Category: Education

  • Halloween & Masks Around the World pt. 1
    October 31, 2019 by

    Written by: Micaela Knox, public relations intern To read the second part of this two part series, please click here. Happy Halloween! Are you getting into the spooky spirit? Dressing up the kids as their favorite characters? Putting together your best costume for a night out with friends? As you don your masks, have you […]

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  • Why is Silverware Considered Art?
    July 22, 2019 by

    By: Sophie Edens, Public Relations & Marketing Intern   “It’s just a room of chairs, right?” The sheer number of times I heard this question as a guard at DOMA was both understandable and saddening. Off the West Gallery and the Ball Brothers Foundation Gallery, there lies a pink hallway with two rooms called the […]

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  • Hungry Dream Eater: Baku
    July 2, 2019 by

    By: Sophie Edens, Public Relations & Marketing Intern “Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat my dream.” Dream Eater (Baku), Unidentified Artist (Japanese), 2010.002.000   In Chinese and Japanese folklore, whispering these words after waking up from a nightmare will summon a great chimera-like creature called a baku. The […]

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  • A Preview of DOMA’s Indigenous Art from Oceania
    April 11, 2019 by

    DOMA’s collection features a wide range of indigenous art from all across the globe. Oftentimes information available about the daily lives of these indigenous peoples is sparse, with only anthropologists and travelers’ accounts to provide us with information. By examining the art they have produced, however, we are able to glimpse into their cultures and ways of life. In many […]

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