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South Bend Museum of Art

Located in the Century Center, the South Bend Museum of Art houses six magnificent gallery spaces. Focusing on the 19th, 20th and 21st century, the Carmichael Gallery displays permanent collection works of aesthetic and historical importance by Indiana and regional artists, works on paper by significant American artists, and large scale sculpture by contemporary artists of the region. Adjacent to the Carmichael Gallery is the Warner Rotunda, which provides excellent viewing space for large-scale pieces. The large Warner Gallery, hosts a variety of traveling exhibits, each with an average 11 week run. The Jerome J. Crowley Community Gallery is showcase to local artist groups and community outreach. Lastly, artists on display in the Art League Gallery are regional artists with works that address contemporary themes of national scope.

Beginning January 12, 2009, museum gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, Noon-5:00 p.m.  The museum is closed Monday, Tuesday and Major Holidays.

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  South Bend Museum of Art

  120 S. St. Joseph Street
  South Bend, IN 46601

  Phone: (574) 235-9102

  Fax: (574) 235-5782

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• Current Events

  06/26/10- 09/12/10	Act Local: Selections From the Permanent Collection South Bend Museum of Art
  06/24/10- 07/31/10	Intro to Spinning–Make Your Own Yarn (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art

• Upcoming Events

  07/31/10	Pastels at Riverside South Bend Museum of Art
  07/31/10	Frame Basics (Mat Cutting) Pt. 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  08/06/10	Exhibition Reception South Bend Museum of Art
  08/07/10	Frame Basics Pt. 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  10/02/10- 02/06/11	Will Pergl South Bend Museum of Art
  10/02/10- 01/09/11	Surface Tension: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Painting South Bend Museum of Art
  10/13/10	Off The Wall | Make a SPLASH...Having a BASH! South Bend Museum of Art

• Member Reviews

  • Event Name: Fauna: Steve Seeley and Jane Ryder
    "great show"
    Review posted by: roozan from chicago, il, Nov 22, 2009
    

    i've seen steve's work around chicago and have never been disappointed. the south bend show was no exception. steve's work never fails to amaze me. and jane's work was just beautiful. great show!

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    i've seen steve's work around chicago and have never been disappointed. the south bend show was no exception. steve's work never fails to amaze me. and jane's work was just beautiful. great show!

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  • Event Name: George Rickey: Arc of Development
    "Looking Forward to the Event"
    Comment posted by: Steve Thurlow from Jackson Michigan, Sep 24, 2009
    

    I have been thirsting for a Rickey exhibition in the general Michigan area for some time since the Pyramid Hills event was canceled. I am sure that it will be great!

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    I have been thirsting for a Rickey exhibition in the general Michigan area for some time since the Pyramid Hills event was canceled. I am sure that it will be great!

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  • Event Name: Whistle Pigs at Meet Me On the Island
    "Coolest band around!"
    Comment posted by: J Wolfe from Plymouth, IN USA, Sep 18, 2008
    

    Love the Whistle Pigs - great music, great people!

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    Love the Whistle Pigs - great music, great people!

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  • Event Name: Flatland: Imaging the Midwest
    "The Flatlands of a Carl Sandburg Poem"
    Review posted by: Talia Reed from Walkerton, IN, Dec 07, 2007
    

    To someone used to scenery of clapboard, silos, co-ops, and rusted-over water towers, it is difficult to view it as art or substance. Flatland: Imaging the Midwest explodes these otherwise flat... Expand

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    To someone used to scenery of clapboard, silos, co-ops, and rusted-over water towers, it is difficult to view it as art or substance. Flatland: Imaging the Midwest explodes these otherwise flat elements and assembles them into compositions of fantasy, history, reality, and identity. Janet Bloch’s bold paintings mix whimsical and organic lines with the synthetic ones of electrical towers and mechanical gears. In another of Foutch’s series, titled, Landscapes, he takes sparseness to the extreme by demonstrating how a simple horizon line can become an an entire landscape. Karen Perl’s familiar Main Street paintings, with their multi-leveled buildings existing consecutively, and trimmed with a repetition of windows, doors, and a awnings, create the surface rust of the Midwestern story: post-industry and post-agriculture that stands around waiting for the sort of rebuilding of a Carl Sandburg’s poem. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Duane Hanson: Real Life
    "*****"
    Review posted by: Sara Evans from Mishawaka, IN, Jul 02, 2007
    

    Fabulous! What a fun, exciting and intriguing exhibition by a nationally known artist. My family and I had a great time trying to figure out what was real and what wasn't. Don't miss this!!

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    Fabulous! What a fun, exciting and intriguing exhibition by a nationally known artist. My family and I had a great time trying to figure out what was real and what wasn't. Don't miss this!!

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  • Event Name: Duane Hanson: Real Life
    "Beyond Realism"
    Review posted by: Gary Nicholls from South Bend, In, Jun 18, 2007
    

    This is an excellent exhibit of a sculptor using real life, everyday people as models for his sculptures. Traditional sculptors have used the model to capture heroic characters of the past and to cast... Expand

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    This is an excellent exhibit of a sculptor using real life, everyday people as models for his sculptures. Traditional sculptors have used the model to capture heroic characters of the past and to cast them as dieties or mythological figures. But Mr. Hanson has captured ordinary people in ordinary poses to achieve something beyond the mythological sculptures of the past. His sculptures are able to connect with the viewer when sculptures of the past haven't been able to. This exhibit is an important exhibit to our community in that it allows the viewer to see Mr. Hansons sculptures locally without travelling to some distant city. It allows the viewer to try to comprehend what it was that the artist was trying to get across to the viewer. Sculpture isn't just for the elite but for the masses. This is a top notch exhibit and a must see. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Nicholas Sistler: Deep Focus
    "OUT OF THIS WORLD!"
    Review posted by: Alma Gomez from Elkhart,IN, Dec 01, 2006
    

    Nicholas Sistlers point of view in each individual painting is out of this world. Yes we know it exists but never brought out as much in such an interesting way to myself. Me and a fellow classmate... Expand

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    Nicholas Sistlers point of view in each individual painting is out of this world. Yes we know it exists but never brought out as much in such an interesting way to myself. Me and a fellow classmate observed she agreed that it was like being a child, since you're looking up from below in each painting. Something that struck me were the clean lines and the mix of two totally different styles in one painting. He used flat colors and some kind of charcoal drawing. It didn't look odd because everything in that painting had a purpose. If you looked at the title you could search for the meaning in each object. Everything in them has a symbolic meaning which captures the viewer's attention and retains it. The only down side is that I wish it would be on for a longer period of time so I could take my family to see it. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Nicholas Sistler: Deep Focus
    "Gem-like doesn't begin to describe..."
    Review posted by: Scott Hatt from South Bend, IN, Nov 04, 2006
    

    A few Saturdays ago I wandered into this exhibition and was literally dumbstruck by these paintings. This is not a reaction that I have very often with works of art. Gem-like doesn't begin to describe... Expand

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    A few Saturdays ago I wandered into this exhibition and was literally dumbstruck by these paintings. This is not a reaction that I have very often with works of art. Gem-like doesn't begin to describe the outrageously brilliant colors and the incredibly fine execution of these small paintings. The mystery of the story that each piece tells made me wonder what was going on - not only within the paintings, but also with the artist who created them. The sheer number of them also impressed me as a cohesive body of work that doesn't repeat itself - yet stays true to the narrative vision of the artist. I have been back to revisit them twice, and will see them again. These works are definitely some of the finest I've seen at the Regional in a while. Collapse

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• Past Events

  07/24/10	Pastel Landscapes from Photographs South Bend Museum of Art
  07/14/10	Garden Walk Sunnyside Presbyterian Church
  07/12/10- 07/16/10	Adventure Art – Girls ONLY (ages 8 – 12) Summer 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  07/12/10- 07/16/10	Discover Drawing (ages 9 – 12) Summer 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  07/12/10- 07/16/10	Global Arts 2D & 3D (ages 6 – 8) Summer 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  07/12/10- 07/16/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 6 – 8) Summer 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  07/12/10- 07/16/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 9 – 14) Summer 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  07/02/10	The Twin Cats at Meet Me on the Island South Bend Museum of Art
  06/28/10- 07/02/10	Adventure Art – Girls ONLY (ages 8 – 12) Summer 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/28/10- 07/02/10	Art In the Kitchen (ages 6 – 8) Summer 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/28/10- 07/02/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 6 – 8) Summer 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/28/10- 07/02/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 9 – 14) Summer 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/28/10- 07/02/10	Youth Photography – Pin Hole Cameras (ages 9 – 12) Summer 2 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/24/10	5th Annual Artist Open House South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 06/18/10	Create Sculpture (ages 8 – 12) Summer 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 06/18/10	Discover Drawing (ages 9 – 12) Summer 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 06/18/10	Global Arts 2D & 3D (ages 6 – 8) Summer 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	We Have Art Memories to Make! (Ages 2-5) Summer South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 06/18/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 6 – 8) Summer 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 06/18/10	Youth Clay – Wheel and Handbuilding (ages 9 – 14) Summer 1 South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Advanced Critique (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Basic Pottery and Beyond (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Black and White Photography – Beginner and Returning (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Jewelry – Beginner (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Jewelry – Intermediate to Advanced (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Pottery on the Edge – Design and Form (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	The Joy of Oil Painting (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/14/10- 07/24/10	Watercolor and Feng Shui (Summer) South Bend Museum of Art
  06/10/10	Perform | Install 3 / Dance Night South Bend Museum of Art
  06/07/10- 06/11/10	Sculpture & Photography Summer Art Camp South Bend Museum of Art
  06/04/10	Kevin Q and the Night Crew with Venitia Sekema at Meet Me on the Island South Bend Museum of Art
  05/13/10	Perform | Install 3 / Hip Hop Elements Edition South Bend Museum of Art
  04/22/10	Perform | Install 3 / Student Short Film Night South Bend Museum of Art
  04/09/10	Exhibition Reception & Perform | Install 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Basic Pottery and Beyond South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Mud Slingers South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Pottery Lifestyle South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Drawing in Soft Pastels: Landscapes South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	How To Start Drawing South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Knit It Up Wth a Friend South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Spinning: Make Your Own Yarn South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Weaving: Beginner-Intermediate South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Jewelry: Open Studio – Intermediate and Advanced South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Art Effects South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	No Fear Watercolor South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Joy of Oil Painting - Thursdays, All levels South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Joy of Oil Painting - Wednesdays, All levels South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Transitional Watercolor/Finding Your Style – Intermediate South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Advanced Critique for Art Makers South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Black and White Photography – Beginner and Returning South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Calling All 2s, 3s, and 4s, We Have Memories to Make (ages 2-4) South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Create Sculpture (ages 7-10) South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Make Art Together: Parents & Preschoolers (ages 3-5) South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Primary Art Meet the Masters III (ages 6-8) South Bend Museum of Art
  03/29/10- 05/22/10	Youth Ceramics (8-14) South Bend Museum of Art
  03/27/10- 06/27/10	Perform | Install 3 South Bend Museum of Art
  03/22/10- 05/22/10	Advanced Techniques South Bend Museum of Art
  03/06/10- 06/13/10	College Residency Exhibition South Bend Museum of Art
  02/27/10- 06/27/10	Brian Ritchard: Paintings South Bend Museum of Art
  02/15/10	Jewelry – Beginner South Bend Museum of Art
  02/15/10	Basic Photoshop for Photographers South Bend Museum of Art
  02/06/10- 03/06/10	Scholastic Art Awards South Bend Museum of Art
  02/05/10	Meet Me In the Gallery South Bend Museum of Art
  01/25/10- 03/15/10	Mud Slingers Pottery South Bend Museum of Art
  01/25/10- 03/15/10	Jewerly - Beginner South Bend Museum of Art
  01/25/10- 03/15/10	No Fear Watercolor: Beginner South Bend Museum of Art
  01/25/10- 03/15/10	Basic Photoshop for Photographers South Bend Museum of Art
  01/19/10- 03/13/10	Abstract Clay South Bend Museum of Art
  01/19/10- 03/13/10	Advanced Techniques South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Basic Pottery and Beyond South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Pottery Lifestyle: Bowls, Plates, Mugs South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Thursday Morning Potters South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Drawing in Soft Pastels: Landscapes South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	How To Start Drawing South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Knit It Up With a Friend! South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Spinning: Make Your Own Yarn South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Weaving - Beginner/Intermediate South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Jewerly - Open Studio - Intermediate and Advanced South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/15/10	The Joy of Oil Painting - All Levels South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	The Joy of Oil Painting - All Levels South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Transitional Watercolor/Finding Your Style - Intermediate South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Watermedia and Papermaking South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/15/10	Advanced Critique - Photography South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Black and White Photography - Beginner and Returning South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Open Studios - Flexible day and evenings, as class schedules allow South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Balloon Animals and Hats ( ages 8-12 ) South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Calling all 2's, 3's, and 4's, We Have Art to Explore!! South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Invent "Green" Sculpture ( ages 9-12 ) South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Preschoolers and Parents (ages 3-5) South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Primary Art - Meet the Masters III ( ages 6-8 ) South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Youth Ceramics Wheel Throwing (ages 7-11) South Bend Museum of Art
  01/18/10- 03/13/10	Youth Ceramics Wheel Throwing (ages 9-14) South Bend Museum of Art
  12/19/09- 06/07/10	Silver: 25 Photographs from the Permanent Collection South Bend Museum of Art
  12/05/09	Family Day Art Activities South Bend Museum of Art
  12/04/09	Exhibition Reception/Holiday in the Gallery South Bend Museum of Art
  12/04/09- 12/06/09	Winter Boutique South Bend Museum of Art
  11/21/09- 02/07/10	Something Geographical: Vernon Fisher, Buzz Spector and Xiaoze Xie South Bend Museum of Art
  11/07/09- 02/14/10	SBMA Student/Faculty Exhibition South Bend Museum of Art
  11/07/09	Family Day Art Activites South Bend Museum of Art
  10/14/09	Off The Wall | My Museum! My Art! South Bend Museum of Art