MUSCARELLE EXPLORATIONS
FALL 2023

40 YEARS

OF COLLECTING

This fall, our Muscarelle Explorations lecture series will dive into the people,
the art and the stories that have defined the Muscarelle over the past 40 years.

Visit 40 Years of Art at the Muscarelle, our new exhibition on view at the
Williamsburg Regional Library Gallery at Stryker Center through November 1.

Open: Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Docent-led tours: Wednesdays at 2 PM & Fridays at 10 AM
Location: 412 N. Boundary Street (opposite the library)

Also, don’t miss the celebration!

40th Anniversary Dinner
W&M Alumni House
Friday, November 17

Enjoy fabulous fare and an unforgettable night in support of the Muscarelle!

40th Anniversary Dinner: Details and tickets here

The Muscarelle Museum of Art thanks the Williamsburg Area Arts Commission
for its support of our programming for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Forward Vision: The Future of the Muscarelle Museum of Art

Oct 10, 2023 05:00:00 pm

This semester, our Muscarelle Explorations lecture series will dive into the people, the art and the stories that have defined the Muscarelle over the past 40 years — and into the future. One of the great privileges of being the Director of an art museum is the opportunity to guide the expansion of the permanent collection and chart its direction. The Muscarelle is currently focused on expanding the representation in our collection, with a special emphasis on adding works by women and artists of color. Join Director David Brashear as he surveys the progress the Muscarelle team is making toward […]

Georgia O’Keeffe: Deconstructing a Myth; Offering a New Perspective

Oct 17, 2023 05:00:00 pm

This semester, our Muscarelle Explorations lecture series will dive into the people, the art and the stories that have defined the Muscarelle over the past 40 years. In the 1930s, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller donated what is possibly the most famous work in the Museum’s collection, White Flower, by Georgia O’Keeffe. She hoped her gift would be seen “not only as an aesthetic gesture but also as an inspiration to the young women who are students at William & Mary.” Barbara Buhler Lynes, the preeminent scholar on O’Keeffe, will visit campus to discuss the life and work of the artist. Since 1946, the […]

Gallery Players present Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

Nov 29, 2023 07:00:00 pm

The Gallery Players, William & Mary’s chamber orchestra of 15 string players, will present a concert including an arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, originally written in 1874 for the tour of an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann. The music will be accompanied by a slideshow of images from Muscarelle exhibitions from the past 40 years — join us on this walk down memory lane set to a stunning soundtrack!

Voice of the Artist: Nell Painter

Dec 05, 2023 05:00:00 pm

Leading American historian Nell Irvin Painter is the author of many books, including Sojourner Truth, Creating Black Americans and The History of White People. In her 2018 book, Old in Art School, Painter recounts her journey from scholar to artist including her enrollment in the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. There, she became a student again in her 60s and continues as a working, professional artist in her 80s. Painter will discuss the struggles in making a late-life pivot and the obstacles and biases she was up against as she pursued her dream of becoming an artist. Further, she […]

MUSCARELLE EXPLORATIONS
FALL 2023