THE COMMUNITY GALLERY
John Adams by Peter A. Campbell
The Community Gallery is located in the lobby of the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Emory Street entrance.
For over a decade the Museum has been pleased to offer this prominent gallery space as an exhibition opportunity for both promising and professional artist members. Community Gallery artist exhibitions span multi-month periods. This extended exhibition period provides member artists more exposure in the museum’s high- traffic Community Gallery space.
A longer show allows visitors to spend more time with the works on display and provides an opportunity for the scheduling of special group tours and visits with coincinding exhibits in the main gallery.
Now through July 30th , 2026, The Founding Fathers – A Series of Paintings by Peter A. Campbell will be shown. “Over this past winter, after much reading and contemplation on the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers in relation to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US, I put paint and brush to canvas and created a series of large portraits exploring these iconic, and often complicated, figures who helped create a new nation,” remarks Peter A. Campbell.
Campbell continues, “At this time in our history, we are a nation divided. The political battle over immigration, the sky-rocketing cost of living in America and the ongoing attacks on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights raise the question – can our democratic system and our way of life survive?
Abraham Lincoln said it best, ‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms, it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within.’
On America’s 250th birthday I hope my portraits of these heroic men and women, who sacrificed so much, will encourage us to reflect on our past and renew our commitment to the ideals of democracy.”
Peter A. Campbell is a graduate of Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA. Following graduation Peter spent a summer studying with impressionist painter Henry Hensche of the Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA.
Peter’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the East Coast, and his work is represented in many private collections. He has won numerous awards and national honors. -Peter is a former and distinguished member of the Board of Directors of the Attleboro Arts Museum. The popularity of his work has earned him invitations to exhibit at the AAM, Bristol Art Museum, Donovan Gallery, Gallery175, Newport Art Museum, Imago Gallery, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Rowbottom Fine Art, and the Providence Art Club.
In 2014 Peter was honored with a retrospective show of his work at the Zullo Gallery located in Medfield, MA. Eighty pieces of his work were on display. In 1989, Peter was selected by NASA to become a member of its nationally recognized Space Art Program.
This program documents major aerospace activities by recording them in artwork. He spent a week touring, sketching, and photographing the activities at the ennedy Space Center in Florida in 1989. He also witnessed the exciting launch of the space shuttle Atlantis that carried the Venus probe Magellan .
From the experience Peter created the painting Voyage to Venus that now hangs in NASA’s permanent art collection. Peter has designed, written, and illustrated three Hamilton by Peter A. children’s books, the most recent titled Old-Time Campbell; acrylic on canvas Baseball and the First Modern World Series. This book has been selected as an addition to the Baseball Hall of Fame Doubleday Library in Cooperstown, NY.
Peter has worked as an Associate reative Director and Senior Graphic Designer for several Rhode Island advertising agencies and corporations. He has three sons and lives in Lincoln, RI with his wife Karen.
To learn more about exhibition opportunities in the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Community Gallery contact aabate@attleboroartsmuseum.org or 508-222-2644 x15.
Attleboro Arts Museum
The Attleboro Arts Museum involves audiences of all ages and backgrounds in the visual arts through diverse educational programs and engaging arts experiences.
We work to support the creative and artistic development of both promising and professional artists. The Museum is a privately supported, non profit arts institution whose core commitment to Arts for Everyone guides the Museum’s programs and operations.
Admission to the Attleboro Arts Museum is free; donations are always appreciated.
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Summer Hours through Sept 4th
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Closed Juneteenth Friday, June 19th and Saturday, July 4h