Opening Day of the Huntsville Photographic Society: 2020 Members’ Showcase Sunday, October 11 | 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy a first look at the Museum's newest exhibition, the Huntsville Photographic Society: 2020 Members’ Showcase. An annual juried selection of approximately 50 outstanding photographs by members of the Huntsville Photographic Society, founded in 1964 to promote [...]
Opening Day of About Face: Portraits from the Collection Sunday, October 11 | 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy a first look at the Museum's new exhibition, About Face: Portraits from the Collection. A portrait is typically defined as a representation of a specific individual, such as the artist might meet in life. A portrait [...]
Opening Day of Jonathan Becker: Social Work - Four Decades of Movers, Shakers & Thinkers October 30 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. American photographer Jonathan Becker began contributing to Vanity Fair magazine on the heels of an especially successful solo exhibition in Chelsea in 1981. His portraits of filmmaker Louis Malle and of his mentor and [...]
Opening Day of Gloria Vanderbilt: An Artful Life October 30 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Gloria Vanderbilt, Gerta, 1964, oil on canvas, 41 in. x 41 in. Private Collection A mesmerizing photograph of Gloria Vanderbilt by Francesco Scavullo graced the cover of the November 2010 issue of Town & Country magazine with [...]
Opening Day: The World of Frida Sunday, December 13 | 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Explore the Museum's newest exhibition, The World of Frida. The World of Frida celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), an artist who continues to inspire with her story of love, adventure, and pain. [...]
Opening Day Encounters: Althea Murphy-Price Sunday, January 17 | 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. The accomplished works of this mid-career printmaker and sculptor from Knoxville, TN explore the links between individuality and assimilation, and their influence on culture and personal identity. Murphy-Price often manipulates manufactured synthetic and human hair, emphasizing its role as embellishment, as [...]
Opening Day Looking at the Collection: The Elegant Vessel Sunday, January 31 | 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. View the Museum's newest exhibition, Looking at the Collection: The Elegant Vessel. Assuming the form of a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase used for holding liquids or other contents, the vessel as a utilitarian object dates back [...]
Opening Day Impressionist Landscapes from the Sellars Collection Sunday, January 31 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the Museum’s newest exhibition, Impressionist Landscapes from the Sellars Collection. With the acquisition of the Sellars Collection of Art by American Women in 2008, an important holding of paintings, drawings and sculptures was added to the Museum’s [...]
Opening Day Will Henry Stevens: Naturalist/Modernist Sunday, February 7 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. View the Museum’s newest exhibition, Will Henry Stevens: Naturalist/Modernist. This exhibition presents the work of American artist Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949), a lifelong naturalist and important modernist painter known for his two distinct artistic styles: Representational Naturalism and Southern Modernism. [...]
Closing Day The World of Frida Sunday, Feb. 28 | 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Enjoy a last chance to view The World of Frida. The World of Frida celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), an artist who continues to inspire with her story of love, adventure, and pain. [...]