Moments of Home and Place: Young Curators 2026

January 16 – May 2, 2026

The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present a selection of artwork curated by its 2025-2026 class of Young Curators. This innovative and long-standing program is unique to ZAM and provides local high school students with an in-depth opportunity to experience the behind-the-scenes workings of an art museum. Delving into curatorial practice, students conduct research and collaborate to create a unique exhibition from the collection.  

Moments of Home and Place highlights two-dimensional artworks that explore themes of family and home. The students began the exhibition collaboration by looking at N.C. Wyeth’s painting, From his father Charles August learned one golden truth–no degree of adversity can conquer the unconquerable. The Wyeth work, with its familial scene of a bed-ridden father bestowing germane advice to his young son, informed the selection of additional artworks. The students chose their favorite piece to research and write accompanying wall text. While the selection is diverse in genre and medium, the thread that binds these artworks are feelings of home and place. Many of the scenes and situations offer a glimpse into recognizable domestic traditions.  

• Will Barnet (American, 1911 – 2012). Atalanta, 1976, Screenprint. Gift of Ann W. Harithas, 81.142.G
• Ture Bengtz (Finnish-American, 1907 – 1973). Family at Table No. 5, no date. Drypoint. Gift of Mollie F. Tenggren, 83.24.G
• Melonie Bennett (American, born 1969). Bridget, Brittany and Waldo, Halloween, 2000. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, 2006.4
• Leo Chabot (American, 1936 – 2017). Both works: Gift of Leo Chabot to the Traveling Exhibition Program
  • Curtis Island Light, Camden, no date. Photograph.
  • Old Man with his Dog, no date. Photograph.
• Dominic Chavez (American, born 1970). Malawi Lilongwe, 2008. Archival pigment print. Gift of the artist, 2011.19
• Jack Delano (American, born Ukraine, 1914 – 1977). Mrs. Eloie Cote, Maine, 1940. Photograph. TL08.16.97
• Walter Gramatté (German, 1897 – 1929). Qual (Torment), 1920. Color lithograph. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 90.1.2
• Gustaf Theodor Gren (American, 1856 – 1903). Axel Henry Gren – Age Three Years, 1895. Watercolor on paper on board. Bequest of Axel H. Gren, Class of 1914, 75.37.14.P
• Anne Gross (American, 20th century). Inside Out, c. 1987. Print on paper. Gift of David O. Decker, 2001.1.40.6
• Winslow Homer (American, 1836 – 1910). Both works: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. A. A. D’Amico
  • Gathering Berries (from Harper’s Weekly, July 11, 1874), 1874. Wood engraving. 80.43.G
  • Winter – A Skating Scene (from Harper’s Weekly, January 25, 1868), 1868. Wood engraving. 80.48.G
• Kathleen Laufman (American, 20th century). Untitled, from the portfolio “Utopia”, 1989. Screenprint, needle, and thread. Gift of Steve Murakishi, 89.8.10
• Leo John Meissner (American, 1895 – 1977). Rita’s Window, no date. Wood engraving. Gift of Mrs. Leo Meissner
• Arnold Mesches (American, 1923 – 2016). All works: Gift of Jill K. Climent
  • Echoes, 1917, 1999. Acrylic on paper. 2015.9.5
  • Echoes, 1920, 1999. Acrylic on paper. 2015.9.4
  • Echoes, 1921, 1999. Acrylic on paper. 2015.9.6
  • Echoes, 1923, 1999. Acrylic on paper. 2015.9.2
  • Echoes, 1925, 1999. Acrylic on paper. 2015.9.9
• Forrest Walker Orr (American, 1895 – 1972). Chariot Race – Hay Rack, 1920. Watercolor. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Orr, 72.94.P
• Waldo Peirce (American, 1884 – 1970). Stud Poker…Sunday, 1942. Watercolor. Gift of the artist, 50.6.P
• David Scriven Crowley (American, born 1977). For Ellsworth, 2008. Oil on canvas. Gift of the artist, 2017.13.2
• David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896 – 1974). Mexican Suite (Mother and Child), 1921. Color lithograph. Gift of Ernest Lowenstein, Roten Galleries, 73.63.G
• Beth Van Hoesen (American, 1926 – 2010). In Bed, 1958. Drypoint. Gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust, 2011.22.3
• Grant Wood (American, 1892 – 1942). March, 1941. Lithograph. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 87.1.24
• N.C. Wyeth (American, 1882 – 1945). From his father Charles August learned one golden truth – no degree of adversity can conquer the unconquerable, 1931. Oil on canvas. Gift of Ann W. Harithas, 88.21