Category: Artists

  • Family Workshop: Forms and Figures
    April 22, 2022 by

    Written by: Kaitlyn Yeager – Visitor Assistant In February the curator of education at David Owsley Museum of Art, Maureen Nicholson, held a family workshop for children and parents to learn about Larry Day’s early abstract art in the exhibition titled Body Language. Larry Day (1921 – 1998) was an American artist residing in Pennsylvania […]

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  • Artist Bio: Christina Ramberg
    March 31, 2022 by

    Written by: Sylvie Coffey – Social Media Intern Christina Ramberg (1946-1995) was an American painter and best known for her works of art that call attention to the objectification of women’s figures. Her paintings display fragmented bodies highlighting the various undergarments used in the transformation of an individual’s body. Ramberg did not include faces within […]

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  • Alice Nichols and a Modernizing Museum
    March 2, 2022 by

    Written By: Jerret Barker – Collections and Education Intern Just outside the north entrance, a bust of Alice Nichols (1906-1994) greets visitors to the David Owsley Museum of Art. This bespectacled figure served as head of the art department and director of the museum, known at that time as the Ball State Teachers College Art […]

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  • Celebrating Black Artists
    February 16, 2022 by

    Written By: Sylvie Coffey – Public Relations Intern February is Black History month when the U.S. honors the sacrifices and contributions of African Americans that have helped shape our present nation. Black culture has, still and will always majorly influence our society through art, fashion, music, science, politics, law, sports, and more. Beyond February we […]

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  • A New Year, a New DOMA Insider
    January 31, 2022 by

    Written by: Griffin Green – Education Assistant With our last article having been posted on Nov 7, 2019, it goes without saying that things have been a little quiet here on the DOMA Insider blog. The COVID-19 pandemic has been relentless, but so are we here at the David Owsley Museum of Art, and as […]

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