SECCA has no permanent collection but offers exhibitions of works by artists with regional, national, and international recognition.
The home was augmented with purpose-built exhibition space, and SECCA moved to the new location in 1977 under its current name.
Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) denounced SECCA in speeches on the floor of the Senate, taking particular issue with what has become Serrano's most famous work, "Piss Christ," a photograph of a crucifix submerged in the artists's urine.
[6] Financial difficulties that began in 2003 forced SECCA to convey its property and operations to the state.
[7] Exhibitions since 2010 include works by Tomory Dodge, Jennifer West, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Clark Whittington, Mark Jenkins, and Lee Walton.