Special exhibitions included:

• Generation Abstraction: Selections from the Minnesota Museum of American Art (2010)
• George Morrison: From the Minnesota Museum of American Art (2010)
• Crate 1 of 2: Paintings & Sculpture from the Collection (2008)
• Coming of Age: Photographing the Journey (2008)
• Honoring a Generous Spirit:
  Photographs Donated in Recognition of Jim Czarniecki (2008)
• Minnesota Biennial 3D II (2007)
• In Her Own Right (2007)
  
• Sound In Art | Art In Sound (2007)
  
• Environments of Invention (2006)
  
• George Morrison: Finding Abstraction (2006)
• Ever More (2006)
• Only Human: Exploring Contemporary Portraits (2006)
• Minnesota Biennial: 2D II (2005)
• Summer Escape: Traversing the Collection (2005)
• interact/react (2005)
• Abstract Painting in Minnesota: Selected Works 1930 to Present (2005)
• Chicano Now: American Expressions (2004)
• 9 Months in America: An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie (2004 Staff Organized)
• A Harmonious Life: The Design and Book Art of Dard Hunter (2003 Staff Organized)
• An Artist’s Paradise: Minnesota Landscapes 1840-1940 (2003 Staff Organized)
• Norman Rockwell’s 322 Saturday Evening Post Covers (2002)
• Minnesota Biennial: Sculpture & Installation (2002 Staff Organized)
• Speak Softly and Carry a Beagle: The Art of Charles Schulz (2001 Staff Organized)
• Miriam Schapiro: A Retrospective of Paintings, 1954-1997(2001) 
• Minnesota Biennial: 2D 2000 (2000 Staff Organized)
• Hmong Artistry: Preserving a Culture on Cloth (1999) 
• On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton:  Images of a Changing America. (1999)
• Strong Hearts:  Native American Visions and Voices (1999)
• Bearing Witness:  Art by Contemporary African American Women (1998)
• Half Past Autumn:  The Art of Gordon Parks (1998)