From his fashion photographs to his thoughtful depictions of American life, Parks used the camera as his tool for proclaiming the value of an American community built on freedom and equality.

With the Help of Friends celebrates 15 dynamic photographs ranging from the 1930s to the present day that were selected and purchased over the recent years by the Carter with the assistance of its photography collection supporters.

During the renovation, this exhibition features highlights from the permanent collection, including paintings, photographs, and sculptures, by some of America’s most renowned artists.

From luscious leafy tendrils to stark horizon lines, this exhibition of prints by Hedda Sterne drawn from the Carter’s collection celebrates the artist’s exquisite variety of formal interests.

In Our Own Words features a portfolio of vibrantly colored printed portraits by Daniel Heyman and Lucy Ganje, who collaborated in portraying present-day members of North Dakota Indian nations.

This exhibition explores how the genre of western entertainments impacted American visual culture, from popular posters and calendars to fine art drawings, paintings, and sculpture.

This exhibition presents the first major survey of the art of Dave Heath, one of the most original and respected photographers of the mid-20th century, juxtaposing loss and hope through works that strive for human connection.

In this exhibition, Staller reflects on consumerism and waste in contemporary society through works that trace the life of everyday objects, meditating on what we choose to keep, what we throw away, and what happens to the objects we consume.

A New American Sculpture investigates the integral relationships between modernism, classicism, and popular imagery in the sculpture of these four immigrant artists, showing how they redefined sculpture’s expressive potential during this rapidly changing time.  

This exhibition features seven key works that explore the artist’s interest in color, light, and the photographic process through photographs that defy the traditional photographic convention of capturing identifiable subjects.

In Her Image traces the development of female identity through portraiture, from young girlhood to middle age. Matar uses her photographs to show how the forces that shape female identity transcend cultural and geographic boundaries.

Commanding Space celebrates the work of five contemporary female sculptors who have driven the traditional medium into new directions and have breathed new life into old materials to create sculptures that connect the diverse themes of history, myth, and memory.

Wild Spaces, Open Seasons brings together iconic works that explore outdoor subjects from the early 19th century to World War II, exploring American artists’ fascination with depicting a communion with nature that was receding in the face of industrialization.

Inspired by the coinciding exhibition Wild Spaces, Open Seasons, this exhibition of works on paper from the Carter’s collection explores the popular outdoor subjects that have permeated American culture and captivated American artists for centuries.

Archiving Eden displays photographs inspired by the work of international seed banks and ecologists to construct a visual meditation on botanical diversity and showcases the pure aesthetic pleasure of seeds and their transformations into plants.