New Hampshire Exhibition

The Chapel Art Center features special exhibitions and houses a permanent collection of over 400 objects. March 7–April 19: The Intimacy of Seeing: Elsa Voelcker—A Retrospective, celebrates Voelcker’s long career as a photographer and member of the Fine Arts Department at Saint Anselm College. Voelcker has specialized in various photographic methods, including photograms, gelatin silver prints and, more recently, digital. Opening reception with the artist: Friday, March 22, 4–6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

March 9–April 12: Total Eclipse of the Art features work by Douglas Arion, emeritus professor and dark sky defender, dark sky photographs; and eclipse themed work from over twenty WREN members. Opening reception: Friday, March 9, 5 p.m. Snow date: Saturday, March 10, 5 p.m. Visit WREN to shop the work of over 120 local artists and makers. The Gallery is located just a short distance from full totality of the Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Through April 13: And I’m Feeling Good: Relaxation and Resistance features selections from the Hood Museum’s photography collection that celebrate joy in African American life. Simultaneously, it considers the pleasures and challenges in achieving and maintaining that “good feeling” in the United States. Outgoing Gilded: Contemporary Artists Explore Value and Worth, a traveling exhibition from the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro, features artists turning to the ancient practice of gilding as a means to reconsider our modern value systems.

Through March 30: Alternative Processes in Contemporary Photography: Linda Bryan, Cathy Cone, Chris Esten, Rachel Portesi, Vaune Trachtman, Mary Zompetti; Milkweed: Louise Hamlin; A Matter of Time: Justin O’Rourke. Opening March 8: Form + Texture: A group exhibition of contemporary fiber art. April 12–27: Illumination: AVA’s Annual Benefit Exhibition.

The Currier Museum features paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and photographs, including works by Monet, Picasso, O’Keeffe, Hopper, and Wyeth. The museum also owns two Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes available to view by tour (tour season runs April through December yearly). Through March 31: Toward the New: A Journey into Abstraction. Through May 27: Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated). Opening March 7: I live a journey of a thousand years: Raphaël Barontini. Opening April 12: Filippo de Pisis and Robert Mapplethorpe: A Distant Conversation.