June Events
UNBROKEN THREAD: Nature and the American Imagination- Philip Koch 6/1/2010
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June 4, 2010 - September 5, 2010
In conjunction with the 31st Anniversary of the Midwest Museum of American Art, we present an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Maryland artist Philip Koch with an Opening Reception for the Artist on Sunday, June 6, from 1-4pm. The exhibit continues through September 5. Koch is no stranger to the midwest having been the subject of an exhibit at MMAA in 1995 and, earlier in his career, having graduated with an MFA degree from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1972. The museum acquired the painting, "Edward Hopper's Road", in 1995 after the artist's first exhibit.
The exhibition contains a group of drawings, pastels, and paintings that Koch created over the past seven years at various locations in New England. In his travels to Cape Cod and several places in Maine, he followed in the footsteps of artists from the past from the early 19th Century onward to present. Koch lives in Maryland and is senior Professor of Fine Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. He has achieved national renown as an outstanding landscape painter. Koch feels that artist predecessors influenced his creativity throughout his career. He considers himself very much part of the "unbroken thread" that has evolved through the tradition of depicting New England in art for over 200 years.
Koch's first landscape paintings were done in the hills of southern Indiana in the early 1970's. A former abstract artist, Koch turned to working in a realist direction after seeing the work of Edward Hopper. Since 1983 Koch has enjoyed 12 residencies in Hopper's former painting studio on Cape Cod. Fine Art Connoisseur magazine labeled Koch a "contemporary master."
For more information about the painter Philip Koch go to www.philipkoch.com
Noon Time Talk: American Light - The Luminist Movement (Film) 6/3/2010
This film presents the group of New England artists who created paintings of dramatic color and poetic light from 1850-1875.
Join us at 12:20 for this FREE film presentation.
Artist's Attic Fundraiser Sale 6/4/2010
Friday, June 4 from 10am - 4pm
Saturday, June 5 from 10am - 4pm
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The Public is invited. There is no charge to attend this event. Free admission to the museum with every purchase if non-member.
The 2010 Artist's Attic includes:
Original art work, reproductions, books, glassware, ceramics, new boys mountain bike, vintage fur coat, silver tea set, pewter ware, vintage Christmas decorations, posters, puzzles, games, vintage typewriters, picture frames, and lots of other "unique junktique"! Museum Members may write checks. Otherwise, Cash Only.
Noon Time Talk: Philip Koch (b.1948-) 6/10/2010
Curator Brian Byrn presents a talk about the new exhibit of landscape paintings by Maryland artist, Philip Koch.
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Artwork Evaluation Day 6/12/2010
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For more information about Joel Oppenheimer go to www.audubonart.com or contact the museum staff at 574.293.6660.
Children's Summer Art Camp 6/14/2010
JUNE 14 - JUNE 18
The Midwest Museum offers a new series of summer Art Camps for students ages 5 (who have completed kindergarten) through age 12. Enrollment in all Art Camps will be limited to 20 students.
Fee is $45 which includes all materials.
Ages 5-7 years meets from 12:30 - 2:00 pm Monday-Friday.
Ages 8-12 years meets 2:30 - 4:30 pm Monday-Friday.
Students will be lead on an adventure in creating drawings, watercolors, mixed media works and collages, while utilizing the museum's permanent collection of American Art for inspiration.
Call 574.293.6660 for registration.
Noon Time Talk: Thomas Cole (1801-1848) 6/17/2010
Assistant Curator Stacy Jordan presents a lecture about this early landscape painter who produced both realistic and allegorical works inspiring other New England painters.
Join us at 12:20 pm for this FREE lecture.
Noon Time Talk: Asher B. Durand (1796-1886) 6/24/2010
Curator Brian Byrn presents a talk about the son of a watchmaker and silversmith, Asher Brown Durand. Durand was encouraged by Thomas Cole to become a landscape painter during the Financial Panic of 1837 and became one of the main proponents of the Hudson River School.
Join us at 12:20 pm for this FREE lecture.