Fort Wayne Museum of Art
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| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | |
| Established | 1897 (art school) 1921 (museum) |
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| Location | 311 East Main Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 United States  |
| Director | Charles A. Shepard III |
| Website | FWMoA Website |
The Fort Wayne Museum of Art (FWMoA) is a Contemporary art museum located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen County, United States, neighboring the Arts United Center.[1] The Fort Wayne Museum of Art contains permanent collections and national traveling exhibitionsis and is accredited by the American Association of Museums.[2]
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[edit] History
The Fort Wayne Museum of Art was earliest conceived in 1888 when J. Ottis Adams, and later William Forsyth, began teaching informal art classes. By the year 1897, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art School was formally organized from the art classes that had been in session for the past nine years. The function of "museum" was integrated into the school when a collection of ten paintings was donated by Theodore Thieme in 1921.[2] By 1949, the B. Paul Mossman Home at 1202 West Wayne Street in downtown Fort Wayne was donated to the museum, giving the museum an entire facility for the first time in its history to showcase exhibitions and collections. In 1977, the museum separated from the art school, the latter becoming a department of IPFW.[2] The Fort Wayne Museum of Art's current home is a structure that opened in 1984 at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Main Street in downtown Fort Wayne.[3][4]
[edit] Facility
The current facility of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, designed by architect Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, encompasses 40,000 square feet (3,700 m²) and includes three separate wings: Exhibition/Collection, Education/Administration, and the Auditorium, with an enclosed atrium linking the three wings in the center of the museum.[3] It was announced in May 2008 that the museum would add 10,000 square feet (930 m²) more exhibition space, a bistro, 18,000-volume library, expanded gift shop, and K-12 learning center, along with a complete refurbishment in a $7.5 million capital campaign, all of which is expected to be completed by spring 2010.[5][6]
[edit] Events
Annually, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art holds Chalk Walk, as part of the festivities offered during the Three Rivers Festival. During the event, participants are given an assigned "square" on pavement surrounding the museum (either Main Street or the museum parking lot) in which they are to draw with pastels a creation of their own.[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ FWMoA - Visitor Information. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ a b c FWMoA - History. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ a b FWMoA - Facility. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ FWMoA - Maps & Directions. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Penhollow, Steve, $5.5 million makeover. Construction starts in July; building to close for year in March, The Journal Gazette, May 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Fort Wayne museum plans $5.5 million expansion, The Associated Press, May 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- ^ FWMoA - Chalk Walk. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Three Rivers Festival Events - Art in the Park. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
