From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
William King Museum of Art celebrates the diversity of regional artists with the 16th Anniversary of its biennial exhibition, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. This major […]
Art in Three Dimensions: The Work of Helen French, Aaron Morgan & Lynn Price
Art in Three Dimension The Work of Helen French, Aaron Morgan & Lynn Price Join artists Helen French, Aaron Morgan & Lynn Price along with WKMA staff for the public reception […]
Connoisseur: Private Collecting in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
August 17, 2023 – November 19, 2023 Connoisseur celebrates the fine taste and international expertise of object collectors in our region of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. This exhibition […]
The Best of Barter
The Best of Barter May 18, 2023 – September 17, 2023 Organized by William King Museum of Art in Collaboration with Barter Theatre Presented in the United Company Contemporary Regional […]
Contemplating Character
April 27, 2023 – July 30, 2023 Contemplating Character, organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions in association with Denenberg Fine Arts, explores the evolution of portraiture from the end of […]
Reviving the Thread: Women’s 20th Century Quilting
Reviving the Thread: Women’s 20th Century Quilting March 23, 2023 – October 22, 2023 The Strongwell Gallery After centuries of quiltmaking in a domestic setting, the industrial changes of […]
Black History in Appalachia and Beyond
Black History in Appalachia and Beyond February 23, 2023 – April 2, 2023 World Fine Art Gallery By the mid 19th century, the visual culture in America was riddled […]
Big, Ugly, Hullabaloo: The Work of Eric Drummond Smith
Big Ugly Hullabaloo: The Work of Eric Drummond Smith December 29, 2022 – April 30, 2023 The United Company Contemporary Regional Gallery Colorful creatures, surreal stories, and embellished expressions […]
Toyland: Artifacts of Youth
Toyland: Artifacts of Youth November 17, 2022 – March 5, 2023 Organized by William King Museum of Art & Presented in The Glenn C. Price & The Strongwell Galleries […]
Washington: The Myths and the Man
Washington: The Myths and the Man October 6 – January 29, 2022 Washington: The Myths and the Man is organized by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture & Presented […]
God Willing, We’ll See Each Other Again: The Life and Work of William Fields
God Willing, We’ll See Each Other Again: The Life and Work of William Fields July 28, 2022 – December 4, 2022 “One day at a time.” This was the […]
The Open Road: The Art of the Motorcycle
The Open Road: The Art of the Motorcycle June 16, 2022 – September 18, 2022 United Company – Legard Galleries, World Fine Art Gallery “The Open Road: The Art […]
Panoramic Gallery – Furtherneath
Furtherneath May 19 – July 10 Panoramic Gallery, 3rd floor, William King Museum of Art “I create artifacts out of paper using a gaming mouse, vector software and a laser,” […]
The Long Rifle in Virginia
The Long Rifle in Virginia April 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022 United Company – Legard Galleries, Cultural Heritage Gallery The long rifle was a surprise factor in winning […]
Humor Me: The Art of Laughter
Humor Me: The Art of Laughter February 24 – July 3, 2022 In the age of Covid, it seems that the world around us has become dull and gray. […]
Lift Your Spirits: Nurturing the Human Spirit Through Creativity
Lift Your Spirits: Nurturing the Human Spirit Through Creativity February 3, 2022 – May 29, 2022 Celebrate and investigate the human spirit in the act of creating in the […]
Will the Circle be Unbroken?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? November 11, 2021 – March 13, 2022 William King Musuem of Art in Abingdon, VA, United Company – Legard Galleries, Cultural Heritage Gallery Will […]
Bernini and the Roman Baroque: Masterpieces from Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
At the dawn of the seventeenth century, a new generation of artists emerged in Rome that would develop an artistic movement known as the Baroque period. Following the Renaissance, […]
From These Hills 2021: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
William King Museum of Art (WKMA) celebrates the diversity of regional artists with the 15th anniversary of its biennial exhibition, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. This major […]
WORKS ON PAPER: PORTRAITS
WORKS ON PAPER: PORTRAITS This exploration of portraiture by local students, educators and artists is on display in the Art Lab building Jun 1, 2021 – Aug 27, 2021. […]
Mastering Craft: Contemporary Concepts from Regional Makers
Mastering Craft: Contemporary Concepts from Regional Makers On display May 27, 2021 – September 12, 2021 Mastering Craft: Contemporary Concepts from Regional Makers features the work from three previous […]
Citizens & Soldiers
Ken Smith on display in the Panoramic Gallery April 29, 2021 – June 27.
A Painting Tradition
A Painting Tradition On Display April 22, 2021 – September 19, 2021 United Company-LeGard Galleries A survey of 18th – 19th century paintings, A Painting Tradition looks at the […]
Tennessee Fancy: Decorative Arts of Northeast Tennessee 1780 – 1940
Tennessee Fancy: Decorative Arts of Northeast Tennessee 1780 – 1940 On Display April 1, 2021 – October 31, 2021 This exhibition takes a look at what made the decorative […]
Grounded
The exhibition, Grounded, focuses primarily on the exploration of architectural form and how it interacts with space. Artist Mark Bradley-Shoup says in reference to his work, “Architecture can act as […]
Tangible: Where Art and Technology Converge
“Artifacts of a different time” is one of the phrases that artist Jordan Fowler uses to describe his sculptures. Fowler combines traditional welding techniques with contemporary computer science to create […]
Soma and Psyche: Paintings by Charles T. Jones
Painting is only one of many ways that seeks to make sense of the why’s, wherefore’s, and what-now’s of life, this situation in which we all find ourselves. We naturally […]
Looking Back
From a waterfall tumbling down Toole’s Creek to a misty morning on an early Abingdon Main Street to the dormered cottage that was the original Johnston Memorial Hospital, Looking Back: […]
Head Over Heels
From the collection of Mary Jane Miller comes a sensational show of shoes. Head Over Heels chronicles decades of high fashion through footwear and includes designers such as Yves Saint […]
Transforming Politics
As we celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage, we celebrate a women-led movement that sparked a transformation of politics around the world. The suffragettes used their artistic skills, creativity and […]