This installation portrays love, loss, risk, and the important role of friendship.  Walking among this cloud-filled dreamscape, one questions mortality, the possibilities for life anew, and alternate realities. Through my symbolic use of animals, I incorporate existential notions about love, loss, risk, and friendship.  Questions about life, death, and mortality are imbedded in this body ...

We didn’t say banana? People use lighthearted jokes and humor to form emotional bonds with others and these moments of comradery make life more meaningful. Humor in itself is a creative endeavor that makes connections between seemingly contradictory ideas. By focusing on the power of these everyday moments, we give credence to the idea of ...

Constructed Chaos explores the dynamic interplay between structure and spontaneity through abstract art. The works on display delve into the dual forces that shape our existence—the inherent order that seeks stability, clarity, and control, juxtaposed with the chaotic, unpredictable energy that disrupts, redefines, and challenges the status quo. Through various mediums and techniques, the artists ...

Prints from the Collection In this exhibition, we are delighted to showcase a dynamic selection of contemporary prints from our museum's collection, highlighting printmaking's creative breadth and technical innovation. From traditional to experimental methods, these works reflect the diverse possibilities of the printmaking process as an evolving art form. Each piece serves as a unique dialogue between ...

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 ...

Women artists face challenges that can inhibit their creative work: raising children, beginning new careers, moving to a foreign country, facing a life-threatening illness, caring for aging parents, changing careers in mid-life. Nevertheless, She Persisted. Despite the unique challenges of womanhood, or because of these challenges, women continue to create…to heal, to express emotions not ...

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 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 ...