The exhibition consisting of four large-scale compositions, printed on transparencies and displayed on light boxes mounted in four ground-floor windows, Yellow emits a gentle incandescent light that celebrates MAM’s intimate character, calling to mind a candlelit domestic space and animating the building’s façade. Each of the four compositions, which seen up close resembles an ...

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This exhibition contains more than 40 pieces of Pueblo Indian pottery are now on view dating from the late 19th century to the present time. The pottery is placed within historical context to demonstrate how certain factors brought about stylistic change and innovation. The installation highlights how the majority of distinctive Pueblo ceramic traditions have evolved gradually over time although c...

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The most recent exhibition of Native American art features 69 baskets collected during the late Victorian era when a craze for Native basketry swept the United States.  Ranging in size from an extremely large Apache Indian storage jar to a Pomo Indian basket as small as a tiny seed, the baskets on view in this installation were collected during the years when basket mania seized the nation. ...

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This exhibition juxtaposes American illustration work from the 19th and early 20th centuries with contemporary art.  Winslow Homer’s striking wood engravings of the 1860s and 1870s for Harper’s Monthly represent an important phase of his early career when he was employed as a freelance illustrator and artist reporter. This period coincided with the flourishing of mass market illus...

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The works in this exhibition address the subjects of two recent publications by Carle: his love of color and use of imagination.  The exhibition includes more than 60 original collages, studies, and book dummies/mock ups. Carle’s love of nature is legendary. To recognize this passion, the exhibition includes selected work from The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, as well as other publi...

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This collection-based exhibition comprises over 60 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper that explore the universal themes of labor and leisure in America from the 18th century to the present day.  A section of the exhibition focuses upon artists at work, with early 20th-century photographs by Edward Curtis and Carl Moon of Native American basket and pottery makers. Images of...

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