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A garment displayed on a wooden pole, with bright woven geometric patterns, dangling gourds, and repeated pink text reading "STAND YOUR GROUND" woven into the textile.

Art and Design from 1900 to Now

June 4, 2022 - December 1, 2030

Fur-covered rectangular bag with thin looped handles, featuring central beaded seal silhouette within a black striped diamond, surrounded by red-blue patterned seals and multi-colored tassels, including a brown side panel.

Natchiq | Onkeehq | Isuwiq

Indigenous Artists Honor the Seal

April 4 - October 25, 2026

A close-up photograph of the bottom half of a huma face with a large tongue sticking out and touching three wooden stamp blocks, held up by the person's hand on a totally black background.

This Is a Thing

Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025

August 23, 2025 - February 15, 2026

A vibrant textile artwork with a glowing spiral against a dark sky surrounded by large rainbows swooping down to large snow-covered mountains stretch below.

Liz Collins

Motherlode

July 19, 2025 - January 11, 2026

A sheer, delicate, short-sleeved, cropped, lace blouse with wide, flared sleeves and intricate floral embroidery throughout.

From Pineapple to Pañuelo

Philippine Textiles

December 7, 2024 - August 24, 2025

A cream colored sculptural figure holding a tray, dressed in historical clothing with tightly curled hair.

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

April 9, 2022 - August 3, 2025

A single tone print of a newspaper page featuring a person in a strapless, long-sleeve, bridal gown and veil holding flowers in their left hand and staring out of the frame. The top of the page reads “The New York Times International Sunday, July 19, 1992" with the following headlines: “Vatican Condones Discrimination Against Homosexuals" and "Youth Works Held in Death of Son, 9”. The bottom of the pages reads “Saks Fifth Avenue bridal wear.”

Process Work

Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today

February 1 - July 20, 2025

A painting hanging on the wall showing a group of friends siting around a dinner table. Flames glow through the window, while electronic components illuminate the scene, blending domestic intimacy with the accumulation of physical media.

The World Is On Fire

Dorner Prize

April 1 - June 1, 2025

Five Black people, dressed in eccentric clothing, overlapped onto a digitally-drawn cityscape background. The person in front, wearing tan boots wrapped in tin foil, holds a cardboard sign that reads “Whatever Helps. Please. Thank You.”

The Let Out

Ryan Cardoso & DJ Chappel

November 7, 2023 - January 26, 2025

A white clay object, curved and adorned with with Cambodian style ornamentation and a red streak running through it, is wrapped by red silk threads and suspended in the air on a white backdrop.

soft presence, hard absence

Dorner Prize

May 7 - September 15, 2024

Digital line drawing of a building exterior with double doors flanked by two windows on each side. The two innermost windows have colorful brick panel renderings superimposed onto the line drawing.

Bricked Over Windows

Dorner Prize

March 22 - June 2, 2024

Sketches of seven Japanese actors from the chest up, all looking to the left. Some look grave and others wear a wry smile. The bottom fifth of the sheet is gray with Japanese characters written in white.

The Artistry of Utagawa Kuniyoshi

October 7, 2023 - April 28, 2024

A black and white line drawing of a one-story building with large windows and columns. The front door is flanked by two large collections of bright and colorful wildflowers growing in the ground.

Passive Pollination

Dorner Prize

March 25 - October 22, 2023

Woodblock print of tan leaves covering rice cakes below columns of calligraphy.

Eating in Edo

April 1 - October 8, 2023

A photographic portrait of a dignified, dark-skinned figure staring out at the viewer, wearing a formal ensemble featuring a stiff collar, a fur-trimmed coat on one shoulder, two large, fabric bows, and a gold chain.

Past Made Present

Dutch Shadows in the Black Atlantic

September 3, 2022 - August 6, 2023

Open, digitally rendered envelope with a letter coming out. The envelope and letter are patterned with light dashed lines, and are a pink-orange-yellow gradient. Text on the letter reads "(un) heard voices.

(un)heard voices

Dorner Prize

April 11 - June 4, 2023

Being and Believing in the Natural World

Perspectives from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous North America

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023

A vertical photograph of a sculpture of a naked, dark-skinned, child with a distended belly, swollen arms, and a bald head on a white, square platform in a museum gallery. There is the blurred person in motion walking on the left side of the platform.

Dorner Prize

Fountain

October 24, 2022 - February 5, 2023

A grayscale photograph of a figure standing against a wall with the word “Gallery” above her head. Facing the camera, she holds a cardboard sign that reads “Artist will work for axcess,” spelled A-X-C-E-S-S.

Variance

Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability

February 1 - October 9, 2022

A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Dorner Prize

Complete Definitions

June 4, 2021 - June 30, 2022

Painting of two nude young men--one dark-skinned, the other light-skinned. They relax on a bed and affectionately cuddle with a small white dog. Brushwork is loose and palette is muted.

Any distance between us

July 17, 2021 - March 13, 2022