North Dakota Museum of Art

Museum in Grand Forks, North Dakota

North Dakota Museum of Art
Exterior of the museum

Former name	University of North Dakota Art Galleries
Location	Grand Forks, North Dakota
Website	ndmoa.com

The North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA) is the official art museum of the American state of North Dakota. Located on the campus of the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, North Dakota,^[1] the museum is a private not-for-profit institution. The building includes three exhibition galleries, a video information room, cafe, and gift shop. Admission is free.

History

The museum was formed in the 1970s as the University of North Dakota Art Galleries.

In 1981, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly designated the museum as the state's official art museum and the museum took on its present name. The 1907 West Gymnasium on the University of North Dakota campus was remodeled and, in 1989, the 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m²) structure became the new home for the museum. Facilities in the museum have been designed by artists who have worked with the museum in the past, including the gift shop and donor wall, created by New York artist Barton Lidice Beneš, who constructed the donor wall similar to his own shadow box museums, and the outdoor sculpture garden created by Richard Nonas (Nonas article is in French language).^[2] The museum finished a significant renovation project that included installation of skylights, new flooring, and windows.

Permanent collection

The museum's permanent collection includes works by María Magdalena Campos Pons, Aganetha Dyck, Rena Effendi, Walter Piehl, and Kiki Smith.

Exhibits

The museum features changing exhibitions from regional, national, and international contemporary artists. Exhibits from the past have included:

Bugs and Such
Lewis and Clark: Rivers, Edens, Empires
The Plains of Sweet Regret
Under the Whelming Tide: The 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North

Since 2013, the museum has hosted an exhibit of the reconstruction of artist Barton Beneš's New York City apartment called Barton's Place.^[3]

Other past exhibitions include:

2014

Arnold Saper: A Face to Paint
Songs for Spirit Lake
Mary Bonkemeyer: Decades in Paint
Robert Rauschenberg: Four Decades of Work on Paper
Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom

2015

An African Affair
Micah Bloom: Codex
Colorprint U.S.A.
Armando Ramos: Something Absurd
Jill Brody: Hidden in Plain Sight
Fred Liang: A Bubble in a Stream

2016

Rick Bartow: Things I Know, But Cannot Explain
Allison Leigh Holt: The Glass System
In Our Own Words: Native Impressions
Justin Sorensen: Stalking the Snow Leopard
Kim Fink: Changing Nature
Songs for Spirit Lake – Part II

Musical concert series

Musical concert series include:

Sunday Concerts in the Gallery Series (October to April)
Concerts in the Garden (July and August)
NDMOA Downtown at the Empire Arts Center

Outreach

Outreach programs include Summer Kid's Art Camps, Family Days At The Museum, adult classes, rural arts program, and touring exhibits.

References

^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Visitor Info". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Mission & History". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ "North Dakota Museum Of Art | PR GFH 112213". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.