National Calendar of Exhibitions

American Representational Art Exhibitions Hosted by Art Museums and Other Non-Profit Organizations

Please click on the following titles to view future, present and past calendars of:   Museums 2012 Museum Exhibitions 2011 Museum Exhibitions 2010 Museum Exhibitions 2009 Museum Exhibitions 2008 Museum Exhibitions 2007 Museum Exhibitions 2006 Museum Exhibitions 2005 Museum Exhibitions 2004 Museum Exhibitions 2003 Museum Exhibitions 2002 Museum Exhibitions July - December, 2001 Museum Exhibitions January - June, 2001 Museum Exhibitions July - December, 2000 Museum Exhibitions January - June, 2000 Museum Exhibitions July - December, 1999 Museum Exhibitions January - June, 1999 Museum Exhibitions July - December, 1998 Museum Exhibitions January - June, 1998 Museum Exhibitions   Associations, Clubs, Institutes and other art organizations Associations, ateliers, clubs 2000 Exhibitions Associations, ateliers, clubs 1999 Exhibitions Associations, ateliers, clubs 1998 Exhibitions

What is included

These calendars reference exhibitions devoted primarily to American representational art. Some exhibitions are excluded, including:

• group exhibitions of artist organizations, faculties and students at museums or art centers
• exhibits not deemed to be balanced in favor of American representational art
• photography exhibits that feature photo-journalism or are by emerging photographers
• computer-generated art exhibits
• video exhibits
• current and upcoming commercial gallery exhibitions
• exhibits on tour when TFAO has prior articles covering the traveling exhibit from early venues

Resource Library selectively publishes publicity articles concerning retrospective exhibitions of artist organizations' individual members at museums or art centers. Artist organizations include cooperatives, clubs and other membership societies.

Revisions of dates are accepted and encouraged in order for calendars to be as accurate as possible. The deadline for inclusion in a current monthly calendar is the first day of that month.

To make the most of your visit to an exhibition

If you are touring, you will find American art venues to visit Indexed by State within the United States. Call the museum in advance to see if you can:

• join a docent tour to interpret the exhibition
• make a reservation to have lunch in the museum cafe
• use your camera to take pictures of the art
• download an iPod tour at home to play while you are in the galleries
• use your cellphone in the galleries to play an audio tour

Exhibition dates may and do change without prior notice from museums to TFAO. Always verify dates directly with museums before visiting their exhibitions.

Museums often have closed days. Mondays are common in the USA but sometimes there are other closed days or multiple closed days. It's a good idea to arrive early or late in the day when there are less crowds. Many museums have tours for school children in the morning, causing increased traffic. Some museums have evening hours and many offer free days throughout the year.

When arriving you can get an idea of what the museum considers it's most cherished works by scanning the postcards in the museum gift shop. Or take a look through books that describe the museum's collection. Larger museums have kiosks, brochures, and even computer rooms for viewing the collection on a screen.

To enrich your museum visit read TFAO's Museums Explained. Also, to learn how museums put together exhibitions and tour them, please see TFAO's Planning, Organizing and Touring Art Exhibitions.

Search Resource Library to read articles and essays about many of these exhibitions

How TFAO updates calendars

On a monthly basis, TFAO reviews the Calendar Update Schedule (see A-C D-G H-L M-Q R-S T-Z) to identify selected museums and other sources for which their follow-up month is expiring. TFAO then reviews the current and future exhibition sections of Web sites of targeted sources for new information. TFAO then updates the Schedule's listings for the targeted sources with new dates by listing on the schedule either: (1) the furthest exhibition closing month, or (2) a month which TFAO deems important for follow up.

 

As a part of this review TFAO also updates the related exhibition calendar in the National Calendar of Exhibitions to include information on selected newly discovered exhibitions for which TFAO wishes to (1) inform the public and (2) mark for later TFAO follow up.

 

Update status: As of 2/22/10 the calendar is updated through the Woodmere Art Museum

How TFAO uses the National Calendar of Exhibitions

Towards the end of each month TFAO volunteers review the National Calendar of Exhibitions for all of the listed exhibition openings for that month. TFAO checks published exhibition articles and essays in the sub-index page for each related museum to determine if Resource Library has already published an article or essay concerning a calendar listing. Then TFAO checks to see if similar articles have been published in Resource Library from other sources, and if further information is deemed to be desirable. Using TFAO's catalogs for guidance, TFAO concentrates on adding content where the body of knowledge previously published online is weakest.

 

If TFAO decides to seek information to enable texts and images to be published in Resource Library, TFAO sends by email a request for exhibition information to the museum. TFAO sends requests near the end of the exhibition opening month to allow museums time to gather .jpg images and texts from gallery guides, brochures or catalogues, exhibition wall panels and labels, as well as press releases. TFAO requires 650 or more words of text to publish a Resource Library article or essay for an exhibition.

Links to sources of information outside of our web site are provided only as referrals for your further consideration. Please use due diligence in judging the quality of information contained in these and all other web sites. Information from linked sources may be inaccurate or out of date. Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. (TFAO) neither recommends or endorses these referenced organizations. Although TFAO includes links to other web sites, it takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, nor exerts any editorial or other control over them. For more information on evaluating web pages see TFAO's General Resources section in Online Resources for Collectors and Students of Art History.

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