Art.

Current Exhibitions

See what is on exhibit at the Pearl!

Past Exhibitions

Enjoy the articles, videos and photo galleries still available to view online.

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Community Gallery

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts Community Gallery provides a low-cost exhibition space for artists and artist groups to showcase their work.

Education.

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Pearl School of Art: Classes & Camps

Students have the opportunity to work through a series of activities and projects. Whether you are a beginning student or a serious amateur, we invite you to enroll.

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Art Start

Art Start introduces preschool-aged children to visual learning and creative expression in weekly sessions.

Guided Tours & School Visits

Enthusiastic museum docents are available to help you get the most out of your visit to the Pearl.

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Articles and Essays

Deepen your understanding and appreciation of art and enhance your museum-going experience.

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Membership

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Free Museum Family Days

Sponsored in part by the Texas Cultural Trust.

Volunteer Guild

Meet the dedicated volunteers who provide support and assistance to the museum’s exhibitions, programs, and events.

Special Events

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Art

Past Exhibitions

Welcome to the Past Exhibitions page of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, a testament to our rich history of celebrating artistic expression in Spring, Texas. Since its inception, the Pearl has been a beacon of culture and inspiration, showcasing a diverse range of works from renowned artists, contemporary visionaries, and emerging local talents. Reflecting on the remarkable exhibitions that have graced our halls, we honor the lasting impact they’ve had on our community and the broader art world. Dive into our archives and explore the legacy of the Pearl, where each past exhibition has contributed to our ongoing mission to enrich lives through the transformative power of art.

Location

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is located on Cypresswood Drive near the intersection with Stuebner-Airline.

Address

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
6815 Cypresswood Drive
Spring, TX 77379
281.376.6322

General Museum Donations

2023

José Cisneros: A Colorful World in Black and White

September 26, 2023 – January 6, 2024

Ode to East Texas: The Art of Lee Jamison

September 26, 2023 – January 6, 2024

Elephant & Piggie in WE ARE ART!

June 3, 2023 – September 2, 2023

 

Keittoodles: Enter a World of Color and Imagination

June 3, 2023 – September 2, 2023

Image Credit: “Tree of Life” by Beth Brubaker, 40″ x 55″, Glicee print on canvas of original, reworked in acrylic paint, 2008.

Mark Burns America's Western Landscape

February 04, 2023 – May 13, 2023

Full moonrise over Monument Valley, Arizona

Lindy Chambers Hidden Beauty in the Ordinary

February 04, 2023 – May 13, 2023

 

Craig Robbins All That's Left

February 04, 2023 – May 13, 2023

 

2023 Student Art Contest

April 1, 2023 – April 27, 2023

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2022

Three Excellences of Culture: Painting, Poetry, and Music, the Work of Art Rosenbaum and Friends

September 24, 2022 – January 14, 2023

The Pollinator Effect — Ryan Lytle

September 24, 2022 – March 25, 2023

Ryan Lytle,  

No Limits: The Artistry of the Brick

June 4 – September 3, 2022

 

Cultivating The Dutch Tradition In The 21st Century Jane Jones' Hyperrealist Floral Paintings

​January 29th – May 14th 2022

The Story of Charles Goodnight by Lee Cable

September 10, 2021 – March 21, 2022

Kari Breitigam Arrangements

January 29, 2022 – May 14, 2022

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2022 Student Art Contest

April 1, 2022 – April 30, 2022

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Theiss Elementary School Lone Star Copper

April 22, 2022 – May 14, 2022

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2021

Joan Son: Crazy About Paper

December 18, 2021 – January 8, 2022

The Art of Paper

September 10, 2021 – January 8, 2022

 

Pulped Under Pressure

September 10, 2021 – December 11, 2021

The Chaney Family: A Contemporary Art Collection

May 22, 2021 – August 21, 2021​

Expressions of the '70s: Dick Wray, Earl Staley, and Contemporaries

January 30, 2021 – May 1, 2021​

Peihong Endris: Orchestrated Dance of Ink & Water

January 30, 2021 – May 1, 2021

Holly Hunter Berry: The Illuminated Path

January 30, 2021 – March 6, 2021

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2021 Student Art Contest & Juried Exhibition

April 12, 2021 – May 1, 2021

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Arthur Deatly: In the Heights

May 22, 2021 – July 10, 2021

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Grayson Chandler: Apophenia

September 10, 2021 – November 8, 2021

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Ken Pridgeon: The Brave

November 11, 2021 – January 8, 2022

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2020

Stitched: Contemporary Quilt Art from the International Quilt Festival Collection

February 1, 2020 – August 29, 2020

Lesley Humphrey: Saved by a Horse

February 1, 2020 – August 29, 2020

Idyllic Times: Selections from the Gary T. Leach Collection of American Art

September 19, 2020 – January 9, 2021

Vistas and Voyages: The Photography of Don Pine

September 19, 2020 – January 9, 2021

The John Cooper School: Fused Glass Fish

Spring 2020

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2018-19

An American View Revisited: The Hosek Collection of American Art

November 17, 2018-May 11, 2019

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My Hero! Contemporay Art & Superhero Action

June 1-August 17, 2019

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Mark Burns: Grand Canyon Photographs: Celebrating the Centennial 1919-2019

September 10, 2019 –January 11, 2020

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Anat Ronin: Urban Legend

September 10, 2019-January 1, 2020

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New Directions: Featuring Synergy: An Art Grou

June 1, 2019-July 6, 2019

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Grant Maniér: Eco-Impressionism

July 18, 2019-August 17, 2019

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Sara Moons: Into the Deep

September 10, 2019-November 16, 2019

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Kari Breitigam: In Search of Serenity

November 22, 2019-January 11, 2020

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2017

Dignity in Labor: Texas Regionalism from the Bobbie and John L. Nau Collection

June 10, 2017-September 9, 2017

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Introducing America to Americans: Depression-Era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

June 10, 2017-September 9, 2017

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Keith Achepohl: If It Please You Lord

January 28, 2017-May 20, 2017

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A Collector's Passion: Fine Art Glass Paperweights

January 28, 2017-May 20, 2017

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2016

A Collector's Passion: The Works of Noel H. Leaver

January 16, 2016-May 14, 2016

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The French Connection: Portraits from a Texas Collection

January 16, 2016-May 14, 2016

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The National Parks - Select Images by American Photographer Mark Burns

June 4, 2016-September 3, 2016

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Vital Margaret Smithers-Crump

June 4, 2016-September 3, 2016

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Turning Point: Woodturnings Evolution from Craft to Fine Art

September 23, 2016 – January 7, 2017

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In the Dreamtime...Aboriginal Australian Paintings from the Booker Lowe Gallery

September 23, 2016 – January 7, 2017

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2015

Time Travelers by Joan Son: Looking Back to Move Forward

June 20, 2015-December 19, 2015

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Dual Nature: Selections from the Chaney Family Collection

June 20 2015-December 19, 2015

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The Season of Light: Nativity Scenes & Menorahs from Around the World

December 12, 2015-December 13, 2015

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Texas Contemporary Regionalism

January 23, 2015-May 16, 2015

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American Brilliant Cut & Engraved Glass: An American Tradition

January 23, 2015 – May 16, 2015

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2015 Klein ISD Faculty Show

2015

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Breaking the Fourth Wall by Travis Schiebel

October 3, 2015-October 24, 2015

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Watercolor by Rachel Gordon

2015

 

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2014

Northwest Houston Collects: France pt. 2

January 11, 2014-April 27, 2014

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"Standing on the Moon" NASA, the Apollo Program, and Space Exploration

May 16, 2014-August 2, 2014

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Texas Before the Boom, 1850-1900: Selections from the Bobbie and John L. Nau Collection

August 23, 2014-December 14, 2014

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Sandria Hu: Archeological Dress

August 23, 2014-December 13, 2014

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2014 Klein ISD Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

November 13, 2014-December 13, 2014

 

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Steffani Frideres: Fusion

October 2, 2014-November 8, 2014

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Bob Blome: Eye of the Beholder

August 23, 2014-September 27, 2014

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Reflections: Northwest Art League

July 8, 2014-August 2, 2014

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Pastels Revisited

June 5, 2014-June 29, 2014

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Kinected Klein Oak High School

May 16, 2014-June 2, 2014

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2014 Student Art Contest Juried Exhibition

April 15, 2014-April 26, 2014

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The John Cooper School: Fused Glass Fish

March 20, 2014-April 13, 2014

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Beneath the Surface: Suzanne Shield-Polk

February 13, 2014-March 16, 2014

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The Living Southwest

January 11, 2014-February 9, 2014

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2013

Northwest Houston Collects: France pt. 1

August 23, 2013-December 15, 2013

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Texas Art Quilts: 1993-2011

August 23, 2013-December 15, 2013

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Pop at the Pearl

May 21, 2013-August 4, 2013

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Mesmerize

January 12, 2013-April 28, 2013

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2013 Klein ISD Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

November 26, 2013-December 15, 2013

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Gerard Baldwin: Then and Now

October 1, 2013-October 27, 2013

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Texana: Selections from the NW Houston Photo Club

August 23, 2013-September 29, 2013

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Foreshadow

July 5, 2013-August 4, 2013

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Senior Moments

May 20, 2013-June 2, 2013

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Vibrancy

June 6, 2013-June 30, 2013

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2013 Student Art Contest Juried Exhibition

April 18, 2013-April 28, 2013

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Roth Elementary Fused Glass Robots

March 21, 2013-April 14, 2013

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Wetlands Portfolio: Photography of Joel K. Barr

February 14, 2013-March 17, 2013

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Memphis Yin

January 12, 2013-February 10, 2013

 

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2012

My Journey, My Story Mi Viaje, Mi Historia

August 26, 2012-December 23, 2012

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Richard Soler: The Heart of Mary El Corazón de María

August 26, 2012-December 23, 2012

 

 

 

 

Luxuriant Refuse

May 19, 2012-August 5, 2012

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2012 Klein ISD Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

November 16, 2012-December 23, 2012

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Melanie Leslie: 100 Years After the Blue Rider

August 25, 2012-September 30, 2012

 

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Deborah Ellington "Landscape: From Painting to Glass"

October 4, 2012-November 11, 2012

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2011

Northwest Houston Collects: The Landscape in Art

August 27, 2011-April 29, 2012

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Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak: Thresholds

August 27, 2011-December 18, 2011

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Mari Omori

May 13, 2011-August 7, 2011

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Richard Long: Measured Spaces

January 7, 2011-April 24, 2011

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Northwest Houston Collects: Friends and Neighbors

January 7, 2011-April 24, 2011

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Photo Physique Photo 4 Klein Oak High School

March 22, 2011-April 10, 2011

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2010

A View of the World: British Watercolor Artists at Home and Abroad

August 27, 2010-December 19, 2010

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The Grand Tour: English and French Portraits from a Texas Collection

August 27, 2010-December 19, 2010

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Linhas Iluminadas Illuminated Lines Rosane Volcan O'Conor

May 14, 2010-August 8, 2010

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A Sense of Place: Selections from the Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art

January 9, 2010-April 25, 2010

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The Wilson Potters: African American Enterprise in 19th Century Texas From the Bayou Bend Collection & William J. Hill Collection

January 9, 2010-April 25, 2010

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Photo Physique Photo 4 Klein Oak High School

March 22, 2010-April 10, 2010

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2009

The Art of Glass: Glass and Glassmaking Technology

November 21, 2008-March 29, 2009

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An American View: The Hosek Collection of American Art

August 22, 2009-December 20, 2009

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Legends of Texas Maritime: Art and Artifacts from the Texas Seaport Museum

April 18, 2009-August 2, 2009

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2008

State of Grace: 17th and 18th Century Paintings from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

November 21, 2008-March 29, 2009

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Metal Worked: Houston Area Blacksmiths Association & the Houston Metal Arts Guild

July 26, 2008-November 2, 2008

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African Gold from the Glassell Collection

July 26, 2008-November 2, 2008

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