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⚫ '''Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art''' ('''SMCMoA''') is an art and ethnographic museum located on the campus of ], a ] ] college in ], established in 1863 and administered by the ]. The museum owns the most extensive collection of paintings by California landscape artist ] (1838-1911). The museum is a member of the ] (NARM)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://narmassociation.org/narm-member/saint-marys-college-museum-of-art/ | title = Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art | website = narmassociation.org | access-date = December 15, 2024}}</ref> and is accredited by the ].<ref name = Accred />


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⚫ ==History==
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⚫ Saint Mary’s College of California began collecting art in the early 20th century. The ] Gallery, founded by professor Brother Fidelis Cornelius Braeg in 1934, exhibited the museum's extensive collection of paintings by the renowned California landscape artist and friend of ]. Brother Cornelius wrote a 900-page, two-volume biography of Keith,<ref>Cornelius, Brother. ''Keith, Old Master of California'', Volume 1, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942.</ref><ref>Cornelius, Brother. ''Keith, Old Master of California'', Volume 2, Fresno, Calif., Academy Library Guild, 1957.</ref> working closely with the artist's widow, ], a lawyer and social justice advocate known for her work in the ] suffrage and ] movements.<ref name = About /><ref name = Mary>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/mary-mchenry-keith | title = Mary McHenry Keith: The Suffragist Behind the Portrait | access-date= December 15, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref>
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⚫ '''Saint Mary's College Museum of Art''' ('''SMCMoA''') is an art and ethnographic museum located on the campus of ], a ] ] college in ], established in 1863 and administered by the ]. The museum owns the most extensive collection of paintings by California landscape artist ] (1838–1911). The museum is a member of the ] (NARM)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://narmassociation.org/narm-member/saint-marys-college-museum-of-art/ | title = Saint Mary's College Museum of Art | website = narmassociation.org | access-date = December 15, 2024}}</ref> and is accredited by the ].<ref name = Accred />

⚫ ==History==
⚫ ], Bust of ], 1904. SMCMoA collection. Photo by Jim Heaphy.]]
⚫ Saint Mary's College of California began collecting art in the early 20th century. The ] Gallery, founded by professor Brother Fidelis Cornelius Braeg in 1934, exhibited the museum's extensive collection of paintings by the renowned California landscape artist and friend of ]. Brother Cornelius wrote a 900-page, two-volume biography of Keith,<ref>Cornelius, Brother. ''Keith, Old Master of California'', Volume 1, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942.</ref><ref>Cornelius, Brother. ''Keith, Old Master of California'', Volume 2, Fresno, Calif., Academy Library Guild, 1957.</ref> working closely with the artist's widow, ], a lawyer and social justice advocate known for her work in the ] and ] movements.<ref name = About /><ref name = Mary>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/mary-mchenry-keith | title = Mary McHenry Keith: The Suffragist Behind the Portrait | access-date= December 15, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref>


The gallery was expanded in 1977 with a grant from the Hearst Art Foundation and reopened as the Hearst Art Gallery. Through this expansion, the gallery began exhibiting ethnographic materials and works by artists of California and the American West.<ref name = About>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/about |title= About Us | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref> The gallery was expanded in 1977 with a grant from the Hearst Art Foundation and reopened as the Hearst Art Gallery. Through this expansion, the gallery began exhibiting ethnographic materials and works by artists of California and the American West.<ref name = About>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/about |title= About Us | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref>


In 2011, the Hearst Art Gallery completed an extensive expansion project, and was renamed Saint Maryʼs College Museum of Art (SMCMoA). The renovated museum's inaugural exhibition was ''The Comprehensive Keith: A Centennial Tribute'', marking 100 years since the death of William Keith.<ref name = 100years /> In 2011, the Hearst Art Gallery completed an extensive expansion project, and was renamed Saint Maryʼs College Museum of Art (SMCMoA). The renovated museum's inaugural exhibition was ''The Comprehensive Keith: A Centennial Tribute'', marking 100 years since the death of ].<ref name = 100years />


In 2021, the museum was awarded accreditation by the ], the highest national recognition afforded to museums in the United States; of over 1000 museums in California, SMCMoA is one of only 77 accredited.<ref name = Accred>{{Cite web| url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news/saint-marys-college-museum-art-smcmoa-earns-highest-national-recognition |title=Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) Earns Highest National Recognition |website=www.stmarys-ca.edu | date = November 15, 2021| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref> In 2021, the museum was awarded accreditation by the ], the highest national recognition afforded to museums in the United States; of over 1000 museums in California, SMCMoA is one of only 77 accredited.<ref name = Accred>{{Cite web| url=https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news/saint-marys-college-museum-art-smcmoa-earns-highest-national-recognition |title=Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) Earns Highest National Recognition |website=www.stmarys-ca.edu | date = November 15, 2021| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref>


==Collections== ==Collections==
The permanent collection comprises more than 5000 objects, many grouped in special collections. Pre-eminent among these is the William Keith Collection,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/william-keith-collection| title = William Keith Collection | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref> the most comprehensive collection of the artist's work, with over 200 objects, including paintings and archival materials. Expanding from the Keith Collection, the museum has built the California Collection, with works from the 19th century to the present day representing various media and artistic movements and a special focus on landscape art and works from the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Among other artists, the collection includes works by ] (1910-2001), ] (1869-1919), ] (1923-2021), ] (1886-1977), ] (1888-1984), ] (1899-1985), ] (b. 1926), ] (1920-2021), and ] (1879-1938).<ref name = Collection /> The permanent collection comprises more than 5000 objects, many grouped in special collections. Pre-eminent among these is the ] Collection,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/william-keith-collection| title = William Keith Collection | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref> the most comprehensive collection of the artist's work, with over 200 objects, including paintings and archival materials. Expanding from the Keith Collection, the museum has built the California Collection, featuring works from the 19th century to the present day representing various media and artistic movements with a special focus on landscape art and artists of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. The California Collection includes works by ] (1910–2001), ] (1869–1919), ] (1923–2021), ] (1886–1977), ] (1888–1984), ] (1899–1985), ] (b. 1926), ] (1920–2021), and ] (1879–1938).<ref name = Collection />


], ''Triptych after ]' La vie pastorale de sainte Geneviève'', (1912), gouache on cardboard.<ref>{{cite web | title = 16 Mesmerizing Masterpieces by Lesbian Artist E. Charlton Fortune | date = August 17, 2017 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.advocate.com | url = https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/8/17/16-mesmerizing-masterpieces-20th-century-lesbian-artist-e-charlton-fortune#rebelltitem3}}</ref>]] ], ''Triptych after ]' La vie pastorale de sainte Geneviève'', (1912), gouache on cardboard, SMCMoA collection.<ref>{{cite web | title = 16 Mesmerizing Masterpieces by Lesbian Artist E. Charlton Fortune | date = August 17, 2017 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.advocate.com | url = https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/8/17/16-mesmerizing-masterpieces-20th-century-lesbian-artist-e-charlton-fortune#rebelltitem3}}</ref>]]


The Social Justice & Political Prints Collection features prints and works related to Bay Area labor and social justice causes of the 20th and 21st centuries, including works by ] (1937-2008), ] (b. 1961), and ] (1911-1990). The American Photography Collection features works by United States-based photographers from the late 19th to the 21st century, including ] (b. 1941), ] (1811-1872), ] (1903-1993), ] (1928-1987).<ref name = Collection>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/collection| title = Collection | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 16, 2024}}</ref> The Social Justice & Political Prints Collection features works related to Bay Area labor and social justice causes of the 20th and 21st centuries, including works by ] (1937–2008), ] (b. 1961), and ] (1911–1990). The American Photography Collection features works by photographers from the late 19th to the 21st century, including ] (1814–1872), ] (1903–1993), ] (1928–1987), and ] (b. 1941).<ref name = Collection>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/collection| title = Collection | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 16, 2024}}</ref>


The African Art Collection features over 600 African art objects created by over thirty ethnic tribes during the late 18th and 19th centuries. The Asian, Oceanic, and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Collection includes over thirty stonecut prints and drawings from the 1960s and 1970s created by artists and printmakers in the ] territory of ].<ref name = Collection /> The African Art Collection features over 600 African art objects created by over thirty ethnic tribes during the late 18th and 19th centuries. The Asian, Oceanic, and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Collection includes over thirty stonecut prints and drawings from the 1960s and 1970s created by artists and printmakers in the ] territory of ].<ref name = Collection />


The Alberti Collection features over 150 European prints and works on paper by late 18th and early 19th-century avante-garde artists, including ] (1887-1985), ] (1881-1973), ] (1864-1901), ] (1869-1954), and ] (1867-1945).<ref name = Collection /> The Alberti Collection features over 150 European prints and works on paper by ] artists, including ] (1887–1985), ] (1881–1973), ] (1864–1901), ] (1869–1954), and ] (1867–1945).<ref name = Collection />


The Religious Collection features work spanning the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras related to the Catholic church and affiliated orders.<ref name = Collection /> The Religious Collection features works spanning the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras related to the Catholic church and affiliated orders.<ref name = Collection />


==Exhibitions== ==Exhibitions==
] on display in the museum, March 2024. Photo by ]]] ] on display in the museum, March 2024. Photo by ]]]
The museum is located in the Brother Cornelius Art Center on the Saint Mary’s College campus in Moraga. The museum rotates exhibitions twice a year, showcasing the permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and emerging California artists.<ref name = Accred /> All exhibitions and public programs are free and open to the public, and the facility is ADA accessible.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/visit| title = Visit | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref> The museum is located in the Brother Cornelius Art Center on the Saint Mary's College campus in Moraga. The museum rotates exhibitions twice a year, showcasing the permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and emerging California artists.<ref name = Accred /> All exhibitions and public programs are free and open to the public, and the facility is ADA accessible.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/visit| title = Visit | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu| access-date = December 13, 2024}}</ref>


Works from the collection also rotate on view in the library, chapel, in secure public spaces, and offices. Sculptural works enhance the grounds and gardens. Works from the collection also rotate on view in the library, chapel, in secure public spaces, and offices. Sculptural works enhance the grounds and gardens.


Some notable exhibitions since the museum's rechristening in 2011 include<ref name = ExhibitionsArchive>{{cite web | url= https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/exhibition-archive | title = Exhibitions Archive | access-date= December 16, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref>: Some notable exhibitions since the museum's rechristening in 2011 include:<ref name = ExhibitionsArchive>{{cite web | url= https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art/exhibition-archive | title = Exhibitions Archive | access-date= December 16, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref>
* ], ''ΩA Omega Alpha'', 2024<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.harmoniarosales.art/exhibitions/oa-omega-alpha | title = ΩA Omega Alpha | access-date= December 16, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref>

*], ''ΩA Omega Alpha'', 2024<ref name>{{cite web | url= https://www.harmoniarosales.art/exhibitions/oa-omega-alpha | title = ΩA Omega Alpha | access-date= December 16, 2024 | website = www.stmarys-ca.edu}}</ref> * ''Hold It Lightly'', the first solo museum exhibit of the works of ], 2023-2024<ref>{{cite web | title = The Solo Debut of Lisa Congdon Exhibition to open at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art | date = August 21, 2023 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | author = Lisa Congdon | website = lisacongdon.com | url = https://lisacongdon.com/blogs/news/lisa-congdon-exhibition-st-marys-college }}</ref>
⚫ * '']: heroes & sheroes'', 2023
*''Hold It Lightly'', the first solo museum exhibit of the works of ], 2023-2024<ref>{{cite web | title = The Solo Debut of Lisa Congdon Exhibition to open at Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art | date = August 21, 2023 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | author = Lisa Congdon | website = lisacongdon.com | url = https://lisacongdon.com/blogs/news/lisa-congdon-exhibition-st-marys-college }}</ref>
⚫ * ''Collective Memories: Stonecuts from ]'', 2021
⚫ *'']: heroes & sheroes'', 2023
⚫ * ''Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda Posters from the Cold War Era'', 2018<ref>{{cite web | title = An insider's perspective into life under Communist Russia at SMC Museum of Art | author = Kara Navolio | date = February 21, 2018 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1126/An-insiders-perspective-into-life-under-Communist-Russia-at-SMC-Museum-of-Art.html}}</ref>
⚫ *''Collective Memories: Stonecuts from ]'', 2021
⚫ * ''] and the Battle for ]'', 2016
⚫ *''Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda Posters from the Cold War Era'', 2018<ref>{{cite web | title = An insider's perspective into life under Communist Russia at SMC Museum of Art | author = Kara Navolio | date = February 21, 2018 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1126/An-insiders-perspective-into-life-under-Communist-Russia-at-SMC-Museum-of-Art.html}}</ref>
* ''A Fine Line: The Doctor Maurice Alberti Print Collection of European and American Masters'', 2015
⚫ *''William Keith and the Battle for ]'', 2016
*''A Fine Line: The Doctor Maurice Alberti Print Collection of European and American Masters'', 2015 * ''Bright and Beautiful: Early San Francisco Bay Area Watercolors, the Collection of Roger and Kathy Carter'', 2015
⚫ * '']: Painter of the ] People'', 2014
*''Bright and Beautiful: Early San Francisco Bay Area Watercolors, the Collection of Roger and Kathy Carter'', 2015
⚫ * ''Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery'', 2014<ref>{{cite web | title = SMC Museum of Art Pottery Exhibit Underscores the History of a People, Tradition | author = Lou Fancher | date = October 22, 2014 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0817/SMC-Museum-of-Art-Pottery-Exhibit-Underscores-the-History-of-a-People-Tradition.html}}</ref>
⚫ *'']: Painter of the ] People'', 2014
⚫ * ], ''In Search of the Source: The Nile and Beyond'', 2013
⚫ *''Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery'', 2014<ref>{{cite web | title = SMC Museum of Art Pottery Exhibit Underscores the History of a People, Tradition | author = Lou Fancher | date = October 22, 2014 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0817/SMC-Museum-of-Art-Pottery-Exhibit-Underscores-the-History-of-a-People-Tradition.html}}</ref>
⚫ * ], '']'s Adventures In a Post-Black World'', 2012
⚫ *], ''In Search of the Source: The Nile and Beyond'', 2013
* ], ''Master Artist Tribute IX, Horses, Landscapes and Portraits'', 2012<ref>{{cite web | title = Richard McLean: Painting to Exactitude | author = Jennifer Wake | date = April 11, 2012 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0603/Richard-McLean-Painting-to-Exactitude.html}}</ref>
⚫ *], '']'s Adventures In a Post-Black World'', 2012
*], ''Master Artist Tribute IX, Horses, Landscapes and Portraits'', 2012<ref>{{cite web | title = Richard McLean: Painting to Exactitude | author = Jennifer Wake | date = April 11, 2012 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = www.lamorindaweekly.com | url = https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0603/Richard-McLean-Painting-to-Exactitude.html}}</ref> * ''The Comprehensive ]: A Centennial Tribute'', 2011<ref name = 100years>{{cite web | title = Bay Area Nature 100 Years Ago, Through the Eyes of Painter William Keith | author = Aleta George | date = October 17, 2011 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = baynature.org | url = https://baynature.org/article/bay-area-nature-100-years-ago-through-the-eyes-of-painter-william-keith/}}</ref>
*''The Comprehensive ]: A Centennial Tribute'', 2011<ref name = 100years>{{cite web | title = Bay Area Nature 100 Years Ago, Through the Eyes of Painter William Keith | author = Aleta George | date = October 17, 2011 | access-date = December 15, 2024 | website = baynature.org | url = https://baynature.org/article/bay-area-nature-100-years-ago-through-the-eyes-of-painter-william-keith/}}</ref>


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Saint Mary's College Museum of Art
Former nameWilliam Keith Gallery; Hearst Art Gallery
Established1934 (1934)
Location1928 St Mary's Road
Moraga, California 94575
Coordinates37°50′29″N 122°06′33″W / 37.84139°N 122.10917°W / 37.84139; -122.10917
TypeArt Museum, Ethnographic Museum
AccreditationAmerican Alliance of Museums
Key holdingsWilliam Keith Collection
Collection size5000
OwnerSaint Mary's College of California
Websitewww.stmarys-ca.edu/museum-art

Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) is an art and ethnographic museum located on the campus of Saint Mary's College of California, a private Catholic college in Moraga, California, established in 1863 and administered by the De La Salle Brothers. The museum owns the most extensive collection of paintings by California landscape artist William Keith (1838–1911). The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM) and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

History

Gertrude Boyle Kanno, Bust of William Keith, 1904. SMCMoA collection. Photo by Jim Heaphy.

Saint Mary's College of California began collecting art in the early 20th century. The William Keith Gallery, founded by professor Brother Fidelis Cornelius Braeg in 1934, exhibited the museum's extensive collection of paintings by the renowned California landscape artist and friend of John Muir. Brother Cornelius wrote a 900-page, two-volume biography of Keith, working closely with the artist's widow, Mary McHenry Keith, a lawyer and social justice advocate known for her work in the women's suffrage and animal rights movements.

The gallery was expanded in 1977 with a grant from the Hearst Art Foundation and reopened as the Hearst Art Gallery. Through this expansion, the gallery began exhibiting ethnographic materials and works by artists of California and the American West.

In 2011, the Hearst Art Gallery completed an extensive expansion project, and was renamed Saint Maryʼs College Museum of Art (SMCMoA). The renovated museum's inaugural exhibition was The Comprehensive Keith: A Centennial Tribute, marking 100 years since the death of William Keith.

In 2021, the museum was awarded accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to museums in the United States; of over 1000 museums in California, SMCMoA is one of only 77 accredited.

Collections

The permanent collection comprises more than 5000 objects, many grouped in special collections. Pre-eminent among these is the William Keith Collection, the most comprehensive collection of the artist's work, with over 200 objects, including paintings and archival materials. Expanding from the Keith Collection, the museum has built the California Collection, featuring works from the 19th century to the present day representing various media and artistic movements with a special focus on landscape art and artists of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. The California Collection includes works by Morris Graves (1910–2001), Helen Hyde (1869–1919), Gregory Kondos (1923–2021), Maurice Logan (1886–1977), Roi Partridge (1888–1984), Louis Siegriest (1899–1985), Raimonds Staprans (b. 1926), Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021), and Frank Van Sloun (1879–1938).

E. Charlton Fortune, Triptych after Puvis de Chavannes' La vie pastorale de sainte Geneviève, (1912), gouache on cardboard, SMCMoA collection.

The Social Justice & Political Prints Collection features works related to Bay Area labor and social justice causes of the 20th and 21st centuries, including works by Casper Banjo (1937–2008), Art Hazelwood (b. 1961), and Stanley Koppel (1911–1990). The American Photography Collection features works by photographers from the late 19th to the 21st century, including Robert Turnbull Macpherson (1814–1872), Stanley Truman (1903–1993), Andy Warhol (1928–1987), and Judy Dater (b. 1941).

The African Art Collection features over 600 African art objects created by over thirty ethnic tribes during the late 18th and 19th centuries. The Asian, Oceanic, and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Collection includes over thirty stonecut prints and drawings from the 1960s and 1970s created by artists and printmakers in the Nunavut territory of Canada.

The Alberti Collection features over 150 European prints and works on paper by avant-garde artists, including Marc Chagall (1887–1985), Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), Henri Matisse (1869–1954), and Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945).

The Religious Collection features works spanning the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras related to the Catholic church and affiliated orders.

Exhibitions

Six paintings by William Keith on display in the museum, March 2024. Photo by Steven Saylor

The museum is located in the Brother Cornelius Art Center on the Saint Mary's College campus in Moraga. The museum rotates exhibitions twice a year, showcasing the permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and emerging California artists. All exhibitions and public programs are free and open to the public, and the facility is ADA accessible.

Works from the collection also rotate on view in the library, chapel, in secure public spaces, and offices. Sculptural works enhance the grounds and gardens.

Some notable exhibitions since the museum's rechristening in 2011 include:

  • Harmonia Rosales, ΩA Omega Alpha, 2024
  • Hold It Lightly, the first solo museum exhibit of the works of Lisa Congdon, 2023-2024
  • Corita Kent: heroes & sheroes, 2023
  • Collective Memories: Stonecuts from Cape Dorset, 2021
  • Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda Posters from the Cold War Era, 2018
  • William Keith and the Battle for Hetch Hetchy, 2016
  • A Fine Line: The Doctor Maurice Alberti Print Collection of European and American Masters, 2015
  • Bright and Beautiful: Early San Francisco Bay Area Watercolors, the Collection of Roger and Kathy Carter, 2015
  • Grace Hudson: Painter of the Pomo People, 2014
  • Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery, 2014
  • Lockwood de Forest, In Search of the Source: The Nile and Beyond, 2013
  • Nyame Brown, John Henry's Adventures In a Post-Black World, 2012
  • Richard McLean, Master Artist Tribute IX, Horses, Landscapes and Portraits, 2012
  • The Comprehensive Keith: A Centennial Tribute, 2011

References

  1. "Saint Mary's College Museum of Art". narmassociation.org. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (SMCMoA) Earns Highest National Recognition". www.stmarys-ca.edu. November 15, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. Cornelius, Brother. Keith, Old Master of California, Volume 1, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942.
  4. Cornelius, Brother. Keith, Old Master of California, Volume 2, Fresno, Calif., Academy Library Guild, 1957.
  5. ^ "About Us". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  6. "Mary McHenry Keith: The Suffragist Behind the Portrait". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Aleta George (October 17, 2011). "Bay Area Nature 100 Years Ago, Through the Eyes of Painter William Keith". baynature.org. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  8. "William Keith Collection". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "Collection". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  10. "16 Mesmerizing Masterpieces by Lesbian Artist E. Charlton Fortune". www.advocate.com. August 17, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  11. "Visit". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  12. "Exhibitions Archive". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  13. "ΩA Omega Alpha". www.stmarys-ca.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  14. Lisa Congdon (August 21, 2023). "The Solo Debut of Lisa Congdon Exhibition to open at Saint Mary's College Museum of Art". lisacongdon.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  15. Kara Navolio (February 21, 2018). "An insider's perspective into life under Communist Russia at SMC Museum of Art". www.lamorindaweekly.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  16. Lou Fancher (October 22, 2014). "SMC Museum of Art Pottery Exhibit Underscores the History of a People, Tradition". www.lamorindaweekly.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  17. Jennifer Wake (April 11, 2012). "Richard McLean: Painting to Exactitude". www.lamorindaweekly.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

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