Current Exhibitions
Vitamin P:NW
Recent Painting in the Pacific Northwest
October 11, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Margie Livingston, Crumpled Siral, 2016, Acrylic paint on wooden stand, 5.5 x 7 x 6”, Courtesy of the artist and Greg Kucera Gallery
In much the same way that the body requires a diverse variety of vitamins to remain healthy, function properly, and to grow, the visual arts rely on a regimen of media and practices that are integral to its well-being. Steadfast among those visual and material supplements is “Vitamin P”- Painting.
A central pillar of Western art, over the past century the practice of painting has undergone seismic transformations, been declared dead, revived, and been used as an ideological battleground for artistic and cultural discourse. Today the power and relevance of painting remains as strong as ever, as artists continue to turn to brush and canvas as the chosen tools to brave investigations of their natural and cultural environments, the self, and the material aspects of their chosen medium.
William Turner: Conversations with the Elders
October 11, 2025 - January 11, 2026
William Turner, Casual Friday Vincenzo Anastagi (after El Greco), 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 34”
“The condition of this region’s landscape is experiencing a period of accelerated change. From a climactic ecosystem to a harvested territory, we are bearing witness to an unprecedented transition.” -Aaron Loveitt
This exhibition of Aaron Loveitt’s work takes the visitor through past, present and future tense to explore the condition of this region’s environment through the installation of three large scale sculptures: Revere, Reap and Recover. Succession presents a succinct and powerful narrative of our interconnected relationship within the Northwest landscape.
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection
October 11, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Detail: The William Cumming Mural of Skagit County Agriculture, 1941, casein and/or tempera or oil on primed canvas, unstretched, 71" X 318"
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art’s Permanent Collection is an ongoing engagement with the collection as the place of contact of the many artistic identities of the region. The exhibition asks to look not only at the individual works but also at the ‘seams,’ where works representing different artistic trends and cultural identities come in touch with each other. When they come in contact with each other, these works tell stories of coexistence, contrast, and difference within the social fabric of the Northwest region, past and present.
