Akus Gallery Mission Statement

The mission of Gallery and Museum Services, including the Akus Gallery, is to curate and present the work of emerging and established artists and to collect and preserve art work and related materials of relevance to the permanent collection and exhibition programming. The permanent collection and works on loan are used for exhibitions, educational programs, and related activities for the benefit and enrichment of Eastern and its students, faculty, staff and the larger community. With a firm dedication to the public liberal arts mission of the University, gallery and museum services is committed to providing exhibition programming with depth and relevance to multiple disciplinary perspectives and a diverse campus and community audience. In particular, Akus Gallery strives to provide an environment dedicated to inspiration and the interchange of ideas among these constituencies relating to the aesthetic, social, or political concerns, and the visual arts.