Exhibits
2025 Juliet Art Museum Invitational
The Juliet Art Museum is pleased to announce its third Juliet Art Museum Invitational Exhibition, celebrating contemporary West Virginian artists working in diverse media from all across the state. This exhibition will celebrate West Virginia's vibrant art communities and the unique voices that make our region exceptional.
Still Life: Drawing From the Collection
The Juliet Art Museum invites visitors to engage directly with the art-making process while exploring rarely exhibited still life works from our permanent collection in Still Life: Drawing from the Collection. This exhibition highlights the richness and diversity of still life as a genre, showcasing a range of artistic approaches and styles across time.
Modernist Echoes: From Picasso to West Virginia
Modernist Echoes: From Picasso to West Virginia highlights work from the Juliet Art Museum’s permanent collection, showcasing how Modernism—a movement that revolutionized artistic expression in the 20th century—reshaped the way artists engaged in art making.
Collecting and Recollecting: Contemporary Quilts in Western India
Collecting and Recollecting is on view from February 4, 2025 - April 27, 2025. Immerse yourself in the artistry and heritage of quilts crafted by talented artisans from Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. This traveling exhibition from the International Quilt Museum is the result of an extraordinary collaboration with researchers from diverse backgrounds. Together, they have discovered, documented, and acquired quilts that reflect the distinctive cultural identities of these three regions.
Beauty Runs Free: A Rooted Rhapsody
Beauty Runs Free: A Rooted Rhapsody is on view from December 19, 2024 - March 30, 2025. This exhibition highlights the diverse perspectives of West Virginia artists as they reflect on life in the Mountain State, offering a compelling exploration of identity, culture, and the natural beauty that defines the region.
Opposites Abstract: A Mo Willems Exhibit
Opposites Abstract: A Mo Willems Exhibit is based on Mo Willems’ all-ages book, Opposites Abstract, published by Hyperion Books for Children.
Rosalie Haizlett: Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains
The Juliet Art Museum presents Rosalie Haizlett’s traveling exhibit, showcasing her watercolor paintings from a journey through the Appalachian Mountains. On display from August 31 to December 8, the collection features vibrant landscapes, detailed maps, and close-up views of regional flora and fauna.
Shattered by Shoji Satake
The next Juliet Art Museum artist-in-residence is ceramicist Shoji Satake, an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at WVU and Coordinator of the School’s Ceramics in China program.
Charles ‘Charly’ Jupiter Hamilton: A Retrospective
In celebration of Charly’s life and work, the Juliet Art Museum at the Clay Center has organized a retrospective exhibition that will examine his entire artistic career, drawing on private and public collections as well as archival materials.
Walking in Antarctica
Walking in Antarctica is an immersive, interdisciplinary exhibition bringing together photography, sculpture, and audio narrative to take the viewer on a journey through an extraordinary environment of remote places that the tourist ships do not reach and few people get to witness in person.