ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) — The Asheville Art Museum is set to illuminate a transformative era in American art with “In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940 | Works from the Bank of America Collection.”
Celebrating the movement that breaks with academic tradition and embraces modern life, the exhibition traces how American Impressionism reshaped the nation’s artistic landscape and helped lay the foundation for modern and contemporary art.
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The show is presented through the Bank of America Art in our Communities program, which loans exhibitions from the bank’s collection for free to nonprofit community museums.
Robert Spencer, Afternoon Bathers, circa 1920. (Credit: Bank of America Collection via Asheville Art Museum)
The exhibition is available to view from Feb. 7 through June 29 and will feature more than 120 works of art.
“We are excited to partner with Asheville Art Museum to bring this incredible exhibition to Western North Carolina, as part of the Art in our Communities program that loans exhibitions at no cost to nonprofit community museums,” David Dowd, president of Bank of America Asheville, said in the press release.
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General admission to the Asheville Art Museum is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students, which includes children ages 6 through 17 or degree-seeking college students with a student ID.
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General admission is always free for Museum Members, active duty military personnel with valid ID, and children under 6. In addition, Bank of America, Merrill, and Bank of America Private Bank cardholders can enjoy free general admission to the Asheville Art Museum through the bank’s Museums on Us program on select weekends during the run of the exhibition: February 7-8, March 7-8, April 4-5, May 2-3, and June 6-7, as well as every first Saturday and Sunday every month.