Focus on the Past-Attleboro Arts Museum
Visions of Eight Selections from the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Permanent Collection
Supported by the Family of Gary J. Oliveira with additional funding from the Attleboro Cultural Council.
Exhibition: February 7th – 28th, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 7th, 2pm-4pm. Free and open to all.
Focus on the Past marries the talent of contemporary artists with highlights from the Attleboro Arts Museum’s collection. Each participating artist has selected one of eight collection items and has responded to that holding with an original work in their current style and chosen medium.
The artists were not prompted to create replicas. Instead, they were given the opportunity to use a holding as inspiration for creating a new work that tapped into their personal visual language and point of view.
IMAGES: Empty Carriages (top) by Madeleine Lord, an oil on canvas, was inspired by Ploughing it Under (below) by Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889-1975); lithograph (1934). Printed by George C. Miller and published by Associated American Artists, New York. Gift of the Estate of Arnold L. Anderson. Attleboro Arts Museum Permanent Collection.
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.