Exhibits

BECOMING The World of Carole Faye Transformation is the defining force of Carole Faye’s artistic practice.  Working across mixed media and sculpture, she reclaims discarded materials and overlooked objects, revealing that what is broken, forgotten, or cast aside is never without value.  Through acts of collecting, assembling, and reinvention, Faye creates works that explore personal […]

Living Open Art and Literature from Key West’s LGBTQ+ Renaissance For generations, Key West has been a sanctuary for artists seeking the freedom to live authentically and create without restraint.  Living Open: Two Decades of Art in Key West celebrates the remarkable contributions of the island’s LGBTQ+ artists, whose work reflects not only extraordinary artistic […]

Collecting Paradise Souvenirs & Ephemera of the Florida Keys Step into a nostalgic journey through the Florida Keys, where memories of island adventures have long been captured in the keepsakes visitors carried home.  Collecting Paradise: Souvenirs & Ephemera of the Florida Keys explores the fascinating history of tourism in the Keys and the enduring tradition […]

From a Woman’s Hand February 19, 2027 – March 28, 2027 Bumpus Gallery For generations, women artists have shaped the cultural landscape of the Florida Keys through works that document, interpret, and reimagine the world around them. From a Woman’s Hand celebrates this vibrant creative legacy by bringing together a diverse selection of contemporary artists […]

Analogous Old Cameras. New Work. An Experiment in Analog Photography by Key West Artists Michael Marrero and Mark Hedden The title of the show, and therefore its concept, is something of a play on words.  Michael Marrero and Mark Hedden are two Key West photographers with similar interests but different approaches.  Their work is comparable […]

FOOD: Celebrating Conch Cuisine February 27, 2026 –  January 3, 2027 Key West Museum of Art & History Building on the foundation of the original Smithsonian Food History exhibitions, which celebrate the powerful role food plays in shaping human culture, identity, and society, the Key West edition brings a regional focus to the story, diving […]

The Key West Art and Historical Society is building cultural equity by telling the stories of the Black community’s significant contributions to local culture and industry, as documented in artwork and historic documents. This online exhibition seeks to redress a serious omission – that the substantial contributions of people of color are under-represented in our […]

Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches The Old Man and the Sea Online Exhibition Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ features 59 original pen-and-ink drawings by internationally-renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist, Guy Harvey.  The sketches follow the narrative of Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Old Man and the […]

An Online Exhibition Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) is considered one of America’s premier photojournalists of the twentieth century.  During a career that spanned five decades, he created an indelible visual record of life in the United States as a government photographer, and as a photojournalist during the golden era of news magazine photography.  In 1935, Rothstein […]