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Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America & Paintings of Messersmith

Last updated on March 10, 2024

Mennello Museum of American art is pleased to announce the opening of two new exhibitions on display from May 31 – September 8, 2024: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, which is organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art and Mark Messersmith: Long Summer, organized the Mennello Museum of American Art and curated by Katherine Page, Curator, Art and Education.

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Self-Taught Black Artists in the American South

Last updated on January 01, 2024

The exhibition Self-Taught Black Artists in the American South presents the work of 14 artists who painted and sculpted outside of the mainstream art world in the American South beginning in the 1970s. Often labeled as self-taught, the artists on display did not have institutionalized academic training and many lived in severe poverty, and have thus been marginalized from dominant conversations.

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In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting

Last updated on October 01, 2023

The Mennello Museum of American Art presents In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting, featuring the bounty of the American landscape from the early nineteenth century through the twentieth century. In Nature’s Studio is organized by the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, and will be on view to the public from October 6, 2023 – January 15, 2024.

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Anila Quayyum Agha: Flourishing Patterns

Last updated on June 01, 2023

The Mennello Museum of American Art will present the first solo exhibition in Central Florida by Pakistani American artist Anila Quayyum Agha, a multi-media artist whose installations address cultural diversity and immigration. ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: FLOURISHING PATTERNS is on view from June 23, 2023 – September 24, 2023, with an opening reception on June 23 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. and a guest lecture

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Impression and Reality

Last updated on April 07, 2023

From the late 1800s through the 1920s, two important stylistic movements of early 20th century Art History coexisted – American Impressionism and Realism. These artists’ styles overlapped in time and a loose, impressionistic brushstroke, but transected in their subject matter. Today, those paintings highlight the diversity of American artists’ experiences, mentorships, training, and locations.

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In Conversation: Will Wilson & Edward S. Curtis

Last updated on July 16, 2022

Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the exhibition In Conversation: Will Wilson & Edward S. Curtis, organized by Chrystal Bridges Museum of American Art opening on October 28, 2022, with a public reception on November 4, 2022. The exhibition is on view from October 28, 2022 - February 12, 2023.

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An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection

Last updated on May 10, 2022

AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO CREATE: THE MONROE FAMILY COLLECTION OF FLORIDA OUTSIDER ART is the most comprehensive exhibition of Florida Outsider Art brought together for the first time into one travelling exhibition. The passion for Outsider Art runs deep in Florida, where self-taught artists have forged an indelible mark of special attention on the creative landscape of the state.

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Contemporary Expressions: Prints from Flying Horse Editions

Last updated on January 21, 2022

Mennello Museum of American Art announces Contemporary Expressions: Prints from Flying Horse Editions (1996 – 2021). Curated by the City of Orlando's Public Art Collection, the exhibit holds the largest and most complete assemblage of works published by Flying Horse Editions, which will be on view at Mennello Museum from January 21 through May 30, 2022.

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Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad

Last updated on October 13, 2021

They left during the middle of the night—often carrying little more than the knowledge that moss grows on the north side of trees. An estimated 100,000 slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 chose to embark on this journey in search of freedom.

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Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e and Ephemeral

Last updated on July 16, 2021

Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to announce two concurrent exhibitions—Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e, organized by the Reading Public Museum (Reading, PA) and Ephemeral: American Impressionists and the Influence of Japan, which celebrates the significance of Edo period printmaking and its prominent role in European and American Impressionism.

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The Grand Portraits of Mr. Eddy Mumma

Last updated on March 23, 2021

The Mennello Museum of American Art is proud to announce the exhibition opening of The Grand Portraits of Mr. Eddy Mumma. The exhibit is only the third solo museum exhibition of the artist's work to date and is on view from April 23 – August 1, 2021.

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American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection

Last updated on January 01, 2021

Mennello Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the opening of two new exhibitions American Artists in the Southwest from the Melanson Holt Collection & American Paintings and Drawings from the Melanson Holt Collection. These exhibitions will be on view at the Mennello Museum from January 22 through April 11, 2021.

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Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism

Last updated on August 29, 2024

ORLANDO, FLORIDA [August 29, 2024] — The Mennello Museum of American Art will present Sally Michel: Abstracting Tonalism from September 20, 2024 to January 12, 2025. This exhibition will be the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in over 23 years and her first in Florida, a location where she sought both colorful inspiration and secluded respite in the state's natural beauty.

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