Art
Four Rectangles Oblique
This sculpture was created by George Rickey, an American artist from South Bend, Indiana known for his kinetic or moving sculptures. Coming from a family of mechanical engineers...
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Found and Transformed
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Reclaiming our Nature – Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park
The Vision Noted American landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh immediately appreciated the site’s serendipitous qualities produced from past neglect. It enjoys rolling...
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Single Winged Figure on Plinth
Stephen De Staebler was an internationally celebrated American sculptor known for his fragmented figural sculptures created from bronze and clay. Through his sculptures, De...
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Married Woman’s Headdress
This headdress is made entirely of cowhide that has been finished in a variety of ways—buffed smooth and shiny, left soft and nubby, and pierced with a pattern of crisp lines....
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Tracery
This sculpture was created by Deborah Butterfield, an American artist known for her depictions of horses. Butterfield uses everyday, often discarded objects like sticks and metal...
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Untitled by Chen Jiang-Hong
Chen Jiang-ÂHong explores abstraction in his paintings and utilizes traditional Chinese painting techniques and materials to create his works. He uses ink and paint, along with a...
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Blue I
Georgia O'Keeffe painted Blue I. She was among the first internationally known American artists to train exclusively in the United States and to find her subjects here. When she...
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The Portage Landing at the St. Joseph River
Kay Westhues is a photographer and folklorist based in South Bend, Indiana, who is interested in documenting the ways in which rural tradition and history are interpreted and...
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Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Acquires a Major Work By Sculptor Louise Nevelson
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art announces the acquisition of Sky Sentinels, a 1976 work by the iconic sculptor Louise Nevelson. In heralding the gift, Joseph Antenucci Becherer,...
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African American Voices
This exhibition features African-American artworks from the permanent collection of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. A centerpiece is Richard Hunt’s Maquette for Wing Generator,...
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O Come Let Us Adore Him – Crèches From Africa
Explore the 6th Annual International Crèche Exhibit featuring African crèches that are exhibited on campus November 27, 2019 – January 12, 2020, through pictures and...
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