Founded in 1919 by Joseph G. Butler, Jr., The Butler Institute of American Art is the first museum of American art. The original structure is a McKim, Mead and White architectural masterpiece listed on the National Register of Historic places. Known worldwide as “America’s Museum”, the museum’s collection totals over 20,000 pieces in all media, and spans four centuries of work. Plan a visit!
EXHIBITIONS
111th Allied Artists of America
September 8-November 10, 2024
The Allied Artists of America, founded in New York City in 1914, celebrated their 111th Annual Exhibition in 2024. Artists from around the world enter this competition. The online exhibition opened September 1, 2024: View online exhibition here
Award winners are invited to display their winning work at the Butler Institute as well as attend a private awards reception on Saturday, October 26 from 1-3pm. Artists from around the world will have works displayed. One hundred works were selected by the Juror of Awards; Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and Gabriela G. Dellosso, President of Allied Artists of America. This exhibition will be on view in the MacIntosh, Finnegan/Hynes on the second floor of the Butler. Learn more
Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets
September 15-November 17, 2024
The Butler Institute of American Art is pleased to present Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets, the first exhibition to bring together the full range of materials that display Katz’s extensive collaborations with poets of the New York School. First exhibited at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago in 2023, Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets opens at the Butler Institute on September 15, 2024, with an expanded presentation that includes paintings and cutouts new to this
venue. This exhibition traveled from the Poetry Foundation in Chicago and was organized with guidance from Alex Katz, Vincent Katz, and GRAY. Learn more
Hands On! The Sculpture of Michael Naranjo
July 14 – September 22, 2024
Meet the Artist Reception: Sunday, July 14, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Michael Naranjo is a Native American (a member of the Tewa Tribe) sculptor. He was born 1944, in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. In 1968, after just a few months in Vietnam, Naranjo was blinded by a grenade. While recuperating in the hospital in Japan, the wounded 23-year-old asked a volunteer for some modeling clay. He’d lost the use of his right hand; with his left, he sculpted a small figure and began his career as a sculptor. Naranjo’s sculptures often feature the narratives of his childhood: native dances, eagles and buffalo, women carrying water. But his work is wide-ranging — he sculpts mythical creatures, such as mermaids and centaurs, as well as cherubs and nudes. The forms he creates are simple and bold, but the surfaces have a varied texture that viewers are encouraged to touch.
Matthew Schreiber: Sauron, Bowie, and Maquettes
March 24 – September 29, 2024
Internationally acclaimed artist Matthew Schreiber produces work in a wide variety of mediums, including drawing, performance, sculpture, video, and light, mostly known for his work with Holography and Laser Light Sculptures. Recurring subjects within Schreiber’s work center on novelty, the occult, and spectacle by using tools of physics, technology, and perception.
Matthew Schreiber’s solo exhibition at The Butler Institute of American Art consists of three types of light-based artwork, including laser light sculpture and holography.
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