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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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Summer Members Reception
Summer Members Reception
Friday, July 18, 2025
5:30 PM
Special Event
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Youth Camp: Painting from Observation (5-day)
Monday, July 21, 2025
9:00 AM
Workshop
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

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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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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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Piranesi’s 24 Colored Marks
DINE, JAMES
1974-1976
Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Allegory on the Marriage of Willem III to Mary Stuart and the Wedding Ceremony in London
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
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
Aus der Tierlegende (From the Animal Legend)
MARC, FRANZ
1912
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
Portrait of Princess Mary
NETSCHER, CASPAR
1676
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 29 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins.; Sight: 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 ins.; Framed: 38 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (98.2 x 82.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Portrait of a Dancer
CADMUS, PAUL
1981
Egg tempera on gesso panel
14 x 12 ins. (35.5 x 30.6 cm); Framed: 25 1/8 x 20 1/8 ins. (63.8 x 51.2 cm)
Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Female Figures
CARREÑO, MARIO
1970
Black ink on buff-colored paper
Sheet: 16 ½ x 11 3/4 ins (42 x 30 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Hippodrome Shows, Gloucester, Massachusetts
BEAL, REYNOLDS
1945
Watercolor and red conté crayon on paper
Sight: 6 3/4 x 10 ins. (17.0 x 25.3 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns

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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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