Traveling Exhibitions

Traveling Exhibitions

The Artist's Gesture: Selections from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection

The Artist's Gesture: Selections from the Polly and Mark Addison CollectionThis exhibition celebrates American printmaking with prints from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection at the CU Art Museum.  Printmaking became increasingly popular among American artists, with the advent of collaborative efforts between artists and specialized printmakers in the mid-twentieth century. The productions on view exemplify this trend and showcase the combined skills of artists and master printmaker.  In these works, art...

The Great American Road Trip: Selections from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection

Even before the publication of Jack Kerouac’s and John Steinbeck’s iconic travel novels, the Great American Road Trip was a romanticized idea of traversing America’s vast territory. This exhibition includes prints from some of the most prominent artists of the 20th century. These images show America’s diverse landscapes, from bustling coastal cities to interior mountain ranges. Visitors will follow artists on a cross-country journey of “America the Beautiful.”This exhibition is part of the CU Art Museum’s P...

Literary Expressions: Selections from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection

Literary Expressions celebrates the written word as a source of artistic inspiration. The exhibition includes a range of artworks including illustrated books, portfolios of abstract interpretations of poetry and prints that intermingle text with visual devices to emphasize a point. Through the collaboration of these storytelling devices, visitors will gain an appreciation for the relationship between text and images in artistic interpretation.This exhibition is part of the CU Art Museum’s Polly and Mark Add...

Making their Mark: Selections from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection

This exhibition unites prints made by women in the 20th and 21st centuries. As prints became an increasingly popular avenue for experimentation, female artists were drawn to printmaking. Many of the exhibition’s featured artists are better known for their paintings, sculptures or drawings. In their prints, they mined the medium’s unique visual and material qualities to exchange, explore and develop their artistic ideas.This exhibition is part of the CU Art Museum’s Polly and Mark Addison Outreach Exhibition...