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A juried exhibition open to legal residents of Virginia, 18+
Prizes: First Place: $5,000 | Second Place: $3,000 | Third Place: $2,000
Entry Deadline: August 1, 2025
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Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
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Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Muscarelle Summer Youth Art Camp
Monday, July 28, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Teen Metal Casting Camp
Monday, August 4, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, August 9, 2025
11:00 AM
Information Session
Youth Camp: Portrait Bust in Clay
Youth Camp: Portrait Bust in Clay
Friday, August 22, 2025
10:00 AM
Workshop

On View

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

June 28, 2025 — October 13, 2025
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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 — August 18, 2025
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

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

June 28, 2025 — March 8, 2026
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20th-21st Century Abstraction

July 3, 2025 — August 17, 2025
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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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Collection Highlights

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

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Sugar Cane Syrup Makin’
HUNTER, CLEMENTINE
1979
Oil on canvasboard
18 x 24 ins. (45.7 x 60.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Yellow Magpie
BASKIN, LEONARD
1973
Lithograph printed in four colors on Velin d'Arches paper
Framed: 44 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (113.5 x 83.2 cm)
Gift of Barbara Waal
Portrait of Arthur Clark Brown
CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
c. 1897
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Female figure on bed
HENRI, ROBERT
Pencil
Sight: 7 7/8 x 10 1/2 ins. (20.0 x 26.7 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
The Brooklyn El
MELTZER, ANNA E.
1934
Oil on canvas
Stretcher: 13 7/8 x 11 1/4 ins. (35.2 x 28.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Preliminary study for one panel of The Social History of the State of Indiana
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1933
Graphite on tissue paper
10 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins. (27.2 x 24.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (Screaming Indian)
SCHOLDER, FRITZ
1973
Color lithograph
Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Untitled
TENNESON, JOYCE
1977
Hand applied silver emulsion on watercolor paper
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 1/4 ins. (57 x 74.5 cm); Image: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (34.5 x 52 cm)
Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005

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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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