The Reynolds Gallery in the Jeannette Powell Art Center is the public face of art and design at Pacific. We welcome visitors from the university and beyond with original exhibitions featuring students and professionals alike. Gallery exhibitions develop understanding of history and culture promoting the arts by direct engagement with visual expression.
August 26 - October 11, 2025
Reception & Artist Talk September 17, 6-8pm
In 2011 New York photographer Matthew Septimus documented the everyday people who assembled in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park to protest income inequality. That demonstration became known as “Occupy Wall Street,” and its followers’ motto “We are the 99%” a
unifying cry against injustice. "Occupy was never about one type of person. It was about many voices converging in public space — and the energy, tension, and humanity that came with that.” Using a 2-1/4 SLR camera Septimus took over a thousand portraits of protestors limiting his project to a single frame of each person and an object that they had with them. This exhibition features almost 300 of the images he created during that rainy autumn.
As a documentarian, Septimus confers on his subjects his full and tender attention. While centering their individuality he simultaneously projects a core expression of democracy – plurality of opinions, values, experiences, and identities. Curators Jill Vasileff and Lisa Cooperman invite visitors to reflect not only on the Occupy movement’s place in history, but also on the enduring relevance of its message about humanity in today’s civic life. A reception and artist talk is scheduled for September 17 from 6–8 pm. The exhibition will be on view August 26 - October 11, 2025.
Exhibitions at the Reynolds Gallery present a wide range of media and conceptual practices. Visitors experience art in person, developing visual literacy and an understanding of their own place in the historical and cultural context of the visual arts. Exhibitions change throughout the year and are always free and open to the public.
Selections from the from the University's permanent art collection may also be viewed in public spaces around campus.
The Reynolds Gallery supports the mission of the University and the College of the Pacific by providing intellectual and physical space in which to explore traditional and contemporary art and design. It hosts artists and scholars in a series of shows, tours, activities, lectures, and workshops linking students to curricular programs across the university. The gallery supports students’ professional development with two annual exhibitions of their art. It also provides professional development undergraduate research and internship opportunities.
The Reynolds Gallery, named for longtime professor of art and chair of the department Richard Reynolds, opened in its current space when the Jeannette Powell Art Center was dedicated in 2000. The JPAC is home to the Department of Art, Media, Performance and Design. The Reynolds is a foundational member of the Central Valley art community and joins the Haggin Museum, Stockton Art League, DH Horton Gallery, and the Grand Galleries in Tracy in promoting the transformative value of creative exploration and public scholarship.
