Past Exhibitions
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 barns in each of Indiana’s 92 counties, Gutwein...
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 Forsyth, and Frederick Polly. These works from the...
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 and art movement describing the Western fascination...
America the Beautiful: The Photographs of Clyde Butcher
May 7 – July 16, 2023 Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful exhibit will be on display at the Midwest Museum of American Art from May 7 – July 16, 2023. This collection celebrates the beauty of the American landscape from the Redwood forests of California to the Everglade swamps of Florida. Clyde majestically...
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 197 artists submitted 341 works in all media for...
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 the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...
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, as well as his production ware over the past 40...
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 MMAA, presents an overview of his work. The...
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 features selected works representing nature at its most...
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 visitor, $6 ages 8-12, $8 ages 13-18, $8 college...