• Celebrating Southern Art: A Fifth Anniversary Exhibition (November 20, 1997–February 1, 1998)
• American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948–1997 (September 4–November 2, 1997)
• Arless Day: Recent Collages (June 19–August 2, 1997)
• The Southern Scene (May 22–November 1, 1997)
• Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Art of Lamar Baker (May 22–August 18, 1997)
• Robin Hill’s Owls (April 22–November 1997)
• Southern Women Artists, 1860–1960 (March 21–August 31, 1997)
• African-American Printmakers in Georgia (February 2–June 15, 1997)
• Alaskan Art from the Juneau Empire Collection (January 23–May 4, 1997)
• Philip Morsberger: New Work (January 15–March 9, 1997)