Past Exhibitions

Tuck Langland: Beginnings
February 25-April 10, 2022 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring work from the Tuck Langland Study Collection. This spotlight exhibit re-contextualizes early works from the MMAA archives of Langland’s sculpture. It...

Lea Goldman: Storyteller
February 25-April 10, 2022 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring the paintings of Lea Goldman. Lea Goldman is a full-time painter and printmaker. Her work is narrative in nature with close attention to abstract elements....

Norman Rockwell: America’s Illustrator
Norman Rockwell is America’s greatest Storyteller. He regularly contributed his bank of images to the covers of the Saturday Evening Post and promoted the America that he wished would be rather than the America that was. Today his work is appreciated by the...

Prints & Drawings III
January 7-September 25, 2022 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present the exhibit Prints and Drawings III. The third installment of this spotlight exhibit features 35 works on paper, some of which, have never before been shown publicly, these works...

Nature: Forms & Forces, The Photographs of Algimantas Kezys
January 14-March 6, 2022 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new exhibition featuring the photography of Algimantas Kezys. This exhibit highlights selected gelatin silver prints by the Lithuanian photographer, Algimantas Kezys. Some of these...

Recent Acquisitions: Selections from the Permanent Collection
January 7-February 20, 2021 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the exhibit Recent Acquisitions From the Permanent Collection. This exhibit looks back over the past ten years to highlight some of the museum's most important holdings acquired from...

Mary Amador: Embracing Family
January 7-February 20, 2022 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a Spotlight Exhibit featuring the artwork of Mary Amador. The exhibit consists of 12 mixed media works that relate to the artist's biographical experiences as told through portraits...

Gwen Gutwein: Heritage Barns of Indiana
August 24-September 26, 2021 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new spotlight exhibit featuring artwork by Gwen Gutwein. Heritage Barns of Indiana is the result of a multi-year project by Ft. Wayne artist, Gwen Gutwein. Selecting two historic...

Vintage Hoosier Impressions
July 30-August 22, 2021 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new spotlight exhibit featuring artwork by historic Hoosier artists represented in the museum's permanent collection. The exhibit features works by T.C. Steele, Alden Mote, William...

The Grand Illusion: Interpretations of 19th century Orientalism in American Art and Beyond
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present the spotlight exhibit, The Grand Illusion: Interpretations of 19th century Orientalism in American Art and Beyond. This exhibit continues through Sunday, July 25, 2021. Orientalism is a 19th-century term...