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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts

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Figure Drawing Monday
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Monday, December 1, 2025
5:00 PM
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
10:00 AM
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Storybook Hour
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Storybook Hour
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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On View

Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia

November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
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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

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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Greg Louganis, Hawaii
MARKUS, KURT
1988
Silver gelatin print
16 3/4 x 13 1/8 ins.
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia
LINK, O. WINSTON
1957 (reprint 1987)
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.7 x 55.5 cm); Image: 15 7/16 x 19 1/4 ins. (39.2 x 48.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Altered Landscape 12
NAMINGHA, MICHAEL
2021
Digital C. Print mounted to shaped acrylic
28 x 38 x 1 ins.
Selected by 2024 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Edge of Town
BROWNE, GEORGE ELMER
c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Madrugada/Sunrise
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
1974
Color lithograph
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 31 3/8 ins. (58.1 x 79.7 cm); Image: 21 5/8 x 30 1/8 ins. (54.9 x 76.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Singing the Roof Off
AMBROSE-SMITH, NEAL
2016
Monotype
32 x 44 ins.
Salk Institute of Biological Research, Louis Kahn, La Jolla, CA
STOLLER, EZRA
c. 1977
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 20 ins. (40.7x 50.7 cm); Image: 12 ¼ x 17 7/8 ins. (31.1 45.3 cm)
And I Saw Another Angel
MORGAN, SISTER GERTRUDE
c. 1970-1972
Paint and ink on card
10 1/2 x 16 ins. (26.7 x 40.7 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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