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Bones, Blooms, and Biomes

Bones, Blooms, and Biomes brings together a selection of works from the Daum’s permanent collection that echo and expand upon themes explored by Georgia O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe’s legacy, often seen through a gendered lens, is reimagined through the voices of both female and male artists who engage with similar motifs across diverse media, eras, and cultural ...

Spectrum

Spectrum explores color as both a connective force and a human language. Drawing from the Daum collection, this exhibition brings together contemporary works that illuminate how color shapes not only what we see, but also how we relate to space, to one another, and ourselves. Here, color is not merely a visual experience, but a ...

The Patrons: Unreliable Narrator

An innovative initiative designed to empower and support emerging artists; The Patrons focus on the collaborative aspect of artmaking by building networks of support. Their work fosters a community where artists can thrive through mentorship, shared knowledge, and reciprocal exchange. Their approach helps to cultivate new spaces for artistic innovation while nurturing the next generation ...

Lindsey Dunnagan: Temporal Terrain

"This series is a pleasure project inspired by my childhood of growing up in Anchorage, Alaska, where I spent time by the ocean and watched the sky for the Aurora Borealis. The work takes Alaskan imagery and abstractly layers it in a way that references memory. As my place of origin, it captures a kind ...

Growth & Decay

This exhibition considers growth and decay as interdependent forces within a cyclical continuum. Decay, often regarded as an endpoint, is instead a generative process through which matter is transformed rather than extinguished. Organic life decomposes, metals corrode, and materials undergo transformation, underscoring the fundamental condition of existence. Arthur González’s Sprout exemplifies this principle by staging renewal through ...

Yoga at the Daum

Join us for a free yoga session inside the inspiring galleries of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Move, breathe, and flow. Find your balance surrounded by art. Taught by: Dr. Nikki Freeman, Owner of Balanced State Wellness, LLC. Nikki has been teaching Yoga for nearly eight years in and around Sedalia. She specializes in ...

Ekphrasis: Live Reading

In collaboration with the SFCC Creative Writing Club, the Daum Museum is hosting a writing event in the Freed Gallery, inspired by the art of The Patrons: Unreliable Narrator. We are seeking original pieces of ekphrastic poetry or short character vignettes (no longer than 500 words) based on the exhibition which features the artwork of ...

Yoga at the Daum

Join us for a free yoga session inside the inspiring galleries of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Move, breathe, and flow. Find your balance surrounded by art. Taught by: Dr. Nikki Freeman, Owner of Balanced State Wellness, LLC. Nikki has been teaching Yoga for nearly eight years in and around Sedalia. She specializes in ...

c9: Contemporary Printmaking

Printmaking carries a long tradition of storytelling, dissemination, and community connection. c9 seeks works that explore how processes of reproduction, layering, and mark-making can give form to questions of place and identity in today’s world. Artists are encouraged to submit work that considers how regional histories, cultural memory, and personal narratives shape the lived experience of the central United ...

2026 Annual Student Exhibition

The annual Student Exhibition, a State Fair Community College tradition dating back to the late 1960s, is open to all students currently taking studio art classes at the college. Interested student-artists collaborate with art department faculty to select work that best represents them. Each year, some 50 students exhibit close to 100 artworks in a ...

Membership in the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art provides unique opportunities and sustains a lasting artistic legacy for future generations. Members receive exclusive invitations to exhibition previews and social events with featured artists to learn firsthand about their art and discuss art-making processes. Special discounts on museum publications and participation fees are also a benefit for members.



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