American Studio Ceramics has come to designate a period, roughly from the 1940s through the 1970s, when individual potters shifted from factory production to the personal studio. In this postwar period, artists advanced…

Current and upcoming exhibitions at the Crocker.

The evocative, adorned sculptures of Leilah Babirye (b. 1985 in Kampala, Uganda) feature the artist’s inventive reuse of debris with her deft carving of wood and work with ceramics. She uses the metal gears and chains of…

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - January 17, 2027.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - January 17, 2027.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - January 3, 2027.

View a list of current, upcoming and past exhibitions at the Mennello Museum of American Art.

Exhibition on view August 28, 2026 - February 28, 2027.

“Approaches” is a special exhibition series that helps visitors build a deeper understanding of artistic styles, concepts and media. Drawn from the permanent collection, with additional work by Heather Dawn […]

AUG 29 - JAN 3Harry Clewans is largely self-taught and has worked in his studio in Oakland, California, since 1983. Clewans creates unique large-scale woodblock prints by assembling hundreds of smaller printed images. Ex…

“Formal Matters” explores the cornerstones of visual media that shape how we experience art. Drawing together works from across the modern and contemporary collections, the exhibition focuses on the five essential elemen…

Glow: A Cinematic Experience is a multi-sensory, immersive installation centered on six aesthetic themes that moviemakers have revisited again and again—Sunrise and Sunset, Moon, Neon, Candlelight, Fireworks, and Campfir…