Kilgore College Visual Arts
The Anne Dean Turk Art Fine Gallery at Kilgore College provides a welcoming space for students, faculty and the East Texas community to experience the visual arts. Located inside the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center on the Kilgore campus, the gallery presents exhibitions featuring emerging and established artists, KC faculty and guest artists throughout the year. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Current Exhibition
Emily Everitt, MFA
Emily Everitt received her Master of Fine Arts and Master of Art degrees from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2026. Working with tangible materials including clay, paper and fabric, she creates layered multimedia works that invite viewers to consider the complexity of emotion and what it means to feel.
Everitt currently serves as an art teacher at Canton High School. As an installation artist, she creates large-scale, mixed-media works designed to transform a space and immerse the viewer within a theme.
Artist Statement
“My work is inspired by habitual sketch booking and the insatiable need to understand emotions. Emotions are intriguing to me due to their complex nature. An object, image, or phrase can bring with them a whirl of sentimental layers that contradict one another. Where words and memory failed to convey the emotion: Color, line, and visual imagery helped me give the feeling shape and understanding.”
Exhibition Event
Wednesday, Oct. 7
6 p.m.
Anne Dean Turk Art Gallery
Kilgore College
Plan Your Visit
The Anne Dean Turk Art Gallery is located inside the
Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center on the Kilgore College
campus.
1200 S. Henderson Blvd.
Kilgore, TX 75662
Travel east on Interstate 20 toward Kilgore. Exit into Kilgore and continue south toward the Kilgore College campus and South Henderson Boulevard. Follow your navigation to the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center at 1200 S. Henderson Blvd.
Travel west on Interstate 20 toward Kilgore. Exit into Kilgore and continue south toward the Kilgore College campus and South Henderson Boulevard. Follow your navigation to the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center at 1200 S. Henderson Blvd.
A Kilgore College Legacy
The Fine Arts Center was named in 1989 in honor of Anne Dean Turk, a longtime Kilgore College faculty member who taught piano, music theory and piano ensemble from 1946 until her retirement in 1982. During her distinguished career at KC, Turk created opportunities for students to perform with professional musicians and was recognized in 1981 as a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor for outstanding teaching.