Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting here at the Museum Thursday, November 7th, 2024 6:30pm We will be discussing our goals for the year to come including fundraising workshops, display and exhibit updates, and facilities improvements. Officers will not be voted on as we will be starting the 2nd of the three-year election... Read more »
Since the beginning of our republic, U.S. Presidents have been popular subjects of commemoratives, souvenirs, and tchotchkes. This exhibit in our front window uses bottles, glass plates, historic flasks, and commemoratives from the 1960s and 1970s to trace presidents from George Washington to James E. Carter (a one-time member of our organization).This exhibit was created... Read more »
Whether called soda, pop, tonic, or even coke, for most of the 18th and 19th centuries, towns, cities and regions had their own popular local soft drinks. Most were created by and sold through small bottling houses based on local flavors and regional character. During the 1950s-1970s, most of these bottlers were purchased by larger... Read more »
Any size or medium is accepted. All themes or genres accepted. Entry Deadline March 1 at 4:00pm Entry Fee $25 for up to 4 works of art Gallery Commission on sales 25% All submitted art must be gallery ready for wall hanging or pedestal display. All artwork is accepted upon the approval of The National... Read more »
22 local artists and 75 pieces of art are the focus of this open call show. Media types include oil, acrylic, watercolors, photography, mixed media collages, cyanotype, gouache, dye on paper, alcohol ink, and steam-punk art. There's a little something for everyone in this show, which runs through April 19. Artist's reception is March 19... Read more »
Come meet the artists whose work is featured in our Open Call showcase.
Spatter glass is a variegated handblown or mold-blown art glass, also known as end-of-day, mottled overlay glass, and splashed glass. The spatter glass technique has been used for millennia, dating back to the Romans. Spatter glass is produced by rolling hot blown glass over small pieces or chips of colored glass. Lesser quality and reproduction pieces... Read more »
For this show we will be creating a garden experience with art as well as live garden displays. Art might be displayed on floors or walls so consider that when submitting. Entry Deadline April 26 4:00pm Entry Fee $25 for up to 4 works of art Gallery Commission on sales 25% All submitted art must... Read more »
The Garden Walk features 30 artists and 108 works of art. In addition, the gallery space will be converted into strolling garden with plants, steppingstones and the like. It is an event not to be missed.
From its beginnings in the 1840s, Major League Baseball, America’s Pastime, his been intertwined with glass bottles. Whether its bottles of beer or soda poured at the ballpark, to whiskey bottles and decanters telling stories of the game, to bottles for everyday products that connect to the popularity and heritage of the game. This exhibition... Read more »