The Long View

From Conservation to Sustainability | Works from the Bank of America Collection

Carleton E. Watkins (United States, 1829-1916). Washington Column, c. 1865. Albumen silver print, 20 x 16 in. Bank of America Collection, 75.182.1

Upcoming exhibition

March 20 – August 15, 2027
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability | Works from the Bank of America Collection traces the history and impact of the environmental movement through art. Beginning in the mid-19th century and continuing to the present, the exhibition examines the evolution of our relationship with—and need to protect—the Earth and the artists who have played a role in shaping the environmental conversation.

The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability features notable early figures of the conservation movement in the United States including John James Audubon and Carleton Watkins. Works including Robert Rauschenberg’s poster celebrating the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, address the developments of sustainability as a 20th-century cultural value of this country, while contemporary artists including Fran Gormley and Aurora Robson consider the progress that is needed to continually steward the lands, shores and seas within and around the United States in the 21st century—and how to reconcile damage done through pollution, waste production and environmental degradation.

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