October 2022
Daum Escape Professional Development Day
Daum Escape, the museum’s fall outreach program, offers a museum experience to elementary and secondary students. This educational program began in 2004 and exposes students to contemporary art and provides teachers with information to assist them in incorporating arts education into their curricula. Thousands of students and teachers have participated in Daum Escape. During Daum Escape, busloads of students and teachers are welcomed by docents who take small groups on tours of the current exhibitions. Students receive art-related information and education pieces…
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Daum Escape, the museum’s fall outreach program, offers a museum experience to elementary and secondary students. This educational program began in 2004 and exposes students to contemporary art and provides teachers with information to assist them in incorporating arts education into their curricula. Thousands of students and teachers have participated in Daum Escape. During Daum Escape, busloads of students and teachers are welcomed by docents who take small groups on tours of the current exhibitions. Students receive art-related information and education pieces…
Find out more »November 2022
Daum Museum Closed for Veterans Day
The Daum Museum will be closed on Friday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The museum will resume normal hours on Saturday, November 12. Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Find out more »Daum Museum Closed for Thanksgiving Break
The Daum Museum will be closed for Thanksgiving break Wednesday, November 23-Friday, November 25, 2022. The museum will return to normal hours on Saturday, November 26. Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Happy Thanksgiving! Image: Tracy Miller (American, b. 1966), Pie Hole, 2002; oil on canvas; 60 x 60 in. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Find out more »December 2022
Daum Museum Closed for Winter Break
The Daum Museum will be closed for winter break from Monday, December 19, 2022-Friday, January 6, 2023. The museum will reopen with normal hours on Saturday, January 7, 2023. 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.
Find out more »January 2023
Coalescence: Exploring Contemporary Ceramics and Artist Communities
Coalescence is a joining of artists and art organizations. Artaxis is a network of contemporary artists that engage the ceramics community through promotion, education, and networking. Josh Novak of Longwell Museum and Artaxis board members created an invitational in 2022 as a celebration of diverse ceramic practices. Daum Museum is furthering dialogue among Artaxis members by drawing from the Daum collection, adding work from original participants, and inviting new voices. Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Nikki-Renee Anderson, Eliza Au, Ian Bassett, Rebekah…
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Daum Museum Closed for Spring Break
The Daum Museum will be closed for State Fair Community College's spring break March 20-24, 2023. The museum will be open both the weekends before and after with normal hours of 1-5 p.m.
Find out more »April 2023
Museum Closed for Spring Holiday
The Daum Museum will be closed on Friday, April 7 and Sunday, April 9 for the spring holiday. It will be open on Saturday, April 8 from 1-5 p.m. Image: Carol Stewart, Blue Painting, 2009; oil on paper on panel; 48 x 64 in. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of Dr. Harold F. Daum.
Find out more »2023 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 variety of media. This year’s exhibition will showcase new directions in the art department and introduce new technologies that the students are exploring, including computer-based…
Find out more »Panel Discussion & Pottery Demonstration
To close out Coalescence: Exploring Contemporary Ceramics and Artist Communities, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a panel discussion and a pottery demonstration with artists from our current exhibitions Coalescence: Exploring Contemporary Ceramics and Artist Communities, Threads That Bind: Elucidating Diverse Voices of Womanhood, and from our upcoming show, Long Way Home: C. Finley. These events will take place on April 20, 2023. The panel discussion will begin at 10 a.m. in the Stauffacher Theatre. The pottery demonstration…
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