Photograph of Rhea Fontaine (left) and Pam Paulson (right) by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower, Courtesy of Paulson Fontaine Press Introduction Though we are unable to share this exhibition with you in person at this time, the Museum is pleased to be able to provide a first look at Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of […]
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Overview The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts’s collection has been on view in its galleries and on its website. Now, some of our works can be in a gallery of your very own if you have a Nintendo Switch and the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Curate Your Own Digital Exhibition From left to
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Detail: Carl Burton, The Dogana, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, 1996; full image below Introduction Carl Burton is a New York photographer whose work was exhibited at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Color and Light: Photographs by Carl Burton in 2011. He often works with a panoramic camera capturing landscapes and cityscapes such as
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Update | October 15, 2020 After a seven-month closure, we are thrilled to welcome visitors back into our changing exhibition and permanent collection galleries beginning this Thursday, October 15. We are equally excited to welcome visitors to take part in our first in-person programming outside in the Caddell Sculpture Garden. Explore Upcoming Programs See What’s
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Harvey K. Littleton (American, 1922–2013), Orange Triple Movement, 1983, from the series Topological Geometry, free-blown glass, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Purchase, Decorative Arts Fund, 2014.2.2 Overview In March of 1962, a seismic shift occurred in the creation of art glass with a workshop led by American glass artists Harvey Littleton (1922–2013) and Dominick
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Vincent Buwalda, (American, born 1965), The Children’s Gate, 2019, urethane paint on welded steel, Gift of the City of Montgomery, Todd Strange, Mayor, 2019.6 Overview The Museum is thrilled to introduce its latest permanent installation in the John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden to the River Region. The Children’s Gate (2019) is a gift of the
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Yvonne Wells (American, born 1939), Yesterday: Civil Rights in the South III, 1989, Cotton, cotton/polyester blend, wool, polyester, and plastic buttons, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Kempf Hogan, 2004.20.8 Congratulations! The Museum wishes to celebrate artist Yvonne Wells (American, born 1939), a recipient of the 2019 Governor’s Arts Award from the Alabama State
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About these Works During the summer of 2019, the Museum celebrated the addition of five works by contemporary African American artists from Alabama to its permanent collection. They will be acquired over the next two years under terms of an agreement with the Atlanta-based Souls Grown Deep Foundation (SGDF). The pieces are a part of
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Above: Artist Stephen Rolfe Powell giving a demonstration in glass blowing at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Stephen Rolfe Powell November 26, 1951–March 16, 2019 The Museum wishes to honor the memory of Stephen Rolfe Powell, a luminary in the field of studio art glass and a friend of the Montgomery Museum of Fine
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