Journeys to the Edge: The artistic legacy of Waud, Burns, and Crane

 

On display at the Journey Museum August 23, 2025 – April 4, 2026

The Journey Museum is pleased to announce the opening of an exciting new art exhibition, Journeys to the Edge: The Artistic Legacy of Waud, Burns, and Crane, on August 23rd, 2025. This exhibition is included with regular museum admission and will be on display through April 4th, 2026.

Journeys to the Edge explores the artistic legacy, family connection, and the enduring power of place. This unique exhibition brings together the works of three artists: Alfred R. Waud, Milton J. Burns, and Jon Crane, whose lives and art are interwoven across generations.

Though separated by time and place, each artist shares a common thread: a deep connection to travel, observation, and artistic expression. From Jon Crane’s Great-Great Grandfather, Alfred R. Waud’s on-the-ground Civil War sketches and illustrations, his Great Grandfather Milton J. Burns’ vivid maritime scenes, to Crane’s own tranquil renderings of the prairies and Black Hills of South Dakota and other rural landscapes, their works document the changing of America through place and time.

Journeys to the Edge invites visitors to not only see the scenes that shaped these artists but to understand how place and time influence creativity across generations. Through original sketches, paintings, and interpretive displays, the exhibition offers a rare view into a lineage of art that spans over 150 years.

This exhibit is particularly special, because all the artwork by Waud and Burns are part of Crane’s private collection and all carefully framed by the Jon Crane Gallery and Custom Framing. Their legacy lives on not just in the subjects they captured, but in the hands of a descendant who continues the family’s artistic journey.

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