Butler Fine Arts to Feature Michael McCaffrey Exhibition

Michael McCaffrey is the latest featured artist at Butler Community College’s Erman B. White Gallery of Art, with a new exhibition titled “Dog Days.”

An assistant teaching professor in the visual art department at the University of Kansas, McCaffrey’s work typically features oil paintings and drawings of his elderly father and his home in Lawrence, Kansas. With color choices alternating between bright synthetic hues and neutrals associated with Kansas, McCaffrey records accurate visual information and abstract forms.

Butler assistant art professor Rachel Curtis served as the college’s point person for the exhibition. “We are very excited to host the work of Michael McCaffrey, a prolific artist who makes vibrant and chunky work based on his life and relationships,” she said.

McCaffrey has exhibited regionally and nationally, including at the Prince Street Gallery and First Street Gallery in New York, New York, Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2016, his work was published in Manifest Gallery's International Painting Annual 5, and he has twice received an international grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.

Quick Details

What: Michael McCaffrey’s “Dog Days” art exhibit

Where: Erman B. White Gallery of Art, 901 S Haverhill Rd, El Dorado, KS 67042 (700 Building)  

When: September 22 - October 29  

Public Reception: Thursday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

Cost: Free to attend

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