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A quilt with the Declaration of Independence reproduced at its center. Enclosing this central image are concentric borders of red, white, and blue patterning. Within one of the borders, the American flag is centered above the declaration, and the British Red Ensign below it. Floral borders in shades of brown run along the quilt’s outer edges.

Exhibition Keeping Alive the Remembrance: Commemorating America's Founding, 1776–1876

November 7, 2025 – October 11, 2026
A closeup view of two sculptures and a display case, with a ruffled-shaped necklace and green glass bowl, set on a shallow, square platform in a gallery. At left is a sculpture of vertically stacked irregular pieces of tree burls and at right is a semi-spherical object covered with lobe-like protrusions.

News Elemental Engagement

Installation on view until spring 2026

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A group of several people seen from behind and from a slight distance while seated in an art gallery. Facing the viewer and seeming to address the group, a masked person stands alongside a work of figural sculpture presented on a platform.

Virtual Arts in Mind

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A painting with various abutting and superimposing fields of vibrant color. A large, saturated oval of green extends diagonally across the center. Reds and oranges dominate the upper portion of the canvas, while the lower-right corner shows several fields of yellow. The lower-left corner is very dark, perhaps black, beneath and alongside smaller patches of various colors. The brushwork is loose and energetic.

Gallery Talks Hans Hofmann

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Art making as part of the Gallery’s Teen Art Studio, 2025

Teen Events Teen Art Studio

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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A Game of Croquet

Artist: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

Tripod Vessel with Flower Mountain and Solar Deities

Maker: Unknown

Female Figure with a Child

Maker: Unknown

Female Captive

Maker: Unknown

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A group of student sit in a gallery filled with furntiture. A student in the foreground points toward a large chest of drawers where a man stands looking at the student pensively.

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