MMAA News & Updates

Elkhart Juried exhibit continues through Dec. 20
ELKHART — The “42nd Elkhart Juried Regional Exhibition” continues through Dec. 20 at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main St. The annual exhibit provides a major survey of current trends by artists from 20 northern Indiana counties and four southern...

‘Jostle’ your thoughts on politics and religion in ‘neutral’ art exhibit in Elkhart
By Joseph Dits South Bend Tribune Sep 6, 2020 Two close-up photos show young Black children holding “Black Lives Matter” signs at a Chicago protest this year. Like a cross on a wall, they flank two hand-colored lithographs of a white boy and girl with their hands...

New exhibits continue at Elkhart’s Midwest Museum
ELKHART — The exhibit “Politics & Religion” continues through Oct. 2 at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main St. The museum’s director, Brian Byrn, has spent three years curating the exhibit, which features the work of 56 artists of national and...

‘Politics & Religion’ featured at Midwest Museum
ELKHART — The Midwest Museum of American Art has announced a new exhibition, “Politics & Religion.” Artists have been speaking out about issues that touch many lives for centuries, the museum said. In modern times, artists have taken the role in society as a...

Artwork of students featured at Midwest Museum
ELKHART — This year marks the 41st year that an exhibit featuring student artwork has been shown at the Midwest Museum of American Art. Selected by art educators from five area high schools, 153 students were selected to exhibit 187 works of art in all media from...

Regional artists shine in Midwest Museum of American Art’s Elkhart Juried exhibit
By Nora McGreevy Tribune Correspondent Nov 21, 2019 Artists outside of major cities often struggle to find places to promote, sell or show their works. That’s where the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart comes in. Since its inaugural annual juried show in 1979,...

Mural commemorates museum’s 40th Anniversary
Midwest Museum of American Art exhibits 40 on 40 Project. TRUTH STAFF Aug 22, 2019 ELKHART — To commemorate the Midwest Museum of Art’s 40th anniversary a collaborative all-media exhibit was conceived by artists Kathy Zienty and Todd Hoover. Their idea was to create a...

Midwest Museum of American Art tells Tuck Langland’s story through sculpture
By Dessi Gomez South Bend Tribune Artist Tuck Langland discovered his true calling on a date while an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota. “We went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,” the St. Paul, Minn., native says. “And she’s telling me all about the...

Elkhart’s Midwest Museum marks 40 years
Art makes community a vibrant place, operators say BY DANI MESSICK - dmessick@elkharttruth.com Jun 6, 2019 ELKHART — In the midst of Elkhart’s entertainment revival, the Midwest Museum of American Art is celebrating its 40-year anniversary. Museum director and...

MMAA presents Emma Schrock exhibit
ELKHART — The Midwest Museum of American Art is presenting the exhibit Folk Memories: The Paintings of Emma Schrock from Friday, April 12, through Sunday, June 2. Drawn from the MMAA holdings, the exhibit features a dozen paintings that survey the Amish...