David and Peter Turnley: McClellan Street
November 15, 2008 – January 11, 2009
Fort Wayne natives David and Peter Turnley are internationally renowned photojournalists whose work has been featured on the covers and in the pages of the most esteemed news magazines and newspapers. They have created some of the most memorable images of the 20th and 21st centuries and have received numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize for photography awarded to David Turnley in 1990. Their work has been subject of photography catalogues and exhibitions.
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Photograph by Peter Turnley (detail)
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John Buck: Iconography
January 24 – April 19, 2009
Over the past four decades, John Buck has created a large and important body of work comprised of woodblock prints and rubbings, sculpture, and three-dimensional wood panels. Tough-minded and visually complex, Buck’s art is saturated with richness of images, icons, symbols, motifs, and an intense lyrical and authentic evocation of both the natural and social worlds.
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John Buck
Great Falls
1991, Woodcut
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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2009
February 7 – April 11, 2009
A wonderful exhibition featuring the work of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio winners of the annual national Scholastics art and writing awards competition.
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A. Preuss, Angola High School
2004, Woodblock print
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Children’s Book Illustrations
by Jeanne Rorex Bridges
February 7 – April 19, 2009
This exhibition features the original paintings by Jeanne Rorex Bridges for the children’s book, Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom written by Tim Tingle. Rorex Bridges is an award winning artist of Cherokee ancestry. For several years, she has incorporated paintings depicting the shared history of Southeastern Indians and African Americans with her Native American work. Crossing Bok Chitto is her first time illustrating a children’s book.
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Jeanne Rorex Bridges
from the book Crossing Bok Chitto
2006
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Art 4 Sale
Please note the date change
May 8 – 10, 2009
Preview Sale Thursday, May 7th
This annual fundraiser for the Fort Wayne Museum of Art
features works by artists from across the country.
Calling All Artists!
Be a part of the oldest annual Fort Wayne Museum of Art fundraiser — Art4Sale — May 8 – 10, 2009! The entry deadline for this very successful juried sale is November 15, 2008. Contact Brian at 260.422.6467 ext 341 or wagner@fwmoa.org for more information or an application.
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Robert Brasher
Oil on canvas
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