The Beatrice M. Haggerty Art Gallery at the University of Dallas is located in the Art History Building in the Art Village.
The Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, a contemporary art space at the University of Dallas, provides a rich cultural environment for students, faculty and the larger community to engage with a wide range of visual art. The gallery, found in the Art History Building, amongst picturesque wooded setting in the Haggerty Arts Village hosts original exhibitions that offer visitors opportunity of enrichment, discovery, and delight.
The Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery advances the study of the fine arts and provides crucial links between communities of academics, artists, and students, and the wider community; fostering an environment where culture thrives.
Founded in 2000, the gallery takes its name from one of its greatest supporters Beatrice Haggerty, who had a great love of art and nature.
The mission of the Beatrice M. Haggerty Art Gallery is to enhance the cultural environment of students, faculty, and staff at the University of Dallas, as well as to the larger community. The gallery seeks to engage the public with a range of visual art that stimulates and challenges, in addition to communicating the broad character of the aesthetic experience.
Primarily a teaching gallery, the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery seeks to serve the University’s Art Department by offering exhibitions of the highest quality, offering a bridge between the learning environment and the diverse range of contemporary artistic practice. Creative thinking demands direct interaction with art that speaks through many voices. Additionally, the Gallery has the goal of fostering interdisciplinary interaction, to further the appreciation of the rich intellectual potential of the visual world.
