Group exhibition
Locating Girlhood: Place and Identity in Early American “Schoolgirl” Art
Oct 9, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 Upper West Side
Needlework pictures and other ornamental arts made by American girls in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The exhibition looks at so-called schoolgirl art, the embroidered pictures and decorative objects young American women made as part of their education. It treats the genre as a way into how girls understood their place and identity, a subject the museum says has received little study.
Among the works is a needlework picture attributed to Faith Trumbull (1743–1775). The museum describes the show as one of the most significant presentations of the subject in recent years.
Full details at folkartmuseum.org
Museum Upper West Side