Farron Colton Young, Preliminal, 2025, pen, ink, graphite on paper (detail images).

Uncertainty can create tension, unsettled feelings, and can produce hesitation and confusion. Uncertainty can also be met with interest and used as a tool to embrace the unknown, even prompting exploration and discovery. Navigating uncertainty, from within and without, through the creative process, reveals how instability can lead to unexpected outcomes or alter the way that we view the world. 

Developed in tandem with ACC Faculty, this exhibition features artworks by ACC Studio Art faculty shown alongside works by students, alumni, and Austin-based artists. Thematic interactive stations are included to provide creative and generative spaces for gallery visitors to explore uncertainty through collaborative visual experiences and shared artistic expression.

Exploring Uncertainty is a two-part interactive art exhibition. Part one (Fall 2025) explores the internal and unseen responses to uncertainty. Part two (Spring 2026) investigates the uncertainties sustained from external pressures. Whether uncertainty is self-created or imposed, the exhibition uncovers a place where doubt and curiosity can co-exist.

This exhibition is open January 20 – March 26, 2026 in Gallery 2000. 

Artists

Sofia Goodman Arbona

Sofia Goodman Arbona is a multi-media artist and ACC alumni from the Puerto Rican diaspora. She approaches her creative practice as a meditation and as a means to honor and bring attention towards emancipatory political struggles across the world. 

 

Kevin Auer

Kevin Auer is an apprenticed printmaker and book binder based in Austin, TX. He currently teaches studio classes with a focus on book structures and print media at Texas A&M University-Victoria. 

Kristin Calhoun

Kristin Calhoun is a printmaker and educator based in Austin, TX. She currently teaches Art Appreciation, Design I, and Drawing I/II at ACC. 

Shannon Faseler

Shannon Faseler a multi-media artist and educator based in Austin, TX. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Art History Department at Texas State University and an Adjunct Professor in the Art Department at ACC. 

Thomas Holton

Thomas Holton is a ceramic artist and educator based in Austin, TX. His site-specific installations and sculptural forms focus on the intersection of art, science, and observations of the natural world. He currently teaches Ceramics at in the Art Department at ACC.

Bethany Johnson

Bethany Johnson is a visual artist and educator based in Austin, TX. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University.

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson is a master printmaker and educator based in Austin, TX. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University and an Adjunct Professor in the Art Department at ACC. 

Farron Colton Young

Farron Colton Young is a student artist at ACC, focused on printmaking and drawing. His creative endeavors include repurposing old books and discarded materials into visual explorations that lead to self discovery.  

Exhibition Highlights

Thomas Holton, Our Fat Boi is a Little Man, 2026, ceramic and found objects, 228.5 x 221 in. (detail). Photo by TAG staff

Sofia Goodman Arbona, Altar for Liberation: Mother Earth, 2025, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 x 0.75 in. Photo by TAG staff

Farron Colton Young, Subliminal, 2025, Pen, ink, graphite, watercolor, collage, and screen print on assorted papers and card stocks, 46 ½ x 98 in. (detail). Photo by TAG staff

Bethany Johnson, Chert Inset, 2025, ink on mixed media (paper, plywood, vinyl, and wood), 21 x 8.5 x 5.5 in. Image courtesy of the artist

Thomas Holton, Our Fat Boi is a Little Man, 2026, ceramic and found objects, 228.5 x 221 in. (detail). Photo by TAG staff

Shannon Faseler, Selected works from the Aesthetics of Decay series, 2025, watercolor on paper. Photos by ACC Photography + Visual Media.

Kevin Auer and Brian Johnson, Erosion, 2025, relief print, 13 x 20 in. Photo by TAG staff

kristin leigh calhoun, words fail. (irony), 2025, ink on Inomache Nacre paper, beeswax, 11 x 23 in. Image courtesy of the artist

January 22, 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Opening Reception

The Art Galleries (TAG) at ACC is hosting an opening reception for Exploring Uncertainty: An Interactive Art Exhibition at ACC Highland Campus on January 22 in Gallery 2000 (HLC 2.2450). The reception starts at 4:00pm and is free and open to the public. 

February 26, 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Restorative Listening Circle with ACC Peace & Conflict Studies Center

The Art Galleries(TAG) and the ACC Center for Peace & Conflict Studies will host a Restorative Listening Circle with the aim of creating a space where visitors can gather together to explore how moments of uncertainty can spark positive social and personal change.

Restorative Listening Circles offer an inclusive and collaborative space for participants to share openly and build trust with each other. Everyone will have a chance to speak without interruption and all voices are valued as equally important. Circles strengthen community relationships and provide the space to understand others’ perspectives.

Events are free & open to the public. No RSVP required.