Traveling Exhibitions

Small Wonders: Insects in Focus

Cuba, Portrait of a Revolution

This exhibition features ninety-five limited edition fine art prints that were created in 2003 by the late Cuban artist Antonio Canet Hernandez (1942–2008) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fidel Castro-led attack on the Moncada military barracks, considered by many to be the symbolic opening salvo to the Cuban Revolution.

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.

Step Right Up! Behind the Scenes of the Circus Big Top, 1890–1965

In collaboration with the Tegge Circus Archives, Step Right Up! takes viewers behind the scenes of the circus, exploring the dramatic pageantry, colorful past, and living presense of this grand American theatrical tradition. Full-color posters, costume regalia, historic photographs, and more are included.

Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad

Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales has spent more than a decade meticulously researching “fugitive” slaves and the ways they escaped to freedom. The path she documented encompasses roughly 2,000 miles and is based off of actual sites, cities, and places that freedom-seekers passed through during their journey.

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.

WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip

Brian McCarty’s photographic works interpret children’s drawings and offer a rare yet fascinating insight into the contemporary experiences of Palestinian and Israeli boys and girls.

Beyond Words: Visual Narratives from the Block Book to the Graphic Novel

We often think of the comic strip as a recent invention, but the history of sequential narrative begins with the history of art. The exhibition’s works allow us to consider the roles of image and narrative in our cultures and to examine storytelling techniques in different media.