Exhibition Archive
Select a link below to learn more about our past exhibitions. For information about exhibitions prior to 2007, please contact the Dennos at (231) 995-1055 or dmc@nmc.edu.
2024
Hard Edges, Vibrant Colors: Op Art from the Permanent Collection
Michigan Watercolor Society 77th Annual Exhibition
Solo E Tutti: A Celebration of Community
Paul Welch: 90 Works, 90 Years
Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations
2023
Northland Weavers and Fiber Arts Guild Exhibition
Stephen Duren: A Life of Painting
Passages: The Art of Ron Gianola
A Separate Shining: Selections from the Tusen Takk Foundation Collection
Michigan Mud Presenters Exhibition
A New Perspective: Landscapes from the Dennos Museum Center Collection
LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting
A Growing Legacy: Recent Inuit Art Acquisitions
NMC Hosted High School Art Exhibition
Vitality and Continuity: Art In the Experiences of Anishinaabe, Inuit, and Pueblo Women
Ahavani Mullen: Across Centuries and the Earth
A Rich History: African American Artists from the Muskegon Museum of Art
2022
Infinite Splendor, Infinite Light: The Bruce Walker Collection of Tibetan Religious Art
2022 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection
Green Intentions: One Community Promoting Environmental Awareness
Artist Spotlight: Jinwon Chang
Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition
Nathalie Miebach: Stay Healthy & Strong
NMC Hosted High School Art Exhibition
Color & Shape: Black Artists from the Dennos Collection
2021
Dex R. Jones: Storied Portraits
NMC Art Department Juried Art Show
Blow Up II: Inflatable Contemporary Art
Visual Suppositions: Recent Ceramic Work by Keith Ekstam
Resilience: African American Artists as Agents of Change
Rufus Snoddy: Disappearing Man
Russell Prather: And The Heart is Pleased by One Thing After Another
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America
Artist Spotlight: Nishiki Sugawara-Beda
The Clyde and Patricia Risdon Collection: Tok, Alaska
Tom Parish: An American in Venice
Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories
2021 Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection
Close to Home: Contemporary Anishinaabek Artists
Surviving on Crumbs: The Art of Michael Wren Mortimer
The Northwestern Michigan College Faculty Show
Jean Larson: Beyond the Sum of Its Parts
2020
40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World
2020 Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection
Mathias J. Alten: An American Artist at the Turn of the Century
2019
Explorations in Wood: Selections from The Center for Art in Wood
2019 Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection
Lee Sung Kuen - Interconnected
Gerhardt Knodel - Minglings: The Migration
Armand Merizon: His Life and Art
Susanne Stephenson - Transfigurement II
2018
Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850-1940
Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women
Pangnirtung Weavings from the Dennos Museum Center's Collection
The Other Traverse City: Opioids and Our Community
2018 Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection
Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants - A Major Exhibition from National Geographic
Tutankhamun: "Wonderful Things" from the Pharaoh's Tomb
Visitors to the Sea: Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Art
2017
Diane Carr: Spiral Gestures and a Jester
Myths and Mortals: The Mixed Media Sculpture of Sally Rogers
Three Decades of Landscape Painting by David Paul Grath
Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection 2017
Myths, Legends, and Stories: Sculpture by Abraham Anghik Ruben
2016
Jean Larson - Permanence and Impermanence
Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon
2016 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Exhibited and Acquired: 25 Years of Exhibitions that added Art to the Dennos Collection
Looking Back to the Beginning: Paintings of Clifton McChesney & Glassworks by Dale Chihuly
By Air, Land, and Sea: Stories of the Human Experience
Ilhwa Kim: 'Seed Universe 天下圖'
2016 Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Show
Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond
Reflections of the '60s & '70s: Photography by Patricia Anne Prout
2015
2015 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Copper Thunderbird: Works by Norval Morrisseau from the Museum Collections
Liu Bolin: Hiding in Plain Sight
International Society of Experimental Artists 24th Annual Art Exhibition
Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan - Photographs by Kevin J. Miyazaki
Sideways: Exploring Skateboard Art + Culture
ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection
2014
It's Our World: Artists Inspired by Children's Visions of the Future
2014 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection
Li Hongbo & Matt Shlian: Stacked & Folded Paper As Sculpture
Leelanau Conservancy Through the Lens of Ken Scott
Seungmo Park: Meticulously Snipped & Wrapped
Healing the Earth: Mandala Sand Painting
2013
Michigan Folksong Legacy: Grand Discoveries From the Great Depression
2013 Annual Cape Dorset Graphics Collection
Shine On: Gregory D. Seman- Photographs of Northwest Michigan
Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes: Transforming Nature into Art
Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution
2012
Sketches to Sculptures, Rendered Reality: Sixty Years with Marshall M. Fredericks
Art Quilts by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Evolution/Revolution: 50 Years of American Studio Glass
Howard BenTre: The Lightness of Being – Cast Glass Sculpture
A Growing Legacy: Beth Van Hoesen
Benjamin Busch: The Art in War
Small Works Exhibition and Sale 2012
Northwest Michigan Regional: A Juried Exhibition of Michigan Fine Art
Eric Daigh: Happiness is a Target
2011
The World of Nature in Miniature: Exquisite Miniatures by Wes and Rachelle Seigrist
Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion
Small Works Exhibition and Sale 2011
A Conversation between Monet and Sochi: Video Art by Lee nam Lee
2010
One Woman's Creative Journey: Anita Luvera Maye
Stitching Stories of Miracles and Memories
Hollywood Memorabilia from the collection of Honor W. Loftstrom
The Folk Art of Wesley Merrit: A God-Given Talent
Michigan Water Color Society 63rd Annual Exhibition
Small Works: Exhibition and Sale 2010
Varanasi: Photography by Larry Snider
ConTEXTure: A Conversation Between Artists in Two Forms
Kim Kauffman - Beyond the Lens: Cameraless Photo-Collage
Their Journey: Vietnamese in Michigan
2009
River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte
Figurative Painting from the Museum's Collection
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Inuit Print
Presidential Papers and Portraits
Upstream: Fly Fishing in the American West
Carbon: Cosmic Worlds of Charles Lindsay
Small Works: Exhibition and Sale
Breaking the Mold: Contemporary Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Sculpture
Native American Art from the Museum Collection
In Search of Motion: John William Cavanaugh
Photography from the Museum Collection
Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Fred Petroskey: A Leelanau Portrait
Andy Warhol Photography: Gifts from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
2008
12 Voices: Contemporary Quilts
Annual Cape Dorset Print Collection
Light Paintings of Stephen Knapp
Calculart and CANVAS (Collaborative Advanced Navigation Virtual Art Studio)
Poetry of Landscape: The Seasons - Paintings by Russell Chatham
