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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
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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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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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Nampeyo Pot
NAMPEYO, IRIS YOUVELLA
c. 1970
Ceramic with glazes
9 1/8 ins. (23.2 cm) in height; 17 1/4 ins. (43.9 cm) circumference at widest point; 2 5/8 ins. (diameter of opening)
Gift of The Matthews Collection
Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge 1
BUTCHER, CLYDE
1999
Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Sheet: 56 x 100 ins. (142.2 x 254.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled still life
MAROGER, JACQUES
Oil on hardboard panel
Panel: 30 1/4 x 36 ins. (76.7 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Cynthia Reasor Broten (W&M '75) in memory of her parents Lucy & Woody Reasor
Woman Kneeling by Stones (Kniende am Stein)
HECKEL, ERICH
1913-1914
Woodcut printed in gray, black and blue ink on tan laid paper
Sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 1/8 ins. (67.3 x 51.2 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (49.5 x 31.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
L’Éveil Du Géant (The Awakening of the Giant)
MIRÓ, JOAN
1938
Etching with drypoint on ivory wove paper
Sheet: 17 x 12 3/4 ins. (43.4 x 32.5 cm); Image: 10 5/8 x 9 3/8 ins. (27.0 x 23.7 cm) Image: 10 5/8 x 9 3/8 ins. (27.0 x 23.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Deception
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 3/4 ins. (47 x 72.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
New York at Night
ABBOTT, BERENICE
1932 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 11/16 ins. (60.5 x 50.5 cm); Image: 22 x 17 3/8 ins. (55.9 x 44.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Erie RR and Factories
MARSH, REGINALD
1930
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust

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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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