February 2021
April 2021
2021 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. This year, the exhibition will also accommodate a selection of artwork made during the pandemic, dating from spring semester 2020. A purchase award, cash awards, and honorable mentions will be designated to highlight entries of special merit.
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September 2021
Sketches, Drawings & Limnings: Works from the Permanent Collection
Docent Walk Through | September 30, 2021
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October 2021
RE: Generation Unsettled/Settled
Unsettled/Settled is a group exhibition by RE: Generation, a collective of nine Kansas City-area artists. The coterie developed organically as a loose-knit group drawn together by common history and generational and gender experiences. Although these artists work in a wide range of media, content, styles, and techniques, RE: Generation nourishes a collegial spirit that supports and challenges individual studio practices through cross-fertilization and dialogue. In a statement about their Daum exhibition, the group writes: At the beginning, a work…
Find out more »December 2021
Daum Museum Closed for Winter Break
The Daum Museum will be closed for winter break from Monday, December 20, 2021-Monday, January 3, 2022. The museum will reopen with normal hours on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Museum Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Happy Holidays! Image: Victor Babu, “Copper Red Charger” (detail), 2007; glazed porcelain. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Dialogues with Mother Earth: Drawing to Save the Planet
Dialogues with Mother Earth: Drawing to Save the Planet is an installation by artist Erica Daborn that provokes reflections on the relationship between 21st century societal values and the ways in which they have contributed to the degradation of our environment. The primary elements in this project are ten mural-sized narrative drawings in charcoal that captivate the imagination of the audience and provide entry points where scientific facts alone fail. The monumental drawings place the viewer into the future, looking…
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