PERMANENT COLLECTIONS & GALLERIES

The Greenville Museum of Art (GMoA) is the primary collecting art institution in Pitt County and one of the largest in Eastern North Carolina. The GMoA currently houses roughly 800 artworks in its permanent collection ranging in media such as ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, prints, sculptures in a variety of mediums, and mixed media 2D and 3D works.

“A gem of a find. Some gallery spaces in a historic home, and much more in a large wing with two modern galleries and communal spaces. In addition to a wide-reaching permanent collection, I loved the sections with an Eastern North Carolina roots focus. There was a wonderful permanent display of the Jugtown Pottery and, when I was there, some of the soulful Burk Uzzle photographs. There was and is a flourishing art scene in this region. A very worthwhile visit.”

-James Ferris

  • Francis Speight & Sarah Blakeslee Gallery

    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

    The Rachel Maxwell Moore Art Foundation gallery features rotating works purchased for the GMoA by the Foundation. Rachel Maxwell Moore was a leading civic figure and arts advocate in Greenville, and was central to the founding of the Museum’s predecessor in 1939 and its eventual permanent location in the Flanagan Home. She established the Rachel Maxwell Moore Art Foundation in 1963, and before she passed away in 1964, bequeathed funds to the Foundation for the sole purpose of purchasing works of art for the GMoA’s permanent collection.

  • Kenneth Noland Gallery

    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

    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

    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.