Category: Highlights

While fall 2020 was filled with uncertainty, frustration, fluidity, flexibility and resilience, the Museum Experiences Team welcomed an amazing group of new student interns and

Spring 2020 began with the long-awaited opening of the exhibition Pattern & Disruption: Diné Lifeways and Embedded Mathematics. This two-year project marks many important things for KMA as a cultural resource in our community: it reaffirms the commitment to the importance of voice when embracing the honor of caring for and interpreting culturally specific collections, it acknowledges a …

We took a new approach to our Sunday open studio programs for families this semester, leading to increased participation by members of the community, many of whom were new visitors to the Museum. In collaboration with an artist, a curator, and educators from WOUB Public Media Learning Lab, our student staff facilitated new experiences for our visitors during Art Encounters programs that highlighted the power of sharing.

Spring semester began with an outstanding collaboration within the College of Fine Arts to host a residency, workshop, lecture, performance, and exhibition with internationally known artist Carrie Mae Weems. Here, Ms. Weems meets with Ohio University students in the exhibition “The Usual Suspects.”

Cover Photo Credit: Athens Head Start explores “A Story of Flying.” Our staff visited their classroom the week before their museum trip to talk about

June 2017. As we settle into summer life at KMA, the rhythms of campus orientations and the perks of a slower pace in Athens, take