FIGGE ART MUSEUM

THE FIGGE'S 2024-2025 EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED: "WALTER WICK:HIDDEN WONDERS" THE WHIMSICAL WORLD OF WALTER WICK HAS FASCINATED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES SINCE 1991, WHEN HIS FIRST CHILDRENS BOOK SERIES I SPY FOUND ITS WAY ONTO THE BOOKSHELVES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS. THIS EXHIBITION IS THE LARGEST SURVEY OF WICKS WORK TO DATE. TITLED AFTER HIS RECENT BOOK, WALTER WICK: HIDDEN WONDERS THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES FIFTY YEARS OF INNOVATION, WONDER, AND IMAGINATION.D POLITICS. "RECKONINGS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS: SOUTHERN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE DO GOOD FUND" REPRESENTS A SURVEY OF THE ART AND ARTISTS WITHIN THE DO GOOD FUNDS COLLECTION. PROVIDING A SCHOLARLY INVESTIGATION OF SOUTHERN PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE WORLD WAR II, THE COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS A WIDE-RANGING GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERSDIVERSE IN GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND REGIONIN OVER ONE HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS BY MORE THAN SIXTY ARTISTS. "INTERSTELLAR" WILL SHOWCASE NINE WORKS FROM LIGHT SCULPTOR LEO VILLAREALS NEBULA SERIES. USING LEDS AND CUSTOM SOFTWARE, VILLAREAL DELVES INTO THE REALMS OF SPACE, TIME, AND PERCEPTION. HIS ARTISTIC PRACTICE BELONGS TO A TRADITION THAT INTERTWINES NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE. THE SCULPTURES EMIT A HYPNOTIC, DIFFUSED LIGHT, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM CELESTIAL IMAGERY AND CAPTURING THE DYNAMISM OF SPACE THROUGH THEIR INTERPLAY OF COLORS AND SHAPES. "PRISON FANTASIES" DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSS SERIES OF LITHOGRAPHS WILL BE ON LOAN FROM THE DEERE & COMPANY COLLECTION FOR AN INTIMATE EXHIBITION. SIQUEIROS (1896-1974) FOUNDED THE MODERN SCHOOL OF MEXICAN MURAL PAINTING ALONGSIDE HIS CONTEMPORARIES DIEGO RIVERA AND JOS CLEMENTE OROZCO. "CARA AND DIEGO ROMERO: TALES OF FUTURES PAST" BRINGS TOGETHER ARTWORK BY ACCLAIMED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS CARA ROMERO (CHEMEHUEVI) AND DIEGO ROMERO (COCHITI). ORGANIZED BY THE FIGGE ART MUSEUM, THIS NATIONALLY TRAVELING EXHIBITION FEATURES 18 OF DIEGO ROMEROS THOUGHT-PROVOKING POTTERY PIECES AND LITHOGRAPHS, 20 OF CARA ROMEROS EVOCATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING FROM HER INDIGENOUS FUTURISM SERIES, AND A NEW COLLABORATIVE PIECE CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS EXHIBITION. "THE GOLDEN AGE: NORTHERN EUROPEAN WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART" THIS EXHIBITION INCLUDES MASTERPIECES BY NORTHERN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ARTISTS, INCLUDING ANTHONY VAN DYCK, FRANS HALS, AND LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER, ON LOAN FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON, DC. AS ONE OF JUST 10 MUSEUMS SELECTED FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERYS ACROSS THE NATION INITIATIVE TO SHARE THE NATIONS COLLECTION WITH MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. "FUTURE NOW: VIRTUAL SNEAKERS TO CUTTING-EDGE KICKS" IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BATA SHOE MUSEUM AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES NEARLY 60 FUTURISTIC FOOTWEAR DESIGNS REDEFINING THE POSSIBILITIES OF SHOES. BLENDING FASHION, GAMING, ARCHITECTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY, THE EXHIBITION FEATURES DESIGNERS LIKE REM D. KOOLHAAS, ZAHA HADID, MR. BAILEY, AND SALEHE BEMBURY, ALONGSIDE COLLABORATIONS WITH RICK OWENS, STELLA MCCARTNEY, AND PLAYSTATION. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE 3D-PRINTED SHOES, SNEAKERS MADE FROM MUSHROOM LEATHER, AND FOOTWEAR DESIGNED FOR THE METAVERSE. "FUTURE NOW" OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTISTIC PRACTICES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FOOTWEAR. "FEVER DREAMS: GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM" PRESENTS THE WORK OF ARTISTS ACTIVE IN EUROPE DURING THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING KTHE KOLLWITZ, ARTHUR SEGAL, AND LUDWIG MEIDNER, WHO PUT THEIR INNER VISIONS TO PAPER IN DEFIANCE OF TRADITION AND POLITICAL INJUSTICE. GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM BEGAN WHEN A GROUP OF YOUNG ARTISTS SOUGHT TO BOLDLY INTERPRET THE WORLD AROUND THEM AS AN ACT OF FREEDOM AND A POLITICAL STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE OLD, ESTABLISHED FORCES.

EDUCATION: THE FIGGE SERVED STUDENTS FROM LOCAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TOURISTS WITH A BROAD PROGRAM OF ONSITE TOURS, LECTURES, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. THE "BIG PICTURE" OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDED HANDS-ON ART EXPERIENCES TO OVER 20,000 STUDENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IN ADDITION, FREE FAMILY DAYS, THURSDAY NIGHT PROGRAMS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS FOR INNOVATIVE, ART-BASED LEARNING.