Member Reception & Preview: From Sea to Shining Sea

Museum Members, Join us for a Member Reception and Preview: Friday, November 6, 2026; 4 PM – 6 PM About the Exhibition In celebration of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, the Academy Art Museum proudly announces its feature exhibition, From Sea to Shining Sea: American Landscape Painting, 1850–1950. Containing more than 40 paintings from a private Eastern Shore collection, the exhibition is a visual “road trip” across the rich and varied American landscape, from Maine and the Northeast to Puerto Rico and the West Coasts of California and Oregon. One highlight of the exhibition is Storm in the Rockies (1912), a majestic painting by Allen Tucker, which was first exhibited at the iconic International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York, popularly known as the 1913 Armory Show. The artworks will be organized geographically to allow visitors to compare regional variations, as many of the artists belonged to established artist colonies across the country. A number of these artists were immigrants to America, thus reinforcing this country as the “land of opportunity.” This exhibition was 250 years in the making—don’t miss it!