Past Exhibitions

LitGraphic The World of the Graphic Novel Museum of Art This exhibition was organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Sponsored by Bank of Utica » Learn More...	Enjoy MWPAI Masterpieces while in Florida this Winter Museum of Art Many of our members and friends of the Institute head south for the cold months, and this winter some of our very special friends, like Arthur Dove, George Luks, and Mark Rothko, will be joining them. » Learn More...
Trenton Falls Stereoviews by John R. Moore Museum of Art This exhibition features stereoscopic photographs of the same landscape views the painter Thomas Hicks depicted in the Museum’s concurrent exhibition, The Moore Family and Trenton Falls: Three Paintings by Thomas Hicks. » Learn More...	The Moore Family and Trenton Falls: Three Paintings by Thomas Hicks Museum of Art This exhibition features three remarkable historical American paintings that have not been displayed publicly for more than twenty years. Sponsored by The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc., our Institute's 75th Anniversary Partner. » Learn More...
Enhancing a Legacy Gifts, Promised Gifts, and Acquisitions in Honor of the Museum of Art’s 75th Anniversary Museum of Art This exhibition marks the culmination of a year-long festival of events and programs presented by the Institute to commemorate its 75th anniversary as central New York's premier cultural institution. » Learn More...	Ansel Adams: Masterworks From the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Center, Redding, California Sponsored by MetLife Foundation & The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc., our 75th Anniversary Partner Admission to the Exhibition MWPAI Members: First Visit Free - Subsequent Visits $5 General Public: $10 Students-$5 (age 7-18, college students with valid ID) Children 6 and under--free This exhibition was organized by the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA. Exhibition tour management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California. Ansel Adams (American, 1902-84), Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, silver print, Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Center, Redding, CA ©2010 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. » Learn More...
Leap of Faith Photographs of Myanmar by Chris Kogut Museum of Art On her first trip to Burma in 2007, Chris Kogut was enchanted by the country’s culture and terrain, which she captured exquisitely in her photographs. » Learn More...	Picture of the Month In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Museum of Art presents Stan Friedman’s painting, Nighttime View from the 91st Floor, Tower 1, World Trade Center, 2001 as the September picture of the month. » Learn More...
Painting by American Impressionist Loaned in Honor of 75th Anniversary Museum of Art A painting by American Impressionist Childe Hassam has been loaned to honor MWPAI’s 75th anniversary and is currently on view in the Museum of Art. » Learn More...	American Couples Exhibition Fountain Elms' Otto Meyer Galleries American Couples: How Do We Look? now on view in the Museum of Art, was conceived to complement the Museum’s special exhibition, Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns. The nearly 50 artworks displayed in Fountain Elms' Otto Meyer Galleries, drawn from the rich resources of the Museum’s permanent collection, include a diverse selection of historical paintings, miniatures, silhouettes, works on paper, furniture and sculpture. » Learn More...
Certified: Artists and Their Wedding Documents Museum of Art Cardamone Gallery The Museum of Art collaborates with the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, on Certified: Artists and Their Wedding Documents, an exhibition of works from the Institute’s collection and wedding-related archival documents of the artists who created them. Free and Open to the Public » Learn More...	Exhibition Presents Williams-Proctor Wedding Utica Society Turns Out En Masse to the Marriage of Two of its Favorites Museum of Art period rooms in Fountain Elms So read the headline in the Utica Observer when Maria Williams and Thomas Proctor wed on April 9, 1891. Free and Open to the Public » Learn More...
Wedded Perfection Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns The ultimate in fashion opulence will be showcased with more than 50 wedding gowns dating from the late 1700s to today in the monumental exhibition Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns opening view June 19 in the Museum of Art. » Learn More...	Follow the Light: Fine and Decorative Arts in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership Museum of Art Sponsored by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. » Learn More...
“Look for Beauty”: Philip Johnson and Art Museum Design Free and Open to the Public Architect Philip Johnson’s vision of grandeur is explored in “Look for Beauty”: Philip Johnson and Art Museum Design, opening to the public October 17, 2010 in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art. This exhibition celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the Museum of Art building dedication on October 15, 1960. » Learn More...	Glorious Gorham: Silversmith to the Nation Free and Open to the Public Fierce polar bears mount dripping icebergs and mythic figures cavort on the extravagant silver masterpieces created by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Glorious Gorham: Silversmith to the Nation. » Learn More...
Counterpoint In Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Free and Open to the Public Colliding forces, destruction and the potential for transformation are themes Ann Reichlin explores in the monumental sculpture, Counterpoint. » Learn More...	A Town So Great They Named It Twice Otto Meyer Galleries, Museum of Art Free and Open to the Public New York, New York has inspired generations of writers, musicians, filmmakers and artists. A Town So Great celebrates this maddening and beautiful muse with paintings and works on paper from the Museum’s collection. » Learn More...
The Dark Manner English Mezzotints from the Owen D. Young Collection Free and Open to the Public The phrase, “the dark manner” refers to the mezzotint printmaking process developed in Amsterdam in the early 17^th century. Prints produced by this process were especially popular in 18^th-century England, which is why the process was sometimes referred to also as “the English manner.” » Learn More...	Music as Muse Free and Open to the Public Music surrounds us. From iPods to TV show theme songs to cell phone ring tones, our days are filled with notes and lyrics. It is no wonder artists find music inspirational. » Learn More...
62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists Exhibition Spotlights Region’s Talent and Artistic Vibrancy The 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists features a large group of artists who work in as many styles and media. » Learn More...	Remodeled Galleries Showcase Nineteenth-Century Fine and Decorative Arts Collection » Learn More...
A Little Look at Dada Dada as art is characterized by absurdity, total freedom of expression, and randomness as creative tools. » Learn More...	James E. Freeman 1808-1884 An American Painter in Italy The exhibition, James E. Freeman 1808–1884: An American Painter in Italy, opens Sunday, September 13 in the Museum of Art. » Learn More...
The Fabrics of the Home In the second half of the nineteenth century, design books and popular periodicals stressed the importance of surface treatment in the conception of a unified domestic interior. » Learn More...	Exhibition Organized by Area Students Examines Passages in Art Points of Passage, an exhibition of fine and decorative arts opening to the public Saturday, March 28 in the Museum of Art, examines works from the Museum of Art permanent collection that suggest passages of many varieties. The exhibition will represent psychological, physical, and cultural interpretations of the idea of a “passage.” » Learn More...
Sculpture: In Pairs and On Paper Features Works From Museum Permanent Collection Works from the Museum of Art permanent collection » Learn More...	Rustic Tomorrow and Rustic Traditions A Celebration of the Adirondacks Leading modernist and postmodern contemporary architects were paired with prominent Adirondack rustic furniture and furnishing makers. The resultant artworks show the relevance of Adirondack rustic design traditions and tenets to contemporary design and life. » Learn More...
American Modernist Watercolors from a Private Collection “An Adventure of the Heart” Each of the 17 pieces in this exhibition is a canonical example of the work of the generation of artists who embraced the tenets of modernism and sought, through a variety of personal artistic means, to express in their art what it meant to live in the modern age. » Learn More...	Picturing Eden Picturing Eden features the photographic work of 37 internationally recognized artists who examine Paradise as a mythic, many-faceted place, one of contemplation and restoration as well as loneliness and despair. » Learn More...
61st Exhibition of Central New York Artists This 61st edition of the lively and popular exhibition series features works of art in all media by artists living within a 100-mile radius of Utica. » Learn More...	Home and Away: Exploring Photography in the Fine and Decorative Arts from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Home and Away features works that illustrate a range of photographic processes beginning with the earliest photographs: daguerreotypes and tintypes from the 1850s, through contemporary works. Central to the exhibition is Open Door, a digital montage by Jeffrey C. Becton, which utilizes a modern technological photographic process to produce its image HSBC Bank » Learn More...
It’s About Time: Clocks from the Permanent Collection During the nineteenth century, clocks were a stylish symbol of a busy and productive household as well as central ornamental features. The elaborately decorated clocks in the Museum’s collection are a testimony to their importance as status symbols as well as timekeepers. » Learn More...	Auspicious Vision: Edward Wales Root and American Modernism Extensive Exhibition Features Remarkable Bequest of American Art Auspicious Vision: Edward Wales Root and American Modernism showcases 227 paintings and works on paper that Root (1884-1956) acquired between the 1910s and the 1950s. The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of Root's bequest of this material to the MWPAI Museum of Art. M & T Bank » Learn More...
Objects From Two Collections Featured Function as Muse: Decorative Arts and the Peter Norton Christmas Project Two collections of objects created more than a century apart are united in the exhibition, Function as Muse, a collaboration between the Decorative Arts and Modern-Contemporary Departments. » Learn More...	Under The Influence Under the Influence, an exhibition of fine and decorative arts open to the public in the Museum of Art, examines works from the Museum of Art permanent collection that consider many various forms of influence, from supernatural intervention to an artist’s frenzied reaction to a letter from a parent. HSBC Bank » Learn More...
Ferdinand Richardt Drawings of America, 1855-1859 Fifty-six magnificently executed drawings by the 19th-century Danish-American landscape artist Ferdinand Richardt (1819-1895)--that have not been publicly exhibited for at least a century--are featured in the landmark exhibition, Ferdinand Richardt: Drawings of America, 1855-1859 » Learn More...	Substance and Light Ten Sculptors use Cameras The Museum of Art exhibition, Substance and Light: Ten Sculptors Use Cameras, explores photography as a sculptural tool and medium. Works in the show demonstrate that the confluence of two- and three-dimensional media is especially effective in examining issues of memory and time, as they apply to physical and psychological space. » Learn More...
Chinese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection The thirty-two works in this exhibition provide insight about the artistic styles that Chinese painters used during the last three centuries. It was a time when Chinese artists--from the village painter to the scholar-official--bore as both inspiration and burden the full weight of an ancient, conservative tradition that could still bring forth new ideas and artistic styles. » Learn More...	African Personal Art and Adornment This exhibition, drawn from the extensive African collections of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology at Colgate University, focuses on treasured items that are meant to be handled and used. They serve their owners as tools, furniture, housewares, playthings, and objects of personal adornment. They were made for people in all walks of life. » Learn More...