Upcoming Exhibitions

2^nd Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Exhibition

Jundt Galleries, May 30 to August 22, 2026

Reception: Friday, June 5, 2026

This display features quilts produced recently by members of the Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Guild (INMOD).  In 2023, the museum hosted the Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Juried Exhibition featuring 20 quilts selected by the museum staff.  In this exhibition, INMOD, to showcase the work of the guild and its members, has chosen objects based upon artistic quality, merit, and the visual aesthetics of modern quilting.  Founded in January 2016 in Spokane, INMOD exists “to provide an environment of inspiration, education, and charity in our community through fresh-modern quilting.”

Image: Christa Rinne, Respite, 2005. Quilt, 55 x 59”. Courtesy of the artist.

Freedom: Permanent Collection on the 250^th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Arcade Galleries, May 30 to August 22, 2026

In celebration and recognition of the 250^th anniversary, on July 4, 2026, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the museum has selected objects from its permanent collection where the individual artists connect images to the idea of “freedom,” and its common synonym “liberty.”   The Declaration of Independence lists liberty among inalienable rights; the Constitution declares its purpose to secure liberty’s blessings.  In the more than twenty works of art in this exhibition, artists deal with the concepts of liberty and freedom, and the meanings of the ideas to different people at different times in U.S. history.  Artists in this small, temporary exhibition include Elizabeth Catlett, Enrique Chagoya, Winslow Homer, Dorothea Lange, Jacob Lawrence, Paul Revere, and Kara Walker, among several others.

Image: Enrique Chagoya (American, b. Mexico, 1953), Codex YTREBIL, 2022; lithograph on paper, 31 x 30”; Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University; Museum purchase with funds provided by Tula and Max Patterson (GU Class of 1977)

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