Reynolda House presents “Cross Pollination” beginning Feb. 19 during its reopening “Weekend of Gratitude”

“Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment” opens at Reynolda House Museum of American Art on Feb. 19 as part of the museum’s free reopening “Weekend of Gratitude” for members, first responders and WFU faculty, staff and students. The traveling exhibition explores pollination as a metaphor for the interconnections between art and science, among artists and across generations.

In addition to nineteenth-century American artists Martin Johnson Heade, Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, the exhibition features contemporary artists such as Paula Hayes, Maya Lin, Richard Estes, Juan Fontanive, Roxy Paine, Rachel Sussman and Vik Muniz.

Visitors are invited to explore their own connections between art and nature on visits to the estate’s greater and formal gardens, which include birding and nature trails.

“Cross Pollination” was created by The Olana Partnership at Thomas Cole National Historical Site, Olana State Historic Site and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Its tour is organized by Crystal Bridges.

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Reynolda Gardens is open from dawn to dusk daily free of charge. The greenhouse is currently closed.

Reynolda House, located at 2250 Reynolda Rd., will be open to visitors at reduced capacity Tuesday-Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m from Feb. 19 onward.

Museum members, children 18 and under, students, military personnel, employees of Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with valid ID receive free admission to the museum.

Advance registration is required to visit the museum. Plan your visit at reynoldahouse.org.