Exhibits
Giants, Dragons, and Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures
Stories of mythical beings have been with us for thousands of years. These legends, which were sometimes inspired by fossils or living animals, continue to inspire us today.
Walking in Antarctica
Walking in Antarctica is an immersive, interdisciplinary exhibition bringing together photography, sculpture, and audio narrative to take the viewer on a journey through an extraordinary environment of remote places that the tourist ships do not reach and few people get to witness in person.
Stories are Made, Loop by Loop: Contemporary Rug Hooking with Fabric, Yarn, and Plastic
Using the rhythmic process of rug hooking, artists in this exhibition tell personal stories of motherhood, healing, and environmentalism.
Something Pretty: New Work by Nichole Westfall
Nichole Westfall is known for her colorful murals across our region: joyful, whimsical scenes created with large blocks of color and patterning. She will be our Artist in Residence from Nov. 17 through Dec. 20, working on new paintings with an open studio.
Romare Bearden: Artist, Activist, Visionary
A new traveling exhibition presents the work of Romare Bearden (1911–1988), an African American artist, author, and jazz songwriter who countered racial stereotypes with imagery drawn from history, literature, and the free world of his imagination.
TreeHouses
Become an environmental steward in the Avampato Discovery Museum and learn about the secret lives of those who live amongst the trees. Families can explore, design and build their own treehouse, stomp on the forest dance floor to discover the sounds of the forest, and much more!
Food in Art
We are relishing all things food at the Clay Center this summer as we open our new café! To mark the occasion, this exhibition examines images from our permanent collection of or related to food, analyzing cultural foodways, consumerism, and hierarchies in the canon of art.
The Possible Dream
Since opening in 2003, the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of WV has hosted many exciting exhibits and performances, and acquired wonderful works of art. Discover our diverse history through this exhibition of artwork from our permanent collection!
WaterWorks
In WaterWorks visitors play and work with water along sweeping flow routes, dramatic water falls, controlling the water to animate and energize everything in its path in an expression of water’s power. Along the way, they will experience the potential, kinetic and mechanical energy of water.
Maier Foundation Music Studio
In the Maier Foundation Music Studio, visitors see, listen to, move to, and create their own music; examine the scientific foundations of music they hear; and explore the mathematical concepts of rhythm, pattern, and harmony.