PASADENA, CA.- ArtCenter College of Design has received a $77,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art in support of its upcoming exhibition,  Dorr Bothwell: In Her Mind’s Eye. The grant will help fund exhibition development, presentation and related scholarly work for the first full survey of the artist’s work, opening October 15, 2026 at the College’s Williamson Gallery on its Hillside Campus.

Dorr Bothwell: In Her Mind’s Eye  examines the life and work of  Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), a California-born artist underrecognized for her role in shaping West Coast Surrealism. As the first full survey of her work, the exhibition presents paintings, works on paper, and ceramics spanning the 1930s to the 1980s. The project highlights her early narrative and dreamlike paintings alongside later, increasingly abstract works, including a robust series of screen prints inspired by the Western landscape.

The project marks the fruition of nearly 20 years of research by curators Julie Joyce, Director of ArtCenter Galleries, and Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. Following its presentation at ArtCenter, the exhibition will travel to the Loeb at Vassar in summer 2027.

“We are grateful for the Terra Foundation’s generous support for this important exhibition,” said Julie Joyce, VP, Exhibitions and Director, ArtCenter Galleries. “This grant enables us to broaden the conversation and raise awareness of Dorr Bothwell’s contributions to the development of American art, and to share her work with a wider audience.”

Support from the Terra Foundation underscores the exhibition’s role in expanding narratives of American art and reassessing the work of artists who have been historically overlooked.