Past Exhibitions

All That Jazz: Artists Expressing Music

All That Jazz: Artists Expressing Music

June 14 – July 13, 2025

In conjunction with the 37th Elkhart Jazz Festival, the Midwest Museum of American Art will show 10 works in a Spotlight Exhibit from the Museum’s Permanent Collection of musical imagery including an important serigraph by LeRoy Neiman titled, Sax Man.

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Gyrations & Jazz: The Gestural Drawings of Sheri Smith

Gyrations & Jazz: The Gestural Drawings of Sheri Smith

June 14 - July 13, 2025 In conjunction with the 37th Elkhart Jazz Festival, the Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present an exhibit of 20 gestural drawings by Sheri Smith a Chicago-based artist working under the name Creme Sheri. "My artistic practice centers on capturing the ephemeral energy of live jazz...

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Youth Art Month

Youth Art Month

March 9 – April 6, 2025 This exhibit will provide a glimpse at the art education programs of four area high schools. Fifteen Art Educators will select 10 works each by their outstanding art students. The exhibit continues the tradition of surveying the art created in grades 9 through 12. Free admission will be...

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Abstraction in America

Abstraction in America

January 10-April 6, 2025 This new exhibit encompasses all forms of abstraction in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking. Joining these historic works are pieces by living artists from the Michiana Region who, through their studio practice, embrace formal qualities of line, shape, color, and texture. Some...

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Susan B. Lehman: Woodcuts

Susan B. Lehman: Woodcuts

July 19 through September 29, 2024 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a special spotlight exhibit of 22 images carved and printed in color by Elkhart-based artist, Susan B. (Susie) Lehman. In 2013, the artist offered the museum examples of 22 images of the 52 she created beginning in 1968...

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American Woodcuts: Printing in Relief

American Woodcuts: Printing in Relief

July 19 through September 29, 2024 MMAA is pleased to present an exhibition of over 50 master woodcuts from the MMAA permanent collection. Drawn entirely from the museum’s graphic arts archive, the collection reveals how the American woodcut has evolved over the past century. While many of the prints retain their...

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The Industrial Landscape: Paintings by Tony Bianco

The Industrial Landscape: Paintings by Tony Bianco

The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring the artwork of Tony Bianco. Bianco finds beauty in the industrial landscape of steel mills in Northwestern Indiana. A recipient of many Purchase Awards in the annual Elkhart Juried Regional exhibits, Bianco has been painting...

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