The Ice House Gallery is open on Friday, Saturday, and 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 yearlong 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.
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.
Art as Adventure/Adventure as Art
April 4 – May 25, 2025
Curator: Susan Thomas
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.
April 4 – May 25, 2025
Linda Lopez – Birds of a Feather – My love for birds and nature takes flight through the warmth and fluidity of encaustic mixed media (beeswax and demar resin) techniques that allow me to play with depth and dimension, making each piece a tactile experience as much as a visual one.
Haley Harkins – Delicate but Potent – My mixed media works draw inspiration from magazines while playing with modern imagery and color to create a bright, chaotic blend of future nostalgia.
Laura Gough – Nature’s Stitches – Nature has always been the greatest inspiration in my work – it’s where I feel most connected, most alive. Every art quilt I create reflects those moments when nature takes my breath away.
May 30 – July 27, 2025
Tabitha Vohn – Dearly Beloved – An exploration into the artist’s ancestry and inheritance: a deep connection with nature, a love of literature, and a rich heritage of storytelling, spirituality, and passion for the arts.
Dave Griffiths – Mindful Contemplation on Nature – Landscape is the artist’s preferred topic with a love for acrylic mediums. His work is inspired by nature and the mystical way it reveals itself to us. Each painting evokes imagery that draws the viewer closer to the natural world.
September 11 – November 2, 2025
Potomac River Artists’ Guild
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.
April 4 – May 25, 2025
Linda Lopez
Haley Harkins
Laura Gough
May 30 – July 27, 2025
Steph Mellott
September 11 – November 2, 2025
Potomac River Artists’ Guild
UPCOMING GALLERY EXHIBITS
New Connections
May 30 – July 27, 2025
Curator: Maureen Storey
Opening Reception: May 31 @ 6:30 PM
Annual Quilt Show: Quilting Through the Seasons
July 31 – September 7, 2025
Delectable Mountain Quilt Guild
Opening Reception: August 2
Encapsulated Earthseeds
September 11 – November 2, 2025
Curator: Alissa Maru
Opening Reception: September 13 @ 6:30 PM
Season of Wonder
November 7 – December 28, 2025
Curator: Maya Fredo
Opening Reception: November 15 @ 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 space in the 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
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