Event Calendar

A groundbreaking AWM content initiative, American Prophets journeys through the pages of
American history and both real and fictionalized spiritual practices to explore the profound ways
writing reflects and influences our understanding of religion.  An immersive…

A largely self-taught photographer, Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) was a pioneering and inventive artist who created some of the most original images of the mid-twentieth century. His work defies easy categorization as he experimented across various genres and…

Can a photographic portrait inspire political imagination? Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination examines how photographers and their sitters contributed to the proliferation of Pan-African solidarity during the mid-20th century. Embracing the international…

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the art of photography in picture books. Visionary photographer-illustrators from Edward Steichen and William Wegman to Dare Wright, Mo Willems, Tana Hoban, Charles R. Smith Jr, and Walter Wick have long trained…

The 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings. The British Museum will draw on its own collection as well as other loans to tell a rich story about this period of history.

This will be the first time that the tapestry has been shown…