The Open Gallery

05/17/2026

Come on down to The Open Gallery and help us put this puzzle together. Goal is July 4th, of course. Sign in, sit a spell and watch it come together. Oh yes, and celebrate our local artists. T-Sat., 12:00-4:30 p.m. 329 Main Street

05/01/2026

🎤The Fun Dunns will be at the First Friday Art Walk downtown Vincennes Main Street this Friday May 1st from 5:30-7:30 p.m.! They will be outside in the pocket park by The Pantheon!!🎤

05/01/2026

SCAVENGER HUNT - MAY 1, 5-8 PM!
1. Pick up a search card at any of the 3 Downtown Galleries.
2. Visit all 3 Galleries.
3. Find the items listed on the card and take a selfie with each one.
4. Show your pics at the Scavenger Hunt station.

There will be a PRIZE for the first person to complete the Scavenger Hunt!

04/30/2026

“Don’t Be a Stranger” tomorrow evening at The Open Gallery, featuring artwork by that dynamic duo, Hattie Sherfield and Sarah Wolfe. It’s a May Day feast for your senses. 329 Main Street/VI from 5-8 pm EDS.

04/10/2026

04/03/2026

Tonight!!

"Words, Color, Light: Art Works by Fernando Lozano" is on view in the gallery. Gallery hours are Tue-Sat, noon-5pm.

04/03/2026

Tonight!!

Art with Heart: A Special Opportunity to Give Back
APRIL 3, 2026 - 5-8 PM

Artist Andrew Rosenbarger is offering select works at special discounts - but this isn’t just about collecting art. It’s about honoring a teacher who changed lives.

David Runge, Andrew’s high school art teacher and mentor, is currently facing the early stages of dementia. One of the brightest moments in his day is receiving mail - real letters, filled with kindness and connection.

Andrew invites art lovers to participate in something meaningful. In exchange for a brief note of encouragement to Mr. Runge, Andrew will offer a deep discount when purchasing one of his select original artworks. No need to worry about what to say - pen, paper, and a simple template will be provided.

This is more than an art sale. It’s a chance to give back. To honor a mentor. To remind someone that their life’s work mattered. And you’ll take home a beautiful piece of art, too.

03/31/2026

we have for YOU!!

Andrew Rosenbarger is back for another month at The Open Gallery. He has lots of new work to show and a DEAL for anyone who wants a piece of artwork. He is offering a deep discount for one act of kindness: participants are being asked to write a short note to his former high school art teacher, David Runge, who was his inspiration and mentor, a man who gave his life to instilling a love of art and a keen confidence in their own abilities to many, many students. All he is asking for this 200% discount is a short letter of appreciation to Mr. Runge, whom is in the early stages of dementia and whom loves to receive "snail" mail each day. The Open Gallery will provide paper and pen/pencil and a couple templates to help the writer get started.

Rosenbarger's works are abstractions of memory rather than a singular moment or event. We often miss the nuance in the moments when we encounter our found objects, our antiques, and our buildings that are weathered by time, with an uncertain future ahead. The artist collects and stores and then recreates them in new and unique ways.

"When space and time feel uncertain, the mind instinctively categorizes and processes information, constructing its own narrative to make sense of what it sees. This is where the pieces truly live—with the viewer. They exist as subconscious memories, a collective, a recalled state of flux."
Please come downtown on Friday, April 3, 2026 for the First Friday ArtWalk featuring "The Inevitability of the Absurd: The Abstractions of Andrew Rosenbarger. The artist will be on hand to discuss his work and to answer your questions. Refreshments will be served.

First Friday Event: April 3, 2026, 5-8 p.m. Eastern time
New Gallery Hours: 12:30 - 4:30 pm Tuesday - Saturday, and by appt at 812-881-6475.

Please join us and help us kickoff the celebration of our country's 250th birthday by supporting and celebrating our ARTISTS and the ARTS!

03/21/2026

Art with Heart: A Special Opportunity to Give Back
APRIL 3, 2026 - 5-8 PM

Artist Andrew Rosenbarger is offering select works at special discounts - but this isn’t just about collecting art. It’s about honoring a teacher who changed lives.

David Runge, Andrew’s high school art teacher and mentor, is currently facing the early stages of dementia. One of the brightest moments in his day is receiving mail - real letters, filled with kindness and connection.

Andrew invites art lovers to participate in something meaningful. In exchange for a brief note of encouragement to Mr. Runge, Andrew will offer a deep discount when purchasing one of his select original artworks. No need to worry about what to say - pen, paper, and a simple template will be provided.

This is more than an art sale. It’s a chance to give back. To honor a mentor. To remind someone that their life’s work mattered. And you’ll take home a beautiful piece of art, too.

03/21/2026

11/06/2025

Ivy is stepping out, although a bit shy to be in the main gallery space, in this mohair tabbyweave scarf by artist Peggy Taylor. Come see Taylor’s beautiful loom work tomorrow evening during our First Friday Art Walk, 5 - 8 p.m.