CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

West Wing & Commons Galleries

ECU MFA Thesis Exhibition

March 21 - April 19 | West Wing and Commons Galleries

Opening March 21 in the West Wing and Commons Galleries, GMoA is pleased to present this year’s East Carolina University Masters in Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of three students. The Commons Gallery will feature graphic designer Parker Estes’ exhibition, Ctrl+©. The West Wing Gallery will feature graphic designer Justin Tyler King’s exhibition, By Any Means of Making, and ceramist Nick Bisbee’s exhibition, Placebos and Panaceas.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, April 4 from 5-8pm for refreshments and artist talks.

Flanagan House Galleries

The Flanagan House Galleries feature displays from the GMoA Permanent Collection. GMoA is the primary collecting art institution in Pitt County and one of the largest in Eastern North Carolina. We currently house ~800 artworks in our permanent collection, ranging in media such as ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, prints, and mixed media 2D and 3D works.

  • Francis Speight & Sarah Blakeslee Gallery

    Permanent Collection Exhibition | Ongoing

    The Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Gallery is dedicated to the work of these two artists. Speight was born in Bertie County, North Carolina, and lived outside of Philadelphia until moving to Greenville in 1961 to teach at East Carolina University following a long career at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Blakeslee was born in Illinois and met Speight at the Academy as a student.

  • Rachel Maxwell Moore Art Foundation Gallery

    Ode to My Scale | March 21 - April 18

    Ode to My Scale is a Senior Printmaking Exhibition by Grace Scott, a graduating BFA student at East Carolina University. This exhibition is deeply informed by the artist’s 10-year journey of recovery from an eating disorder. Through soft ground etching and renderings of everyday objects, Scott explores themes of isolation, recovery, and the complexities of reimagining one’s connection to their body and the world.

  • Kenneth Noland Gallery

    Permanent Collection Exhibition | Ongoing

    The Kenneth Noland Gallery celebrates the art and legacy of Black Mountain College, an innovative liberal arts college that operated between 1933 and 1957. Kenneth Noland, born in Asheville in 1924, attended Black Mountain College on the G. I. Bill from 1946 to 1948. He studied under Josef Albers and Ilya Bolotowsky, who introduced him to the work of artists inspired by geometry and color. Works featured in this gallery were chosen for their similar aesthetic interests in color and shapes.

  • The Parlor Gallery

    Permanent Collection Exhibition | Ongoing

    Used initially as a meeting room in the historic Flanagan Home side of the GMoA, this gallery includes examples of North Carolina Pottery from the GMoA Collection, as well as numerous works by Wilmington-based artist, Minnie Evans, and Outer Banks artist, Annie Hooper. While these two Coastal North Carolina treasures lived in similar geographic areas at roughly the same time period, and were similarly inspired by their spirituality, their lives and work could not be more different.

  • North Carolina Pottery Displays

    Permanent Collection Exhibition | Ongoing

    The GMoA houses a significant collection of North Carolina pottery from across the state, with especially strong historic and contemporary examples of work from Jugtown Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina. Jugtown Pottery was opened by Jacques and Juliana Busbee in 1917. They were influential here and elsewhere in Seagrove by introducing local North Carolina potters to international ceramic styles and glazes.