Weekend of Gratitude - Voyage of Life

In this exhibition, three centuries of American art will illuminate the chapters of every individual life. Each of us “plays in his or her time many parts,” attaining awareness as children, striking out as individuals, embracing or avoiding change during adulthood, and learning new ways of being in old age. Works by artists including Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Robert Colescott, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, and Grant Wood will reveal critical moments in the voyage of life, with its heydays, rough patches, and new starts. Community members of all ages will make correlations between the art and their own experience, and their "stories" will accompany curatorial descriptions throughout the exhibition. Promised gifts will also be featured, demonstrating the Museum’s goal of increasing representation by artists of color, and select loans from Wake Forest University will complement Reynolda’s holdings, mirroring the city’s remarkable collecting legacy.