Join us for a special day of celebration.

Meet Me On The Island is back on Friday, September 10!! We will have art, music, food, drink, dancing, and conversation and will be featuring The JR Clark Band.

On October 28, 2021, SBMA will host our annual ARTLIGHTS Gala. Proceeds from this fundraiser will help us continue to provide ongoing community outreach, school programming, exceptional studio art classes, engaging exhibitions & collections and community events.

Thursday, November 11, 2021  |  7:30 p.m. EST Please join us for this free online event as Amy Elkins speaks about her exhibition, Parting Words, followed by Q&A with the audience. Questions can be posted in the comments. You can join the talk through the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83435155072?pwd=djYwOHpxKzRmVnBpS3BzSEZGdG9QZz09 Passcode: 356418

Please join us for a free and public reception as we celebrate all of our fall exhibitions, including “Our Strength Is Our People”: The Humanist Photographs of Lewis Hine, Amy Elkins: Parting Words, and Rachelle Mozman Solano: All These Things I Carry With Me and Through a Looking Glass: Perspective for Change with Clay High School Photography Students. […]

POP! SBMA, CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ALL ENTRIES DUE: DECEMBER 18, 2021 FREE AND OPEN TO ALL The Education Department at the South Bend Museum of Art (SBMA) presents POP! SBMA, a papercraft concept and figure design contest and exhibition for all ages. The project asks participants to design their own one-of-a-kind papercraft collectable figure, inciting […]

Thursday, November 18, 2021  |  6:00 p.m. EST  |  Warner Gallery Please join us for this free event which will begin with a screening of All These Things I Carry With Me followed by an in-person artist talk where Rachelle Mozman Solano will speak about her exhibition, her practice, and answer questions from visitors. This event is a […]

Winter Wellness Workshops at SBMA are a series of SBMA workshops focused on mindfulness, stress-relief, and relaxation through art.

SBMA is open late, giving you, your families, and friends the chance to see what’s new at the museum and experience all that downtown has to offer thanks to Downtown South Bend’s First Fridays series. Pop by the museum on Friday, January 7, and create your own submission to 2022’s POP! SBMA papercraft artist series […]

ANNOUNCING THE 2022 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS Northwest Indiana and Lower Southwest Michigan Art Region  Congratulations to all awardees! You have received recognition in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by South Bend Museum of Art! The list of works below is organized by school. The work(s) of art listed below […]