July 28 – September 20, 2020

Figures of Speech is a competitive exhibition open to artists 18 years of age or older who live, or have once lived, in the Midwest and created artwork. Artists are asked to create a work of art inspired by a figure of speech and then juried in.

LIVE Reception & Awards Presentation
Tuesday, July 28th at 4 pm!

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Works below are available for purchase. Click the image to purchase. If you would like to have the purchased work shipped please give us a call at (765) 649-1248 before making your purchase. Your purchase helps support local artists as well as the museum!

Scott Anderson
Hartford City, IN
Bigots & Buffoonery at the Border
Watercolor & mixed media
22″ x 30″
$950

Scott Anderson
Hartford City, IN
On the 5th Day, Every Beast that Crawls
Ink, watercolor & leaf impressions on paper
22″ x 30″
$950

Timothy Berg
Muncie, IN
Deep Sixed
acrylic & ink on paper
24″ x 18″
$400

Mary Ellen Bertram
Farmland, IN
It’s Just Child’s Play
Photo encaustic mixed media
20″ x 24″
$750

Mary Ellen Bertram
Farmland, IN
Face the Music
Encaustic mixed media
16″ x 12″
$500

Marian Betts
Anderson, IN
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
digital oil & watercolor
20″ x 30″ (24″ x 34″ framed)
$499

Margot Bogue
Fishers, IN
You Can Lead a Horse to Water
oil on canvas
24″ x 18″
$450

Christopher Dance
Indianapolis, IN
Too Much to Bear
ceramic, glaze, pearlescent & gold overglaze
20″ x 14″ x 4″
$1300

Christopher Dance
Indianapolis, IN
Eat Your Heart Out
ceramic, glaze, pearlescent & gold overglaze
8″ x 6″ x 3″
$450

Virginia Deaton
New Castle, IN
A Sip of Summer
oil on canvas
12″ x 16″
$450

Virginia Deaton
New Castle, IN
Cherries Jubilee
oil on canvas
11″ x 14″
$400

Carrie Dodd
Carmel, IN
Cloud Nine
acrylic
20″ x 16″
$200

Carrie Dodd
Carmel, IN
A Drop in the Ocean
acrylic
24″ x 18″
$200

Brad Fields
Fishers, IN
Left Out in the Cold
watercolor
28″ x 20″
$1600

Brad Fields
Fishers, IN
Social Climbers
watercolor
28″ x 20″
$1600

Michael Gallagher
Chicago, IL
See the Light (Seeking Absolution)
glass sculpture
35″ x 12″
$600

Michael Gallagher
Chicago, IL
I Don’t See Color
glass sculpture
35″ x 12″
$400

Bert Happel
Anderson, IN
Walking on Air
photography
9.25″ x 9.25″
$150

Ann Johnson
Muncie, IN
“…silence of onlookers.”
watercolor
18″ x 20″
$425

David Johnson
Muncie, IN
With Grandma on the Farm
color intaglio & letterpress accordion book
4.5″ x 6″ closed
$200

David Johnson
Muncie, IN
Me and the Kid
chine colle relief etchings & letterpress accordion book
6″ x 4″ closed
$250

Jill Miller
Lambertville, MI
A Few Clowns Short of a Circus
oil on wood
9″ x 12″
$300

Jill Miller
Lambertville, MI
Collateral Damage
oil on wood
11″ x 14″
$350

Lylanne Musselman
Eaton, IN
The Raven Never Flitting, Still is Sitting
gouache
9″ x 12″
$350

Jerome Patryjak
Roseville, MI
Bathday
pen and ink on board
9.5″ x 12.5″
$300

Jerome Patryjak
Roseville, MI
Pedestrian Oracle
pen and ink on board
11.325″ x 5″
$180 – SOLD

Laura Kivela Schroeder
Indianapolis, IN
Growing Where We’re Planted
egg tempera on Claybord
11″ x 14″
$375

Jennifer Smith
Muncie, IN
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
photography
22″ x 28″
$300

Gerald Traicoff
CarmeI, IN
The Bell Tolls for Thee
oil on canvas
14.75″ x 17.75″
$700

Gerald Traicoff
CarmeI, IN
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
oil on canvas
14.5″ x 17.5″
$700

Jack Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Gearing Up
photography
8″ x 10″ (14″ x 16″ framed)
$250

Julia Zollman Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Looking for Good News
oil on canvas
36″ x 36″
$2900

Julia Zollman Wickes
Indianapolis, IN
Moving Forward
acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
$2400