Traveling Exhibitions

Art of the Aloha Shirt: Keoni of Hawaii, 1938–51

Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art

Beginning in 2008, Ken Marquis, artist and founder of Landfillart, Inc., solicited more than 1,000 artists from around the world to create works of art made from discarded automobile hubcaps. This exhibition features a selection.

Material Pulses: Seven Viewpoints

This exhibition features quilts, mixed media, and installation work. Quilts of up to 101 inches high will be featured, for dramatic scale of an art form that is often relegated to its functional qualities. The artists investigate color, pattern, and size through traditional and experimental quilt-making applications.

Traditional Arts of the Bedouin

The exhibition includes fifty artworks and artifacts, from embroidered textiles and embellished metalwork to ceremonial coffee accouterments and incense burners; as well as several photographs depicting Bedouin craftspersons at work. The very essence of the Bedouin culture is understood through its impermanence–with constant movement across the sands of both time and space.

Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America

The story of Hmong textile production told in this exhibition reflects the radical upheaval in the external environment that Hmong refugees experienced. It tracks the evolution of Hmong textiles from ceremonial works to those created for commerce.

Vibrant Bounty: Chinese Folk Art from the Shaanxi Region

This exhibition invites visitors on a journey through Shaanxi Province, one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. Both the art and the objects featured in this exhibition introduce us to a region of China, which, like the American Midwest, is dominated by agriculture and populated with working people.

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

This exhibition explores the rich history and evolution of African Wax Prints. From its origins in Java and Dutch colonialism to modern-day production in China, these fabrics now reflect a variety of cultural touch points throughout Africa.