From the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

August 26, 2026

Now on View: From Gestures to Geometry

A vertical, abstract image with blue, green, peach, and black organic lines and shapes. Similar to an arial view of a landscape, or the outline of rivers on a map, the blue lines and curves create a grid-like structure. The watercolor and India ink flow and give an organic look with "rivers" or "ponds" throughout the image.

Looking at abstract art from across all media, this Now on View post explores From Gestures to Geometry, on view through September 6. Curatorial Intern, Larry Festa, introduces us to early members of the American Abstract Artist organization. Read on to learn about these influential artists and their work!

August 25, 2026August 19, 2026

Art Term Tuesday: Oeuvre, A Body of Work 3/3

A vertical painting with a tan background. The entire surface is covered in rectangles, triangles, stamp markings, and paint smears. The colors of the shapes and marks include orange, red, white, blues, greens, and browns. The shapes are arranged in a non-objective pattern.

This Art Term Tuesday wraps up a mini series on A Body of Work, looking at the term oeuvre. With David Shapiro as an example, we learn about a body of work collected over a lifetime. Read along to see what Shapiro's work was like across decades.

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

Artist Highlight: Gary Erbe

In the center of this piece, a black and white image of three men is inside a fifties style television set. In the background is a blue, yellow, and brown organic wallpaper. In the foreground are various objects that relate to television, or the 50's. This includes a TV guide, a TV dinner tray, and the shadow of a television stand. In the bottom left corner is a silhouette of a person holding a fork. Red, yellow, and blue dominate the color palette. This image looks flat, and collaged.

Trompe l'oeil painter Gary Erbe is the focus of today's Artist Highlight! Read about FWMoA's Vice President and COO, Amanda Shepard, and her appreciation of Erbe's work.

August 11, 2026June 1, 2026

Playing Favorites: Sadie Boothman & Émile Louis Picault

A bronze figure of a man. He is wearing a helmet with a bird's wing on either side. He is a nude figure with a piece of fabric wrapping around one shoulder and one thigh. He is holding a scroll with the image of a ship engraved. He is sitting on a boulder, with a pot sitting near his feet.

From our bronze collection comes today's Playing Favorites highlight! Read about the FWMoA intern's favorite piece, a bronze figure by Émile Louis Picault.

August 8, 2026August 19, 2026

Saturday Studio: Mini Sculptures with Albert Paley

A metal and glass non-objective sculpture. The lower half is shiny metal bent into a curve, like a wave, or a crescent moon. The metal is cut along the sides, making the texture like a large feather, or a serrated leaf. The top half has white pieces of glass laying horizontally in a bundle of six. The white glass is reminiscent of elephant tusks.

For this Saturday Studio, we're gaining inspiration from featured artist, Albert Paley. FWMoA has two galleries of Paley's metal and glass sculptures currently on display, and we're recreating our own mini versions at home. Grab your materials and follow along! To see Fixed in Motion: Sculpture and Prints of Albert Paley, visit FWMoA by September 27.

August 3, 2026July 31, 2026

Treasures from the Vault: Preston Singletary

A sculpture with a blue glass base and branch-like pieces coming from the top. The base has a black outline of an animal with four limbs and a thick tail. The branches look bronze, and are connected by white thread-like material. Two spheres, grey and red, are lowered from the sticks by the string as well.

Using glass as an avenue for storytelling, Preston Singletary creates dynamic sculptures. In this Treasures from the Vault, learn about Singletary's background, and dedication to representing his culture through art.

July 29, 2026July 20, 2026

Museum Memories: Midge Wallace

A white woman with large glasses speaking to a class of children in a half circle around her. The children are sitting on the floor, looking at matted artworks in front of them next to the woman speaking.

Museum Memories introduces us to a long-time supporter, Midge Wallace. Read about how Wallace engaged in artwork, tours, and teaching through FWMoA!

July 27, 2026July 22, 2026

Off the Cuff: My Perspective on the Future of the Glass Medium—Repost

A white man with short, grey hair, wearing a blue and white striped buttoned-down shirt, and a pink and blue tie. He is smiling, looking at the viewer, and resting his arm on a white pedestal. On the pedestal is an angular, dark blue glass sculpture.

Hear from FWMoA President & CEO, Charles Shepard, as he shares his thoughts on the subject of glass in the art world. Looking at the value of historic documentation and its impact on the future, this Off the Cuff shines a spotlight on studio glass.

July 21, 2026May 29, 2026

Art Term Tuesday: Portfolio, A Body of Work 2/3

In the foreground, a black man holds a white man's hand as they walk. Their backs are towards us, and looking between the "v" of their joined arms there is a crowd of people standing in front of buildings, all faced in one direction.

Continuing our series discussing an artist's body of work, this Art Term Tuesday focuses on portfolios! Check out the individual and group examples from Ernest C. Withers, and the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio.

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026

Now on View: Archetypes

A wide angle view of an art museum gallery. In the foreground is a white, half-wall with five images hung on it. In the background are large, colorful portraits of women hung on walls. The room has light brown, hardwood floors.

A series of works Now on View come from the screenprint artist, Chuck Sperry. He has over 90 hand-printed portraits in the exhibit, Chuck Sperry: Archetypes. These colorful works will be on display at FWMoA through August 9th.