From the Director

You can engage with the Miami University Art Museum in
many ways—visit in person; read our news, posts and publications; and connect online.

VISIT! Experiencing art in person is ideal. You can get up close, understand the scale and presence of a piece, and sense how a work of art interacts with the space around it. If you want a more in depth learning experience than simply reading a museum label, you could become a docent volunteer, and meet other like-minded individuals who love to learn more about art, as well as provide tours and educational programs for regional schools and the general public. If you are a student, you could join AMSO, the Art Museum Student Organization, and plan engaging art-related activities for Miami students throughout the year, such as field trips to other regional art museums, Lawn Party at the museum, and PARTy on the Plaza.

READ! You have in your hands a copy of the Visual Arts at Miami. It is a publication of the Art Museum publication promoting the visual arts on campus. It is one of the benefits of museum membership and is distributed to the campus and Oxford communities as a public service and also is available online via our publications link on our website. New stories and additional content about each exhibition, events and museum news may be found in our web site news section.

An exciting new way to read more about the museum’s activities and collections from a student perspective is our new Art Museum blog created and managed by current Miami students. The blog went live late in the Spring semester and was the product of our first Arts Management intern-Katrina Fausnaugh (MU ‘16). Access the blog via the button below our header on the web site.

CONNECT! Our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts provide more ways to connect with the museum—find out about upcoming or ongoing exhibitions and events, often with the addition of an image to enhance the content. If you haven’t yet, go ahead and like or follow our page(s)—we would love it! These are great places to start. We also have social media presence on Pinterest, YouTube and even Snapchat (via Miami’s posts). Another great option is to subscribe to our e-newsletter(s). To do this just visit www.MiamiOH.edu/ArtMuseum and click on the “Sign-up” button. We issue email newsletters once or twice a month when the galleries are open.

We look forward to hearing from you about your experiences visiting, reading and
connecting with your Miami University Art Museum! Feel free to call [(513) 529-2232], email (ArtMuseum@MiamiOH.edu) and/or sign our comments book in the entryway.

Visit! Read! Connect! And above all, enjoy!