Galleries

The MAC Ice House Galleries are open Thursday to 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.

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.

Annual Holiday Show: Celebrating Memories
November 5 – January 3, 2027
Curator: Jan Knight
Opening Reception: November 21 @ 6:30 PM

 

 

 

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.

September 10 – November 8, 2026
Rebekah Anderson – If These Trees Could Talk – This work explores the age and heart of Appalachia. Emerge into the dark forests through stories of hardship and emotion with the old spirits of these ancient hills. 

 

 

Payton Brown – Unlimited – Art is never just one thing – and neither are we. Unlimited brings together a collection of works by Payton Brown that span mediums, subjects, and themes, revealing a beautiful complexity of creative thought. From oil paintings to colored pencil drawings to collage, from architecture to food to concerts, this solo exhibition captures the full spectrum of what it means to make and to see. Together, these pieces remind us that art, like life, thrives in its variety.

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

January 16 – February 21, 2027
Lauren Hoffman
Liz Hackney

April 8 – May 23, 2027
Susan C. Parker
‘Minta Ellis
Cara David

September 12 – November 7, 2027
Past students of Pam Didawick

November 11 – January 2, 2028
Lily Ramos
Katelyn Wood
Kelly McDermott

UPCOMING MAC GALLERY EXHIBITS

Bread, Bath, and Conviviality
January 16 – February 28, 2027
Curator: Mallory Kimmel
Opening Reception: January 16 @ 3 PM

Annual Morgan County Youth Art Month
March 6 – April 4, 2027
Curator: Berkeley Springs High School AP Art Student
Opening Reception: March 5 @ 6 PM

Surface Tension
April 8 – May 23, 2027
Curator: Caitlynn Buckler
Opening Reception: April 10 @ 6:30 PM

50 Artists, 50 Years
May 27 – July 25, 2027
Curator: MAC Gallery Committee
Opening Reception: May 29 @ 6:30 PM

Sewn in Love, Annual Quilt Show
July 29 – September 12, 2027
Curator: Delectable Mountain Quilt Guild
Opening Reception: July 31 @ 3 PM

The Educator’s Eye
September 16 – November 7, 2027
Curator: Pam Didawick
Opening Reception: September 18 @ 6:30 PM

Annual Holiday Show
November 11 – January 2, 2028
Curator: TBD
Opening Reception: November 20 @ 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