Keinen Kachō Gafu: The Bird and Flower Prints of Keinen Imao

On view January 28 - April 23, 2023 

On the Surface: Flora Inspired Ceramics of Hitomi Hosono

On view January 28 - April 30, 2023 

Ian Hanesworth: Fragments of this Living Earth

On view January 28 - April 30, 2023 

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Courtney Mattison: Undercurrent

On view May 6 - September 3, 2023

Liz Sexton: Out of Water

On view May 6 - September 3, 2023

From Sea to Paper: The Gyotaku Prints of Dwight Hwang

September 16, 2023 - January 7, 2024

Pushing the boundaries of traditional Gyotaku, a process by which an artist makes a print using real fish, Hwang incorporates other organic forms such as plants, birds, and even people, into his stunningly lifelike prints.

Kristian Brevik: Art for Fish/Art for Humans

September 16, 2023 - January 21, 2024

Kristian Brevik is an artist, scientist, and educator working in Burlington, VT. They create illuminated sculptural lanterns representing the breadth of biodiversity in the living world. When lit, they reveal skeletons, colors, and patterns of the creatures they represent, casting a warm glow that draws the viewer in.

Kimble A. Bromley: Moby-Dick

ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 - JANUARY 7, 2024

This exhibition features 23 expressive paintings by Fargo artist Kimble A. Bromley inspired by the true 19th century account of a large whale attacking the whaling ship Essex, and Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick (1851).

Waking Worlds

Nakamura + Nezhukumatathil | Wroblewski + Casanova

on view january 27, 2023 - january 7, 2024

A celebration of the literary art form that highlights the charismatic creatures found in three nationally lauded books: World of Wonders, featuring the illustrations of Fumi Nakamura and words by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Wake Up, Island and Hush Hush, Forest featuring woodblock prints by Nick Wroblewski and words Mary Casanova.

The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society

ON VIEW MAY 13 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Poetry of Nature, comprising of some 40 paintings by 25 artists ranging in date from 1818 to 1886, offers a varied survey of important paintings conceived in the style of the Hudson River School and further enriched by each artist’s personal vision. The exhibition also offers an opportunity to explore the exchanges of influence among a group of artists whose social and professional networks in New York City and at their favored sketching grounds established an artistic vision that we now recognize as the Hudson River School. 

Re/Framing The View: Nineteenth-century American Landscapes

ON VIEW OCTOBER 14, 2023 - AUGUST 4, 2024

Drawn from six private collections, the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection, and six strategic institutional loans, this exhibition includes works by Thomas Cole, the Peale family group, Thomas Eakins, William Bradford, John F. Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade, Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper Francis Cropsey, George Inness, Francis A. Silva, Sanford Robinson Gifford, and Edward Mitchell Bannister, among many others. While the exhibition celebrates the work of these artists, it also offers a layered interpretation of the cultural and historical meaning of such paintings. What such artists often failed to capture are the environmental conditions and social concerns that may underlie picturesque imagery.