HOME, LOVE, AND LOSS
This exhibition is the third in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.
Bringing together more than 66 works from the collection of Art Bridges, the Amarillo Museum of Art, Art Museum of South Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Ellen Noël Art Museum, this exhibition features family lifecycles from aging to death. This collection of works, comprised of paintings, photographs, works on paper, and video, delves into the milestones and challenges of family and community life -from birth to aging, and from the bonds of joy to the fractures of loss. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on how we form families and communities; how those relationships are disrupted by adversity, such as illness, poverty, or immigration; and how they are fortified through love, celebration, and resilience.
Home, Love, and Loss is on view April 2 - July 19, 2026. Admission to the Ellen Noël Art Museum is always free.
Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889-1975), Sunday Morning, 1939, Edition of 250, Lithograph on paper, Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas. Gift in memory of Dorothy Abernathy
Raymond Bonilla (American 1983), Escuchas III, 2009, Oil on canvas, Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas. Gift of Mike and Linda Tilton and Museum Purchase
Raymond Bonilla (American 1983), Escuchas I, 2009, Oil on canvas, Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas. Gift of Mike and Linda Tilton and Museum Purchase
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986), Roof with Snow, 1917, Watercolor on paper, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas. Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Amarillo Area Foundation, Amarillo Art Alliance, Fannie Weymouth, Santa Fe Industries Foundation, and Mary Fain