2002 Museum Calendar

American Representational Art Exhibitions

Hosted by Non-Profit Art Museums

Updated 12/3/02



 

January

 
 
 
Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy
Andover, MA
978-749-4015
Eye of the World: Miniature and Microcosm in the Art of the Self Taught
Jan. 22 though Mar. 31
Maurice Prendergast: Learning to Look
Jan. 19 though Apr 14
 
 
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Provo, UT
1-801-378-2787
Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Jan. 17 through May 19
 
 
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
1-310-456-4851
Graham Nickson: Dual natures
Jan. 12 through Mar. 29
 
 
Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville, SC
1-864-271-7570
Hubert Shuptrine / Realist Watercolors
Jan. 23 through ?
 
 
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
1-808-532-8712
American Watercolors and Drawings from the Academy's Collections
Jan. 17 through Mar. 17
 
 
Long Island Museum of Art, History and Carriages
Stony Brook, NY
1-631-751-0066
Norman Rockwell: Drawing the American Dream
Jan. 26 through May 5
 
 
Mint Museum of Art / Mint Museum of Craft+Design
Charlotte, NC
The Guilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Jan. 20 through Apr. 14
 
 
Museum of Contemporary Art
La Jolla, CA
Indivisible: Stories of American Community
Jan. 27 through Apr. 21
 
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
1-713-639-7300
January 20 through Apr. 14
 
 
Muskegon Museum of Art
Muskegon, MI
231-720-2570
West by Southwest from the Collection of the Museum of the Southwest
Jan. 20 through Mar. 17
 
 
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
510-238-2200 or toll free at 888-625-6873
Recent Works by Raymond Howell
Jan. 5 through Mar. 31
 
 
Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR
Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Jan. ? through Feb. ?
 
 
University of Kentucky Art Museum
Lexington, KY
1-606-257-5716
Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, 1885-1945
Jan. 20 through Mar. 10
 
 
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
1-804-342-9665
Smithsonian African American Photography: The First 100 Years,1842-1942
Jan. 3 through Feb. 28
 
 

February

 
 
 
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MD
1-410-396-7100
Looking Forward / Looking Back
Feb. 6 though May 5
 
 
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
1-313-833-7900
The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Feb. 23 through May 19
 
 
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY
315-474-6064
John F. Marsellus Federal Duck Stamps and Duck Stamp Prints
Feb. 2 through Jun. 23
 
 
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA
206-622-9250
The Urbane Landscapes of Frederick Brosen
Feb. 22 through Apr. 28
 
 
Gilcrease Museum
Tulsa, OK
1-918/596-2700, toll-free at 888/655-2278
Grandma Moses in the 21st Century
Feb. 27 through Apr.14
The Hewitt Collection of African American Art
Feb. 11 through Apr. 14
 
 
Heckscher Museum of Art
Huntington, Long Island, NY
1-631-351-3250
Alfred Steiglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Gift to the George Eastman House
Feb. 23 through Apr. 21
 
 
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Feb. 23 through Apr. 20
 
 
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
1-941-359-5700
Images from the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth-Century American Art
Feb. 1 through May 12
Jon Corbino: Circus Paintings and Drawings
Feb. 1 through May 12
 
 
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
1-402-342-3300
Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection
Feb. 16 through May 12
 
 
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis, TN
1-901-544-6200
Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery
Feb. 22 through May 19
 
 
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Saint Paul, MN
1-651-292-4355
Norman Rockwell: 322 Saturday Evening Post Covers
Mar. 2 through May 26
 
 
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery, AL
1-334-244-5700
A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
Feb. 22 through May 5
 
 
Muskegon Museum of Art
Muskegon, MI
1-231-720-2570
Grant Wood and Marvin Cohn: The Origins of Regionalism
Feb. 3 through Mar. 24
 
 
Nassau County Museum of Art
Roslyn Harbor, NY
516-484-9338
How the West WasWon
Feb. through May
 
 
Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, FL
1-561-832-5196
Milton Avery: The Late Paintings
Feb. 8 through May 5
 
 
Purdue University Galleries
West Lafayette, IN
765-494-3061
Serial Thinking: The Zeuxis Group
Feb. 4 through Mar. 10
 
 
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Palm Springs, CA
Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian's American Art Museum
Feb. 20 through Apr. 28
 
 
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
314-721-0072
John Singer Sargent: Beyond the Portrait Studio
Feb. 9 through ?
 
 
Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY
1-502-634-2700
A Bountiful Plenty from the Shelburne Museum: Folk Art Traditions in America
Feb. 19 through Apr. 14
 
 
Springfield Library and Museums Association
Museum of Fine Arts
Springfield, MA
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Feb. 17 through Apr. 14
 
 
 
 

March

 
 
Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany, NY
1-518-463-4478
Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Mar. 15 through May 19
 
 
Biggs Museum of American Art
Dover, DE
1-302-674-2111
Almost Forgotten: Delaware Women Artists 1900-1950
Mar. 8 through May 26
 
 
Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA
1-610-388-2700
Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950
Mar. 9 through May 19
 
 
Cape Museum of Fine Arts
Dennis, MA
508-385-4477
Heather Blume: Fortunata Circus
Mar. 2 through Mar. 31
 
 
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY
315-474-6064
Frederick Remington
Mar. 9 through May 19
Circa 1900: From the Genteel Tradition to the Jazz Age
Mar. 23 through Apr. 21
 
 
Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary's College
Moraga, CA
925-631-4379
William Wolff Printmaker
Mar. 18 through Apr. 21
 
 
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
1-808-532-8712
Snowden Hodges: The Labors of Hercules
Mar. 21 through May 19
 
 
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
1-402-342-3300
Masterpieces of Lithography from the Permanent Collection
Mar. 2 through Jun. 23
 
 
New York State Museum
Albany, NY
1-518-474-5877
American Impressionists Abroad and at Home: Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mar. 22 through Jun. 16
 
 
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
510-238-2200 or toll free at 888-625-6873
Scene in Oakland, 1852 to 2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary
Mar. 9 through Aug. 25
 
 
York College Museum of Art
York, PA
1-717-846-7788
Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, 1885-1945
Mar. 31 through May 19
 

April

 
 
 
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME
1-207-596-6457
Emily Muir
Apr. 21 through Aug. 13
 
 
Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville, SC
1-864-271-7570
Charleston in My Time: The Paintings of Wes Fraser
Apr. 17 through Jun. 9
A Charleston Legacy
Apr. 17 through Jun. 9
 
 
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
1-808-532-8712
Hawai'i Calls: Island Art in Private Hands
Apr. 11 through May 26
 
 
Museum of Our National Heritage
Lexington, MA
Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern & Inn Signs from The Connecticut Historical Society
Apr. 13 through Oct. 14
 
 
Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, OK
1-800-324-7941 918-749-7941
Women Who Paint the West: Paintings by Alyce Frank and Barbara Zaring
Apr. 28 through Jun. 16
 
 
Portland Museum of Art - Maine
Portland, Maine
1-207-775-6148 or 1-800-639-4067
Bernard Langlais
Apr. 11 through Jun 9
 
 
Wolfsonian - Florida International University
1001 Washington Ave.
1-305-531-1001
See America!
Apr. through Jul.
 

May

 

 

 

Austin Museum of Art
Austin, TX
1-512.495.9224 Downtown - 1-512.458-8191 Laguna Gloria
Images from the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth-Century American Art
May 10 through Jul. 19
 
 
Cape Museum of Fine Arts
Dennis, MA
508-385-4477
Transcending Vision: R. H. Ives Gammell
May 18 through Jul. 7
 
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME
1-207-596-6457
Andrew Wyeth: Maine Paintings
May 26 through Oct. 27
 
 
Fayetteville Museum of Art
Fayetteville, NC
1-910-485-5121
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Artist's Landscape
May 25 through July 28
 
 
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, GA
706-542-GMOA
Lucy May Stanton
May 25 through Jul. 21
 
 
Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville, SC
1-864-271-7570
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
May 29 through Sep. 1
 
 
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
1-941-359-5700
Indivisible: Stories of American Community
May 11 through Jul. 13
 
 
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
1-402-342-3300
Andrew Wyeth's Helga Pictures: An Intimate Study
May 4 through Aug. 4
 
 
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Middlebury, VT
1-802-443-5007
Sabra Field: Abstract Realist
May 16 through Aug. 11
 
 
Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA
1-619-238-7559
The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Gift
May 19 through Jul. 14
 
 
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
1-504-488-2631
A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
May 31 through Aug. 11
 
 
Plains Art Museum
Fargo, ND
701-232-3821
The Paintings of Richard Krogstad
May 16 through Jul. 7
 
 
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Greensburg, PA
1-724-837-1500
Robert Henri and His Influence
May 26 through Jul. 21
 
 
 

June

 
 
Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA
1-610-388-2700
A Summer Idyll: Landscapes of the Brandywine Valley
Jun. 1 through Sep. 2
 
 
Bruce Museum
Greenwich, CT
203-869-0376
The Great American Nude
June 15 through September 8
 
 
Cape Museum of Fine Arts
Dennis, MA
508-385-4477
Women of Vision
Jun. 7 through Jul. 14
 
 
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia, SC
803-799-2810
Masters of the American Watercolor
Jun. 15 through Aug. 18
 
 
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME
1-207-596-6457
Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer
Jun.9 through Jan. 5
 
 
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Jun. 8 through Sep. 1
 
 
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
1-808-532-8712
Ansel Adams in Hawaii
Jun 27 through Aug. 4
 
 
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
1-941-359-5700
An American Anthem: 300 Years of Painting from the Butler Institute of Art
Jun.11 through Aug.14
 
 
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, NY
914-232-9555
American Spectrum: Paintings and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art
Jun. 23 through Sep. 15
 
 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
1-213-857-6000
The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Jun. 16 through Sep. 8
 
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
1-212-535-7710
Thomas Eakins
Jun 18 through Sep. 25
Summer Selections: American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jun. through early Sep.
 
 
Museum of Fine Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian's American Art Museum
Jun. 28 through Sep. 22
 
 
North Carolina Museum of History
Raleigh, NC
Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery
Jun. 21 through Sep. 15
 
 
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
510-238-2200 or toll free at 888-625-6873
Ansel Adams: Inspiration and Influence
Jun. 29 through Sep. 22
 
 
Sioux City Art Center
Sioux City, IA
1-712-279-6272
Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, 1885-1945
Jun. 9 through Aug. 4
 
 
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Mid-Jun. through Aug.
 

July

 

 

 

Dayton Art Institute
Dayton, OH
800.296.4426 or 937.223.5277
Looking Forward/Looking Back
Jul. 9 through Sep. 8
 
 
Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville, SC
1-864-271-7570
An American Palette: Works from the Collection of John And Dolores Beck
Jul. through Sep.
 
 
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
1-808-532-8712
Ansel Adams in Hawaii
Jul. 18 through Aug. 25
 
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
1-212-535-7710
American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Highlights of the Collection, 1710-1890
Jul. 9 through Oct. 6
 
 

August

 

 

 
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA
The Guilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Aug. 9 through Oct. 6
 
 
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME
1-207-596-6457
Wil Barnet: The Nineties
Aug. 4 through Nov. 1
 
 
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, NC
704-337-2000
Charlotte's Own: Romare Bearden
August 24 through October 27
 
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
1-215-763-8100
Indivisible: Stories of American Community
Aug. 10 through Oct. 6
 
 
Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY
1-502-634-2700
The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler from the Collection of Steven Block
Aug. through Sep.
 
 
Terra Museum of American Art
Chicago, IL
1-312-664-3939
Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Aug. 9 through Oct. 20
 
 

September

 

 

Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA
1-610-388-2700
N.C. Wyeth Arrives in Wilmington
Sep. 13 through Nov. 24
Battle of the Brandywine
Sep. 14 through Nov. 24
 
 
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY
315-474-6064
Pio Galbis, Paintings
Sep. 28 through Nov. 17
 
 
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne, IN
1-219-422-6467
Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sep. 7 through Nov. 3
 
 
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
1-402-342-3300
Kent Ullberg, Sculptor
Sep. 14 through Dec. 16
"A Faithful and Vivid Picture": Karl Bodmer's North American Prints
Sep. 28 through Jan. 5
 
 
Museum of Art, Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL
1-815-671-5700
Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, 1885-1945
Sep. 1 through Oct. 20
 
 
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
1-202-737-4215
Visual Sounds: The Art of Romare Bearden
Sep. 15 through Jan. 12
 
 
Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, MA
413-298-4100
Norman Rockwell's Art for the Book: Willie Was Different
September 21 through January 20
 
 
Smithsonian American Art Museum -Renwick Gallery
Washington, D.C.
202-275-1500
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
Sep. 13 through Jan. 19
 
 
Spencer Museum of Art / University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
1-785-864-4710
Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950
Sep. 21 through Nov. 17
 
 
Woodmere Art Museum
Philadelphia, PA
215-247-0476
Philadelphia Impressionists from Woodmere's Permanent Collection
Sep. 15 through Oct. 20
 

October

 
 
Allentown Art Museum
Allentown, PA
610-432-4333
All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School
October 13 through December 22
 
 
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, AK
1-907-343-4326
Indivisible: Stories of American Community
Oct. 28 through Dec. 31
 
 
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
1-757-664-6200
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Oct. 3 through Jan. 5
 
 
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA
206-622-9250
Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art 1907-1975
Oct. 5 through Jan 19
 
 
Getty (J. Paul) Museum
Los Angeles, CA
310-440-7300
About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange
Oct. 15 through Feb. 9
 
 
Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ
602-252-8840
So Fine! Masterworks of Fine Art from the Heard Museum
October 26 through March 9
 
 
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT
1-860-443-2545
Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Oct. 4 through Dec. 1
 
 
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Saint Paul, MN
1-651-292-4355
Robert Henri and His Influence
Oct. 27 through Dec. 29
 
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
1-713-639-7300
The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Oct. 6 through Jan. 5
 
 
National Portrait Gallery
London, England
A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
Oct. 4 through Jan. 5
 
 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
415-357-4000
Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting
October 12 through January 14
 
 
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
1-804-342-9665
Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery
Oct. 18 through Jan. 12
 

November

 
 
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Lafayette, IN
765-742-1128
William Merritt Chase: Four Paintings from the Lilly Endowment Collection
November 16 through February 2
 
 
Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA
1-610-388-2700
Winter Visions from the Collection
November 29 through January 5
 
 
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas. TX
The Guilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Nov. 2 through Jan. 12
 
 
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME
1-207-596-6457
Andrew Wyeth: Selected Works
Nov. 4 through Dec. 3
 
 
Juniata College Museum of Art
Huntingdon, PA
814-641-3505
Happy Warholidays
November 22 through February 1
 
 
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
949-494-6531
In and Out of California: Travels of American Impressionists
November 3 through March 2
 
 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
213-857-6000
George Washington: A National Treasure
Nov. 7 through Mar. 9
 
 
Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, MA
413-298-4100
Dancing by the Light of the Moon: The Art of Fred Marcellino
November 9 through January 26
 
 
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
1-510-238-2200 or toll free at 1-888-625-6873
Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art
Nov. 2 through Jan. 26
Wild Things: The Waterfowl Art of Harry Curieux Adamson
November 9 through March 30
 
 
Portland Museum of Art - Maine
Portland, Maine
1-207-775-6148 or 1-800-639-4067
Charles Codman
Nov. 7 through Jan. 5
 

December

 
 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
1-415-750-3600
Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler
Dec. 7 through Feb. 9
 
 
Midwest Museum of American Art
Elkhart, IN
219-293-6660
The Whimsical Art of Steve Hansen
December 6 through January 19
 

 
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