Amarillo Museum of Art

06/18/2026

Our Summer Art Camp students have been busy! 🎨

These projects were created in “Painting Outside the Box” camp with Kegan Hollis & “Pop Art Press” camp with Abigail Squyres.

06/16/2026

Last week, we welcomed Carrie Boretz Keating and Caitlin Keating for a special gallery talk in conjunction with "Main Street: The Lost Dream of Route 66: Photographs by Edward Keating."

Thank you to Carrie and Caitlin for sharing stories and insights into Edward Keating's life and work, and thank you to everyone who joined us for the evening.

"Main Street: The Lost Dream of Route 66" remains on view through August 16.

06/12/2026

See you tonight!

6:30 PM | Cocktail reception7:15 PM | Gallery Talk (Speakers: Carrie Boretz Keating (Photographer and wife of the late Edward Keating) and Caitlin Keating (Journalist, Filmmaker, Producer, and daughter of Carrie and Edward Keating)In conjunction with the exhibition, Main Street:....

06/10/2026

ART + MUSIC + FOOD + DRINK

artafterdark returns June 26 for an evening of live music, food, drinks, games, hands-on art activities, and after hours access to the museum.

Explore our Route 66 inspired exhibitions, enjoy music by Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light, and enjoy games, art activities, and a gallery hunt with prizes throughout the evening.

📅 June 26, 2026
⏰ 7:00pm to 10:00pm
🎟️ $35 per person | Free for AMoA Members
https://www.amoa.org/event-tickets/aad
More information: https://www.amoa.org/aad

06/03/2026

In conjunction with the exhibition, "Main Street: The Lost Dream of Rt. 66, Photographs by Edward Keating", join us for a conversation about the life and work of the Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Edward Keating. Main Street is the result of 11 years of travels along Route 66 — the 2,400-mile stretch between Chicago and Santa Monica.
📅 Friday, June 12
🕜 6:30pm
🎟️ https://www.amoa.org/event-tickets/keating
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🎨 Edward Keating (American, 1956—2021), "Bar in Sayre", OK, 2007, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches, Courtesy of the Estate of Edward Keating
🎨 Edward Keating (American, 1956-2021), "Car Mechanic", Shamrock, TX. 2003, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches, Courtesy of the Estate of Edward Keating

06/03/2026

06/01/2026

What a night! We were honored to welcome artist Ron Cooper () for a gallery talk during the opening reception of Ed Ruscha + Ron Cooper: Stations Words | Bars Cars. We look forward to sharing this exhibition with our community throughout the summer!

05/29/2026

Route 66 through the eyes of our Drawing & Painting students!

Can you guess which iconic signs and landmarks inspired these paintings?

Hint: answers are at the end 😉

05/28/2026

The 2,448-mile Mother Road, completed in 1926, links Chicago to Santa Monica, and every inch of the road is decorated with gas stations, advertisements, bars, and, of course, cars. In recognition of the 100th anniversary of Route 66, the Amarillo Museum of Art is hosting an opening for Ed Ruscha + Ron Cooper: Stations Words | Bars Cars on May 30 at 6:30 p.m.

“The idea for the show came together around thinking about the centennial of Route 66 and artists that have made travel and landscape part of their work, particularly the American West, where we’re located, but then going further west,” Alex Gregory, the curator of art at AMoA.

The exhibition brings together Ed Ruscha, a California-based artist, Guggenheim Fellowship winner, and a progenitor of the Pop Art movement, with Ron Cooper, a pioneer of the Southern California-based Light and Space art and founder of Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal.

“Amarillo has been a subject that Ed Ruscha has revisited several times throughout his career, and has been of a significant place in the history of art and contemporary art,” Gregory said.

Read more here: https://amarillotribune.org/2026/05/28/the-amarillo-museum-of-art-brings-pioneering-artists-together-in-stations-words-bars-cars-exhibition/