Material Imaginings, a long-term installation utilizes over 4,600 square feet to present for the first time an overview of the energized growth of the permanent collection since the opening of the expanded facility in 2002. These additions have been made primarily in the area of glass, ceramics and wood art. For over a quarter century the Mobile Museum of Art has been building a focus collection of artist-made functional objects primarily by American makers. This installation will comparatively explore how the materials artists use affect their exploration of color, form, narrative and inspiration from nature.

Henry Wo Yue-Kee's virtuosity of brushwork and sensitive command of color is returning to Mobile. A master of the Lignan style, which incorporates modern western elements with traditional Chinese painting technique, he has exhibited previously at the Mobile Museum of At four times in the last twenty-five years. The upcoming exhibition follows the release of the new book Poetic Spirit: Henry Wo Yue-Kee at 80 and earlier exhibitions of these works in Hong Kong and China.