Art Show Calendar

Our monthly sneak peek at exhibition and fairs around country.

Hector Ortega, Little Worries, fabricated steel and paint.

March 3-6

Outsider Art Fair
Metropolitan Pavilion » New York, NY
For its 30th anniversary, the Outsider Art Fair showcases self-taught artist work or art brut by approximately 65 exhibitors that feature artists from around the world.
www.outsiderartfair.com

March 4-6

Fountain Hills Fine Art & Wine Festival
Avenue of the Fountains » Fountain Hills, AZ
Hosted by the Thunderbird Artists, this 18th annual festival includes 125 juried fine artists from around the world and an array of wine selections, entertainment and food.
www.thunderbirdartists.com

March 4-26

36th annual All Florida Juried Exhibit
Alliance for the Arts Center » Fort Myers, FL
The Alliance for the Arts hosts their longest running exhibition, featuring a variety of media by artists from different regions of Florida.
www.artinlee.org

March 5

40th annual California Cool Art Auction
Laguna Art Museum » Laguna Beach, CA
The in-person auction event will feature over 100 California artists like Maria Bertran, Judy Chicago, Alex Couwenberg and Woods Davy.
www.lagunaartmuseum.org

March 6-August 14

Joan Mitchell
Baltimore Museum of Art » Baltimore, MD
This retrospective exhibition follows Mitchell’s career from her New York paintings in the 1950s, to her large-scale multi-panel works made in France.
www.artbma.org

March 12-June 5

Bascove: The Time We Spend with Words
Norman Rockwell Museum » Stockbridge, MA
This museum celebrates the work of Anne Bascove, a master printmaker, illustrator, painter and collagist, in a series of original illustrations for literary works in their permanent collection.
www.nrm.org

March 12-July 10

Alice Neel: People Come First
de Young Museum » San Francisco, CA
This is the first comprehensive West Coast retrospective of Neel’s radical, social justice inspired work, that includes paintings, drawings and watercolors.
deyoung.famsf.org

March 14

36th annual Academy of the Arts Dinner
Cipriani 42nd Street » New York, NY
Guild Hall Arts Center honors the many artists who have been important to their history, while also recognizing board members Marty and Michele Cohen for their commitment and contributions.
www.guildhall.org

March 18-20

SculptureTucson Sculpture Festival Show and Sale
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park » Tucson, AZ
This annual festival offers prominent, juried sculpture works to the public, and features artists demonstrations, music and food trucks.
www.sculpturetucson.org

March 18-20

Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival
Downtown Carefree » Carefree, AZ
Now in its 27th year, the festival features 160 juried artworks from artists around the world, including the featured festival artist, jeweler Victor Yurivilca.
www.thunderbirdartists.com

March 18-July 3

Shifting Perspectives: Landscape Photographs from the Collection
Milwaukee Art Museum » Milwaukee, WI
This exhibition explores how our society sees and understands the physical world through over 65 photographs pulled from the museum’s collection.
www.mam.org

March 23-27

Affordable Art Fair NYC
Metropolitan Pavilion » New York, NY
More than 70 local, national and international galleries return to the Metropolitan Pavilion, displaying thousands of contemporary artworks at accessible prices.
www.affordableartfair.com

March 25-27

Tempe Festival of the Arts
Downtown Tempe » Tempe, AZ
This annual festival boasts over 350 artists booths that display a variety of mediums, styles and themes, and the event includes musical entertainment, food trucks and beer and wine gardens.
www.tempefestivalofthearts.com

March 25-August 14

What Is Left Unspoken: Love
High Museum of Art » Atlanta, GA
Over 70 contemporary works in a variety of mediums, from 1987 to 2021, explores themes of love as a profound subject of critical commentary and how its expressed.
www.high.org

March 26-May 1

2020 Hindsight
Bird Dog Arts » Tejon Ranch, CA
Organized by California Art Club, this exhibition at Bird Dog Arts showcases a diverse range of artworks that explore the personal changes we all went through due to the pandemic.
www.californiaartclub.org

March 27-April 2

Plein Air Festival
Lighthouse ArtCenter » Tequesta, FL
This engaging art event is now in its ninth year. It will showcase 30 of the top plein air artists in the country, and includes a Paint Out Competition, demos and workshops.
www.lighthousearts.org/pleinair

March 27-July 10

Guarding the Art
Baltimore Museum of Art » Baltimore, MD
The BMA showcases work from their collection, from across eras, genres, cultures and mediums, that have been selected by guest curators from the museum’s security department.
www.artbma.org

March 31-April 3

ART NOW FAIR / Salt Lake City
Expo Center » Salt Lake City, UT
This inaugural art fair will feature 50 international and national art galleries, presenting a diversity of artworks and artists in a sophisticated setting.
www.artnowfair.com

April 21-24

The Art of the Portrait Conference
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead » Atlanta, GA
The Portrait Society of America is back in person for their 24th annual conference that will have demonstrations, exhibits, auctions, competitions and workshops for artists looking to better their craft.
www.portraitsociety.org

April 25-May 8

Boston Design Week
Various Locations » Boston, MA
Now in its ninth year, this event occurs in various locations, including virtual platforms, and features programs, guest speakers, tours and panel discussions by design-oriented businesses, museums and organizations, to name a few.
www.bostondesignweek.com

+++Tomashi Jackson, Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved? (1948 Middle of Voter Registration Line) (1965 Abernathy and King Watch the Signing of the Act), 2020, acrylic, pentelic marble. Ohio Underground Railroad site soil, American electoral ephemera, and paper bags on canvas and fabric, courtesy of the artist and Tilton Gallery, New York. © Tomashi Jackson. Photo: courtesy of the artist and Tilton Gallery, New York. Commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University.