Current and Future Exhibitions
Miss the exhibition in Fort Worth? Traveling to other parts of the country? Exhibitions organized by the Amon Carter Museum often travel to other important institutions throughout the United States.
Also on View
May 17–October 26, 2008
Nell Dorr: From Everlasting to Everlasting
Experience more than fifty photographs in this first-ever comprehensive survey of the work of Nell Dorr (1893–1988), one of the most spiritual and empathetic photographic artists of the twentieth century. Dorr is known for dedicating much of her life to photographing mothers and their children.
June 28–October 12, 2008
Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800–1900
Where in the West are we? Chart your course through this group of seventeen rare nineteenth-century maps that reveal how cartography helped us find our way as a country.
Upcoming Exhibitions
September 20, 2008–January 11, 2009 (View other venues)
Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller
Embark on a captivating visual adventure in this special exhibition of paintings and drawings by Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874), the first American artist to journey into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. See his first-hand depictions of the Lakota, Shoshone, and Nez Perces he encountered, and meet the last of the true fur trappers and traders of the nineteenth-century American West.
November 15, 2008–February 15, 2009
Mary Lucier: The Plains of Sweet Regret
Enter a hauntingly beautiful world of landscape and loss in a video installation that brings into view, through music and imagery, the rapid depopulation of the northern plains. Laced with both melancholy and loveliness, this work by video artist Mary Lucier examines the seismic changes that have swept away family farms and ranches, small towns and rural schools.