Reverend McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976): Picture Painter of the Apocalypse,  Co-curated with David Steel, curator of European Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. January 22 - March 1, 2002 The first comprehensive exhibition and tour of this visionary painter and Statesville native. The exhibition traveled to five museums over the next two years and garnered critical acclaim on the front page of The New York Times’ Arts section.
	Benjamin “Old Folks” Davis October 16 – December 10, 2003 The first-ever exhibition of works by self-taught Charlotte artist Benjamin "Old Folks" Davis (1938-2000). Mr. Davis produced over 300 works in a six-year period, drawing inspiration from editorial photographs in The Charlotte Observer to chronicle cultural events of the 1990's. A full-color brochure with an essay by Brooke Davis Anderson, Director and Curator of the Contemprorary Center of the American Folk Art Museum, will be available.
	Threads of Conflict January 21 - February 25, 2005 Threads of Conflict is an exhibition that focuses on narrative tapestries that illustrate social unrest and the oppression of indigenous peoples as a result of political forces. Two significant examples of this practice are Chilean Arpilleras from the collection of Marjorie Agosin and Afghan War Rugs from the collection of Kevin Sudeith. College Art Association Review
	Untitled: Robert Lazzarini Works on Paper January 15 - February 26, 2006 The Van Every/Smith Galleries presented the first comprehensive exhibition of works on paper by contemporary artist Robert Lazzarini. On view was a collection of over 50 graphic works that parallel concepts explored in his sculpture such as serial imagery, spatial distortion, and transience. Highlighting this exhibition was the debut of a series of three limited-edition woodcut prints based on variations of a 15th century German manuscript leaf selected from the Davidson College Permanent Art Collection. This marked the first graphic edition produced by Robert Lazzarini. This exhibition and publication are generously supported by the Davidson College Friends of the Arts, the Herb Jackson and Laura Grosch Gallery Endowment, and by a generous grant from Wachovia Corporation in support of its commitment to education and the arts.
	FORCE OF NATURE: Yuri Shibata, Takasumi Abe, and Yamamoto Motoi October 13 - December 6, 2006 The Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College in collaborated with the Halsey Institute of the College of Charleston and with four other local art institutions, for an innovative and experimental exhibition entitled Force of Nature. This collaborative and expansive exhibition included ten artists from Japan who were hosted by these institutions. This exhibition explored the relationship between humans and nature through the minds and hands of contemporary artists.
	Campus Sculpture Program: Antony Gormley, Joel Shapiro, William Tucker, Auguste Rodin For more information: Read a Charlotte Observer article Davidson article Watch a slide show about the sculpture garden by David Boraks