Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art
Oct 8, 2022–Mar 19, 2023
Altria and New Market Galleries, Lower Level
Explore the guitar as visual subject, enduring symbol, and storyteller’s companion. Strummed everywhere from parlors and front porches to protest rallies and rock arenas—the guitar also appears far and wide in American art. Its depictions enable artists and their human subjects to address topics that otherwise go untold or under-told. Experience paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and music in a multimedia presentation that unpacks the guitar’s cultural significance, illuminating matters of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and identity.
$16 Adults
$12 Seniors 65+
$10 Youth (age 7–17) and Students with ID
Free for VMFA Members and children 6 & under
