For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts presents This Land Is Your Land. The exhibition honors American landscape for its diverse features. Drawn entirely from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition invites visitors to explore the many ways artists have interpreted the land over time, from the pastoral and picturesque to the abstract and conceptual.

The American landscape has long served as a source of inspiration, reflection, and cultural expression. Through a compelling selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, This Land Is Your Land traces the evolution of landscape art in the United States, showcasing the diversity of terrain from rolling hills and dense forests to urban skylines and rural farmland. Of particular interest are paintings by Alabama artists Anne Goldthwaite and Kelly Fitzpatrick, whose works are cornerstones of the Museum’s early collection. These works are presented alongside more contemporary pieces to remind viewers of both the fragility of the landscape as well as its transcendent beauty, which has been celebrated for more than two centuries by artists in America.

As the nation reflects on 250 years of independence, This Land Is Your Land offers a timely and thoughtful meditation on the land that has shaped and continues to be shaped by the American experience. It is a celebration of place, memory, and artistic vision, inviting all to consider what the landscape means to them.