By Dominic Frallicciardi
On Sept. 29, artists Delany Dumm and Haley Kean gave a talk in Blake Hall about their print exchange gallery ‘We’ll Get There Eventually’. Dumm attended Savannah College of Art and Design where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Kean attended Keene State College and got her own Bachelor’s degree in fine arts. She earned her masters attending Ohio University.
Both Dumm and Keam earned internships at Zea Mays Printmaking in Northampton, Mass., where they both found a love and interest in printmaking. They used their experience at Zea Mays to help form this gallery. In the gallery they displayed 23 pieces from all different artists, some former colleagues, some friends and performed a print exchange displaying the artwork in many galleries.
The inspiration for this project came from the Southern Graphics Council International (SGC) conference along with some inspiration from those they worked alongside at Zea Mays. Inspired by many, Dumm and Kean got the printmaking bug and began making prints of their own using many different types of mediums. As they printed more and more they wanted to go bigger and so they began their attempt at a print exchange.
First, they needed a prompt for their exchange. Kean and Dumm stumbled upon just by going about their daily lives, and decided to showcase it. ‘We’ll Get There Eventually: A Print Exchange’ celebrates the tenacity, resilience and courage to face the average day. This process can take many forms, whether it be the act of getting out of bed in the morning, asking questions, or enduring constant trial and error.
“These stumbles unite us; we are all trying, and we will all get there eventually,” Dumm said.
That prompt is what they sent out to their artists, excited to get started. After that, they designed the boxes in which they wanted to send all the exchanges out in.
Before receiving any of their artists’ work and prints, Dumm and Kean applied to Forbes Library for a gallery. They submitted their personal previous work along with the prompt for their gallery hoping to be accepted. Forbes responded and accepted their gallery and gave them the space for a month. Dumm and Kean were extremely grateful for the opportunity to show off all the artwork.
“It was a really nice celebration of all the hard work that we did creating this exchange,” Dumm said “ Having the artists be able to know that their work is being shown in multiple spaces is really awesome to be able to share that.”
Much of the work for these artists are done outside their fulltime jobs. Many work from their own houses creating breathtaking pieces of artwork all for the love of art.
The gallery is up on the second floor of Blake Hall until Oct. 24, 2025, along with another exhibit titled ‘The Way I See It’.
(Photo by Dominic Frallicciardi/The Student)
