The Swope Blog

Sponsored by: April 12, 2025 - April 27, 2025 Reception Saturday, April 12, 2024, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m High school awards presentation at 2...

January 23 – March 23 Featuring western landscapes and works related to westward expansion, this exhibition includes works by James...

January 23 to March 23 Opening Reception & Alliance Raffle: First Friday, February 7 from 5 pm to 8 pm Artist on Art Speaker during...

Opening Reception: Friday, January 17 from 5 pm to 8 pm Exhibition January 16 to April 6 The first exhibition of 2025 will be “John...

Curated by Alia Sarris, International Fine Print Dealers Association Curatorial Intern November 8, 2024- January 26, 2025 Opening...

Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Sioux Tribe) Exhibition October 7 to November 1 Present Tense Indigeneity II is a satellite solo exhibition...

The Swope Art Museum has launched its Bloomberg Connects app, a free digital guide to cultural organizations around the world. This...

by Susan Bryant April 7 — June 30, 2023 "I'm interested in the dualities in our lives, and how they might be explored and expressed...

by Cheryl H. Hahn January 20 — April 2, 2023 The artist, Cheryl Hahn states, "My work depicts organic, biomorphic shapes enfolded within...

June 2-September 24, 2023 From a fourth-generation hoop net maker to a Zapotec weaver, this exhibition explores how makers from diverse...

by Melody Evans January 20 — March 26, 2023 Melody Evans studied for four years at the San Antonio School of Art and Craft and started...

The exhibition displays artwork and animated documentary videos by Paulsen, an award-winning St. Louis artist whose colorful paintings...

The Swope Art Museum proudly presents the 2024 William T. Turman Plein Air Exhibition.

October 18 – December 15, 2024 Opening Reception on Friday, October 18th. The Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition invites artists from...

JUNE 7 – SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 7, 5 - 7 PM ARTIST PRESENTATION: 6 PM The Swope Art Museum is pleased to...

The 57th Annual Student Art Exhibition Opening Reception took place at the Swope Art Museum this past Saturday. The museum was alive with...

April 20, 2024 - May 12, 2024 Reception April 20, 2024, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting  Allison Duerk from the Eugene V. Debs Museum for our monthly First Friday speaker series....

What a fantastic evening we had at our 16th Annual Mardi Gras Party! The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement, and the vibrant colors...

More than 800 artworks from artists in Indiana and six other states entered the Swope Art Museum’s 79th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition....