Past Exhibitions: Demuth Museum
The Right Set of Circumstances: as set by the Fine Art Seniors of PCA&D
December 1 - 3, 2023
A special one-weekend exhibition in the Demuth Museum’s Gallery at 116, The Right Set of Circumstances features a collection of work by eight Fine Art seniors at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. Artists whose work is on display in the show include Kayla Smith, Sherrie Snyder, Megan Einoh, Ceanna Davis, Alivia Haltom, Thorne Havener, Mason Butler, and Nicole Wesoloski.
Louis Vuittonet, Untitled, acrylic on canvas
Collector Spotlight: Visionary Art from the Walls of Gail Schroeder
October 19 - 22, 2023
Join us for an exclusive look at the unique collection of artist and collector Gail Schroeder at this limited time exhibit. Schroeder's aesthetic focuses on Visionary Art, Folk Art, and Contemporary Art, and this special exhibition features over 40 pieces she's acquired over 4 decades, including works she created herself.
Image: Ferdinand Demuth, Looking West on East King Street from front step of the Demuth home, 1907, photograph, Demuth Museum Archives
From the Archives: The Photography of Ferdinand Demuth
October 7 - December 23, 2023
Ferdinand Demuth, father of Charles Demuth, took up photography during the 1890’s and produced both photographic prints and lantern slides. As a member of the Lancaster Camera Club, Ferdinand captured the changing landscape of the modern era in Lancaster City and the surrounding areas. The photographs on view are modern prints made from Demuth’s glass negatives that are part of the Demuth Museum’s archive collection.
Creative Quarters: The People & Places of the Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios Program
October 7 - December 23, 2023
Creative Quarters features black and white photographs of the 60+ artists represented in Historic Artists' Homes and Studios (HAHS), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This exhibition of images of 19th and 20th century artists from across the country with their homes, studios, and landscapes they worked in captures the historical evolution of art in the U.S. The artists of HAHS represent diverse styles and mediums, including painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, furniture, and decorative arts. The photographs featured in Creative Quarters allow viewers to deepen their understanding of the artists' lives, creative processes, and artwork. As a member of HAHS, the Demuth Museum is proud to highlight Charles Demuth's contemporaries and other U.S. artists that have helped define American Art.
Clockwise, from top left: Claudia Rojas, Svetlana Koval, Ammar Khalifa, and Virginia Quinones
Immigrant & Refugee Artist Salon Show
September 2 - 24, 2023
In conjunction with our current special exhibition Capturing Community: Inside an American Salon, we've been working with a small group of immigrant and refugee artists to develop a new salon in Lancaster. These artists have created new works to share their experiences and stories with our community.
Support for this project provided by Art Bridges.
Capturing Community: Inside an American Salon
July 8 - September 24, 2023
This special exhibition explored Charles Demuth's peers in the Stieglitz Circle and their influential work that formed the American Modern Art movement in the early 20th century. Through loans from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Bridges Collection, and private collections, 12 works of painting and photography are paired with pieces from the Demuth Museum collection to compare and contrast artists' styles and techniques. Capturing Community offers glimpses into the artists' lives and inspirations while telling the story of how they are all connected through one man -- Alfred Stieglitz.
This is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.
Charles Demuth, Four Ladies, c. 1912, watercolor on paper, collection of the Demuth Museum, gift of Daleela and Clifford Dodge and their son Andrew
Demuth Invitational: Portraiture Through Artists’ Eyes
April 29 - June 25, 2023
Like many artists, throughout his lifetime Charles Demuth explored portraiture. His subjects ranged widely from friends and family to fictional characters in his literary illustrations, and his style included representational works and his pioneering poster portraits conveying likenesses in an abstract concept. For the 2023 Demuth Invitational exhibition, local artists will submit work that explore portraiture through their perspective and style.
Ava Kurtz (Grade 11, Solanco High School), White Onions, Purple Garlic, Scallions, and Shallot, drawing, Scholastics Gold Award & LCYA Gold Award
Scholastic Art Awards & Lancaster County Young Artists Awards
March 11 - April 23, 2023
The Scholastic Art Awards is the first level of a national art competition, open to students grades 7 through 12. Exceptional works of art are submitted by students to be judged first at the regional level here in Lancaster, with the winning works moving on to the national competition.
Lancaster County Young Artists is a regional competition that is open to any student, grades 7 through 12, attending school in a participating district or homeschooled. Categories include Apparel, Ceramics & Glass, Computer Art, Drawing, Fibers, Graphic Design, Jewelry & Metals, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Portfolio, Printmaking and Sculpture.
Artwork by Jude Esbenshade, Demuth School of Art
21st Annual Art-in-a-Box Exhibition
January 28 - February 26, 2023
The 21st Annual Art-in-a-Box exhibition features student artworks from local schools and the Demuth School of Art program which teaches these aspiring artists about Charles Demuth’s pioneering artwork and life in Lancaster. Pieces are inspired by Demuth’s Precisionism, Poster Portraits, watercolors, and more!