Interviews & Highlights – From the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

May 18, 2026May 15, 2026

Now on View: Marie Goth—Repost

A look into a gallery with two women mannequins wearing light colored formal dresses, a life-size portrait of a woman, and a wall shelf with a fan and small colorful items.

This Now on View is revisiting a favored portrait by artist, Marie Goth. This large scale painting is on display in The Fashion of Art Deco, Lifestyle in the Jazz Age.

May 14, 2026

National Awards: Scholastic Art & Writing 2026

A group of people in a gallery looking at a young white woman with long brown hair speaking. She is motioning with her hand towards art on the wall behind her. The artworks are arranged above and below each other, gallery style, with several portraits.

With the National Awards Ceremony just around the corner, we're highlighting local Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners! From across our 31 region's counties, we had many show-stopping works displayed. Read more about our program and award winners!

April 22, 2026April 29, 2026

Museum Memories: Bob Cross

A man in the atrium of a building. A orange and yellow picture is behind him to the left, a mural of buildings behind him to the left. Above him are a few dozen palm-sized rectangles. Each piece is a brightly colored abstract image with lines throughout, with black frames.

In this installment of Museum Memories, we meet Bob Cross! Bob has been connected to FWMoA through exhibitions, and has work on display in the Paradigm Gallery. Read more about his experiences here!

April 16, 2026

Let’s Talk SHOP: Jarrid Spicer

A white man facing the viewer, smiling, with a grey baseball cap, black-rimmed glasses, and a dark green sweater. On the left side of the picture is a camera on a tripod, which the man is holding onto, as if about to take a picture.

In this installment of Let's Talk SHOP, we meet photographer Jarrid Spicer! This Paradigm artist is drawn to alternative techniques in photography such as cyanotype. Read more about his process and background here!

March 10, 2026February 24, 2026

Playing Favorites: Michele Andrews and Kirsty Mitchell

A smiling, grey haired white woman with blue and brown glasses, gold earrings, and an orange shirt.

With a continuous buzz surrounding artist Kirsty Mitchell's work, it's no wonder her photo is the topic of this Playing Favorites post! Hear from staff member Michele Andrews about her current favorite work by Mitchell: The Queen's Centurion.

February 11, 2026

Now on View: Andrea Spencer’s Flameworked Sealife

A cluster of seaweed, with wide green, narrow brown, pointed, and round growth points. Dark brown oval seed pods are attached to long, thin tendrils. Two off-white and brown flowers are laid within the cluster of plant life. The entire work is composed in an organic, curved shape.

The glass works now on view by Andrea Spencer reflect the beauty and delicate nature of sea plants. Curator of Exhibitions walks us through Spencer's works in, Mimesis, open through March 1st.

January 26, 2026March 17, 2026

Showcase: Kirsty Mitchell

A night scene with a woman standing at the base of a tree. The tree has nine large cut outs of white paper ships hanging from the branches like ornaments. Each ship is backlit with a white light that also illuminates the tree. The woman standing under the tree is looking upwards, lifting her arms, and bending her elbows with her hands near her head.

Dive into the showcase of works by designer and photographer, Kirsty Mitchell! A group of her other-worldly photos are on view now at FWMoA.

January 20, 2026

Let’s Talk Shop: Michelle Magdich

A white woman with long, light brown hair, bangs framing her face. She is facing the viewer, smiling, propping up her chin with the back of her hand. She is wearing a blue shirt and a large stone necklace.

In this Let's Talk Shop post, we meet artist Michelle Magdich, and her work in jewelry! You can see her detailed art up close in the Paradigm Gallery!

September 10, 2025September 11, 2025

Perspectives: How Much? Pricing Art

FWMoA staff members are weighing in on the topic of pricing art. From creating to collecting, they share strategies on how to attach dollar amounts from their own Perspectives.

June 19, 2025

Let’s Talk SHOP: Beth Wright and Rainbow Alchemy

A woman with white and grey curly hair, dark framed glasses, and paintbrushes tucked in her hair. She is holding a small palette of paint and four paintbrushes partially in front of her face.

We visit the Paradigm Gallery today to see the work of Beth Wright! A creative experimenter, she has developed a line of handcrafted watercolor paints. Read about Rainbow Alchemy and the unique qualities it brings to artists' work!