October 9th, 2024 – February 2nd, 2025 Beulah Loomis Hyde (1886 – 1983) was an important cultural figure in Tacoma as both a contemporary artist and patron. In the 1930’s, Hyde began a series of paintings that utilized industrial and...
February 22nd – June 2nd A true Northwest iconoclast, Peter Fortune (1904-1989) created a unique body of work in painting, printmaking and ceramics. This will be the first comprehensive exhibition of his work produced from the 1950’s through the 1980’s. Of...
February 22nd – June 2nd This exhibition features works by Northwest WPA artist Richard V. Correll (1904-1990) recently donated to the museum from his estate. One of the Northwest’s most accomplished printmakers, Correll’s first published works were...
January 10, 2024 – March 23, 2025 This exhibition features the work of important Northwest women artists active in the early to mid-20th century. Rarely seen today, many of these artists were an integral part of the region’s nascent cultural development. Several...
November 8, 2023 – February 11, 2024 This groundbreaking exhibition is the first study of the work of Chao-Chen Yang (1909-1969), an important Seattle photographer who gained national prominence in the mid-20th century. Born in Hangzhou, China, Yang received his art...
November 8, 2023 – February 11, 2024 This exhibition provides evidence of this little-known aspect of our regional art history. Through paintings, etchings and photography, the art illustrates the activities of some of our early Northwest artists produced while...