Current Exhibitions at the Reece Museum

Reece Museum

  • Window into the Soul

  • Mosaic Mountain

  • America the Beautiful

  • Rising Sun

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

  • Window into the Soul: The Work of Amanda Renfrow (June 1 - December 4)

    The Reece Museum presents Window into the Soul: The Work of Amanda Renfrow, an exhibition featuring the stained glass work by local artist Amanda Renfrow. 

    Window into the Soul, showcasing twenty-five stained-glass works by Renfrow, offers a retrospective of her eight-year practice. A native of Oklahoma, Renfrow moved to Appalachia in 2018 and began her artistic practice in glass. Starting as an apprentice to Steve Cook, a renowned glass artist in Jonesborough, Renfrow has since gained notoriety, with work frequently exhibited and housed in private and public collections, including the Reece Museum Permanent Collection.

    "This exhibition brings together works that trace my artistic development from the smallest butterfly to the largest sun, reflecting the evolution of my approach over time,” says Renfrow.

    A public reception will be held on Friday, June 26 from 5 to 7 pm. 

  • Mosaic Mountain: Materials of Collaboration (June 8 - September 4)

    This one-week Art & Museum Teen Camp for 7th graders and up, Mosaic Mountain: Materials of Collaboration, was in session June 1 to 5. Campers created multiple artworks exhibited in one of the Reece Museum’s three galleries. Collaborating with local artist Amanda Renfrow and museum staff, campers worked together to create individual works of art through collaborative group projects exploring different media. Projects included wheat paste collage, contact paper window collage and a large-scale wind-chime mobile. All the works were inspired by Renfrow's stained glass art. The exhibition is open to the public now and remain on display through September 4. Beyond creating an exhibition, campers also enjoyed daily indoor and outdoor activities, including campus and museum tours. Mosaic Mountain gave campers an opportunity to create and exhibit art in a professional museum, learn new and interesting art making techniques with regional artists, and have a mountain of fun!

  • America the Beautiful (May 18 - July 17)

    The Reece Museum presents America the Beautiful, an exhibition featuring thirty photographs by members of the Johnson City Amateur Photography Club.

    America the Beautiful thematically reflects the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This Semiquincentenniall anniversary presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to share the whole history of our nation and make progress in becoming a more perfect union. It also offers a chance to transform and strengthen the history, culture, and art fields, preparing them to thrive for decades to come.

    The Johnson City Amateur Photography Club provides passionate amateur photographers a place to meet and share their interests, talents, and equipment, and to enhance photographic knowledge, skills, and techniques. The club provides members a means for self-expression as well as an opportunity to broaden their scope of friendship.

    For community members interested in the club, meetings are held at the Senior Center within the Memorial Park Community Center located at 510 Bert Street in Johnson City. All are welcome!

  • Rising Sun: The Musical Legacy of Clarence "Tom" Ashley (March 2, 2026 - February 19, 2027)

    Clarence "Tom" Ashley (September 29, 1895 - June 2, 1967) was a musician from Mountain City, Tennessee. Clarence began making music at medicine shows and local fiddler's conventions as early as 1911. He was active as both a solo recording artist and a member of various string bands in the early twentieth century, from the mid-1920s until approximately 1943. One of his most notable recordings includes The Coo-coo Bird, which was recorded during the pivotal Johnson City Sessions in 1929. Following a serious hand injury, there was a gap of time in which Clarence stopped making music altogether. However, in the early 1960s, he was encouraged by friends and local musicians to try making music again, just in time to participate in the revival of American folk music that swept the nation throughout the 1960s.

    Rising Sun features a collection of artifacts donated by Joe Ashley, Clarence "Tom" Ashley's grandson, in memory of Clarence "Tom" Ashley’s musical legacy.

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