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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Film Screening: My Octopus Teacher
Film Screening: My Octopus Teacher
Thursday, November 13, 2025
5:00 PM
FamilySpecial EventW&M Students
Members’ Opening: Liquid Commonwealth
Members’ Opening: Liquid Commonwealth
Friday, November 14, 2025
5:00 PM
Special Event
Wood Carving with Christopher Wagner
Wood Carving with Christopher Wagner
Saturday, November 15, 2025
1:00 PM
Workshop
Figure Drawing Monday
Figure Drawing Monday
Monday, November 17, 2025
5:00 PM
Workshop

On View

Selections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art

October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
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Faculty Show 16

October 17, 2025 — January 11, 2026
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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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18th-20th Century European Paintings

June 28, 2025 — January 4, 2026
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Upcoming

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.

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Untitled
JONQUIERES, EDUARDO
1960
Paint on canvas
Canvas: 19 7/16 x 19 7/16 ins. (49.2 x 49.4 cm) ; Frame: 20 x 20 1/16 (50.9 x 51 cm)
Cool Series #45, Striated Yellow
FINE, PERLE
c. 1961-1963
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Nueva York
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
c. 1977
Lithograph
Sheet: 21 7/8 x 29 13/16 ins. (55.6 x 75.6 cm); Image: 18 1/8 x 24 1/16 ins. (46.0 x 61.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Roofs, Summer Night
SLOAN, JOHN
1906
Etching
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
Gothic Landscape
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1960
Oil on canvas
48 x 80 ins. (121.9 x 203.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Thermal Kem
LEWANDOWSKI, EDMUND
1986
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 1/8 x 26 ins. (81.5 x 66.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Disrobing of Christ
WOLGEMUT, MICHAEL
Woodblock print with printed text and tempera embellishments on back
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 11/16 ins. (26.6 x 19.5 cm); Image: 9 7/8 x 7 1/16 ins. (25.1 x 17.9 cm)
Gift of the Carnegie Collection
Untitled
ATCHUGARRY, PABLO
1995
Carrara marble
82.67 x 18.89 x 12.2 ins. (210 x 48 x 31 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

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UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan

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