2019 Exhibitions

“Looking at the Stars”: <em>Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame</em>

“Looking at the Stars”: Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame

August 17 — December 14, 2019

All four of the O’Shaughnessy Galleries and the Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery

With the recent gift of modern paintings by artists such as Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940), and Mary Swanzy (1882-1978), among others, from the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family, the University of Notre Dame has laid a solid foundation on which to build a rich collection of Irish...

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Ivan Meštrović and Notre Dame

Ivan Meštrović and Notre Dame

June 8 — August 10, 2019

Snite Museum of Art, Lower Level

Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962) was among the most famous and prolific figurative sculptors of the 20th century. Born in humble circumstances in rural Croatia, he went on to receive international acclaim for his sculpture first in Europe, then in the United States. Although his career coincides with many of the most dynamic...

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2019 Summer Apprentice Program Exhibition II

2019 Summer Apprentice Program Exhibition II

July 20-27

Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery

Every year the Summer Apprentice Program at the Snite Museum of Art provides area high school artists with a two-week-long immersive art experience exploring a medium or genre of art. Students are recommended by their art teachers in the spring, complete an application, and participate in a portfolio review and...

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2019 Summer Apprentice Program Exhibition

2019 Summer Apprentice Program Exhibition

June 29-July 6, 2019

Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery

Every year the Summer Apprentice Program at the Snite Museum of Art provides area high school artists with a two-week-long immersive art experience exploring a medium or genre of art. Students are recommended by their art teachers in the spring, complete an application, and participate in a portfolio review and...

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Revisions: Contemporary Native Art

Revisions: Contemporary Native Art

Saturday, February 2 through Saturday, May 18, 2019

O’Shaughnessy Galleries I, II, & III

This exhibition focuses on strategies of revision, reuse, and appropriation in contemporary Native art. The participating artists—who hail from diverse backgrounds, tribes, and generations—share an interest in the circulation and reconfiguration of forms over time, across space, and between cultures. Some address the appropriation of Native culture by settler society,...

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2019 MFA Candidates Thesis Exhibition

2019 MFA Candidates Thesis Exhibition

Saturday, April 6 through Saturday, May 18, 2019

O’Shaughnessy West Galleries

This annual exhibition is comprised of the culminating thesis projects created by the students graduating with an MFA degree from the University of Notre Dame Department of Art, Art History & Design. It is typically provocative and demonstrates a broad awareness of the themes and processes of contemporary art. Museum...

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The Work of Our Hands

The Work of Our Hands

Tuesday, March 19 through Saturday, June 1, 2019

Scholz Family Gallery

The Work of Our Hands is a multi-venue, focus exhibition organized as part of Notre Dame Forum 2018–19, "Catholic Artistic Heritage: Bringing Forth Treasures New and Old," which explores the ways that the Catholic Church has cultivated art and inspired artists, authors, musicians, and architects of all faiths throughout the centuries....

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