Museum of Art - University of New Hampshire

Museum of Art - University of New Hampshire The Museum of Art is dedicated to service in two major areas: academic programs and community outreach.

The New Hampshire Seacoast's premier art museum -- a center for the visual arts where visitors gather to enjoy changing exhibitions, music, lectures, and receptions. As a teaching museum, it provides students at the University of New Hampshire with challenging opportunities to learn from works of art on a first-hand basis. In community outreach, the Museum of Art is a center for the visual arts, w

here members of the University community and visitors to the University can enjoy art exhibitions and programs of high quality and broad interest. The Museum of Art fulfills these roles by presenting an active schedule of changing exhibitions of art, educational programs (lectures, concerts, and gallery talks) for both the campus and off-campus communities, an outreach program (lending library and guided tours of exhibitions) geared toward K-12 teachers and school children, and the maintenance of a permanent art collection utilized for exhibitions, teaching, and research. The Museum of Art cares for a permanent collection of 1,700 works of art, including paintings, drawings, prints, photography, ceramics, and sculpture. The collection emphasizes nineteenth- and twentieth-century prints and drawings and includes nearly two hundred Japanese woodblock prints. Annual exhibitions feature works from the permanent collection.

Statement on the closure of the Museum of Art, from Kristina L. Durocher, Director: Dear Friends, Faculty, Staff, and St...
01/26/2024

Statement on the closure of the Museum of Art, from Kristina L. Durocher, Director:

Dear Friends, Faculty, Staff, and Students,

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the closure of the Museum of Art. As dedicated museum professionals and custodians of works of art held in the public trust, we have been honored to serve as the arts and cultural leader of the University System of New Hampshire, bringing exceptional art exhibitions and programs to all of you.

The University’s decision to close the museum was, I am told, a difficult one, brought on by declining enrollment, and it comes with a mix of emotions. Plans were underway to replace the Museum’s HVAC system in the spring of 2024, an investment that would have aided our efforts to seek accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums. Accreditation recognizes institutions that meet the highest standards and qualifications in our field, opening the door to private and public grants and assuring donors of the professionalism of the Museum to safeguard their loans and gifts of art. Because this construction project was scheduled to begin December 6, 2023, the announcement on January 16, 2024, to close the Museum of Art came as a shock. The University has faced numerous challenges in the past, and unfortunately, the timetable for the Museum of Art to weather current financial and operational constraints was too short and unpredictable for us to continue...

READ THE FULL STATEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE. LINK IN BIO.

Did you know that this is the last week for our fall exhibitions? If you haven't experienced the works on view, now is y...
11/30/2023

Did you know that this is the last week for our fall exhibitions? If you haven't experienced the works on view, now is your chance! We're open through 4:00 on Saturday, December 2. Don't miss your opportunity to see:

🟦 Sue Coe: Why No Justice?
🟦 Jordan Seaberry: A Historical Correction Experienced with Sight
🟦 War Is Trauma: Prints

Image: Visitor responses on the reflection wall in Sue Coe: Why No Justice?

Giving Tuesday is approaching! If you're participating this year, please consider the Museum of Art in your giving plan....
11/24/2023

Giving Tuesday is approaching! If you're participating this year, please consider the Museum of Art in your giving plan.

Why does your contribution matter? This year, funds from donors like you have allowed us to exhibit internationally recognized artists. Your contributions enabled us to bring artist to campus for thoughtful programming and hands-on experiential learning for UNH students. Your gifts for strengthening our collection allowed us to acquire socially-conscious works from diverse artists. It's all thanks to your support!

Please consider giving to the Museum of Art on this Giving Tuesday, November 28.

Join us for a special Thursday Art Break, led by Natalia Tomahatsch, Museum Studies Intern at the Museum of Art on Novem...
11/22/2023

Join us for a special Thursday Art Break, led by Natalia Tomahatsch, Museum Studies Intern at the Museum of Art on November 30!

In this half-hour program, Natalia will lead an exploration of the role of artists as observers and the creation of information in today’s digital age, focusing on works in Sue Coe: Why No Justice?. Join us for creative practice and participation!

Thursday, Nov. 30
1:00 - 1:30
Museum of Art

Having a long day? Take an Art Break.

The Museum of Art will be closed November 22 - 26 for Fall Break. We will reopen November 27 for our regular weekly hour...
11/22/2023

The Museum of Art will be closed November 22 - 26 for Fall Break. We will reopen November 27 for our regular weekly hours. Have a great break, Wildcats!

Image: A selection of works from the exhibition Sue Coe: Why No Justice.
Photo credit: Ron St. Jean Photography

We will be closed tomorrow, November 10, in observance of Veteran's Day. We will be open for our normal Saturday hours, ...
11/09/2023

We will be closed tomorrow, November 10, in observance of Veteran's Day. We will be open for our normal Saturday hours, 12:00 - 4:00, on Saturday, November 11.

If you haven't yet seen War Is Trauma, Saturday is the perfect time to visit exhibition. The prints on view are a conversation lead by the veteran's rights group, and Artists' Cooperative, on the complicated realities veterans face navigating post-service and post-combat life. We believe honoring veteran's experiences can take many forms on this day and we offer the prints in War Is Trauma as one dialogue. The exhibition is on view through December 2.



Image: Malachi Muncy, Pill Bottle Soldiers and Combat Paper, 2011, print on paper. 12 1/4 x 16 in

Upcoming Program 🚨ART BREAK! Tuesday, November 14 / 1:00 - 1:30. Join us at the Museum of Art for a half-hour program de...
11/08/2023

Upcoming Program 🚨ART BREAK! Tuesday, November 14 / 1:00 - 1:30. Join us at the Museum of Art for a half-hour program designed to connect you with woks in Sue Coe: Why No Justice? through creative practice and participation.

Art Breaks: second and last Tuesday of every month from 1:00 - 1:30pm.

👋Having a long day? Take an Art Break.

Did you know that we partnered with UNH Department of Nursing in the College of Health and Human Services for a pilot ye...
11/06/2023

Did you know that we partnered with UNH Department of Nursing in the College of Health and Human Services for a pilot year program with all of our pre-clinical nursing students? During the Fall 2023 semester, sophmore nursing students will learn and practice visual art observation skills to enhance their work in clinical settings and patient care with works on view in the Museum of Art. Next week is the final week of sessions for the program! We're looking forward to gathering our evaluative data and assessing the program with our partners in the Department of Nursing.

🚨THURSDAY! Art Lab! The artist Sue Coe uses raw graphic images, frequently based on her first-hand observations, to thro...
10/24/2023

🚨THURSDAY! Art Lab! The artist Sue Coe uses raw graphic images, frequently based on her first-hand observations, to throw an uncompromising spotlight on societal inequalities lurking in the shadows of America. In this program, the Museum of Art invites two experts working at the intersection of storytelling, justice, and the politics of power in America to explore Coe’s work and the continued urgency of issues presented in Why No Justice?. 🔝Link in Bio to register!

Join us for a conversation between Marla Brettschneider, Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of N ew Hampshire, and Lauren Chooljian, senior reporter and producer at NHPR’s DOCUMENT team, a narrative-driven, long form reporting project.

➡️Details
Thursday, October 26, 2023
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Room A218
Paul Creative Arts Center

We had a great group of students turnout for artist Sue Coe’s prinmaking demo last Friday! Students and faculty practice...
10/23/2023

We had a great group of students turnout for artist Sue Coe’s prinmaking demo last Friday! Students and faculty practiced the printing process using a linocut drawn and carved by Sue, which was made exclusively for the demo’s participants! Everyone was able to talk with Sue about her work and process of creating art informed by her firsthand observations and activism. A special thank you to Kate Knox, Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, for guiding everyone through the demo and letting us takeover her studio! Additional thank you to Ben Cariens, Chair of the Department of Art and Art History, all of the participants, and of course Sue Coe for providing us with the opportunity to work with her and make this happen!

Have you seen our new exhibition, War is Trauma?War Is Trauma is portfolio of handmade prints created and co-organized b...
10/18/2023

Have you seen our new exhibition, War is Trauma?

War Is Trauma is portfolio of handmade prints created and co-organized by the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and their allies. The collaboration was born from a street poster project in November 2010, in which a number of Justseeds artists provided graphics for “Operation Recovery” – a campaign to stop the deployment of traumatized troops and win service members and veterans right to heal. Posters were pasted in public, replacing many corporate advertisements, to focus public attention towards the issues not being discussed – GI Resistance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual assault in the military or Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Select prints from the portfolio on view through December 2.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19! Artist talk with Sue Coe! Join us at the Museum of Art for an artist talk and for your chance to m...
10/16/2023

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19! Artist talk with Sue Coe!

Join us at the Museum of Art for an artist talk and for your chance to meet the exhibiting artist, Sue Coe. Learn about her long career as an artist, activist, and social commentator. This event is open to the public and is free of charge. Refreshments will be served after the event. Stay for a snack and the chance to chat!

Registration is requested but not required to attend. ➡Link in bio.

☑October 19
☑ 6:00 - 7:00pm
☑Room A218 at the Paul Creative Arts Center.

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Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way
Durham, NH
03824

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Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

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