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Sarah Nguyen: Winged Eclipse, Momentary Shadows

Storytelling is central to Sarah Nguyen’s recent series of cut-fiber panels. Her blade-cut, intricate compositions are mostly landscape based and feature symbolic motifs—flora, fauna, and an ever-changing moon—to elicit childhood memories of myths, fables, and folklore. The large sheets are hung from the ceiling and away from the wall so that directed light casts strong ...

Salon Style: Contemporary Prints from the Collection

This exhibit features an extravagance of prints that well-illustrate how contemporary artists have found opportunities to expand their creativity through the print mediums’ varied avenues of investigation.

Museum Closed for 4th of July

The Daum Museum will be closed on Thursday, July 4th for Independence Day. We will reopen on Friday, 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 ...

Rebecca Hutchinson: Tranquil Bloom Sedalia

In conjunction with the exhibition Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated, Rebecca Hutchinson (whose work is included in that show) will construct a site-specific installation in the Daum Museum’s Scott Gallery. Hutchinson’s sculptural assemblages are influenced by ecosystem dynamics and environmental concerns. Although her installations do not replicate nature, they reference the nesting and colonization of ...

Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated

Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated is a groundbreaking exhibition featuring 45 artists from across the globe who incorporate paper pulp and organic fibers into their clay. The artists choose paperclay for its adaptability, tensile strength, translucency, and ecological and sustainable characteristics. The medium also increases freedom of expression for the artists, who reveal a breadth ...

Rebecca Hutchinson: Exhibiting Artist’s Lecture

Join us for Rebecca Hutchinson's artist lecture on Thursday, November 7, at 6 p.m., in the Stauffacher Theatre. Free and open to the public. Hutchinson will present an illustrated lecture concerning her Daum-specific installation Tranquil Bloom Sedalia. She will also tie her work into the companion exhibition Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated, and discuss the ...

Daum Museum Closed for Spring Break

The Daum Museum will be closed for State Fair Community College's spring break March 16-20, 2020. The museum will be open both the weekends before and after with normal hours of 1-5 p.m.

Jane Booth: Virtual Artist’s Talk

  Virtual artist's talk in conjunction with the exhibition Jane Booth: Instinct. Jane Booth, artist, in conversation with Daum Director Thomas Piché Jr. Thursday, October 22, at 2 p.m. Live on the Daum's Facebook page www.facebook.com/daummuseum Available to view on the Daum's website and SFCC's YouTube channel after the event. Jane Booth is exhibiting a ...

Daum Museum Closed for Thanksgiving Break

The Daum Museum will be closed for Thanksgiving break Wednesday, November 25-Friday, November 27, 2020. The museum will return to normal hours the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Weekend hours at the Daum are Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Image: Tracy Miller (American, b. 1966), Pie Hole, 2002; oil on canvas; 60 x 60 in. Collection Daum Museum of ...

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