST TREE 

Expanded Photography by Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo 

February 4 – April 4, 2026 

Herron School of Art + Design | Basile Gallery 

Reception and Artist Talk: February 26, 5:30 - 8pm 

This exhibition centers Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo’s investigation of colonialism as a system of extraction—of land, culture, plants, and images—and its ongoing effects on Indigenous communities and the ecologies they protect. Employing nineteenth-century photographic processes historically entwined with ethnography and territorial conquest, the artist critically engages the visual technologies that once classified Indigenous bodies and naturalized resource exploitation.  

Through sustained collaboration with contemporary Indigenous land defenders, she reclaims these processes, transforming photography from an instrument of colonial authority into a space of relational exchange and agency. The work traces how colonial logics persist today through religion, global capitalism, the War on Drugs, and climate change, foregrounding those who continue to resist environmental and cultural erasure. 

Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative

MARCH 7 – APRIL 4, 2026
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Eskenazi Hall

The Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative exhibition is an annual, invitational showcase featuring Indiana’s top Hoosier Art Salon awardees. Selected works by 26 distinguished artists highlight the connection between artistic innovation and community engagement, presented in partnership with the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, The Hoosier Art Salon, and the Herron Galleries.

Cities in Transition: Transatlantic Perspective 

Perspective

on Urban Space

MARCH 5 – APRIL 4, 2026
Marsh Gallery
Eskenazi Hall

Cities in Transition: Transatlantic Perspective on Urban Space is a celebration and demonstration of Virtual Global Learning Exchanges (VGLE) and how these impactful experiences help develop global mindset in our community. VGLE projects create equitable, high-impact learning scenarios that help students and faculty deepen their understanding of communication and appreciation of other cultures without the burden of monetary cost, time for travel, and added emissions to the atmosphere, making it a sustainable practice. Evidence of these projects is displayed in forms of collaborative artwork, design, and artifacts created by Herron students and their international partners.