Established in 1978, the Clayton Staples Gallery hosts exhibitions by visiting artists, faculty and graduate students. Below is a partial record of the gallery's exhibition history.
2022–23
Aug. 22—Oct. 7, 2022: Molly Murphy Adams, "The Space Between"
Oct. 31—Dec. 16, 2022: Stephanie Alaniz, "Taking Up Space"
Jan. 23—Mar. 3, 2023: Niki Grangruth & James Kinser, "Muse"
Mar. 27—Apr. 28, 2023: Pouya Jahanshahi, "Liminal Poetry"
2021–22
Sep. 7—Oct. 22, 2021: Ryan Stander, "Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid"
Nov. 1—Dec. 17, 2021: Armin Mühsam, "Dialectical Transformations"
Jan. 27—Mar. 4, 2022: Aliene de Souza Howell, "The Hiræth"
2020–21
Jan. 27—Mar. 4, 2021: Virginia Green & Mervi Pakaste, "Typographic Visions"
Apr. 26—May 14, 2021: Lily Guillen, "El Reclamo de la Aguja" MFA Thesis Exhibition
2019–20
Aug. 26—Oct. 18, 2019: Sarah Hearn, "Astrobiological Futures"
Nov. 20—Dec. 13, 2019: Jason Scuilla, "Look Both Ways"
Jan. 27—Mar. 20, 2020: Amy Schmierbach, "Caim"
Apr. 27—Jul. 21, 2020: Chuck Purviance, "Hiding in Plain Sight"
2018–19
Sep. 24—Oct. 29, 2018: Richard Reddaway, "Our Own and Others' Otherness"
Nov. 2—Dec. 10, 2018: Nancy Steele-Makasci, "Metamorphosis"
March 11—April 16, 2019: Tamryn McDermott, "Representation : Reconstruction : Recollection"
May 13—Aug. 1, 2019: Larry Schwarm, "Seis, Alti, Zes, Sei, Six Years at WSU"