First Friday Reception | October 2, 5–8 pm Building Compassion transforms simple cardboard cubes into an immersive community installation that demonstrates how compassion begins with seeing. Developed by St. Margaret’s House in partnership with designer Emma Brooks, the exhibition features words, artwork, and stories from the guests, volunteers, and broader community of St. Margaret’s House.
First Friday Reception | November 6, 5–8 pm “A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric.” –Robert Rauschenberg, 1959 Mixed Media presents an expanded view of SBMA’s permanent collection, highlighting works by over 70 regionally- and nationally-prominent artists who combine and experiment with
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Artist Talk and Reception | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 6:30pmGalleries open 6 to 8pm. Free and open to all. In his solo exhibition Source Code, Jason Lahr presents five new large-scale paintings that explore painting as a contemporary narrative form. Blending text that he writes, appropriated imagery, and diverse visual languages, Lahr investigates the
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First Friday Reception | November 6, 5–8 pmSBMA Community Print Exchange | November 10, 2026, 5:30–7pm Artists: Jesus Salome Arriaga, Louise Collins, Bradley Davenport, Nick Donovan, Gray Hannah, Kristyn Kertai, Eli Lozano, Kolt Lucius Sizer, William Tourtillotte, Morgan Watters, and King Wong For its inaugural exhibition, IMPRINT (Innovative Mediums in Printmaking) presents recent work by
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First Friday Reception | October 2, 5–8 pm Founded in 1959 by artist and teacher Joseph Wrobel, the St. Joe Valley Watercolor Society brings together artists from Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan to celebrate the art of watercolor. The Society provides opportunities to connect, learn, exhibit, and inspire through watercolor. We also host watercolor classes
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First Friday Reception | August 7, 5–8 pm For her first solo museum exhibition, local painter Kamika Perry presents a new series of paired portraits that contrast gestural realism with abstraction. As the artist notes, “each portrait exists twice…they mirror the same face, the same presence, the same story, yet speak in different languages.”
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First Friday Reception | August 7, 5–8 pm Taylor Sharpe – Saint Mary’s College Alexander Drain – Kansas City Art Institute Cami Mauriello – Calvin University Eli Lozano – Indiana University South Bend Celebrate the work of four emerging Midwest artists from the South Bend Museum of Art’s 2025 Undergraduate Residency Program. Developed during an immersive
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First Friday Reception | June 5, 5–8 pm Around the Bend is SBMA’s biennial celebration of the vibrant visual arts communities of Michiana. This open-call exhibition showcases the creative talent and diversity of the arts in our region. Approximately 240 artists from eight Michiana counties will participate this year. Artworks are displayed salon style (floor to ceiling) in the
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First Friday Reception | June 5, 5–8 pm The South Bend Museum of Art is honored to celebrate the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Northern Indiana Pastel Society. For two decades, Northern Indiana Pastel Society has championed the beauty, discipline, and expressive possibilities of pastel while building a vibrant community of artists across our region.
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First Friday Reception | May 1 | 5–8pm Performance and Artist’s Talk at 6pm Detroit-based artist Brian Hutsebout uses sculpture, sound, image, and performance to explore cultural and ancestral legacy and responsibility. In this recent body of work, the artist incorporates objects, stories, and locations charged with family significance in order to, in his words,
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