Past Exhibitions

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 art world as a type of genre painting tinged with...

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 vary from abstract to representational and explore...

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 works were last viewed in 2000 but some have never...

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 2011-2021. Encompassing a range of media and...

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 of her children and family. The artist states, “As...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...