Galleries

The MAC Ice House Galleries are open Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 5pm

The Visual Arts became a central focus of the Morgan Arts Council once MAC acquired the Ice House in 1996. After a year-long visual arts festival in 1997, developing gallery space in the building became a top priority. Today, the Ice House is home to several gallery spaces. Arts education classes in the visual arts occur throughout the year, with programming available for all ages.

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A Call to Hallway Artists

The Morgan Arts Council invites artists to submit their work for an exciting opportunity to exhibit in the Ice House Carr-Kelly and Hall of Dreams Gallery spaces on the first and second floors of the Ice House. This is your chance to reach a diverse audience and join our vibrant arts community. We seek innovative, inspiring, original artwork to captivate visitors as they explore our historic venue. No walk-ins will be considered. Please note that submitting this form does not automatically make you eligible to showcase your work at the Ice House. The artwork uploaded into these forms is juried through a committee.

Please fill out this form for consideration. 

A Call to Curators

The Morgan Arts Council invites individuals to apply to be curators for the MAC gallery space in the Ice House. This is your chance to reach a diverse audience and join our vibrant arts community. We seek someone who can bring a theme to life by combining innovative, inspiring, original artwork to captivate visitors as they explore our historic venue. Please note that submitting this form does not automatically make you a curator at the Ice House. The forms are juried through a committee.

Please fill out this form for consideration. 

Current MAC Special Exhibit Gallery
The Morgan Arts Council produces an annual series of specially themed art exhibits featuring guest curators. These exhibits feature local, regional, and national artists in various media.

Get Wet: Enjoy the Art of Water
January 10 – March 1, 2026
Opening Reception: January 10th @ 3 PM

Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, and it is vital for all known forms of life. Water is the heart of the mountain spa community of Berkeley Springs. In this show, we are honoring these historical waters and this essential element through art.

Hall of Dreams Gallery
This special exhibit space debuted after the 2013 building renovation. The rotating exhibit in the first-floor lobby highlights local art in an accessible, central location.

Carr-Kelly Gallery
A special exhibit space opened on the second floor of the West Wing in 2014, featuring rotating exhibits of individual artists and groups.

January 10  – March 1, 2026
Brian Sesack – Finding My Own – A journey from instinctive black-and-white photography to an award-winning artistic voice. These images explore how looking becomes seeing, and how photography transforms into a powerful form of self-expression.

Michael O’Brien – Doodles, Dreams & The Search – A two-series exhibition blending playful, improvised “doodle” approaches to paintings with the artist’s ongoing Crazy Quilt Dreams series.

Patrick Kot – Evanescence – A meditation on fleeting light and impermanence. Through quiet, transient scenes, this body of work explores change as truth, freedom, and a constant presence in everyday life.

April 3 – May 24, 2026
Melanie Myhre
Nessa Goodnight
Rachel Bivans

May 29 – July 26, 2026
Christopher Schultz
Sisc Stella Johnson
Kate Fitzpatrick

September 17 – November 1, 2026
Rebekah Anderson
Christian Casas
Payton Brown

November 17 – January 3, 2027
Caitlynn Buckler
Ava Hull
Jelise Ballon

UPCOMING MAC GALLERY EXHIBITS

Annual Youth Art Show
March 7 – March 29, 2026
Opening Reception: March 6th @ 6 PM

Encore!
April 3 – May 24, 2026
Curator: MAC Gallery Committee
Opening Reception: April 4th @ 6:30 PM

Donation Form for Encore Show!
(Please print the form. Download it to fill it out.) 

Prose in Sculpture
May 29 – July 26, 2026
Curator: Luc Fiedler
Opening Reception: May 30th @ 6:30 PM

It’s a Celebration! Annual Quilt Show & Sale
July 30 – September 6, 2026
Curator: Carmen Winiarski
Opening Reception: August 1st @ 3 PM

From Soup to Nuts: A Diversity of Ceramic Forms & Methods
September 10 – November 1, 2026
Opening Reception: September 12 @ 6:30 PM

Annual Holiday Show
November 5 – January 3, 2027
Opening Reception: November 21 @ 6:30 PM

Ice House Artist’s Co-Op Gallery
The Ice House Artist’s Co-Op is a tenant of the Morgan Arts Council, operated by local artists who rent out gallery space in the MAC Ice House Gallery. The Co-Op features over 30 local and regional juried artists who showcase and sell their work in varied media.

304-867-3073 •  www.icehousecoop.com