Past Exhibitions in the Towbin Museum Wing
Contact us for information about exhibitions and publications at 845-679-2940 or
info@woodstockart.org.
2010
March 6 – June 6
THE BEAUTY OF DISCORD: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Featuring a large selection from George Bellow's War Series of 1918, along with other works from the collection depicting themes related to the human condition.
June 12 – July 18
ART FOR ULSTER: A Collaborative Fund-Raiser
Collaborative group exhibit, auction, and related events benefiting Ulster County service agencies and not-for-profit organizations Co-sponsored by WAAM and UlsterCorps (www.ulstercorps.org).
July 24 – October 11
PINAJIAN: Master of Abstraction Discovered
An exhibition highlighting the Woodstock paintings of Arthur Pinajian (1914-1999). Curated by Peter Hastings Falk, editor of Who Was Who in American Art. WAAM is the initial venue for a retrospective of Pinajian’s work which will be exhibited at the Armenian Museum, Watertown, MA.
October 16 – January 2
THE THIRD EYE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY KONRAD CRAMER, MANUEL KOMROFF, AND NATHAN RESNICK
The exhibition features vintage silver gelatin prints and related works used in the production of the book The Third Eye, a groundbreaking collection of experimental photography published in 1962.
2007
American Scenes: Images of Leisure and Entertainment
February 10 - June 3, 2007
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
Semblance and Spirit: Portraits by Woodstock Artists
June 9 – October 7, 2007
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
Toward Abstraction
October 13, 2007– January 6, 2008
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
2006
American Scenes: Images of Labor and Industry
February 11– June 4
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
Ernest Frazier Retrospective
June 10 - July 30
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
The Maverick: Hervey White's Colony of the Arts, 1905-1944
August 5 – November 5
Co-curators: Josephine Bloodgood and Tom Wolf CATALOG AVAILABLE
The Maverick Continues, 1940s-1980s
November 11, 2006 – January 7, 2007
Co-curators: Josephine Bloodgood and Tom Wolf CATALOG AVAILABLE
2005
With Affection: Personal Inscriptions and the Art of Giving
February 12 – May 1
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
From Sweden to Woodstock: the Art and Career of Carl Eric Lindin
May 14 – July 31
Guest Curator: Tom Wolf CATALOG AVAILABLE
In the Realm of Imagination
August 6 – October 30
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
The Art Spirit
Nov 5, 2005 – January 8, 2006
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
2004
Gathered Treasures: Three Decades of Collecting Woodstock’s Art Heritage February 14 – May 3
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
Vibrant Expressions
May 15 – July 5
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
In the Studio: The Creative Spaces and Tools of Woodstock Artists
July 10 – October 31
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood
Artists’ Homes: Keeping the Tradition
November 6, 2004 – January 10, 2005
Guest Curators: Holli Gersh and Hatti Iles
2003
Selections from the Permanent Collection
February 15 – March 10
Curator: Aileen Cramer
Maverick Women: Six Artists of the Maverick Art Colony
March 15 – June 2
Guest Curator: Pat Horner CATALOG AVAILABLE
Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony
June 7 – July 28
Organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
At Woodstock, Kuniyoshi
August 2 – October 20
Curator: Josephine Bloodgood CATALOG AVAILABLE
Woodstock Then & Now
October 25, 2003- January 5, 2004
Guest Curator: Bruce Ackerman
The Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing was built and opened in 1992 for the exhibition of works from the WAAM Permanent Collection and selected loans. For information regarding exhibitions 1992-1997, please contact us.
In addtion to those listed above, other exhibition catalogs available include:
Woodstock's Art Heritage, The Permanent Collection of the Woodstock Artists Association (Overlook Press, 1987)
Lily Ente, Listening to the Stone (2002)
George Ault, The Woodstock Years (2001)
The Founder's of the Woodstock Artists Association: John F. Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Eric Lindin, and Henry Lee McFee (2001)
Woodstock Portraits (1999)