The Truth of Still Life Painting
“Still life is the touchstone of painting.” – Édouard Manet A still life. One type may be a painting of a flower put with various fruits or vegetables surrounding its base. […]
New Year Changes
The beginning of a new calendar year always brings change—and along with it, new opportunities and challenges. The year 2018 has begun in just that way for the Mystic Museum […]
Wendy Edwards/Jerry Mischak Exhibition Extended, Featured in Day Profile
The inaugural, first-full exhibition in MMoA’s new 15 Water Street Gallery has been extended through December 11. Featuring two- and three-dimensional works by married Providence artists Wendy Edwards and Jerry […]
Day Newspaper Feature Focuses on Dualities in Boone’s Pairs Exhibition
Day Staff Writer Mary Biekert provided considerable insight and perspective in a recent piece looking at the related “pairs” of paintings and mixed-media in John Boone’s Pairs exhibition, on display […]
MMoA Announces Photo Show 39 Prize Winners
A decades-old tradition, Mystic Museum of Art’s annual juried Photo Show features new names and some of the region’s most established photographers. This year, 145 works were accepted of the […]
Brackman Exhibition Featured in Hartford Courant Video/Story
Mystic Museum of Art is grateful to Susan Dunne for her incisive review of the current Robert Brackman: Thinking in Color exhibition. Dunne notes the influence of Robert Henri, George […]
Hundreds Support Art and Art Education at MMoA Annual Gala
Over two-hundred guests dined, danced, and bid generously on live and silent auction items to support art and art education and to honor Irene and Charles Hamm at Mystic Museum […]
Columnist David Collins Highlights MMoA’s Brackman Exhibition
Sunday June 25th’s edition of The Day newspaper featured an incisive column by David Collins, who discussed the historic figures included in the current Robert Brackman: Thinking in Color exhibition. […]
MMoA Seeking Volunteers for Weekly “Weeder Social”
Get down and dirty every Thursday from 9-11 AM at the Weeder Social, where a team of volunteers will do the unsung but crucial task to help beautify MMoA’s majestic […]
Getty Selects MMoA’s Salerno for Prestigious Summer Program
Dawn E. Salerno, Deputy Director for Public Engagement and Operations at Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA), has been selected one of 62 museum officials worldwide to attend the 2017 Getty […]