MMAA News & Updates

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 — 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...