Exhibitions and Artist Projects
Youth Art Month
Held every March, Youth Art Month is a month-long celebration of student artists, in which WMA partners with elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the Wiregrass region to display student artwork in the museum. The exhibition is open to PK-12th...
I, Too, Am Thornton Dial
Wiregrass Museum of Art is proud to partner with the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at UAB and the Samford University Art Gallery to present a solo exhibition for the late Thornton Dial Sr. Curated by Paul Barrett, the...
Remnant
“Recently my research and studio practice has consisted of the exploration of liminal spaces that exist physically, spiritually, and emotionally. While working, I have sought to mark, map, and record observations that reflect my interests in ideas of lightness and...
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Founded in 1987, the Wiregrass Museum of Art is dedicated to inspiring a lifelong appreciation for the visual arts by providing innovative educational programs, access to its permanent collection, and a diverse schedule of exhibitions each year. WMA’s programs engage...
Semiotic Compass
How important is conversation? Every day, people communicate with signs, symbols, sounds, and gestures. Commuters navigate traffic stops, employees respond to the boss’s orders, and pedestrians offer salutations while passing one another on street corners, but the spaces once reserved...
Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama – 2023
For over a decade, WMA has hosted the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, an exhibition of work created by Alabama students with visual impairments, blindness, and deafness. The exhibition is juried statewide, travels from Birmingham to Mobile, and select...
Kudzu Soliloquy
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner Kudzu Soliloquy is a discourse on the landscape of southern identity through a Southern Gothic lens, observing and considering what was and still is. In the American South,...
WATER GROUND: River Raft Quilts by Coulter Fussell
“This continuing series of sculptural quilt-works act as open-ended narrative vessels for stories of personal escape and tales of dream-seeking. The archeology of deciphering donated and trashed textiles for use as my sole material leads the way in terms of...
Thirty-five: Selections from the Permanent Collection
On the occasion of WMA’s 35th anniversary year, the museum will present thirty-five works from the museum’s permanent collection which span the WMA’s history of collecting. WMA’s permanent collection is the foundation of the museum’s mission and inspires year-round public...
seam/seem
“My work explores the complexity of my relationship with the physical body, skin, and the cloth that covers it while expressing cultural concepts of gender, domesticity, and craft. By cultivating a sensitivity to materials and an attentiveness to narrative, I...
Mary Ann Sampson: Puppets and Poetry
Puppets and Poetry is a holistic exploration of “the book.” Artist Mary Ann Sampson gives us a look inside and outside the book, guiding us through her process from conception to completion. From codex books to moveable books, Puppets and...