David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State

GLOBAL ART EXHIBITION RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE The David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University Presents 1 in 3: What Does it Take for You To Be Outraged? from the World Bank The David Owsley Museum of Art presents the contemporary art exhibition 1 in 3: What Does It Take for You To Be Outraged? from the World Bank Art Program, on view at Ball State University from January 21 through May 8, 2016. The exhibition’s title…

This exhibition of recently acquired works of art for the David Owsley Museum of Art highlights the robust growth of the museum’s permanent collection thanks to donations, purchases, and promised gifts on long-term loan. It also manifests our commitment to the universal art museum, one that showcases the artistic heritage of the Midwest, the Americas, and the world. New Acquisitions will be on display in the Francis Brown Study Room until September 4th, 2016.

Hosts Braydee Euliss + Traci Lutton introduce PechaKucha* talks to Muncie to highlight what is unique, unexpected, and inspiring in our city. Stay to enjoy music by DJ Jannell, refreshments, cash bar, gilding demonstration, art, and more. 6 - 9 PM | Cash Bar + Food + DJ Jannell + Poetry by Jeffrey Pearson + Portraits by Daniel Combs 6:30 | Gilding Demo with Carl Schafer of Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company 7:00 | FORM: Pecha Kucha Presentations Hosts:…

Docent Jean Gadziola will lead a Japanese art tour on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. at the David Owsley Museum of Art. She will also be available from 1:30 p.m. to answer questions about collection and exhibitions. Meet at Sculpture Court inside the museum.

Jazz pianist Jim Rhinehart will explore the current exhibition SHIFT and the contemporary art of Jongil Ma, Christopher Smith and Corban Walker with musical improvisations. Meet in Sculpture Court.  

In this joint presentation, moderated by curator Lisa A. Banner, conceptual artists Jongil Ma and Christopher Smith explain their abstract sculpture with images and a short film about their work in venues as diverse as Poland, South Korea, and New York. The reception will begin at 5 pm with the presentation following at 6 pm. After the presentation, the SHIFT exhibition (which closes May 7) will be open to view until 8 pm.

A shift in mood or perspective is at once a subtle, nuanced transition and an abrupt break from what went before. It can be small and it can be dramatic. While issues of identity are often brought to bear in figurative works, Jongil Ma, Christopher Smith, and Corban Walker create in conceptual, abstract ways that alter our viewpoints as we relate to others and the world around us. SHIFT: Jongil Ma, Christopher Smith, Corban Walker presents works that explore, through…

This exhibition of recently acquired works of art for the David Owsley Museum of Art highlights the medium of photography. The selection showcases a substantial donation of contemporary photographs from a consortium of artists that includes several university professors. The total gift of 42 photographs by 13 artists is part of a much larger philanthropic campaign called The Museum Project. Established in 2012 by Robert von Sternberg and Darryl Curran, The Museum Project has donated more than 5,000 prints to…

Enjoy the sounds of Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings,1942–1955—including Bach, Mozart, and mid-20th century American music—with Dr. James Helton, professor of piano performance, Ball State University School of Music, in the David Owsley Musuem of Art's sculpture court. A welcome reception will begin at 5:00 p.m., and the concert will begin at 6:00 p.m. A special opportunity to view the Diebenkorn exhibition will follow the concert.

Dr. Scott Shields, associate director and curator of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacremento, will explore the artist's life and Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942-1955, the spring Special Exhibition at DOMA. A reception begins at 5pm followed by the lecture at 6pm. Guests will have the opportunity for a special viewing of the exhibition. This event is made possible by the support of the Edmund F. Petty Memorial Fund.