All about Matt Diffee and his ONE MAN GROUP SHOW that includes not only the original drawings for his cartoons and illustrations, but also for the first time his more traditional artistic endeavors: realist landscapes, abstract paintings, and collages.
Read MoreBenjamin Franklin Long IV (born 1945)
Ben Long grew up in Statesville, NC; and although he is by now a muralist and portraitist of world-wide renown, Long currently divides his time between Italy and Asheville, NC, saying that Asheville "just feels good."
Read MoreHerbert Singleton (1945-2007)
When discussing Singleton's work, "I would always tell him 'Forget the label self-trained, outsider or whatever,' " artist Willie Birch said. "He was a great artist and at some point in his life his work would be recognized as great art."
Read MoreBeverly Lacy Schoonover (Born 1933)
As I’ve mulled over what to say about the execution of Reflections II, I’ve found myself learning things about my working process of which I was previously only marginally aware. So it’s been an interesting exercise.
Read MoreElizabeth Bradford
“[My] work is informed by the needlework traditions of southern women since North Carolina was settled. … It bows to the traditions of abstraction, while also striving to clearly represent the depth of my experience of nature.”
Read MoreJerry Goodnight (born 1941)
Jerry Goodnight (b. 1941)
Spoons, 1979
oil on canvas
Gift of the artist in honor of the HMA’s 40th anniversary, 1984.6
Jerry Goodnight credited Mickey Whitener Coe, HMA's second director, with encouraging him to continue with his art, beginning in college. “Mickey Coe is one of the greatest things that ever happened to me” he once said.
Read MoreSamuel Colman (1832-1920)
New acquisitions 2017
Mary Evelyn Pickering De Morgan (1855-1919)
Laura Lee Baker Wilfong (1905-1980)
Ashley D. Pierce (born 1982)
“I pull inspiration for my work from my life. Most of my subjects tend to be self portraits but some are visitors representing an emotion, feeling, vice or real people. I use my art to navigate my life and often find putting the pen to the wood is like ... (more here)
Read MoreLaVon Van Williams Jr (born 1958)
" You're looking for a fantastic movement or a fantastic shape that comes in the piece, and that's the whole power to the piece. You want it to explode out when the viewer sees it or you want it to be calm, but yet you still want a powerful presence in the piece, so that it dominates or takes off." (Read more here.)
Read MoreKari Eig (born 1965)
Joel Sartore (born 1962)
Between September 16, 2007 and February 25, 2018, HMA's exhibition Endangered: a Joel Sartore Retrospective will showcase Sartore's environmental passion with an installation of fifty-five gorgeous examples of his animal photography. This artwork illustrates both the beauty and the tragedy of animal species threatened by extinction. (More here)
Read MoreMickey
Mickey McKinney Whitener Coe with Dipsey Doodle. The dog's name references two of Paul's & Mickey's favorite activities: the Dipsy Doodle was a popular song and dance in the late 1930s, and it is also a move in football. Of course, they also founded (Paul) and grew (Mickey) an art museum. (More here.)
Read MoreHobson Lafayette Pittman (1899-1972)
Acquiring Walter Griffin's Autumn Poplars in 1951: a story
At HMA's Annual Meeting on June 22, 2017, Walter Griffin's 1911 Autumn Poplars, Boigneville (pictured) was one of three paintings displayed to illustrate how the threads of connections from Paul Whitener still move through HMA's collection, reaching though Paul's own 1959 Autumn Leaves to the (more)
Read MoreGeorge Pearse Ennis (1884-1936)
"George Pearse Ennis is one of those men, alert and zestful but not officious in their energies who add to the satisfaction we take in living in our own times." Accomplished in many mediums, Ennis turned down an appointment to West Point in favor of becoming an artist.
Read MoreMore works added since summer 2016
Most recently, former Board member and current Honorary Trustee Josephine Hambrick donated to HMA the lovely portrait that Paul Whitener painted of her as a young girl in 1938, and the Acquisitions Committee was delighted to accept this gift. Paul of course was the Museum's founder, and (more)
Read MoreIn honor of Lisë Swensson's retirement
As befits the retirement of the Executive Director on an art museum after a thirteen year tenure, HMA and its Board thanked Lisë at her April 7, 2017 farewell reception through the addition of two new works to the Museum's Permanent Collection. Lisë herself also added to the Permanent Collection, through the donation of folk artist ... (more)
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