Upcoming Exhibitions
Ann Holsberry: Navigating Sea and Stars
On view January 19 – June 1, 2025
Ann Holsberry’s work celebrates the inherent beauty of the natural order of things in scales ranging from cosmic to microscopic representing both the vast and infinitesimal as a unified whole. Her long-term practice is a meditation on environmental changes that require humans and animals to adapt to new ways of navigating the world.
Holsberry depicts intricate networks found in nature using mixed media, especially the photographic process of cyanotype. She often incorporates materials sourced from surrounding ecosystems and also utilizes natural phenomena such as sunlight to expose prints on paper or fabric or allows time or weather to influence surfaces before embellishing with pigments, inks, wax, and embroidery.
Holsberry is the Maier Museum of Art’s 2025 Outten Visiting Artist Lecturer. In a weeklong residency, she will participate in the installation of her exhibition which will include a site-specific wall installed in collaboration with Randolph College students. Her residency will culminate in a lecture at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, 2025. Reception. FREE and open to the public.
Image: Ann Holsberry. Pink Moon, 2021, cyanotype, ink, and archival Printon paper on panel.
Legacy: Celebrating African American Creativity in Central Virginia through Art
On view January 25 – February 28, 2025
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Legacy Museum of African American History, the Daura Museum of Art at the University of Lynchburg and the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College partner to host a joint art exhibition featuring work by or about African Americans, to run simultaneously at both museums. Legacy: Celebrating African American Creativity in Central Virginia through Art is intended to highlight visual art in all its diversity, while also raising funds as part of The Legacy Museum’s anniversary year goal.
CALL FOR ARTISTS! Original artwork by or about African Americans is sought in all mediums from local artists of all ages and abilities. For more information or to indicate interest in submitting art: https://maiermuseum.org/legacyart/
The exhibition opening reception on January 25th from 2-5 pm will kick-off a year-long celebration recognizing the Legacy Museum’s twenty-five years of spotlighting local African-American history through engaging programming and educational initiatives. It is also the first time the three museums have collaborated.
Legacy is generously sponsored by Alice Hilsewick Ball ’61, Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College).