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Events
Upcoming Exhibitions
Bernard Mattox: The Problem of the Bridge, and Chasing the Thing 50 Years On
December 3, 2026 — February 20, 2027
Masur Museum Main House
December 3, 2026 – February 20, 2027
Public Reception: December 3rd, 2026 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Bernard Mattox is a New Orleans-based artist who specializes in multi-media and ceramics, presenting his 50-year retrospective with Masur Museum. His work blends the vibrant imagery reminiscent of New Orleans street-life with totem-like figures that call to mind tribal imagery.
64th Annual Juried Competition
March 11, 2027 — May 15, 2027
Sponsored by The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council 
Masur Museum Main House
March 11 – May 15, 2027
Public Reception: March 11th, 2027 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
This year’s juror: Moment Solomon
About the Exhibition
The Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. First started in 1963, the Annual Juried Competition is the Masur Museum’s longest-running tradition and one of its best-reviewed exhibitions each year.
Claire Pope: Alters
June 10, 2027 — August 14, 2027
Masur Museum Downstairs, Main House
June 10, 2027 – August 13, 2027
Public Reception: TBA
Claire Pope’s work explores the notion of quietude and wonder as found in Nature during the present Anthropocene Age. Alters presents the viewer with an internal exploration of the relationship between the majesty of the land and the alteration of the earth by humans.
Past Exhibitions
Permanent Collection
May 21st, 2026 — July 18, 2026
On view in the Masur Museum Upstairs River Gallery
About the Exhibition
Explore a rotating selection of works from our permanent collection, featuring drawings, etchings, and paintings by Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, and Pablo Picasso.
History of the Permanent Collection
5000 More Years
May 7th - July 18th, 2026
On view in the Masur Museum Downstairs River Gallery
Public Reception: June 4th, 2026, 5:00pm – 9:00pm (Monroe Art Crawl)
About the Exhibition
Summer Emerald, better known as Salesforce Child, is an interdisciplinary artist based in remote northwestern Canada, where her practice is shaped by the tension between immersion in digital culture and the immediate disconnection that comes when she leaves her cabin, with cell service over an hour’s drive away.
Across painting, video, performance, writing, drawing, and social media, Emerald’s work speaks in an idiosyncratic yet immediately recognizable blend of corporate and devotional language. The work reflects the semiotic chaos of contemporary systems, imbued with the sense that what we have built is leaving us behind.
63rd Annual Juried Competition
February 26, 2026 — May 2, 2026
Sponsored by The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council
Exhibition on view Feb 26 – May 2, 2026
Public Reception: February 26, 2026 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
This year’s juror: Benjamin Hickey
Juror Bio: Ben Hickey is the Executive Director for the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts in Buffalo, New York. Previously he was curator of exhibitions and Emily Cyr Bridges Endowed Professor of Art at the Hilliard Art Museum, Earlier in his career, Hickey held positions at the Masur Museum of Art, California Museum of Photography, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and the Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County. He is an active member of the Association of Art Museum Curators, having served as a trustee from 2015 to 2020. He earned his master’s in art history from the University of California Riverside and his bachelor’s in history from Canisius University.
Hickey’s most recent writing can be found in Beili Liu: Mend, a monograph published by the Art League Houston in celebration of Liu’s 2024 Texas Artist of the Year Award. Other essayists include Bridget Bray, Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, Eddie Chambers, Katie Pfohl, and Kay Whitney.
In 2023, Hickey received a Samuel H. Kress Foundation Travel Grant to co-present research related to Marais Press on-campus collaborations at the 51st Annual Art Libraries Society of North America in Mexico City. Earlier in his career, he presented Reshaping Our Programming: The Artist in Residence Program at the New York Historical Society in conjunction with an Association of Art Museum Curators annual conference. He has also served as a panelist or consultant for Villa Albertine, the Joan Mitchell Center, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, PhotoNOLA, and the San Antonio Art League.
About the Exhibition
The Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. First started in 1964, the Annual Juried Competition is the Masur Museum’s longest-running tradition and one of its best-reviewed exhibitions each year.
Winners:
Full Accepted Artist List:
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