Alan Bray, Sentinel, casein on panel, 22x 18"
May 20-August 21
2021 National Online Exhibition: Lifting the Sky
American Women Artists » Online
American Women Artists hosts an online-only juried event for its esteemed group of artists.
www.americanwomenartists.org
May 22-August 1
On Location in Malibu 2021
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University » Malibu, CA
Join California Art Club and Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University for this eighth exhibition in a series of shows that have been held every three years since 1999.
www.californiaartclub.org
May 20-August 29
Warren Chang: Social Realism in California
Triton Museum of Art » Santa Clara, CA
The Triton Museum hosts a solo exhibit for Warren Chang, in a collection of paintings with a focus on homelessness and fieldworkers.
www.tritonmuseum.org
Through May 23
Wild World: 200 Years of Nature in Art
Brookgreen Gardens » Murrells Inlet, SC
Kicking off the Brookgreen Gardens 90th anniversary is the opening of the Rosen Galleries with this inaugural exhibition of artwork that highlights the purpose of the gardens.
www.brookgreen.org
Through May 29
Scott Prior: Illuminations
Cahoon Museum of American Art » Cotuit, MA
The exhibition spans five decades of Prior’s artistic career of over 35 paintings, prints and drawings in a variety of genres.
Through May 30
Paul Gervais: Faces and Forms
Boca Raton Museum of Art » Boca Raton, FL
This exhibition features small-scale portraits of Gervais’ family, friends and himself alongside works of humble objects.
www.bocamuseum.org
Through May 31
Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks
Peabody Essex Museum » Salem, MA
Rockman’s paintings of shipwrecks show “the impact that the migration of goods, people, plants and animals has had on our planet.”
www.pem.org
Through June 1
Best of America Small Works National Juried Exhibition
Principle Gallery » Charleston, SC
National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society presents small-scaled art by its members in this fourth annual exhibition at Principle Gallery.
www.noaps.org
Through June 1
Renewal and Rebirth: Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition
California Art Club » Online
Artists will represent the theme of Renewal and Rebirth in this juried exhibition from California Art Club.
www.californiaartclub.org
Through June 6
Alan Bray: Presence and Absence
Garvey|Simon » New York, NY
The uniquely detailed landscape works of Alan Bray explore the dynamic between nature and humans, mainly centering around the after images of human interference.
www.garveysimon.com
June 4-6
Omaha Summer Arts Festival
Various Locations & Virtual » Omaha, NE
Omaha’s 47th annual arts festival happens in-person and online, with more than 100 artists from 26 states repersented.
www.summerarts.org
June 5-March 27, 2022
Testimony: African American Artists Collective
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art » Kansas City, MO
Since 2014, the AAAC has remained committed to increasing the visibility of African American and Black artists, and through a partnership with Nelson-Atkins, they exhibit a range of media, style and themes.
www.nelson-atkins.org
June 5-September 12
Making Waves
Santa Paula Art Museum » Santa Paula, CA
Michelle Jung shows her passion for the sea in a solo exhibition of large-scale, seascape oil paintings, and invites viewers to engage in an immersive experience.
www.santapaulaartmuseum.org
June 18-September 8
E.L. Stewart: Between Earth and Heaven
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art » Great Falls, MT
E.L. Stewart, an American contemporary painter, features work that allows a glimpse into her life during a period of illness, death and grief, but breathes a longing for a peaceful existence.
www.the-square.org
Through June 26
International Biennial Portrait Competition II
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art » Wausau, WI
The second portrait competition brings portrait painters and sculptors from around the world to an American audience.
www.wmoca.org
July 8, 2021-July 24, 2022
Women in Motion: 150 Years of Women’s Artistic Networks
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts » Philadelphia, PA
This exhibition include art by over 50 female artists that worked professionally in the American art world from the academy’s founding in 1805 to the end of World War II.
www.pafa.org
June 10-August 7
110th annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University » Orange County, CA
California Art Club hosts its annul exhibition featuring the best in the realist genre, with a showcase of the event available online.
www.californiaartclub.org
Through July 11
Radiant Season: Paintings by Kevin Sloan
Denver Botanic Gardens » Denver, CO
Sloan’s new site-specific exhibition, at the Denver Botanic Garden’s York Street location, elevates ordinary flora and discarded objects to new levels.
www.botanicgardens.com
Through July 18
Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And
Brooklyn Museum » Brooklyn, NY
The first retrospective of conceptual, performance and feminist artist O’Grady, features 12 major projects produced over the artist’s four-decade career, as well as a new installation.
www.booklynmuseum.org
Through July 25
Erin Hanson: Colors of California
Santa Paula Art Museum » Santa Paula, CA
Artist Erin Hanson exhibits a large collection of landscapes inspired by the many scenic areas of California, in her unique style known as “open impressionism.”
www.santapaulaartmuseum.org
Through August 1
Alice Neel: People Come First
The Met Fifth Avenue » New York, NY
Neel’s first New York-based museum retrospective in 20 years features her portraits of activists as well as her watercolors and pastels of the 1930s.
www.metmuseum.org —
Najee Dorsey, Love of a Lifetime, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 36". Image courtesy of the artist.
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