North Dakota Museum of Art
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Former name | University of North Dakota Art Galleries |
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| Location | Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Website | ndmoa |
The North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA) is the official art museum of the American state of North Dakota. Located on the campus of the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, North Dakota,[1] the museum is a private not-for-profit institution. The building includes three exhibition galleries, a video information room, cafe, and gift shop. Admission is free.
History
The museum was formed in the 1970s as the University of North Dakota Art Galleries.
In 1981, the
Permanent collection
The museum's permanent collection includes works by María Magdalena Campos Pons, Aganetha Dyck, Rena Effendi, Walter Piehl, and Kiki Smith.
Exhibits
The museum features changing exhibitions from regional, national, and international contemporary artists. Exhibits from the past have included:
- Bugs and Such
- Lewis and Clark: Rivers, Edens, Empires
- The Plains of Sweet Regret
- Under the Whelming Tide: The 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North
Since 2013, the museum has hosted an exhibit of the reconstruction of artist Barton Beneš's New York City apartment called Barton's Place.[3]
Other past exhibitions include:
2014
- Arnold Saper: A Face to Paint
- Songs for Spirit Lake
- Mary Bonkemeyer: Decades in Paint
- Robert Rauschenberg: Four Decades of Work on Paper
- Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom
2015
- An African Affair
- Micah Bloom: Codex
- Colorprint U.S.A.
- Armando Ramos: Something Absurd
- Jill Brody: Hidden in Plain Sight
- Fred Liang: A Bubble in a Stream
2016
- Rick Bartow: Things I Know, But Cannot Explain
- Allison Leigh Holt: The Glass System
- In Our Own Words: Native Impressions
- Justin Sorensen: Stalking the Snow Leopard
- Kim Fink: Changing Nature
- Songs for Spirit Lake – Part II
Musical concert series
Musical concert series include:
- Sunday Concerts in the Gallery Series (October to April)
- Concerts in the Garden (July and August)
- NDMOA Downtown at the Empire Arts Center
Outreach
Outreach programs include Summer Kid's Art Camps, Family Days At The Museum, adult classes, rural arts program, and touring exhibits.
See also
References
- ^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Visitor Info". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Mission & History". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | PR GFH 112213". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
External links
- ndmoa
.com , the museum's official website
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