ExhibitsUSA

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Like many, we are hoping for good news ahead for visits to cultural institutions... https://www.colleendilen.com//vaccination-news-is-already/

Now through January 7, the Wilbur D. May Center in Reno, Nevada, is hosting our exhibition Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America. The story of Hmong textile production in the diaspora reflects the radical upheaval in the environment that Hmong refugees experienced. With these changes, artisans went from producing unsigned cultural pieces to creating works for sale to support their families. Learn more: https://eusa.org//cloth-as-community-hmong-textiles-in-am/

We love the Lyman Allyn Art Museum's "Caldecott Story Time Series" of Caldecott book winners. The museum is currently hosting the exhibition Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations, now through January 17. Join them each week for a different book. https://fb.watch/2h0Xtz6Wyo/

Happy Veteran's Day from our exhibition Work, Fight, Give: American Relief Posters from WWII. You can catch this gem of an exhibition now at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, Georgia. Learn more about it: https://eusa.org/exhibition/work-fight-give/

Looking to have meaningful conversations in your galleries about race and social justice? The exhibition I Am a Man: Civil Rights Photographs from the American South, 19601970 displays a wide range of photographs taken by amateurs, local photojournalists, and internationally known photographers. Together, they provide a vivid visual story of the evolution of the civil rights movement and shed light on the movement’s integration in daily living in the American South. The show tours 2022 through 2027. Learn more about it: https://eusa.org/exhibition/i-am-a-man/

New exhibition alert! The 60s through the eyes of a revolutionary, by John "Hoppy" Hopkins. John Hopkins, better known as Hoppy, was one of the better-known counterculture figures in London in the 1960s, not just as a photographer and journalist, but as a political activist as well. This exhibition tells this story through 66 framed works by the late artist, activist, and photojournalist. https://eusa.org//the-60s-through-the-eyes-of-a-revolutio/

Among the historical legacies of WWII was the Cold War between former allies the Soviet Union and the United States. This era in history is explored through the images of missile silos, fallout shelters, and more in the exhibition Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon. https://eusa.org/exhibition/two-minutes-to-midnight/

Art and design combine in the exhibition Art of the Aloha Shirt: Keoni of Hawaii, 193851. The exhibit explores the history, artistry, and production of Hawaii’s enduring fashion statement, the Aloha Shirt. The exhibition of sixty objects, including original textile artwork, production sketches and swatches, advertisements, and vintage shirts, tells the story of an early innovator, John Keoni Meigs, in an industry that has left an indelible mark on fashion in the United States and the world. https://eusa.org/exhibition/aloha-shirt/

Our exhibition Small Wonders: Insects in Focus opens this week at Kenosha Public Museum. This photography exhibition offers an up-close look at the beauty and wonder of BUGS. https://museums.kenosha.org/public/exhibits-2/special/

Our exhibition Material Pulses: Seven Viewpoints opens next week at the Centers for the Arts in Bonita Springs, Florida. This exhibition showcases large-scale textiles, including quilts. http://www.artcenterbonita.org/exhibitions/index.html

The exhibition Working America draws together photographs Sam Comen took of American immigrants and first-generation Americans at work in the small, skilled trades as icons of the American experience. The subjects share stories of economic independence and struggle, belonging and exclusion, faith and fear, and service to both community and family. The tour starts in 2022. Learn more: https://eusa.org/exhibition/working-america/

The exhibition Wandering Spirits: African Wax Prints is on view now through November 13 in the Art Gallery at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Learn about the history of the African wax print, a history paved along colonial trade routes and globalization in the post-colonial era. Though not originally African, these textiles have become ingrained in African culture and society and loved and identified as their own. http://gallery.arttruman.com

Today is brought to you by our exhibition Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster, 18442012. This exhibition explores the artistry and history of the presidential race posters from Polk to Obama. Catch it now at the Daura Museum of Art at University of Lynchburg. https://eusa.org//sign-of-the-times-the-great-american-po/

With dozens of exhibitions, ExhibitsUSA has options and themes to connect with your audience. https://eusa.org/

Sounds like a great weekend idea! Nominations are due Monday, November 2 for IMLS' 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service!!

Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon explores the places that came about during the Cold War era. While the Cold War’s lessons and fears have largely faded from our collective memory, it is critical to view a decidedly uncertain present through the lens of the past. Learn more about this exhibition: https://eusa.org/exhibition/two-minutes-to-midnight/

Our popular exhibition Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in America opens next at the Wilbur D. May Center in Reno, Nevada. Make plans: https://www.washoecounty.us//maycen/museum/exhibitions.php

The 19601970 decade was a momentous time for the civil rights movement in the American South. It unleashed both hope for the future and profound change as public spaces were desegregated and as African Americans secured their right to vote. The images in I Am A Man: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 19601970 provide a vivid visual story of the evolution of the civil rights movement and shed light on the movement’s integration in the daily living in the American South. Learn more: https://eusa.org/exhibition/i-am-a-man/

It's getting close to Election Day, and you don't want to miss the exhibition Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster, 18442012 is on view at the Daura Museum of Art at University of Lynchburg. It's on view there through November 20. https://www.lynchburg.edu///2020-2021-exhibition-schedule/