Past Exhibitions

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...

43rd Elkhart Juried Regional
October 9-December 19, 2021 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the 43rd Elkhart Juried Regional. This exhibition is a major survey of current trends by artists from twenty northern Indiana counties and four southern Michigan counties. This year...

Historic Indiana En Plein Air: Celebrating Fifty Years of Preservation
July 30-September 26, 2021 The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present the exhibition "Historic Indiana en Plein Air" which celebrates 50 years of preservation in the State of Indiana. The Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (IPAPA) has partnered with...

Michiana Masters III: Dick Lehman
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new spotlight exhibit, Michiana Master’s Series featuring the artwork of Dick Lehman. This Goshen-based ceramic artist, and potter, has received international recognition for his unique and experimental work,...

Abner Hershberger: The Abstraction of Landscape
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to present a new exhibit featuring the artwork of Abner Hershberger. Hershberger, Professor of Art Emeritus at Goshen College, has been an active painter and printmaker for over six decades. The Legacy Collection, owned by...

A Walk in the Woods: The Poetry of Landscape
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition “A Walk in the Woods: The Poetry of Landscape”. The exhibit will open on Friday, April 16, and continue through Sunday, June 6, 2021. This exhibit...

Ralph Bower: Goshen Woodcarver
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to announce a new spotlight exhibit “Ralph Bower: Goshen Woodcarver”. The exhibit will open on Friday, April 16, and continue through Sunday, June 6, 2021. Admission: $10 per adult...

Youth Art 2021
The Midwest Museum of American Art is pleased to announce the opening of its annual observance of Youth Art Month on Friday, March 12, 2021. This year marks the 42nd year that an exhibit featuring student artwork has been shown at the Midwest Museum of American Art....

Adam Grant: A Holocaust Remembrance
January 12-April 11, 2021 A Holocaust Remembrance: Selected Works by Adam Grant, will unveil three recent gifts to MMAA by the Auschwitz & Mauthausen survivor Adam (Grochowski) Grant (1924-1992). Adam Grant continued to develop his skills as a Toledo-based fine...

Gabor Peterdi: The Early Works
January 12-April 11, 2021 Gabor Peterdi is a Hungarian-born, Master Printmaker who taught for 27 years at Yale University. Many of these never-before-seen etchings & drawings represent the artist’s feelings of escalating violence in Europe beginning in 1935...