102 South Tenth Street
Lafayette, IN 47905
(765) 742-1128

Daily 11am - 4pm


 


 


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coming events

Painted Furniture Workshop
February 25 & March 3
Whether you are making a chair to donate to the Art Museum's "Chair-ity Event" or want to create some one of a kind furniture for your own use,  this workshop will teach you everything you need to know.  How to select, prepare for painting, and various painting techniques such as stenciling, crackle finishes, making custom stamps and many more processes! READ MORE >
Painted Furniture Workshop

Chair-ity - Coming Soon
Register Now

Artists and Community Members of Greater Lafayette and the surrounding region are invited to transform chairs into works of art.  These chairs will be donated for a public art exhibition that will be featured in the Art Museum Galleries and in business locations in the community in the summer of 2012.  The chairs will be auctioned in the fall to benefit the Art Museum.  Participant Registration Deadline March 15, 2012

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Chair-ity
You Are Invited!
A CELEBRATION OF COLOR

Annual Art League Event
Benefiting the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette and Scholarships

Saturday, March 31, 2012
Best Western Executive Plaza Hotel
Lafayette, Indiana

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A Celebration of Color Art Fashion Show and Luncheon 2012

in the news

RAKU POTTERS GET FIRED UP!
Journal and Courier December 9 Read full article...
RAKU POTTERS GET FIRED UP!
SIA Awards $28K in local grants 
written by Max Showalter
December 7, 2011

Art Museum receives $7395.89

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Art Museum of Greater Lafayette campaign nets $1.6M
Tim Brouk, Lafayette Journal and Courier
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

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A PLACE TO CREATE, APPRECIATE ART
Bob Kreibel on Sister  Rufinia Friday, June 17, 2011
in the Lafayette Journal and Courier Read full article...
Old Lafayette: Popular artist had 'exotic' workroom
Recollections of Sister Rufinia still rolling in
Bob Kriebel in the Journal & Courier, Sunday, January 30, 2011 Read full article...

exhibits

Indiana Realities
Regionalist Painting 1930-1945 
from the Bob & Ellie Haan Collection

January 20 - March 16, 2012

The Robert and Ellen Haan collection includes the finest Indiana Regionalist paintings in the nation.  It is a privilege for the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette to be able to exhibit this collection for the community.

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Trading Spaces:  Exchanged Collections  
African & African American Art
January 20 - March 18, 2012
Displayed in the McDonald Gallery 

The Art Museum is proud to once again collaborate with the Purdue University Black Cultural Center with a unique exhibit of work of African culture. Our Guest Curator, Mona Berg, has selected works for this exhibition.

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Almost Like Being in Love: Exploring the Art of Romance
in the Mickey Shook Gallery
January 20 - March 16, 2012

This is an exhibition of work, in various media, by students from Art museum classes.

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Indiana Artists:
Haan Gifts to the Permanent Collection
Displayed in the Weil Gallery
January 20 - April 28, 2012

Robert F. and Ellen E. Haan have contributed many pieces of historic Indiana art to our permanent collection at the Art Museum, for the first time the finest examples are on display.

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visit the gift shop

Give the Gift of Art

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”     Pablo Picasso

Have the stresses and challenges of everyday life sprinkled a bit of “Dust” on your soul lately?  How about the weather?   A sure cure for the “dustiness” of life is a stroll through the ever-changing Museum Shop!

Purchase a Gift Certificate for the museum shop or a studio art class!

Gift Certificate denominations
Name of Gift Recipient:

Tippecanope Arts Federation American Association of Museums
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North American Reciprocal Museums Indiana Arts Commission
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