Past Exhibitions

Parallel Paths: The Art of Allan Houser & Harry Jackson

Exhibition Date: December 14, 2024 – May 4, 2025 – Special Exhibition Gallery
Member Opening: January 11, 2025, 4:30 – 7:00 PM

The exhibition marks the 110th anniversary of Houser’s birth and the 100th of Jackson’s. Curated by Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins, the exhibition delves into the captivating histories and artistic parallels of Houser and Jackson. In researching the exhibition, Hopkins came to believe Houser and Jackson are the two most important Western sculptors since Frederic Remington. Despite very different backgrounds, artistic training and philosophies these two titans of art traveled parallel paths to the top of the Western art scene and beyond. Carefully selected works, ranging from well-known to rarely seen, will illustrate how both men broke barriers, influenced many younger artists and brought new collectors to Western and Indigenous art.

To view the gallery tour, CLICK HERE.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Don & Neva Rountree

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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

Thank you to our sponsors!

Karen and Joel Piassick

The James Stokes Family

Anonymous Sponsor in Honor of TSgt Adrain T. Dukes, U.S.A.F (Ret.)

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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”

Sponsored by:

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”

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