Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Print Gallery, First Floor A collection of prints by American artists who worked during the Great Depression, featuring Childe Hassam, Howard Cook, Lawrence Kupferman and Reginald Marsh.The artists received support from the…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Wheeler & Changing Exhibition Galleries, Second Floor Founded in Springfield in 1949 by artist Harriet Lumis, the Academic Artists Association has a national membership of more than 250 artists. The term “academic”…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Alpert Gallery, First Floor The firm of Currier & Ives is known for its idealized images of life in 19th-century America. As with other subjects, Currier & Ives presented an optimistic, romanticized…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Wheeler and Barn Galleries, Second Floor Some artists use paint, others bronze – but Nathan Sawaya builds his awe-inspiring art out of standard LEGO® toy building bricks. The Art of the Brick…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor Painted in oil on wood and canvas in the style of an Old Master, this series of paintings explores the idea of brokenness in communication, relationships, emotion, and…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Wheeler and Barn Galleries, Second Floor Each year since 1866, the American Watercolor Society (AWS) has hosted a juried exhibition of exemplary watercolors by artist members of the organization. The Society’s 142nd…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor Connecticut artist Daryl Zang’s self-portraits depict the beauty and sometimes the frustrations of motherhood. Her canvases reflect the private moments, personal space and inner emotions of all women…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Starr Watercolor Gallery, First Floor The D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts began collecting watercolor paintings and works on paper in the early 1930s when it first opened to the public. Because watercolors…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor A series of dreamlike photographic images called “photograms” by Wilbraham artist Paul Bloomfield, created in a darkroom by placing objects such as pieces of string or grains of…
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Print Gallery, First Floor Celebrated self-taught artist, Asa Cheffetz, became a master wood engraver over the course of his nearly 50-year career. Although he was born in Buffalo, New York, he lived…