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The Snite Museum of Art is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Indiana. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and Sundays 1 pm to 5 p.m. Admission is free. The Snite Museum of Art provides opportunities to enjoy, respond to, learn from, and be inspired by original works of art. As an integral unit of the University of Notre Dame, the Museum supports teaching and research; furthers faith-based initiatives for greater internal diversity and service to the external community; and reflects the traditions and values of the University. 

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    Snite Museum of Art

    Snite Museum of Art
    South Bend, IN 46556

    Phone: (574) 631-5466   |   Fax: (574) 631-8501   |   Email   |   Official Website

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    The Visitor Parking lot just east of the Marie DeBartolo Center for Performing Arts is available at all times and can be accessed from the corner of Eddy Street and Holy Cross Drive, accessible by traveling north of Edison Avenue on Eddy Street. The $2.00 fee is paid upon exiting, or by using a free token available at the front security desk.

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  • • Current Events

      01/22/12- 03/11/12	Art and Literature at the Service of the People Snite Museum of Art Art and Literature at the Service of the People Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 22-March 11, 2012 Posters and Books from Puerto Rico’s Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) This exhibit will include twenty-eight posters and ten books produced by Puerto Rican graphic artists who worked for the island’s Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO), a government agency that was-appointed governor. “A unique and powerful adaption of New Deal-era programs,” DIVEDCO placed didactic art at the center of a massive public education campaign that...
      01/15/12- 03/11/12	DIGNITY: Human Rights and Poverty Snite Museum of Art DIGNITY: Human Rights and Poverty Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 In collaboration with Professor Julia Douthwaite (French and Francophone Studies), "Dignity" features fifty-two, color, large-format digital photographs by five photographers depicting poverty-stricken people living today in Mexico, Egypt, Nigeria, India and Macedonia. The photographers include Guillaume Herbaut, Michaël Zumstein, Jean-François Joly, Philippe Brault, and Johann Rousselot. The accompanying lecture series organized by Professor Douthwaite...
      01/15/12- 03/11/12	A Person's Worth Snite Museum of Art A Person's Worth Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 A Person’s Worth, contains nine prints, three drawings and three photographs selected from the collections of the Museum. These 18th-and 19th- century images of peasants and craftsmen are offered as examples of how little the economic status of the general population has changed since Rousseau wrote his 1754 treatise, Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men. Events are made possible in part by a grant in support for the “Rousseau 2012: On the Road...
      01/15/12- 03/11/12	Artist in Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-1896) Snite Museum of Art Artist in Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-1896) Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 Artist-in-Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-18967) showcases Gregori’s sketches for the murals in the Basilica and Main Building. As the first exhibition dedicated to his graphic oeuvre, the show explores Gregori’s drawing style, working methods, and techniques. Using his drawings as illustrations, the exhibition presents new research regarding Gregori’s biography and artistic training. The show also considers the contemporary impact of Gregori’s work...
      01/15/12- 04/01/12	A Grand Flourish: Drawings of Architectural Ornament from the Permanent Collection Snite Museum of Art A Grand Flourish: Drawings of Architectural Ornament from the Permanent Collection Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-April 1, 2012 Organized by art history graduate student Elizabeth Peterson, this focus exhibition explores the decorative principles established in Italy by the Renaissance humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti (1401–72) and their dissemination to France in subsequent centuries. Rarely displayed drawings by Perino del Vaga, Giorgio Vasari, Charles de la Fosse, Charles Percier, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, and Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune among others introduce the integral, if subordinate, role of...

  • • Upcoming Events

      02/09/12	India and Human Rights-Development Discrimination Snite Museum of Art India and Human Rights-Development Discrimination Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 9, 2012 The Snite Museum of art is hosting a lecture by photojournalist, Johann Rousselot, Paris, France as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are we just yet?"
      02/15/12	On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction Snite Museum of Art On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 15, 2012 Serge Margel, professor at the faculty of theology and sciences of religion, University of Lausanne, Switzerland will give a lecture entitled "On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction" as a part of the 2012 lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
      02/28/12	Rousseau and Religious Liberty Snite Museum of Art Rousseau and Religious Liberty Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 28, 2012 Jason Neidleman, professor of political science, University of La Verne (CA) will give a lecture entitled "Rousseau and Religious Liberty" as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
      03/06/12	Behind the Story Snite Museum of Art Behind the Story Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art March 6, 2012 Philippe Brault, photojournalist, Paris, France will give a presentation entitled "Behind the Story" as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
      04/15/12- 07/01/12	A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection Snite Museum of Art A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art April 15-July 1, 2012 A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection in the Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery. French playwright and actor Molière (1622–73) once said, “It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.” This focus exhibition of Old Master and nineteenth-century drawings related to the theater examines the function and role of the performing arts within political and social discourse in France. ...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    01/22/12- 03/11/12	Art and Literature at the Service of the People Snite Museum of Art Art and Literature at the Service of the People Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 22-March 11, 2012 Posters and Books from Puerto Rico’s Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) This exhibit will include twenty-eight posters and ten books produced by Puerto Rican graphic artists who worked for the island’s Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO), a government agency that was-appointed governor. “A unique and powerful adaption of New Deal-era programs,” DIVEDCO placed didactic art at the center of a massive public education campaign that...
    01/15/12- 03/11/12	DIGNITY: Human Rights and Poverty Snite Museum of Art DIGNITY: Human Rights and Poverty Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 In collaboration with Professor Julia Douthwaite (French and Francophone Studies), "Dignity" features fifty-two, color, large-format digital photographs by five photographers depicting poverty-stricken people living today in Mexico, Egypt, Nigeria, India and Macedonia. The photographers include Guillaume Herbaut, Michaël Zumstein, Jean-François Joly, Philippe Brault, and Johann Rousselot. The accompanying lecture series organized by Professor Douthwaite...
    01/15/12- 03/11/12	A Person's Worth Snite Museum of Art A Person's Worth Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 A Person’s Worth, contains nine prints, three drawings and three photographs selected from the collections of the Museum. These 18th-and 19th- century images of peasants and craftsmen are offered as examples of how little the economic status of the general population has changed since Rousseau wrote his 1754 treatise, Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men. Events are made possible in part by a grant in support for the “Rousseau 2012: On the Road...
    01/15/12- 03/11/12	Artist in Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-1896) Snite Museum of Art Artist in Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-1896) Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-March 11, 2012 Artist-in-Residence: Working Drawings by Luigi Gregori (1819-18967) showcases Gregori’s sketches for the murals in the Basilica and Main Building. As the first exhibition dedicated to his graphic oeuvre, the show explores Gregori’s drawing style, working methods, and techniques. Using his drawings as illustrations, the exhibition presents new research regarding Gregori’s biography and artistic training. The show also considers the contemporary impact of Gregori’s work...
    01/15/12- 04/01/12	A Grand Flourish: Drawings of Architectural Ornament from the Permanent Collection Snite Museum of Art A Grand Flourish: Drawings of Architectural Ornament from the Permanent Collection Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art January 15-April 1, 2012 Organized by art history graduate student Elizabeth Peterson, this focus exhibition explores the decorative principles established in Italy by the Renaissance humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti (1401–72) and their dissemination to France in subsequent centuries. Rarely displayed drawings by Perino del Vaga, Giorgio Vasari, Charles de la Fosse, Charles Percier, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, and Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune among others introduce the integral, if subordinate, role of...

  • Upcoming Events

    02/09/12	India and Human Rights-Development Discrimination Snite Museum of Art India and Human Rights-Development Discrimination Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 9, 2012 The Snite Museum of art is hosting a lecture by photojournalist, Johann Rousselot, Paris, France as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are we just yet?"
    02/15/12	On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction Snite Museum of Art On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 15, 2012 Serge Margel, professor at the faculty of theology and sciences of religion, University of Lausanne, Switzerland will give a lecture entitled "On Jean-Jaques Rousseau: Literary Lie and Political Fiction" as a part of the 2012 lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
    02/28/12	Rousseau and Religious Liberty Snite Museum of Art Rousseau and Religious Liberty Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art February 28, 2012 Jason Neidleman, professor of political science, University of La Verne (CA) will give a lecture entitled "Rousseau and Religious Liberty" as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
    03/06/12	Behind the Story Snite Museum of Art Behind the Story Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art March 6, 2012 Philippe Brault, photojournalist, Paris, France will give a presentation entitled "Behind the Story" as a part of the lecture and performance series "Rousseau 2012 and DIGNITY: Are We Just Yet?"
    04/15/12- 07/01/12	A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection Snite Museum of Art A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art April 15-July 1, 2012 A Strange Enterprise: Drawings of the French Theatre from the Permanent Collection in the Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery. French playwright and actor Molière (1622–73) once said, “It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.” This focus exhibition of Old Master and nineteenth-century drawings related to the theater examines the function and role of the performing arts within political and social discourse in France. ...

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  • Past Events

    11/17/11	Nandita Raman: Cinema Play House Gallery Talk Snite Museum of Art
    11/13/11	Solo Cello Suites by 20th Century Composers, Karen Buranskas, Cello Snite Museum of Art
    11/10/11	Masks and Figures of the Congo Peoples in the Owen David Mort, Jr. Collection of African Art Snite Museum of Art
    11/09/11	Panel Discussion: Andy Warhol and Merce Cunningham Collaborations Snite Museum of Art
    11/06/11- 12/18/11	Wealth–Power–Society: African Art from the Owen David Mort, Jr. Collection Snite Museum of Art
    11/05/11	Teacher workshop: Exploring the Art and Culture of Africa Snite Museum of Art
    11/01/11	Day of the Dead Festivities Snite Museum of Art
    10/01/11	Rants & Raves: A Concert of Baritone Arias Stephen Lancaster, baritone and Daniel Schlosberg, piano Snite Museum of Art
    09/18/11- 11/13/11	Warhol's Camera Snite Museum of Art
    09/04/11- 11/13/11	Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection Snite Museum of Art
    09/04/11- 12/04/11	Cinema Play House Snite Museum of Art
    08/28/11- 10/09/11	The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection Snite Museum of Art
    07/10/11	Family Day at the Snite Snite Museum of Art
    06/26/11- 07/10/11	High School Apprentice Program Exhibition Snite Museum of Art
    06/05/11- 08/07/11	Josef Albers: Formulation: Articulation, 1972 Snite Museum of Art
    06/05/11- 07/31/11	Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey Snite Museum of Art
    05/14/11	Robinson Shakespeare Company The Tempest Snite Museum of Art
    04/03/11- 05/15/11	Exercises in Creativity: Italian Drawings, 1500-1800 Snite Museum of Art
    04/03/11- 05/22/11	Annual MFA/BFA Thesis Exhibition Snite Museum of Art
    03/07/11	The Flame of Place: Abraham Lincoln Snite Museum of Art
    02/13/11	Public Reception and Gallery Talks Snite Museum of Art
    02/13/11- 03/27/11	Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photographers in the Americas: Artists, Journeymen or Entrepreneurs? Snite Museum of Art
    01/23/11- 03/06/11	John Bisbee: Old and New Nails Snite Museum of Art
    01/09/11- 03/06/11	James Wille Faust: Trees and Birds Snite Museum of Art
    12/19/10- 02/13/11	Interrogating Native American Art: Past and Present Snite Museum of Art
    11/28/10- 01/23/11	Goya Etchings from the Permanent Collection Snite Museum of Art
    10/22/10- 02/10/11	Body and Soul: Life, Death, and Wellness in Ancient Mexico Snite Museum of Art
    09/17/10- 11/05/10	Abstract Clay Snite Museum of Art
    09/16/10- 11/18/10	Vital Visionaries Snite Museum of Art
    09/05/10- 10/31/10	Documenting History, Charting Progress and Exploring the World: Architecture in 19th Century Photographs Snite Museum of Art
    08/29/10- 11/14/10	Parallel Currents: Highlights of the Ricardo Pau-Llosa Collection of Latin American Art Snite Museum of Art
    08/15/10- 11/14/10	Recent Gifts from the Dr. William McGraw ’65 Photography Collection Snite Museum of Art
    07/03/10- 10/10/10	Recent Gifts from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation Snite Museum of Art
    05/09/10- 06/20/10	A Selection of Recent Photography Acquisitions Snite Museum of Art
    05/01/10	The Winter's Tale Snite Museum of Art
    04/19/10	Curating 'Beyond the Chief': Hating Art and Words on Campus Snite Museum of Art
    04/15/10	Artist Talk and Reception: Photographer Caroline Chiu Snite Museum of Art
    04/12/10- 04/16/10	Caroline Chiu: 108 Thoughts on Spirituality Snite Museum of Art
    03/28/10	Opening Reception for BFA/MFA Theses Exhibition Snite Museum of Art
    03/28/10- 05/16/10	2010 BFA/MFA Candidates’ Theses Exhibition Snite Museum of Art
    03/25/10	Panel Discussion of Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home Snite Museum of Art
    03/17/10	Reading and Reception with Ricardo Pau-Llosa Snite Museum of Art
    03/14/10- 04/25/10	Caroline Chiu: Polaroids as Chinese Ink Painting Snite Museum of Art
    03/14/10- 04/25/10	Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home Snite Museum of Art
    02/19/10	Spring Exhibitions Opening Reception Snite Museum of Art
    01/26/10	Printmaking Methods: Maxim Kantor Snite Museum of Art
    01/24/10- 03/07/10	Markings: Koo Kyung Sook Snite Museum of Art
    01/19/10	The World of Piranesi Reception and Presentations Snite Museum of Art
    01/17/10- 02/28/10	Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from The Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection Snite Museum of Art
    01/17/10- 02/28/10	The World of Piranesi Snite Museum of Art
    11/01/09- 12/20/09	Sculptural Vessels by Bill Kremer Snite Museum of Art
    11/01/09- 12/20/09	Darkness and Light: Death and Beauty in Photography Snite Museum of Art
    10/29/09- 11/29/09	Day of the Dead Installation by Maria Elena Castro Snite Museum of Art
    09/13/09	Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions Snite Museum of Art
    09/06/09- 10/18/09	Fritz Scholder- Contemporary Artist: Influence Snite Museum of Art
    09/06/09- 10/04/09	In Praise of Donors: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Lehman Collection Snite Museum of Art
    08/02/09- 10/18/09	Thin: Photographs by Lauren Greenfield Snite Museum of Art
    07/12/09- 08/16/09	The Bible in the New World Snite Museum of Art
    07/12/09- 09/20/09	Para la Gente: Art, Politics, and Cultural Identity of the Talle de Gráfica Popular Snite Museum of Art
    05/31/09- 07/19/09	Photographs by Kay Westhues Snite Museum of Art
    04/20/09	Lecture by Antonio Turok: Snite Museum of Art
    04/09/09	Sex, Death, and a Question of Humor in Moche Art of Ancient Peru Snite Museum of Art
    03/19/09	Chip Kidd Lecture Snite Museum of Art
    03/01/09- 03/29/09	In the Wake of the Beagle: Darwin in Latin America 1831-1836 Snite Museum of Art
    01/25/09	Public Reception for the Winter Exhibition Series Snite Museum of Art
    01/25/09- 03/15/09	Lola Alvarez Bravo Snite Museum of Art
    01/18/09- 03/01/09	The Graphic Imperative: International Posters Snite Museum of Art
    01/11/09- 03/15/09	The Art of the Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings Snite Museum of Art
    01/11/09- 02/15/09	Rembrandt Prints from the Collection Snite Museum of Art
    11/07/08	This Land is Your Land: A Tribute to Pete Seeger Snite Museum of Art
    11/06/08	Frank Baseman Lecture Snite Museum of Art
    11/02/08- 12/14/08	The Architecture of Everyday Places: Nineteenth Century Photographs of the Vernacular Snite Museum of Art
    10/30/08	8th Annual Day of the Dead Snite Museum of Art
    09/21/08	Fall Public Reception & Opening Snite Museum of Art
    09/07/08- 10/19/08	Images from the Era of the French Revolution Snite Museum of Art
    08/31/08- 11/23/08	Maxim Kantor: Selections from the Wasteland and Metropolis Print Suites Snite Museum of Art
    08/24/08- 10/12/08	Arc of the Curve and Paths and Edges: Prints by Richard Serra Snite Museum of Art
    07/06/08- 08/17/08	Robert Graham: The Human Form Snite Museum of Art
    05/31/08- 08/17/08	Celebrating Ruthmere and the Walter R. Beardsley Collection Snite Museum of Art
    04/25/08	Seneca Duo and Friends Snite Museum of Art
    04/13/08- 06/08/08	Traditions through Time: Southwest Native American Art Snite Museum of Art
    04/06/08- 05/18/08	Annual BFA/MFA Candidates' Thesis Exhibition Snite Museum of Art
    03/30/08- 05/18/08	Photojournalist of the Soul: The Art of Mark Hilpert Snite Museum of Art
    02/28/08	Lecture by Eleanor Heartney Snite Museum of Art
    02/24/08- 03/23/08	The Lure of Italy During the Time of Goethe Snite Museum of Art
    02/07/08	Print Exhibition Featuring Timothy Riggs Snite Museum of Art
    01/20/08	Rapture: Recent Paintings by Maria Tomasula Opening Reception Snite Museum of Art
    01/13/08- 03/02/08	Rapture Snite Museum of Art
    01/13/08- 03/09/08	Three Sides to a Sheet of Paper Snite Museum of Art
    01/06/08- 02/17/08	Rembrandt and the Art of Printmaking in Holland Snite Museum of Art
    11/25/07- 12/23/07	Face to Face: Drawings by Martin Nguyen Snite Museum of Art
    11/01/07	Day of the Dead Program Snite Museum of Art
    10/30/07	Textile Dyeing and Weaving Demonstration Snite Museum of Art
    10/28/07- 12/16/07	Day of the Dead Installation by Ramiro Rodriguez Snite Museum of Art
    10/04/07	Lecture by Summer Stone Snite Museum of Art
    10/02/07	A Love Affair With the East: 19th Century Photographs of the Middle East Snite Museum of Art
    09/16/07	Fall Exhibitions Reception Snite Museum of Art
    09/02/07- 10/21/07	19th Century French Drawings Snite Museum of Art
    09/02/07- 11/11/07	Between Figurative and Abstract: Recent Paintings by Gao Xingjian Snite Museum of Art
    09/02/07- 10/14/07	Rarely Seen: Selections from the O'Grady Collection of 19th Century Photogr Snite Museum of Art