Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Read more about AVAM's unforgettable past exhibitions, including our most recent- What Makes Us Smile?, a playful celebration of human joy featuring the costumes, cartoons, out-loud & 3-D glee-filled surprises created by 90 artists, imps, and comedians that revel in the history and science behind the gift of laughter.
ALL THINGS ROUND
Detail: Flustered Rustics by J.J. Cromer, 2007
Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma
Oct. 7, 2011 - Sept. 2, 2012
The American Visionary Art Museum's seventeenth annual, thematic mega-exhibition ALL THINGS ROUND: Galaxies, Eyeballs & Karma is a celebration and call to awareness of the circular and voluptuous nature of life. This wholly original art exhibition features the exuberant works of 70+ inspired, intuitive artists including: Scott Weaver's 100,000 toothpick wonder, "Rolling Through The Bay;" Adolf Wölfli's intricate mandala-like works; spherical sculptures of artists who are sight-impaired; and the micro dot sock-thread embroideries of Ray Materson. Don't miss Frank Warren's all-time best true karmic "PostSecrets;" the 3-D sacred yarn paintings of the Huichol Indians; and a cosmic tribute to cyclical notions of time – including an exploration into the fast-approaching 2012 Winter Solstice "end" of the Mayan Calendar!
More Sights to Behold!
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- Out Of This World
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Extended through March 2, 2012!
In celebration of the centenary of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein's birth, AVAM presents OUT OF THIS WORLD: a selection of paintings from The Von Bruenchenhein Collection.
- Permanent Collection Gallery
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Ongoing
AVAM's Permanent Collection Gallery features rotating selections from our permanent collection of over 4,000 Visionary works from all over the world. Some favorites include: Lusitania by Wayne Kusy, 1994; Applewood Figure, Anonymous, 1950; and Untitled (Seven Panels) by James Franklin Snodgrass, c.1990-94.
- Jim Rouse Visionary Center
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Ongoing
AVAM's large sculpture environment features 2 floors of Visionary works like our infamous Art Cars, Cabaret Mechanical Theater, Kinetic Sculptures, Painted Screens, DeVon Smith's Robot Family and more!
- Tall Sculpture Barn & Wildflower Garden
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Ongoing
The Tall Sculpture Barn features a life-size, interactive chess set of sculpted metal angels and the 1300 square-feet of painted panels called The Seven Days of Creation. Free during museum hours.