Grinnell College Museum of Art

05/05/2026

Bachelor of Arts Exhibition (BAX) is up right now. Come see it before it closes on May 18th! BAX features work done by Studio Art Majors at Grinnell.
Thank you to everyone who came to the opening!

04/19/2026

Join us on April 21 and 23 at 4pm to hear about the artwork Sila Duran, Henry Loomis, Regann Fishell, and Ethan Versh currently have on display at BAX.

04/14/2026

Join us for the Opening Reception of BAX this year on April 16 at 4pm, if you want an opportunity to see student artwork. This year features Artist Juror Kevorik Mourad, who will begin the Opening with a Talk.

03/28/2026

Today is the final chance to the see the student-curated exhibition Rhizomatic Intimacies! The museum is open from 1 to 4 pm today (Saturday, March 28). Admission is always free and so is the exhibition catalogue!

Curated by 12 students enrolled in Professor of Art History Michael Mackenzie’s Exhibition Seminar, Rhizomatic Intimacies highlights the depth of student collaboration, experiential learning, and alumni partnership at Grinnell College. The exhibition, on display through March 29 and featuring...

03/24/2026

Come join us to celebrate the publication of catalogs (WHICH ARE FREE TO ALL!) for our current exhibitions, "Rhizomatic Intimacies: Photography from the Collection of Keith Jantzen ’80 and Scott Beth" and "Unruly Lines: The Art of Sonja Sekula" each of which features student and faculty curation. Refreshments will be served. The former exhibition closes March 28, so come get a last look at all the work Professors Michael Mackenzie, student curators Princess Alexander ’26, Ella Barnett ’27, Kiele Calhoun ’26, Sabina Clingerman ’27, Aubrie Connell ’26, Vivian Finch ’26, Amy Kan ’27, Sugi Lucas ’27, Monica Park ’28, Dorothea Qin ’26, Kaitlyn Walker-Spencer ’26, and Neva Zamil ’27, and the GCMoA staff have done before it's gone!

02/27/2026

Enjoy a free yoga session at Grinnell College Museum of Art every Tuesday through May 12 from 12:15 - 12:45 pm. Mats provided and all levels welcome!

02/25/2026

Join us at our Gallery Talk today at 4 pm about Sonja Sekula: Between the Lines. GCMoA Collections Assistant Amy Kan '27 will present their research on the Swiss American artist and her powerful poetic sensibility: one spanning visual and literary modes, seeking to read resistance out of multiplicity.

02/16/2026

Come check out Johnnie Chatman today as he talks about his ongoing work "I forgot where we were..." which explores the American West as a geographical, cultural, and economic crossroads defined by complex connectivity.

01/29/2026

Photos from the opening of the museums two current exhibitions, which are Rhizomatic Intimacies: Photography from the collection of Keith Jantzen '80 and Scott Beth and Unruly Lines: The Art of Sonja Sekula. The first was curated by a group of 12 Grinnellians in Professor Michael Mackenzie's Exhibition Seminar and will be on view until March 29th, while the latter is curated by Professor Jenny Anger and GCMoA Associate Director Daniel Strong and will be on view until May 31st. Come take a look at these collaborative exhibitions whenever you find yourself with free time this semester!

01/22/2026

Upcoming Events for this and next week! Tomorrow at 4pm will be the opening exhibition for Rhizomatic Intamacies: Photography from the collection of Keith Jantzen '80 and Scott Beth and Unruly Lines: the Art of Sonja Sekula. Additionally Jenny Anger will be doing a Gallery Talk on Escaping Surrealism: Women Artists and Mental Illness.