From the Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Looking at, Talking about, and Appreciating Art
Staff at #fwmoa are playing favorites! Asking us for our favorite piece in the collection is an impossible task...but our favorite work #nowonview? High School Education Intern Maddie Rey was able to answer that: Richard Royal's Untitled blown glass piece.
We recently welcomed a new glass artist into our #permanentcollection, and his sculpture is there to welcome you in when you visit our Glass Wing! Meet Marvin Lipofsky in this #nowonview:
It's #slowartday so we're taking a slow day in the studio and playing a game of I Spy! What do you notice in an artwork the longer you look? Inspired by Bertil Vallien, we made our own artworks full of objects to study at. Learn how in this #saturdaystudio by our Education Teen Intern, Madeline Rey.
Our new print purchase is here! Take a closer look at Dyani White Hawk's lithograph on paper, Adorned (Blue), printed at Crow's Shadow.
What scent(s) do you associate with the one(s) you love? In this post, Curator of Exhibitions Jenna Gilley examines a glass perfume bottle by Brent Kee Young, now on view in our ongoing display "The Essence of Design".
The thread of the textile collection at #fwmoa continues, stitch by stitch. Collection Information Specialist Sue Slick unravels the mystery behind a block-printed wall hanging made by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project in this blog post:
Delve into Delita Martin's pattern, textures, and colors in this #treasuresfromthevault post that examines two of her works in the #fwmoa collection: Wild Flower and Keepsakes: Delita.
Staff at #fwmoa are playing favorites! Our newest member, Education Intern Chrystel Lopez, spent her first day on the job acquainting herself with the collection. Learn why Katja Oxman's self-portrait is her #staffpick and see it on display through the end of January!
Staff at #fwmoa are playing favorites! Our Teen Council roamed the galleries to find their favorite piece #nowonview. See Promyse Williams' pick in this post:
Sue Slick, Collection Information Specialist It might be 4th down or maybe there was an interception – either way there’s a guy with a football racing through our Karl S. and Ella L. Bolander Gallery! Jonathan Scott Hartley, American, 1845-1912. Nearing the Goal. Cast bronze, 1898. Museum purchase with the aid of funds provided by …
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