Previous art exhibitions
For all inquiries regarding art exhibitions at Highfield, contact Joanne Ingersoll, Director of Exhibitions & Interpretation.
Email: jingersoll@highfieldhall.org
Tel: phone 508-495-1878, x 316
Installations & Exhibitions in Review
Inside Highfield Hall
In Review: Inside Highfield Hall Please click below to see images of past exhibits inside Highfield Hall by location. First Floor Main entrance to Highfield [...]
Outside and around the gardens
View current and past installations in and around the hall and gardens by location.
2022 Art Exhibitions
Boston Sculptors at 30!
July 5, 2022
Boston Sculptors at 30! JULY 5th - AUGUST 21st Highfield Hall hosts the Boston Sculptors Gallery this summer as they celebrate their 30th anniversary. Over 40 artists are [...]
Elements ~ Fairy Houses 2022
July 1, 2022
June 30th - September 30th
Returning to Highfield Hall & Gardens for summer 2020 – “Lessons from the Fairies” allows us to imagine what nature spirits can teach us about our lives, and the positive impact we can have on the earth.
Understory: Juried Exhibition of the Guild of American Papercutters
April 19, 2022
Understory: Juried Exhibition of the Guild of American Papercutters APRIL 19th - JULY 10th Turning Cut Paper into Art Understory refers to the rich variety of life and [...]
Collectors Collecting Collections
February 9, 2022
Collectors Collecting Collections FEBRUARY 9th - OCTOBER 30th Highfield opens the exciting new Winter 2022 season with an expertly curated one-of-a-kind exhibition exploring the time-honored tradition of collecting. What [...]
2021 Art Exhibitions
Winter Village 2021
Nov 26, 2021
Highfield's Winter Village 2021 November 26 - December 12, 2021 Stickwork Installation returns this Holiday season! Before it leaves the grounds forever, we will again be creating a [...]
Senioritis 2021
APRIL 28th - MAY 17th
Senioritis showcases the work of Falmouth High School art students. These graduating seniors present engaging, inspiring, and thought-provoking work in a wide range of media. This will be the 15th annual senioritis show at Highfield Hall, a tradition started by Jane Baker and Barbara Milligan in 2007 as a way to feature the artistic talents of the senior students in a beautiful setting.
Small Works curated by Claudia Nimar
April 7th - June 5th
Every person deserves the color, texture and vibrancy a work of fine art can bring to a space. Small Works Art is a company, inspired by Claudia Nimar of Falmouth, dedicated to making petite, quality paintings accessible to the public.
Hats by Elsie: A Milliner’s Treasure
APRIL 7th - JUNE 5th
Highfield is excited to host this artful display featuring millinery tools, materials, and accessories from a New Bedford milliner’s business archive. Shown throughout the interior of the house, this exhibition will be a first-time look into the work and business of Elsie Rebello, a creative entrepreneur, mother, and teacher who at the age of 92, has never stopped making hats.
Turn the Tide: Courtney Mattison
July 13, 2021
Turn the Tide: Courtney Mattison JULY 13th - OCTOBER 31st Highfield Hall and Gardens is pleased to collaborate with the Marine Biological Laboratory to bring artist Courtney Mattison [...]
SEAChange : Meditations on Sustainability
June 15, 2021
SEAChange: Meditations on Sustainability JUNE 15th - OCTOBER 31st Highfield is pleased to announce the exhibition SEAChange: Meditations on Sustainability, featuring over 100 works of art by four [...]
American Tapestry Biennial 13
JANUARY 27th - MARCH 27th
Highfield Hall opens 2021 with the American Tapestry Biennial 13, an installation featuring 35 tapestries from around the world. This will be Highfield’s first exhibition showcasing the international juried show featuring the finest contemporary tapestry weaving.
Togetherness: The Front Steps Project
JANUARY 27 - MARCH 27
Togetherness celebrates and documents a unique period in the recent history of Falmouth and the surrounding communities of Bourne, Mashpee, and Sandwich. Business owner and local photographer Lee Geishecker, together with realtor and community business organizer Annie Hart Cool, produced a visual diary of people in these communities affected by the unprecedented restrictions and limits to normal life brought on by COVID 19.
Edges: SAQA Regional Exhibition
APRIL 7th - JUNE 5th
We encounter many edges in our lives – the edge between water and land, land and sky, day and night, fall and winter, hope and discouragement. We can equally live on the edge, negotiating a path between difficult options or exploring life to its limits. Artists were invited to explore and present their own interpretation of the theme, “Edges”.
Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty
June 2019
Coming June 2019, a one-of-a-kind Patrick Dougherty stick sculpture will be displayed on the Highfield front lawn!
Highfield Hall & Gardens was selected from worldwide venues for a monumental stick sculpture by internationally-renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty. This living sculpture will be on Highfield’s front lawn for two years for visitors and the community to enjoy.
There will be numerous programs and special events to celebrate and embrace the creativity of this beautiful, interactive art.
2020 Art Exhibitions
Winter Wonderland Village
November 27 - December 13, 2020
New Exhibit this holiday season, keeping safety protocols in mind, is located on the front lawn with A Passing Fancy as its backdrop. In the fairy house tradition, the miniature village will be created using natural elements, and feature representations of woodland creatures, gnomes, tiny worlds, in a holiday theme if one wishes.
Ancestry + Legacy
SEPTEMBER 2nd - OCTOBER 31st
Ancestry + Legacy is a meditation on how past, present, and future are inextricably intertwined. Artists in the show contemplate how their own unique ancestries influence both their present lives and future legacies. This theme manifests in a vast range of media and subject matter, as each artist has a unique background and thus offers a different perspective.
Virtual Senioritis 2020
May 2020 - June 2020
This was the 14th annual senioritis show at Highfield Hall, a tradition started by Jane Baker and Barbara Milligan in 2007 when Falmouth High School was under construction. Over the years, the show has become an event that is greatly anticipated and cherished by the senior class. Thanks so much for helping us to continue the tradition virtually this year and giving this special opportunity to our students!
*Virtual* 60/60: Over Sixty Pieces of Art by Women Over Sixty
MAY 15 - AUGUST 23rd
Juried Art Show at Falmouth's Highfield Hall produced by Art Because... We are women. We are artists. We are over sixty. What do we have to say? We were teens & young adults in the 1960’s. Now, sixty years later, what is it we want to say to the world through our art?
Your Utopia: Lessons From the Fairies!
June 30th - September 30th
Returning to Highfield Hall & Gardens for summer 2020 – “Lessons from the Fairies” allows us to imagine what nature spirits can teach us about our lives, and the positive impact we can have on the earth.
60/60: Over Sixty Pieces of Art by Women Over Sixty
JULY 8th - AUGUST 23rd
Juried Art Show at Falmouth's Highfield Hall produced by Art Because... We are women. We are artists. We are over sixty. What do we have to say? We were teens & young adults in the 1960’s. Now, sixty years later, what is it we want to say to the world through our art? Let’s look at over sixty pieces of art by women over sixty who all grew up in the sixties. Then maybe we can answer some of these questions.
Personae Gratae: Begin At Home
January 28, 2020 - March 22, 2020
The show opens the 2020 season for the house and frames the historic home, Highfield Hall, as a valuable cultural resource from our past. The exhibition honors the notion of home, and places the Victorian period house in its greater historical context. The scope of the installation will include objects from the late-nineteenth century, decorative arts and artifacts of the Colonial Revival movement, and galleries showcasing contemporary art.
Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty
June 2019
Coming June 2019, a one-of-a-kind Patrick Dougherty stick sculpture will be displayed on the Highfield front lawn!
Highfield Hall & Gardens was selected from worldwide venues for a monumental stick sculpture by internationally-renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty. This living sculpture will be on Highfield’s front lawn for two years for visitors and the community to enjoy.
There will be numerous programs and special events to celebrate and embrace the creativity of this beautiful, interactive art.
2019 Art Exhibitions
The Celtic Knot Unraveled: Paintings by Deirdre McCullough Grunwald
August 2019
The Celtic Knot Unraveled Paintings by Deirdre McCullough Grunwald This exhibit is organized by Arlene Hecht who represented Deirdre’s work for more than 20 years on Cape Cod. August [...]
Beyond Color
Beyond Color: Poetic Charcoal Musings of Flora, Fauna, and Food June 6 - September 1 Artist Sandra J. Hadley uses charcoal to explore and celebrate the world beyond color. [...]
Senioritis
Senioritis 2019 May 1 - May 17 Senioritis showcases the work of 40 Falmouth High School art students. These graduating seniors present engaging, inspiring, and thought-provoking work [...]
Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty
June 2019
Coming June 2019, a one-of-a-kind Patrick Dougherty stick sculpture will be displayed on the Highfield front lawn!
Highfield Hall & Gardens was selected from worldwide venues for a monumental stick sculpture by internationally-renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty. This living sculpture will be on Highfield’s front lawn for two years for visitors and the community to enjoy.
There will be numerous programs and special events to celebrate and embrace the creativity of this beautiful, interactive art.
Unbound: Contemporary Rope Art
June 2019
Unbound: Contemporary Rope Art Curated by Marcia Young, Editor in Chief of Fiber Art Now Magazine June 30 – October 31 UNBOUND: It’s unconventional, unexpected, and undeniably intriguing. This [...]
Time to Break Free: A Steampunk Journey
June 2019
Time to Break Free: A Steampunk Journey June 30 – October 31 DEBUTING AT HIGHFIELD: There’s an adventurous side to the Steampunk Artistic Movement, and Canadian fiber artist Dominique [...]
Crossing The Bridge: A Dialogue Between Four Painters and the Cape’s Artistic Legacy
Crossing The Bridge: A Dialogue Between Four Painters and the Cape’s Artistic Legacy Following a long line of artists who have found in Cape Cod a creative [...]
Molly Bang: A Retrospective
Molly Bang: A Retrospective April 2019
2018 Art Exhibitions
Tapestry in New England & Beyond
September 9 – October 31, 2018
This exhibition features artworks by nationally recognized tapestry artists working in New England and selected works from around the country. Curated by Marcia Young, editor in chief of Fiber Art Now, the exhibition is a comprehensive presentation of the remarkably wide range of style, subject, and vision evident in contemporary tapestry weaving.
Stepping Inside the Outside: Studio Art Quilt Associates MA/RI Regional Exhibit
September 8 – October 31, 2018
We spend our lives moving from building to building, often focused on our destination, overlooking the beauty of the natural world that surrounds us. This exhibit requires that artists step outside, literally, to observe this natural environment and then share the textures, colors and patterns as well as the emotions it evokes using fiber as the medium to communicate their vision.
The Dome at Highfield
June 15 – October 31, 2018
The Dome at Highfield is a collaborative project between The Dome at Woods Hole and Highfield Hall. In keeping with The Dome at Wood Hole’s mission to create a space and forum for interdisciplinary collaboration, innovative thinking and creative making, The Dome at Highfield will introduce the local and regional community to the sorts of programs The Dome at Woods Hole will offer at its future permanent home.
Out of the Box! Art and Science Walk
June 24 – September 3, 2018
This exhibition of sculptures and environmental installations offers the viewer an intriguing opportunity to view and interact with the art, while also considering the connection between science and artistic expression. The exhibition, located on the grounds around the estate, is available for viewing during daylight hours, admission free.
Earthly Delights: Selections from the 61st Annual CWAJ Print Show
June 20 – September 3, 2018
Crosscurrents: Movements in Contemporary Ceramics
June 24 – September 3, 2018
Internationally renowned ceramic artist Chris Gustin curated this exhibition.
Art Ability: Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Celebration of Art by Artists with Disabilities
April 15 – June 17, 2018
Artistic Trails of Healing: the Paintings of Debra Hope Colligan and Her Students
April 15 – May 13, 2018
Thin Places: Drawings and Photographs by Deborah Coolidge
April 15 – June 17, 2018
Expressions in Wood: Carved and Turned Vessels
April 15 – June 17, 2018
The Continuum of Now: Photographs by Jon Moore
April 15 – June 17, 2018
Senioritis
May 14 – 24, 2018
2017 Art Exhibitions
Conversations of Beauty: Works by Members of The Printmakers of Cape Cod
September 8 – October 31
Journey in Watercolor: The Art of Deena Gu
September 8 – October 31
People Looking At Paintings: New Works by San Lyman
September 8 – October 31
The Artist and the Garden: Works by Andrea Moore
September 1 – October 31
Interwoven: Art Meets Nature
June 25 – September 6 - This contemporary fiber exhibition is curated by Marcia Young, publisher of Fiber Art now, a fiber art periodical and community that explores the wide breath of fiber as an artistic medium.
Once Upon a Quilt: 3-D Quilts by Dominique Ehrmann
June 10 – September 4, 2017
Storybook Fairy Houses of Highfield Hall & Gardens
June 25 – September 4, 2017
Ashley Blalock: Keeping Up Appearances
June 25 – August 25, 2017
Protecting Our Oceans: The Gulf of Maine Project
April 15 – June 18
Seascapes: Aerial Photography of Margot Cheel
April 15 – June 4
Exploring Biodiversity in Stellwagen Bank
May 5 – June 15, 2018
Exploring Biodiversity in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary:
Artwork from the Massachusetts Marine Educators Annual Art Contest
Senioritis
April 15 – May 2