EXHIBITION HISTORY
PRE - 2017
2016
Svend Damhave, Visiting Savannah, 1990, On Loan from Artist
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Old South, New South; A Retrospective
November 18 - December 31, 2016 After winning the 2015 Member's Juried Exhibition, the Pensacola Museum of Art is proud to announce the solo exhibition of 14 original works from Svend Damhave. Svend has been painting for over 60 years, and continues to pursue it even while balancing a medical career. He received his BA from Auburn University and his work has been shown in galleries from Washington D.C. to Jupiter, FL. While Svend considers himself self-taught his work has been described as photo-realistic. His use of acrylic and transparent glazes create an emphasis on contrast and depth from the use of shadows. This exhibit will focus on scenes from southern cities in a light that can only be described as warm and appealing. |
Joseph Constantino, Top of Flatiron Building , NYC, Solarized Photography, 2004.
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In Focus: Architectural Photography by Joseph Constantino
October 14-December 31, 2016 A Manhattan native, Joseph Constantino was raised only steps away from some of the world's most beautiful buildings. Although traveling is what ignited his passion for architectural details, he ultimately came back to the states and captured the buildings surrounding him in both New York and Florida. Infrared, street, and solarization are the prime area of interest for Constantino. He has been addicted to black and white photography since the 70s when he built a darkroom in his home. The Pensacola Museum of Art is pleased to exhibit the architectural photographs captured in focus by Joseph Constantino. The exhibit will showcase 30 of the artist's pieces; 20 monochrome solarized and 10 color solarized images. |
Andy Warhol, Baked Hawaii, 1959, lithograph with watercolor, PMA Permanent Collection, Blue Book Fund, 2016.02
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To PMA with Love: Recently Restored Works and Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection
September 23 - November 12, 2016 This exhibition celebrates the recent growth of the PMA's Permanent Collection along with continued conservation efforts of formerly accessioned pieces. Works on display include both gifts and purchased artwork from a variety of media. Among the artists featured in the exhibition are Alex Katz, Andy Warhol, Nathan Sawaya and Vivian Maier. The Museum is deeply grateful to those whose contributions have made this exhibition possible. Donor names will be recognized within the gallery to signify their significant contribution to the strength of the Permanent Collection and ongoing legacy of the Pensacola Museum of Art. |
Mary Petty, Fay Trying Archery, The New Yorker Magazine, July 15, 1950, cover illustration, 1950, watercolor and ink on paper, image courtesy of the Syracuse University Art Collection
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The Life and Art of Mary Petty
July 22 - October 8, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday July 22, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Mary Petty was the creator of the Peabody family featured on over 40 covers for The New Yorker Magazine. Petty was an illustrator of books and magazines and was known for her satirical depiction of New York City’s Victorian era society. Working in watercolor, Petty meticulously drew her characters and scenes using a limited palette of roses, blues, greens, browns, and gold. This exhibition is organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection. |
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Highlights from the Permanent Collection
June 14- September 17, 2016 The Museum's Permanent Collection contains primarily 20th and 21st century works of art by international, national, and regionally acclaimed artists. A wide range of modern and contemporary styles and periods including Cubism, Realism, Pop Art, Non-objective Art, Folk Art, and Illustration are all featured within the collection. The Museum also owns a fine selection of European and American decorative glass, African art and sculptural works. There are more than 600 accessioned works within the PMA’s Permanent Collection. Notable artists highlighted within this exhibition consist of, but are not limited to Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Hunt Slonem, and Ad Reinhardt. |
Corporate support provided by Silver Sands Premium Outlets.
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Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings
April 22 – August 27, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 5:30 - 7:30pm Stephen Knapp dispenses with traditional media to create sculptural canvases composed entirely of light and glass. Heralded as the first new art medium of the 21st century the artist has been developing his “lightpaintings" since the late 1990s. These works explore color, light and space through the use of specially cut dichroic glass, shaped and polished to create a palette that refracts light onto the walls and surrounding space into abstract compositions. The fabricated glass and steel works are the crossroads of painting, sculpture and technology. “The walkaround quality is key,” explains Knapp, “There has to be depth and movement. I want it to be sculptural. There’s this incredible sense of illusion, of going back into the wall. Its almost like a portal opening to another dimension.” Knapp has gained an international reputation for large-scale works of art held in museums, public, corporate and private collections. He has had solo museum exhibitions at the Boise Art Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Naples Art Museum, the Bultler Institute of Art, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Polk Museum of Art, among others. The Pensacola Museum of Art will present 14 of the artist’s lightpaintings during the summer of 2016. |
This exhibition organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection.
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The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits
April 22 – July 16, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 5:30 - 7:30pm An artist’s portrait, like all good portraits, offers the viewer more than physical features. One sees the characteristics of the sitter that make that person a unique individual. All artists are involved with, or have a heightened interest in, creative pursuits which makes them interesting candidates for portrait subjects. On the other hand, a self-portrait is an artist’s opportunity to make a statement. Traditional portraiture, especially commissioned ones, often came with expectations that the image be a favorable likeness of the sitter. Self-portraiture removed those restrictions enabling artists to be more experimental. This exhibition brings together fifty works in a variety of media that examine self-portraits and portraits of other artists. Included in the show are works by Edouard Manet, Chuck Close, Leonard Baskin, Edward Steichen, Norman Rockwell, and Anders Zorn. Sitters include James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Eakins, Charlie Chaplin, C.S. Lewis, and Pablo Casals. |
Nahum Tschacbasov, "The Patriarch", 1947, etching, PMA Permanent Collection, gift of the artist, 66.41
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Tschacbasov: Inner Visions
February 19 - June 4, 2016 A selection of etchings by artist Russian-born, Nahum Tschacbasov (1899 - 1986) from the Pensacola Museum of Art Permanent Collection. The Museum was gifted over 50 etchings by this artist during 1966, including one oil on canvas. The painter and printmaker is featured in numerous museums collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. |
1st Place: Christopher Mills, "Glow Below", 2016, digital photography
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Annual Members' Juried Exhibition
March 4 – April 15, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, March 4, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. This annually anticipated exhibition celebrates the incredible and diverse level of artistic skill of the museum's artist members. The 2016 exhibition was juried by Dr. Kara Burns, assistant professor of art history at the University of South Alabama. Ninety-six artists and a wide and diverse variety of media will be exhibited to highlight the exceptional talent of PMA members. Are you a participating artist in this year's exhibition? Artwork Pickup for participating members is Monday, April 18th between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. * * A $5 storage fee will be charged per day for artwork not collected on April 18th. Work may be picked up by the artist or a friend and/or family member. |
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Funky Turns 40
February 23 – April 9, 2016 Click here for press release Opening Reception: Friday, February 26, 5:30 -7:30 p.m. This exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversaries of 1970s Saturday Morning cartoons that featured positive black characters for the first time in television history. The exhibition includes original production cells and drawings used to produce these cartoons. Funky Turns 40 includes 60 pieces of animation art from the Museum Of UnCut Funk collection, one of the world’s most unique and extensive collections of original animation production cels and drawings from 1970s. This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Uncut Funk. Exhibition tour management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, C.A. Corporate support is provided by Cox Communications. |
Vivian Maier, "Untitled", n.d, photography, PMA Permanent Collection, Blue Book Purchase of Brian and Susan Finger, 2014.5
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Collection in Context: Women Creating
December 2, 2015 – February 27, 2016 This exhibition presents the diversity and growing strength of the Pensacola Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection. Highlighting female Modern and Postmodern artists through a variety of media including photography, oil on canvas, and etchings. Engaging public programs including a lecture on the history of women in the arts and a film screening accompany this exhibition. Women Creating can describe the theme of this exhibition and the origins of the museum itself. |
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Annual Youth Art Focus
January 9 – February 13, 2016 Opening Receptions:
The PMA presents the 62nd annual Youth Art Focus exhibition, in partnership with the Escambia County School District and in recognition of National Youth Art Month. It highlights the best works from over 500 art students and educators within Escambia County schools, celebrating their strong artistic achievements and our area teachers’ dedication to art education. This exhibition is sponsored by the PMA Guild. |
Alphonse Mucha, "La Plume", 1897, Collection of Patrick M. Rowe
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Mucha: Master Artist of Art Nouveau
(Selected Works from the Rowe Collection) October 23, 2015 – January 2, 2016 Walking Tour: The Evolution of Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau Style, with Dr. Patrick M. Rowe, Thursday, November 5, 5:30 p.m. The Pensacola Museum of Art is pleased to present the exhibition Mucha: Master Artist of Art Nouveau. The works of Czech-born graphic artist Alphonse Mucha are icons of the Art Nouveau period. Mucha’s designs for various objects (such as posters, menus, book and magazine covers, folder covers, and postcards) exemplify the organic and ornate character of his style. The works in the exhibition are primarily from the private collection of Pensacola resident Dr. Patrick M. Rowe. Supplementing these works are prints on loan from the private collection of Jack Rennert (published Mucha scholar and New York City gallery owner), the Tampa Museum of Art, and the Boca Raton Museum of Art. |
Don Manderson, "Life Forms", 2015, digital montage
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Life Forms
November 20, 2015– January 2, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 530-9 p.m. (Gallery Night) Artist Talk: Thursday, December 3, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Local artist, Don Manderson, uses the term “simultaneity” to encapsulate the body of work displayed within this exhibition. Simultaneity refers to the simultaneous and insistent nature of the daily sensory experience in an increasingly technical society. Manderson holds a BFA from Florida Atlantic University and MFA from Florida State University. This active member of Pensacola’s art community is a former art and design instructor with the Escambia County School District for 38 years. Manderson has been exhibited regionally and nationally and continues to participate in numerous juried exhibitions within the U.S. |
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Lincoln: Inspiration Through the Ages
September 4 – November 7 This exhibition, which was curated by the PMA Collections Committee, was inspired by the 2014 acquisition of a bronze sculpture by American late 19th century sculpture, Daniel Chester French. French designed the primary Lincoln statue that sits inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Don Partington and Vaughn Hedrick generously donated the PMA’s Lincoln bronze. This exhibit brings the works of 12 artists together to highlight the president that inspired so many, including many different artists. Selections from various private collectors and Museum Permanent Collections; such as the Tampa Museum of Art, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Norman Rockwell Museum and T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum to present a selection of American history inspired artwork as unique as Lincoln himself. Salvador Dali, Nathan Sawaya Norman Rockwell, Bill Mauldin, Wendy Allen and more compose this unique celebration of American history within the visual arts. |
Ascension, Richard Sexton, Quadtone pigment print, Permanent Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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Terra Incognita: Photographs of America’s Third Coast
August 21 – October 17, 2015 On loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, La., this exhibition is a photographic project of 15 years’ duration (1991-2006) by nationally recognized photographer and author Richard Sexton. Latin for “unknown land,” Terra Incognita consists of 57 black-and-white photographs of marsh, scrub lands, dunes, beaches, swamps and forests along the Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle. Terra Incognita: Photographs of America's Third Coast sponsored in part by: Robert & Clair Montgomery |
Refractions, Dottie King, Photography, 2013
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Out of Light: A Contemporary View
August 15 - September 19, 2015 The PMA presents 2014 Members Exhibition Best of Show award winner, Dottie King. The photography within this exhibition explores the experience of light. An aesthetic journey through variations of dark, light, shadow, reflection, refraction, absorption, diffraction and luminosity. King intrigues with a selection of photography from varied landscapes both nationally and internationally. The golden glow of temples from the banks of the Ganges, a single shaft of light penetrating the depths of a slot canyon, the Parisian night sky and more are on display within Out of Light: A Contemporary View. |
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2015 Award Winners:
Best of Show: Svend Damhave, Mom's Clothes Line, Acrylic on canvas, 2013 1st Place: Karen Moody, Photographs and Memories, Oil on linen, 2015 2nd Place: Loren Miller, Empire, Oil on canvas, 2015 3rd Place: J. Derrick Edwards, The Last Rays of the Day, Photography, 2014 Curators Choice: Kelsey Irvin, "Reflections", Mixed Media, 2015 Honorable Mention: Linda Kernick, "Many Umbrellas", Watercolor on watercolor paper, 2015 People's Choice: Bobby Goldsmith, White Island Lighthouse, 2014, Graphite on panel |
Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition
June 19 – August 22, 2015 The Pensacola Museum of Art celebrates its 61st annual Members’ Juried Exhibition. Exhibit entry is open to all current PMA members. The top honor is a solo show in the Museum’s Gallery 5 during the 2016 calendar year. This exhibition is a glimpse into the incredible level of artistic skill and excellence of artists the PMA is proud to call members. 2015 Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition Sponsored by: 
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Dark Knight , Guy Harvey, 2013, Acrylic on canvas
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The Lure of the Ocean: Original Works by Guy Harvey
May 9-August 9, 2015 This exhibition features original paintings, watercolors, mixed media and pen-and-ink drawings by celebrated artist, Guy Harvey. Recognized today as the world’s finest marine wildlife artist, Guy Harvey relies on his talents as a marine biologist, diver, photographer, and angler to visually represent the authentic underwater wildlife displayed within The Lure of the Ocean. Explore additional interactive areas within the galleries to inspire and educate children and adults of all ages. Create your own sea creature to place upon a digital underwater world created by museum goers. Capture a lasting memory in our Guy Harvey themed photo booth. Discover Sea Monsters through Mote Marine Laboratory’s hands-on learning components. Creatures with venom! Jaws! Animals with ultra vision! Learn the fascinating “monster” characteristics within underwater environments. Conservation, creativity and interaction comprise this unique blend of visual arts and marine science. This exhibition was sponsored by:
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Between the Layers by Rachel Pongetti
April 17- June 13, 2015 Between the Layers explores local artist Rachel Pongetti’s imagery from the iconic 17th Avenue train trestle, or Graffiti Bridge as many locals refer to it. This exhibition, in partnership with First City Arts Center (FCAC), highlights the ever-changing image of this Pensacola landmark. In addition to the exhibition there will be multiple events at both the PMA and FCAC including live graffiti demonstrations, artist-led gallery talks, and more. Pongetti is an MFA photography graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design and former instructor at Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida. |
Queen of Hearts, Michael Boles, Archival Ink-Jet Print
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OBJECT: Sculptures, Prints, and Drawings by Michael Boles
February 20 - April 25, 2015 The works in this exhibition include sculptures, ink-jet prints, and drawings by Michael Boles spanning the past ten years. Boles has been a prolific and active member of Pensacola's art community since 1980. He is a Professor of Art at Pensacola State College's Switzer Center for Visual Arts and has won numerous local and regional awards. Additionally, his works are on display in many private collections throughout the United States and Europe. |
Beautiful Spanish Señorita, Nina Fritz, oil on canvas, 2014
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Sketches of Spain, by Nina Fritz
February 27 – April 18, 2015 This exhibition leads the viewer through painted memories of local portrait artist, Nina Fritz, and her travels to Spain. The region is close to the artist’s heart due to dear friend, and Honorary Consult to Spain, Maria Davis. In 2013 Fritz was commissioned to paint the granddaughters of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain. The Queen was so taken with the talented artist that she invited her to court to meet. This exhibition is a visual postcard through oil and watercolor of this trip and the beauty of the region and the people she encountered whilst there. |
Third Movement: After Harriet, Joseph Holston, 2008, mixed media, Image courtesy of International Arts & Artists, Inc.
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Color in Freedom: Journey Along the Underground Railroad
February 6 – April 4, 2015 A collection of 49 paintings, etchings and drawings by painter and printmaker, Joseph Holston. These works capture the remarkable courage and determination of individuals during this period of American history. The exhibition consists of four movements that track the moments lived along the journey of the underground railroad and the powerful instinct toward freedom; the unknown world, living in bondage, the journey of escape, and the color in freedom. Color in Freedom was developed by University of Maryland University College and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.
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Youth Art Focus
Jan. 13 – Feb. 14 The PMA presents the 61st annual Youth Art Focus exhibition, in partnership with the Escambia County School District and in recognition of National Youth Art Month. It highlights the best works from over 500 art students and educators within Escambia County schools, celebrating their strong artistic achievements and our area teachers’ dedication to art education. This exhibition was sponsored by the PMA Guild. |
Everyone is Amused with the Antics in the Red Queen's Garden, Stefani Joseph, 2013, oil on canvas.
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The Alice in Wonderland Series
December 6 – January 31 Follow the rabbit hole down as the Pensacola Museum of Art presents a whimsical journey into Wonderland through the paintings of Stefani Joseph. Alice in Wonderland brings Lewis Carroll’s beloved novel to life through oil on canvas. Joesph is a British figurative painter and professor at the Savannah College of Art & Design. Her work has been exhibited in over 100 group exhibitions in addition to a number of solo shows in the United States, London, Beijing, Honk Kong, Seoul, Ibiza, and Perpignan, France. Joseph was included Art in America’s Who’s Who in American Art from 2005 through 2011 and her work belongs to numerous private collectors, universities, and organizations, including Dr. Maya Angelou and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. This exhibition was funded through a Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development from the Savannah College of Art & Design. |
Untitled, Willem De Kooning, c. 1972, oil on paper mounted on canvas, Guild Hall Museum, NY. Image Courtesy of Landau Traveling Exhibitions.
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Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts
Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Guild Hall Museum October 3 - January 4 This exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by a variety of significant artists that lived and worked in East Hampton area on Long Island in New York over the past 140 years. Included among the artists represented in the collection are Chuck Close, April Gornik, Childe Hassam, Lee Krasner, Ibram Lassaw, Roy Lichtenstein, Thomas Moran, Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, David Salle, Andy Warhol, and Jane Wilson. This exhibition was organized by the Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY in association with Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. This exhibition was sponsored by the PMA Guild and Beroset & Keene. |
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Pat Regan: Roots & Remembrance
October 24 - January 3 During this exhibition artist Pat Regan will be debuting a new body of work. As an artist, Regan garners much of her inspiration from her lifetime of painting as well as the red clay banks of her Mississippi childhood memories. Regan attended Pratt Institute in Venice, Italy where she studied art and architecture. Regan's art has been exhibited in multiple galleries and museums, and many of her pieces have been represented in private collections, including King Juan and Queen Sophia of Spain. |
Apprehension I, Kim Howes Zabbia, 2014, acrylic on split panel
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Kim Howes Zabbia: Creativity vs. Fear
October 17- November 29 This exhibit by Kim Howes Zabbia, Louisiana artist, author and teacher, covers 24 years of work from 1990 to now. Currently represented by Ariodante Gallery in New Orleans, Kim has had sixteen solo exhibitions since earning her MFA in Studio Art at LSU during which time she developed her “No Fear” philosophy--that of opening her mind to allow the subject matter to evolve from within.” |
Outbreak,Kathe Kollwitz, 1927, Etching edition 66, Pensacola Art Center purchase, 1974.
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Works on Paper: Selections from the PMA Permanent Collection
August 22 – October 18, 2014 The works on paper category includes drawings, etchings, photography, fine art prints, and watercolors. This exhibition affords the opportunity to view a range of printmaking techniques from the museum’s collection. Works represented include such artists as Thomas Hart Benton and Kathe Kollwitz. The PMA Permanent Collection has grown over the past 60 years to include over 400 artworks, with an emphasis on works on paper from the 20th and 21st century. |
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60 Gifts for 60 Years: Selections from the PMA Permanent Collection
August 2 - October 11, 2014 In celebration of six decades of generosity, the Pensacola Museum of Art presents a selection of gifts made to the permanent collection. This exhibition highlights the development of the museum’s collection through a wide range of subject matter, media, and technique. To date the collection has grown to include over 400 works of art by international, national, and regionally acclaimed artists. A wide range of modern and contemporary styles and periods mix with selections of European and American decorative glass, African art and Chinese folk embroidery. The impact of these gifts, and their stewardship, are a valuable part of PMA heritage. This exhibition may close in October, but the legacy of donor generosity will endure for years to follow. |
Haitian Rope, Hunt Slonem, Oil on canvas, Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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Hunting for Slonem
August 22- September 20, 2014 This exhibition brings together selections of Hunt Slonem's work from the Permanent Collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Pensacola Museum of Art. Slonem's art is based on the confluence of the past and present, the visible and the invisible, the exotic and the everyday. Since 1977, this artist has exhibited at over 350 museums and galleries internationally. Globally more than 100 museums include his work in their collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. This exhibition was organized by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA in collaboration with the Pensacola Museum of Art. |
Yellow, Nathan Sawaya. Image courtesy of Nathan Sawaya.
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The Art of the Brick
Nathan Sawaya LEGO® Brick Artist May 4 - August 10, 2014 Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things. His art focuses on large-scale sculptures using only toy building blocks: LEGO® bricks to be exact. For years, Sawaya's touring exhibition -- The Art of the Brick -- has entertained and inspired art lovers and enthusiasts. Now, with four exhibitions touring North America, Asia, and Australia, Sawaya is inspiring millions around the globe. Each exhibition focuses on LEGO as an art medium. In 2011, CNN named The Art of the Brick® one of the top 12 must-see exhibitions in the world. |
Twisted, Kevin Boldenow, 2008, black and white photography.
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Sacred Landscapes: The Photography of Kevin Boldenow
April 10 - May 31, 2014 Florida artist, Kevin Boldenow, draws inspiration for his photographs from a lesson his father taught him. This lesson was on the importance of nature. Boldenow’s junior high school class participated in the first Earth Day celebration at the University of Michigan. Boldenow says that while he is not interested in coercing people to become die-hard environmentalists, he would like for people to look at his photographs and recognize the beauty, vitality, and necessity of natural resources. |
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Dietrich by Filipe de Sousa
Charles W. Lamar Sr. Assembly Room Gallery February 21 - April 5, 2014 Artist Statement: Informed by my adolescent preoccupations with climbing and skateboarding, I create work which responds to and challenges the unique characteristics of a project site. Much like finding ones anchor or imagining a trick on a handrail, I consider and utilize the conditions surrounding a location to produce spatial relationships which weren’t previously recognized. My use and treatment of standardized materials allows for some of the focus to remain on the viewer's present relationship to the space and the objects therein; yet their arrangement is often influenced by forces outside of my control, such as architectural limitation and institutional regulations. Questioning the extent to which formal considerations are dictated by the conditions surrounding a space and imagining the possibilities for sculptural intervention in lieu of these conditions form my general methodology. Ultimately, my current body of work aims to confront both viewer and location; creating an occasion for considered experience. |
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Figures to Fur: Passions of a Private Collector
(Selected Works from the Peyroux, Gillmore, and Meacham Collection) February 21 - April 5, 2014 This exhibition serves as a public glimpse into a private love story between the collectors and their passion for European and American oil paintings, sculpture, and portrait miniatures from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The paintings range from large-scale portraits of individuals and families, to smaller more intimate settings depicting clearly beloved, and often playful, domestic animals. Nearly 90 portrait miniatures will be on display as wonderful examples of this delicate and intricately painted form of art. A selection of small-to-medium-sized sculptures placed purposefully throughout the galleries invite the viewer to access the pieces from every angle to fully appreciate the artist’s attention to detail. |
Woman at Table, Henry L. Whiddon, watercolor, gift of the American Association of University Women, the Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL.
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: PMA Permanent Collection Retrospective
January 14 – February 15, 2014 The Permanent Collection is the heart of the Pensacola Museum of Art. The collection represents decades of acquisitions through gifts, donations, and purchases that serve to strengthen the stature of the Museum and broaden the community’s access to prominent works of art. In celebration of the PMA’s 60th anniversary this exhibit serves as a visual storyline of the Permanent Collection’s history. Select works will be displayed in chronological order by the year in which they were acquired from the Museum’s original origin as the Pensacola Art Center in 1954 to the PMA today. Unexpected juxtapositions of both seldom revealed and memorable Museum acquisitions will be on view from a variety of mediums including paintings, etching, sculpture, photography, glass, and more. This retrospective visually illustrates the PMA’s ongoing commitment to enriching the Permanent Collection. As stewards of the Museum’s collection the PMA assumes responsibility for works consisting primarily of 20th and 21st century works of art by international, national, and regionally acclaimed artists. A wide range of modern and contemporary styles and periods including Cubism, Realism, Pop Art, Non-objective Art, Folk Art, and Illustration are all featured within the collection. The Museum also owns a fine selection of European and American decorative glass, African art and sculptural works. There are more than 400 accessioned works in the PMA’s Permanent Collection. Notable artists within the collection consist of, but are not limited to, Miriam Schapiro, John James Audubon, Emil Holzhauer, Thomas Hart Benton, Käthe Kollwitz, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso and Louise Nevelson. |
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60th Annual Youth Art Focus
January 11 - February 15, 2014 The PMA presents the 60th annual Youth Art Focus exhibition, in partnership with the Escambia County School District and in recognition of National Youth Art Month. It highlights the best work from more than 500 art students and educators in Escambia County schools, celebrating their strong artistic achievements and our area teachers’ dedication to art education. Special Thanks to the PMA Guild for their volunteerism, and for sponsorship of this exhibition. |
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The Design of War: World War I and World War II Posters and Flags (Selected Works from the Rowe Collection)
November 1, 2013 - January 3, 2014 The exhibition comprises original posters and flags, created during both World Wars, and military artifacts such as letters from the troops, WWI and WWII helmets, dog tags, and United States war bonds. This is the collection of Dr. Patrick M. Rowe, Professor of Art History at Pensacola State College, and it is presented at the PMA for its debut exhibition run. |
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The American Indian: Original Art and Artifacts and Interpretations Through Western Eyes (from the Mike and Millie Green Collection; the Peyroux, Gillmore, and Meacham Collection; and the Bob and Nancy Van Slyke Collection)
October 18 - December 30, 2013 This varied collection of objects represent the passions of seven local collectors and celebrates the beauty and history of America’s Indian tribes by showing tools and objects used in daily life and in rituals, as well as contemporary works by artists with American Indian lineage. The exhibition also features Western-European American’s visual interpretations at the time of their exploration of North America, with lithographs by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, and Currier and Ives. The many layers of artistry and history seen through the lens of these local collections tell a unique visual story. |