Exhibitions & Events
Throughout the year the Brauer Museum of Art opens its galleries to the public to view various collections and special displays. In addition, the Museum hosts corresponding special events.
All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.
Art Student Exhibition Opening Reception and Award Ceremony
Wednesday, April 11, 7pm
Art Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception
Friday, April 20, 7pm
Gallery Talk with Robert Sirko
Thursday, May 3, 7pm
Valparaiso University Art Student Exhibition
Wehling and McGill Galleries
Each year, the Brauer Museum of Art is proud to host an exhibition of works produced by student artists in Valparaiso University’s studio classes. This exhibition offers the Brauer Museum the opportunity to display creative and thought-provoking works, while allowing Valpo art students the opportunity to showcase their talents and inspirations.
View of the 2017 Valparaiso University Art Student Exhibition
Valparaiso University Art Faculty Exhibition
West Gallery and Small Ferguson Gallery
Come see the recent work of Valparaiso University’s talented art professors, displayed in the Brauer Museum’s West Gallery. A variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and video, will be represented, demonstrating the many approaches to art that faculty members consider in their studios and classrooms.
Valparaiso University Senior Seminar Exhibition
Large Ferguson Gallery
Robert Sirko Paintings and Drawings
Gallery 1212
These exhibitions were made possible through funds provided by the Partners for the Brauer Museum of Art and Valparaiso University’s Zahn Fund.
Gallery Talk
Wednesday, July 11, 7 pm
New Acquisitions
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Wehling and McGill Galleries
Georgia O’Keeffe, (1887-1986)
Rust Red Hills, 1930
Oil on canvas, 16 x 30 inches
Sloan Fund Purchase
Brauer Museum of Art, 62.02
These exhibitions were made possible through funds provided by the Partners for the Brauer Museum of Art.
Wednesday Night Joe!
Throughout the gallery exhibition season, the museum staff hosts special one hour programs for Valparaiso University students. Activities include discussions, poetry readings, and conversation with noted artists and collectors. It’s a great opportunity for students to meet each other, share common interests, and learn more about the field of art in general.
Coffee Hours are held in the Brauer Museum of Art. Refreshments are included.
2017-2018 Schedule
| October 4 with Director/Curator Gregg Hertzlieb | 7 p.m. |
| November 1 with Art Historian James R. Dabbert | 7 p.m. |
| February 7 with Artist Ralph Kipniss | 7 p.m. |
Back on the prowl…it’s Thursday Night Noir!
Photo Credit: The Narrow Margin, 1952, © RKO
The popular film/lecture series, hosted by IUN Fine Arts faculty member Peter Aglinskas, creator of the lecture series “The Noir Style in Image, Word, and Sound”, returns to The Brauer Museum of Art on the campus of Valparaiso University for its fourth season of fun and informative forays into the shadowy world of noir.
Don’t miss this prime stash of political cover-ups, craven double-crosses, incognito intrigues, and cops in hot pursuit of hideous hoods…topics as timely today as they were during the heyday of classic noir!
Four iconic movies representing distinct themes and eras of film noir will be featured:
| January 18 | The Glass Key (1942) | 7 p.m. |
| February 15 | Criss Cross (1949) | 7 p.m. |
| March 15 | The Narrow Margin (1952) | 7 p.m. |
| April 19 | The Lineup (1958) | 7 p.m. |
Please note that the Brauer Museum is closed March 3-18 for academic break. However, Thursday Night Noir will take place in the museum at 7 pm on March 15, free and open to the public.
A lecture and discussion will follow each screening.
These events are free and open to the public.
This film series was made possible through funds provided by Valparaiso University’s Cultural Arts Committee and the Partners for the Brauer Museum of Art.
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In Quest of Beauty: The Life and Times of Junius R. SloanWritten by Richard H. W. Brauer, retired museum director and professor emeritus, Valparaiso University, and funded in part by the Indiana Humanities Council. |
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Junius Sloan’s Kaaterskill Lakes and the Catskill Mountain House: The Story of an American Cultural IconWritten and curated by John Ruff Ph.D., associate professor, Department of English, Valparaiso University. Funded in part by the Indiana Humanities Council and the Sloan Endowment. |
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American Art & National IdentityWritten by David Morgan, formerly Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts, Valparaiso University, and funded in part by the Indiana Humanities Council. |
- Overwhelming Beauty: Painting, Collage, and Sculpture by Henning Eichinger and Yvonne Kendall (PDF)
January 9 – April 1, 2018 - The Indiana Dunes Revisited: Frank V. Dudley and the 1917 Dunes Pageant (PDF)
August 22 – December 10, 2017 - Old Master Prints from a Private Collection (PDF)
August 22 – December 10, 2017 - The Art of Ernst Schwidder (PDF)
April 11 – May 14, 2017 - Sand & Steel: Visions of Our Indiana Shore (PDF)
January 10 – April 2, 2017 - Borders by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir (PDF)
October, 2014 – March, 2017 - External Reflections – Internal Wars: Photographs by Louise Witkin-Berg (PDF)
August 23 – December 11, 2016 - Paintings by Frank V. Dudley from the James Moeller Collection (PDF)
May 17 – August 7, 2016 - Sacred Spaces and Objects: The Visual, Material, and Tangible (PDF)
April 13 – May 8, 2016 - Michael Miller: An Appreciation (PDF)
January 8 – April 3, 2016 - So Small Between the Stars, So Large Against the Sky: Studies for a Monument New Works by Neil Goodman (PDF)
January 8 – April 3, 2016 - Carlos Lopez: A Forgotten Michigan Painter (PDF)
January 8 – April 3, 2016 - Celebrating Life: Betty LaDuke Retrospective Exhibition (PDF)
January 8 – April 3, 2016 - Hermann Gurfinkel: Hidden Northwest Indiana Legend (PDF)
May 15 – August 9, 2015 - Inner Visions: Sacred Plants, Art, and Spirituality (PDF)
January 9 – April 5, 2015 - From 2/11 to Today: Recent Work by Ted Halkin (PDF)
August 26 – December 14, 2014 - Selections from the Andy Nunemaker Collection (PDF)
August 26 – December 14, 2014 - Parallel Pursuits: Tom Brand – Finding Form
Carole Stodder – Shaping Space (PDF)
May 16 – August 10, 2014 - Trucks: Recent Work by John Himmelfarb (PDF)
January 7 – April 6, 2014 - Mr. Imagination: Chicago Self-Taught Artist (PDF)
January 7 – April 6, 2014 - Light Journey: An Odyssey in Paint (PDF)
A Mid-Career Retrospective Exhibition of the Art of Su Kwak
December 1, 2012 – March 17, 2013 - The Art of George Ames Aldrich (PDF)
- August 21 – November 16, 2012
- Healing Pool: An Installation by Brian Knep (PDF)
December 2, 2011 – March 18, 2012 - Mindless Mayhem: The Art of Ron Villani (PDF)
December 2, 2011 – March 18, 2012 - The Art of the Newel: The Jay W. Christopher Collection (PDF)
August 23 – November 18, 2011 - Henry Diltz: Woodstock and Friends (PDF)
August 23 – November 18, 2011 - Damned: Sculpture by Ronald Gonzalez (PDF)
August 23 – November 18, 2011 - Recent Views of An Inner World: Paintings by Richard Loving (PDF)
December 3, 2010 – March 20, 2011
