Membership

The value of art to a community

The opportunity to truly appreciate art is a gift.
To stand before works by some of the world’s greatest painters, sculptors and photographers touches something deeply spiritual in one’s soul.

The benefits to our community of a museum the caliber of Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art are substantial.

Museum visitors from grade school through college, and adult art lovers as well, profit from the vast number of educational outreach programs offered by the Brauer Museum. These programs are part of the museum’s larger strategy for promoting an appreciation of and an education about the value of art to our community and our world.

To this end, the Brauer Museum creates and distributes educational teacher packets and worksheets. It also sponsors docent-guided visits for area schools and annual student competitions. Adults, as well, expand their knowledge of fine art through gallery talks, special events, lectures and symposia with scholars and other noted authorities.

These educational experiences frequently relate directly to special exhibitions at the Brauer Museum, often of national and international importance. As is the Brauer Museum’s policy, no fee is charged to the public to view these extraordinary works of art. The museum relies on donations from visitors and annual support of individual donors and corporations to maintain its budget for programming, acquisition and outreach.

A substantial art collection

The Brauer Museum boasts a collection of more than 2,700 American works of art from the mid-19th century to the present. Included are landscapes by Frederic E. Church, Asher B. Durand, and John F. Kensett; large late-19th century paintings by T. Alexander Harrison and Elizabeth Nourse; Impressionist paintings by Karl Anderson, Childe Hassam and Robert Reid, and urban realist paintings by William Glackens and John Sloan.

The museum also holds early modernists paintings by John Marin, Walt Kuhn and Georgia O’Keeffe. Other contemporary works include artists such as Elaine De Kooning, Ed Paschke, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and Ansel Adams.

In addition to this extensive collection, the museum also houses a store with a wide range of interpretive materials. These include original works of art, books, posters, jewelry, glass and pottery.

Keep art alive

As the only art museum in Northwest Indiana, the Brauer Museum is a valuable asset for the area’s quality of life and cultural vitality. Through the newly formed “Partners for Valpo’s Brauer Museum of Art,” you can help keep art alive for our community.

Levels of Partnership

$25... Apprentice
$50... Craftsman
$100... Artist
$250... Mentor
$500... Master
$1000... Curator

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Please make checks payable to Valparaiso University.
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Please send your check or credit card information with the appropriate partnership level indicated to:

Brauer Museum of Art
VU Center for the Arts 1709 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383

Call 219-464-5365 for more information.

Partnership benefits include:

• The opportunity to attend special Brauer Museum and Valparaiso University events
• Periodic updates on news and events at the Brauer Museum of Art
• An acknowledgment of your gift
• A tax benefit for your contribution
• Advance notice of any museum-sponsored art excursions
• News of ways that the Brauer Museum serves as an educational benefit to the Northwest Indiana community

For additional information on how to support the Brauer Museum by becoming a Partner, contact:

Gregg Hertzlieb, Curator
Brauer Museum of Art
1709 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383
219.464.5365 • fax 219.464.5244
E-mail: Gregg.Hertzlieb@valpo.edu