Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries:

Onya LaTour: Pioneering Modern Art in Indiana
Continuing through May 10, 2015
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
In 1941 Onya LaTour opened the Indiana Museum of Modern Art near Nashville, Indiana, creating a stir in local art circles. Two works from her personal collection are featured in this installation presented in conjunction with Onya LaTour on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this fall, to which the IU Art Museum loaned four pieces.

WWI War Bond Posters
Continuing through May 24, 2015
During World War I, mass-produced color posters encouraged enlistment, helped raise capital for the war effort, and solidified public opinion against the enemy. Two vintage posters for war bonds, one American and one French, are featured: although both depict a German soldier, they have very different styles and impacts.

Nature’s Small Wonders: Photographs by Ansel Adams
Continuing through May 24, 2015
America’s most famous nature photographer, Adams was also an ardent conservationist who served on the board of directors for the Sierra Club for thirty-seven years and was active in the Wilderness Society. He used his dramatic black-and-white photographs to encourage the preservation of America’s natural wonders, particularly those found in the U.S. National Parks.

This installation is on view from January 13 through May 24, 2015, in the Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art. It is presented in conjunction with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sycamore Land Trust, whose mission is to protect the beautiful natural and agricultural landscape of southern Indiana.

Finding Atget
Continueing though May 24, 2015
French photographer Eugène Atget’s imagery mixed a nineteenth-century aesthetic with a modern sensibility, garnering him admiration and respect from the young Berenice Abbott, who became his champion. This installation features a vintage print by Atget and several later prints from his original negatives.

Women behind the Camera
Continuing through May 24, 2015
The world of professional photography in the early- to mid-twentieth century was largely a men’s club, but a small group of talented women paved the way for future generations of female “lensmen.” Portraits by three of these pioneers—Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott, and Toni Frissell—are featured.

Pop Textiles
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Textiles designed by Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, and Claes Oldenburg are featured. These bold and inventive compositions on fabric blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and industrial production.

Robert Salmon: Romantic Painter
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Two paintings by Robert Salmon help elucidate the artist’s foundation in English Romanticism, which continued to inform his painting after his move to Boston in 1828.

Focalpoint: Fantastic African Hats: Power, Passage, and Protection
Continuing through May 24, 2015
These twelve richly embellished African hats celebrate the prestige of their owners, evoke complex histories of trade and commerce, and provide protection from harm. Organized by Brittany Sheldon, graduate assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

Special Program: Show & Tell: A Collaborative Art Exhibit
Continuing through February 28, 2015
IU Art Museum and U Bring Change 2 Mind have invited IU students to participate in an art project that aims to illuminate the challenges, hopes, and fears of our campus community through a month-long display of artworks, poems, and prose.

“Moco’s Prehistoric Past”
Come see and examine fossils of plants, organisms, and animals found in the Hoosier state and learn how they contributed to Southern Indiana’s natural landscape. The history center is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00am-4:00pm. Runs through March 31.

The History Center is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-4pm.

Wednesdays, February 4, 11, and 18, 11:00–12:30 p.m.
IU Art Museum
Meet in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor

During the Nazi era and World War II, thousands of art objects changed hands—many as a result of looting—and determining an artwork’s whereabouts between 1933 and 1945 is a top priority for most museums. Presented by Jenny McComas, IU Art Museum’s Class of 1949 Curator of Western Art after 1800 and head of the museum’s Nazi-Era Provenance Research Project, this course examines Nazi art looting and the wartime art market, current provenance research resources and initiatives, case studies from the IU Art Museum’s collection, and how provenance research is changing our understanding of art history by bringing to life new facets of an art object’s past. To register, visit lifelonglearning.iub.edu or call 812-855-9335.

Memories can get fuzzy as we age, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Regularly challenging ourselves with fun mental exercises keeps our minds running on all four cylinders. In fact, adults who frequently engage in mentally stimulating activities are 63% less likely to develop dementia than those who rarely do such activities (according to a New England Journal of Medicine study). Stacey Goffinet will lead participants in playing trivia games, solving puzzles and other fun activities to maintain a sharp focus and, better memory retention. Games and puzzles are among the best ways to maintain active and productive use of all our mental faculties. Eating healthy foods and exercise can also significantly boost our brain power!

Refreshments will be provided by Comfort Keepers. New players are always welcome! Sponsored by Area 10 Agency on Aging and Comfort Keepers. For more information: call the center at 876-3383 ex. 515.

The Kinsey Institute art and library collections contain thousands of examples of erotic imagery produced over centuries by artists around the world. Secret Impressions presents a selection of lithographs, engravings, etchings and woodblock prints from the mid-19th century and earlier. These artworks from France, England, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Japan illustrate the means by which pornographic and erotic images were mass produced before the invention of the camera. Wealthy collectors could commission paintings, but others could purchase prints at a lower cost. Once photography was invented in the 1830s, it quickly became a popular medium for depictions of the nude figure, as well as erotic imagery. The first photographic process to become widespread was the daguerreotype, which produced a unique image. With the invention of a process that used a negative to make multiple photographs, the mass production of erotic images became possible. Hold That Pose features daguerreotypes, tintypes, albumen and gelatin silver prints, stereocards, and other examples of photographic processes that were used in the 19th century by professional photographers to produce and distribute erotic material.

The Kinsey Institute is open to visitors from 1:30 to 5:00 pm weekdays or at other times during office hours by appointment only. Admission is free. Due to adult content, visitors should be 18 years of age or older, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. To schedule a group guided tour of The Kinsey Institute, please call 812-855-7686.

Songbirds aren’t the only birds that will use a nesting box! Hairy woodpeckers also make use of artificial nesting structures, as natural tree cavities are often in short supply. Participants will assemble a wood nesting box for the hairy woodpecker and learn about this bird’s mating and nesting behavior. 1.5 to 2 hours

Cost is $15 per kit*; limited to 8 kits.
Preregistration is REQUIRED by February 13.
Sign up at http://bit.ly/nestboxfeb18
*When you register for this workshop, you are reserving ONE KIT – up to two people may work together on assembling the same kit. If you wish to reserve more than one kit (for other people in your group), you must submit a separate registration for each additional kit.

Seminar Talk by Dr. Yiqing Song, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health-Indianapolis

Title: Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes: From Observation to Intervention

Yoga Classes: Chair or Floor Yoga: NEW time of Day!
Experience the peace that comes with gentle stretching and connecting with your breath; 4–5:00pm, Wednesdays & Fridays, February 4 – 27. Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Dr, Ellettsville; Certified yoga instructor, Lee-Ann Assalone will guide you through yoga’s healing, calming and physical benefits. All ability levels welcome.
8 Classes: $45 (pre-register/pd) $40 Members (pre-register/pd) or $7/pay per class. Register: 812-876-3383, xt 515