Past Exhibitions

The Art of David Wright: Historian with a Brush

November 16, 2024 – April 13, 2025
Member opening: November 16, 2024

Professionally trained as an artist, with study in Europe, David Wright has spent his life painting subjects he is most passionate about…landscapes and historical subjects: the American frontier, (hunters, soldiers, and American Indians), and the American Civil War. His work has been featured in television documentaries and as covers for numerous books and magazines. As an avid historian, his research has led him to write articles for various publications, as well as contributing chapters in some well-known books on the American frontier. The retrospective will feature highlights from his storied career.

Missed the Symposium and Member Opening? Watch it below!

Session 1 Real Life and Times of Mountain Men
Session 2 Tools of the Trade
Artist Talk with David Wright

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© David Wright, Up the South Slope, 1982, casein on board, 26 x 36”

Middle & High School Student Exhibition

March 4 – April 6, 2025

Throughout the school year, middle and high school art teachers expose their students to a wide variety of art mediums. For this exhibit, each teacher has selected a number of pieces that are representative of the work from their school art programs. Join us for the opening reception on March 13, 5-7 PM, for light refreshments and a view of the exhibition.

Click HERE to view exhibition art catalog.

Georgia Color Artists Present: A Tour of Savannah

Through March 2

This exhibition features 30 Georgia artists who competed in a 5-day event held in Savannah back in October. Some of the best works created during that event will make up the exhibit. The director of the show and two of the top award-winning artists will be our guests for Art for Lunch and an informal opening for the show on January 8.

© Susan D. Waters, South Island Surf & Kayak, 2024, oil on linen panel, 8 x 10”

Georgia O’Keeffe, A Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon

July 6, 2024 – December 29, 2024
Member opening July 27

This collection of 48 previously unpublished photographs by Malcolm Varon reveals rarely-seen aspects of O’Keeffe’s life and personality. The photos include images of friends, family, and even her dog Jingo. Also seen is O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú and Ghost Ranch houses in New Mexico and the stunning landscapes surrounding them. Also included will be O’Keeffe exhibition posters and life-sized photo enlargements. The exhibition is in association with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of Santa Fe.

©Malcolm Varon, Georgia O’Keeffe at the Ghost Ranch, 1977 (printed 2021), 16 x 10”, Archival Pigment Photograph, Courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Georgia O’Keeffe, A Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon is organized by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, co-curated by Ariel Plotek and Barbara Buhler Lynes, and is circulated through GuestCurator Traveling Exhibitions

WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America

July 6 – November 17, 2024
Member opening July 20, 2024

This exhibition is acclaimed artist Mary Whyte’s unprecedented series of stirring portraits of American veterans.  Featuring veterans of all ages and in all walks of life, one from each of our fifty states, Whyte’s large-scale watercolors have captured the essence of our country’s everyday people with courage, empathy and honor.

© Mary Whyte, Flurries, watercolor, 23.374 x 31”

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charles schwab
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The Folwell Family: 5 Generations of Potters

June 22 – October 20, 2024

This exhibition will feature Native American pottery from 5 generations of the Folwell family, including Rose Naranjo, Jody, Polly Rose, Susan, Kaa and Tonka Folwell. The family is from Kha’poo Owinge or Santa Clara Pueblo, a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos of the Tewa-speaking Pueblo Indians. It was established around 1550 and is located along the Rio Grande in north-central New Mexico. At Santa Clara, pottery making is passed down from generation to generation, and the potters are famous for their hand-crafted blackware and redware.

© Jody Folwell, Avanyu, n.d., clay, 13 x 9.5”

Art is Meant to be Shared: Highlights of The Eddie Basha Collection

January 27 – June 9, 2024

Eddie Basha grew up captivated by the American West. In 1971 under the encouragement and guidance of his Aunt Zelma, Eddie began collecting art. What began as a hobby quickly grew into an inspirational passion, combining his keen interest in the history of the American West, his admiration of the American Indian and his appreciation for art. His collection grew into one of the largest private collections of contemporary Western American and American Indian art in the world. This exhibition will feature a select number of works of art from what is now known as the Basha Collection. Click here to take the 3D virtual tour.

Dorothea Lange & Pirkle Jones: Death of a Valley

November 11, 2023 – June 9, 2024

Death of a Valley was collaborative photography essay completed for Life Magazine by Lange and Jones in 1956. The goal of the project was to document the final year of the Berryessa Valley in Napa County California as the area was become a lake with the construction of the Monticello Dam.
The resulting images are historical and cultural documents as well as fantastic twentieth century photographs printed in vintage silver gelatin. Also included will be enlargements of selected vital images. This exhibition is in association with Lumiere Gallery of Atlanta and the Pirkle Jones Collection at the University of California Santa Cruz. Member opening November 18, 2023. Click here to take the 3D virtual tour. Click here for more information about the exhibit.

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