Exhibitions Archives

This exhibition, featuring artwork from the Woodson’s collection,  examines how the use of myth and animals in art allows for the blending of imagination and tradition.

This exhibition, representing a partnership between the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, chronicles the history of pro football uniform design through player-worn artifacts chosen to represent the evolution of these “gridiron garments.”

This exhibition showcases woven, dyed, painted, printed, and embroidered designs by historic Japanese textile artists alongside contemporary artworks—made in glass, paper, metal, ceramic, and other materials—from around the world, all inspired by the kimono.

Karen Bondarchuk’s deeply personal exhibition, Ergo Sum: A Crow a Day, features 365 hand-cut, hand-gessoed crows created in response to her mother’s passing. Each piece conveys themes of grief, healing, and resilience.

Celebrate the technical mastery and emotional resonance of Andrea Rich’s woodcuts. This exhibition showcases Rich’s three decades of global travel—portraying common and exotic animals in their natural habitats.

This exhibition explores the ways in which women have shaped American landscape art. A retrospective of the accomplished American landscape painter Susie Barstow (1836-1923) is presented along with contemporary works that expand and challenge contemporary conceptions of the term “landscape.”