Jo Sandman: Exhibitions / News
The Jo Sandman Legacy Project is thrilled to announce that this summer, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, will open Jo Sandman: What Remains. Organized by Assistant Curator of Art Jordan Hillman, the exhibition celebrates a recent gift of thirty works and traces connections between Sandman’s use of found objects, unusual methods, and archaeological themes. Jo Sandman: What Remains will be on view from August 29, 2026 through January 3, 2027.
Sandman’s work is also currently on view in Poetic Exposures, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, through November 1.
In addition, works by the artist have recently been acquired by the Chrysler Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
The Sandman Legacy Project
The Sandman Legacy Project seeks to make work by the artist Jo Sandman more widely available through donation to public institutions. Since 2018, Sandman Legacy Project Curator has helped facilitate acquisitions in over forty museums, including including the Black Mountain College Museum, the DeYoung/San Fransisco Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as such college museums as Bowdoin, Mt. Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley.
French has also helped organize exhibitions across the country. In 2022, she spoke with Jo Sandman at the opening of her retrospective exhibition Jo Sandman: Traces about the artist’s experience at Black Mountain College and its lasting impact on her life and career.
Gallery Talk
Katherine French and Jo Sandman speaking at the Opening Reception for Jo Sandman / TRACES at the Black Mountain College Museum of Art, Asheville, NC in June, 2022.