Reflections in Time: Dayton Unit NAACP Celebrates History June 16 – September 10, 2023 The Dayton Art Institute Celebrates Juneteenth with this distinct, collaborative Focus Exhibition with the Dayton Unit NAACP. Reflections in Time brings together 16...
Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper June 24- September 17, 2023 Washi Transformed explores the astonishing potential of washi, traditional Japanese paper, in thirty-five highly textured two-dimensional works, expressive sculptures and dramatic...
Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists June 24- September 17, 2023 Born of Fire features a diverse selection of fourteen works by both emerging and internationally established Japanese women ceramic artists. Pioneering new forms and technical and...
Here and Gone: Lewis Hine in Tennessee July 22- October 22, Gallery 118 Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), one of the most celebrated social documentary photographers of all time, is best known for capturing children at work in factories. Hine’s photographs were integral...
Living with Gods: Popular Prints from India July 15- November 12, Gallery 117 Living with Gods introduces a form of mass art in twentieth-century India. With changes in printing technology, images of Hindu gods and goddesses, for so long limited to temples or...
Netsuke and the Art of Little Wonders August 27, 2022–February 19, 2023Gallery 117 [map it] Netsuke were personal accessories during the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868). Their purpose was to suspend a small carrying case from the sash of a man’s pocketless kimono....
New Beginnings An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West February 18, 2023–May 21, 2023 New Beginnings is a creative look at the art of Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, primarily focusing on art from the 1910s through the 1930s. These sites were among...
Woodblock Prints of Saitō Kiyoshi January 28–July 16, 2023 With a career spanning six decades, Saitō Kiyoshi (1907–1997) was one of the most prolific Japanese artists of the twentieth century. Largely self-taught, he experimented with the expressive potential of...
Netsuke and the Art of Little Wonders August 27, 2022–February 19, 2023Gallery 117 [map it] Netsuke were personal accessories during the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868). Their purpose was to suspend a small carrying case from the sash of a man’s pocketless kimono....
