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Owensboro Museum of Fine Art expands and enhances the cultural environment of the region through a permanent collection of American, European and Asian fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th century to the present. Major traveling exhibitions; visual and performing arts; interpretive events and educational programs for children and adults occur throughout the year.

 

 

A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC ART

The Museum grounds feature Ryan Sculpture Park, a new community green space adjacent to the museum at 10th and Frederica Streets and the Contemporary Art Park across the street from the museum at 9th and Frederica Street.
Ryan Sculpture Park showcases the first buffalo sculpture in Owensboro's Bronze Buffalo Trace, INTO THE WIND, a one and one-third life size bronze bison by Texas artist T. D. Kelsey.

Kelsey has an international reputation as a wildlife sculptor and is featured in the collection of many major museums, including the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Wyoming; National Museum of Wildlife, Wyoming; C. M. Russell Museum, Montana and was recently the subject of a one-person exhibition at the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Oklahoma. He is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Cowboy Artists of America.

LITTLE MO monumental polychromed steel sculpture, 2006 Peter Reginato (b. 1945) New York Collection of Owensboro Museum of Fine Art A Gift of the Alton and Margaret Puckett Private Foundation

The Contemporary Art Park will be the permanent site for a monumental painted steel construction, LITTLE MO, by New York artist Peter Reginato. It is the sixth monumental outdoor sculpture purchased from the Owensboro Public Art Commission's national competition, the Riverbend Sculpture Biennial.

Reginato's signature polychromed metal assemblages are featured in numerous sculpture gardens across the nation and in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Corcoran Gallery of Art, both Washington D.C.; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Featured Exhibition

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presents

September 4 - October 24

FLAG BEARER II painted bronze, 1983 Harry Jackson (b. 1924) Cody, Wyoming Private Collection

This private collection of equestrian bronzes, presented in conjunction with the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, contains sculpture by major artists on the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured are works by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), one of America's most important early Western artists; Harry Jackson (b. 1924), an internationally known sculptor whose work is included in the collections of The Vatican, John Wayne, Queen Elizabeth and the Smithsonian Institution; and Maher Morcos, an Egyptian who crosses cultural boundaries with his passion for American western art.

TOUCAN EFFIGY VESSEL wood fired stoneware, 2010 Steven Driver Little Rock, Arkansas Collection of the Artist

FOOD CHAIN SERIES #2 CAVIAR SERVING DISH wood fired stoneware, 2008 Stephen Driver Little Rock, Arkansas Collection of the Artist

Ecology, pilgrimage and evolution are the themes for the exhibition Stephen Driver: Master Potter. On display the musuem's Carnegie Wing, from Sept. 5 to October 22, 2010. This collection of functional and decorative clay vessels features animal effigies juxtaposed with traditional forms. Since beginning his career as a professional potter in the 1970's, Driver has honed his skills while studying with world renown potters such as Michael Leach and Ron Meyers. He has exbihibited and lectured nationally and is a past recipient of the Al Smith Kentucky Arts Council Arts Fellowship Award. He is a former member of the faculty of Brecia University and is currently Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.