Tiny Houses | Interior Architecture & Design Students
Tippetts and Eccles Galleries
Twain Tippetts was invited to join the faculty at Utah State University in 1956 as head of the Fine Arts Department that included the academic units of visual art, theater and music. Once on campus he became actively involved in "all things art." Through the years he headed the university's cultural arts activities, concert and lecture series and led numerous cultural arts tours both domestically and internationally. He headed the university's Performing Arts Series that brought the country's best touring companies and guest artists to campus to perform in the Chase Fine Arts Center. He became a keeper and curator of the university's growing art collection, eventually heading the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art prior to his retirement. Following his retirement, he pursued a keen personal interest in photography. He was supported throughout his career at USU by his wife, Florence Page Tippets, often hosting the university's guest performers. In recognition of his career in the fine arts, the Tippetts Galleries in the Chase Fine Arts Center are named in his honor.
The Eccles gallery is dedicated to the loving memory of the daughters of David and Ellen Stoddard Eccles. These extraordinary women committed thier lives to improving our society through education, the arts, medicine, the environment, and countless other causes. Their example lives on in the state of Utah and beyond, and their influence will continue to be felt long into the future. The rich cultural and educational opportunities we enjoy daily are a result of their selfless vision and steadfast commitment to enriching the lives of others.
Marie Eccles Caine (1893-1981)
Jessie Eccles Quinney (1896-1982)
Emma Eccles Jones (1898-1991)
Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison (1902-1978)
Ellen Eccles Merrill Harrison (1905-1973)
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Exhibition Schedule 2025-26
| Dates | Exhibition | Reception |
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| September 2 – September 13 | Plumbing & Lunch | John Neely Exhibition | |
| September 2 – September 26 | Tiny Houses | Interior Architecture + Design Students | September 4, 5-7pm |
| October 6 – October 31 | To Remember What is Lost | Marion Hyde Retrospective | October 8, 5-7pm |
| November 10 – December 10 | Undergraduate & Graduate Exhibition | November 13, 5-7pm |
| January 12 – January 30 | Biennial Faculty Exhibition | |
| February 9 – March 6 | Paper & Clay | February 26, 6-7pm |
| March 18 - April 1 | Ouroboros | BFA Capstone Exhibition | March 23, 5pm-7pm |
| April 6 - April 15 | Jordan Snow | MFA Capstone Exhibition | |
| April 20 - April 29 | Nikita Nenashev & Caroline Roberts | MFA Capstone Exhibitions |
Previous Exhibitions
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| Local Artists Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Highlights Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Revelry | Karina Mago and Moments in the Making | Paige Harper MFA Thesis Exhibitions (2024-2025) |
| Halcyon | BFA Capstone Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Scenius | USU Ceramic Alumni Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| 8th Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Year of Undergraduate Research Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Bear Lake Project & Annual Graduate Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Annual Undergraduate Exhibition (2024-2025) |
| Tiny Houses | Interior Architecture + Design Students (2024-2025) |
| Alumni Exhibition | None of it's True, All of it's Real | Tiana Godfrey (2024-2025) |
| Highlights Exhibition |
| Alumni Exhibition | Pleasure Monster | Holly Cobb & Michelle Montrose Larsen, Gallery Talk |
| Tiny Houses | Interior Architecture + Design Students |
| USU Biennial Faculty Exhibition |
| Guerrilla Grrrls |
| Annual Undergraduate & Graduate Exhibition |
| 7th Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition |
| Unleaded | BFA Capstone Exhibition |
| EXTANT | Amanda Petersen MFA Exhibition |
| After the Bloom | Ashton Keen MFA Exhibition and Squaring the Circle | Carter Plasma MFA Exhibition |
| Highlights Exhibition (Gallery closed the week of May 6-10) |
| Local Artists Exhibition |
| Personal Details | Ben Nathan and The Day Before The Day | Marlaina Lutz 2022-23 |
| Apotheosis | Zekiel Dirk Betzer and ‘Ni de aqui ni de alla…’ | JC Santistevan 2022-23 |
| Tea Time with the Devil | Hamish Jackson and Wanderer | Andrew McAllister 2022-23 |
| BFA Capstone Exhibition | A Collision of Forms 2022-23 |
| 6th Annual Paper & Clay2022-23 |
| Art + Design Annual Graduate | Undergraduate Exhibition 2022-23 |
| Exchanges 2022-23 |
| Interior Architecture & Design | Tiny Houses (Eccles side of gallery) 2022-23 |
| Still | Alise King 2022-23 |
| Alumni Exhibition | Jonathan Christensen Caballero, Jiggs Henry, Jake Vinson 2021-22 |
| Interior Architecture & Design Tiny Houses 2021-22 |
| Tectonic Shifts | Rocky Mountain Print Alliance Juried Exhibition 2021 |
| Stop. Rewind. Play. | Celebrating the class of 2020 |
| draw | breath | animal | Lee Deigaard & Angela Bartram 2021-22 |
| Biennial Faculty Exhibition 2021-22 |
| 5th Annual Paper & Clay juried exhibition |
| Burnout | Annual BFA Exhibition 2021-22 |
| Local Artists Exhibition 2021-22 |