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March 2023

Daum Museum Closed for Spring Break

March 20 - March 24
Philomene Dosek Bennett, "Check, Czech, Red Roses, Red Pitcher", 2004: oil paint on canvas, 72 x 60 in. Gift of Dr. Harold F. Daum.

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.

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April 2023

Museum Closed for Spring Holiday

April 7 - April 9
VTS Image February 22

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.

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Panel Discussion & Pottery Demonstration

April 20 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Installation View of "Coalescence: Exploring Contemporary Ceramics and Artist Communities".

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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May 2023

absence • presence

May 6 - September 3
Rena Small, "Andy Warhol," from the "Artists' Hands Grid Continuum project", 1988; photograph; 10.500 x 13.000 in. Gift of the artist.

absence • presence is an exploration of Daum’s collection built upon the framework of contrast. This context provides a method of amalgamation for dialogue about identity and existence across modes of representation and generations of makers. Kara Walker’s disruption of a historical text to tell the story of the American Civil War from the perspective of the slaves through the use of grotesque silhouettes is placed in conversation with Motherwell’s reflection on the Spanish Civil War and his perception of…

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Synthesis

May 25 - August 20
Brett Butler, "Over the Rainbow," 2023; digital photograph; 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Synthesis brings together artists from across the region who are actively participating in local artist communities. It is the first of many exhibitions that seek to identify and support the artists who help to define our cultural landscape. This exhibition is open to members of the Sedalia Visual Art Association, Mid-Missouri Artists, Inc., Columbia Art League, and participants in NoBro art events.

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Long Way Home: C. Finley

May 25 - September 3

In the colorful, experiential art of C. Finley, incandescent paintings designate sites for community, exhibitions are laboratories, and representational power is decentralized. Her art and public works produce the conditions needed to change our world, encouraging other artists to create alongside her in spaces defined by vibratory beauty where all are welcome to glimpse the utopia that is already present, that we need only lean into. C. Finley, Founder and Curator of the Every Woman Biennial and director of the…

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July 2023

Larry Rivers, “Bald Eagle George and Part of the Constitution,” 1987; lithograph in 14 colors, gift of Dr. Harold F. Daum. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.

Museum closed for Fourth of July

July 3 - July 5

The Daum Museum will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th for Independence Day. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 5 with normal museum hours of 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Image: Larry Rivers, “Bald Eagle George and Part of the Constitution,” 1987; lithograph in 14 colors, gift of Dr. Harold F. Daum. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.

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August 2023

Missouri Photo Workshop: 1980 Sedalia

August 31 - October 1
Steve Costelberry, "Vertical, student & teacher", 1980; photography

In anticipation of Missouri Photo Workshop’s return for its 75th anniversary, this exhibition features work from the 1980 MPW that took place in Sedalia. The Missouri Photo Workshop has been documenting small-town America for over seven decades. The roots of the Missouri Photo Workshop are embedded firmly in six decades of rich tradition; current workshops carry principals present from the beginning. When the late Clifton C. Edom of the Missouri School of Journalism founded the Missouri Photo Workshop in 1949,…

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November 2023

Daum Museum Closed for Veterans Day

November 10

The Daum Museum will be closed on Friday, November 10, 2023, in observance of Veterans Day. The museum will resume normal hours on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 1-5 p.m.

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Daum Museum Closed for Thanksgiving Break

November 22 - November 24
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.

The Daum Museum will be closed for Thanksgiving break Wednesday, November 22-Friday, November 24, 2023. The museum will return to normal hours on Saturday, November 25. 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.

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