The Dayton Art Institute

Beyond the Woodblock October 2, 2021–March 6, 2022 Gallery 105 The phrase “Japanese prints” is almost synonymous with woodblock prints, a centuries-long tradition in Japan. It conjures up images by artists such as Hokusai or Hiroshige and scenes of kabuki actors, courtesans and famous landscapes like Mount Fuji.  However, many twentieth and twenty-first-century Japanese artists have explored a wide range of print mediums. At the same time, they expanded the subject matter of Japanese prints to include abstract compositions. This…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Beyond the Woodblock October 2, 2021–March 6, 2022 Gallery 105 The phrase “Japanese prints” is almost synonymous with woodblock prints, a centuries-long tradition in Japan. It conjures up images by artists such as Hokusai or Hiroshige and scenes of kabuki actors, courtesans and famous landscapes like Mount Fuji.  However, many twentieth and twenty-first-century Japanese artists have explored a wide range of print mediums. At the same time, they expanded the subject matter of Japanese prints to include abstract compositions. This…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Beyond the Woodblock October 2, 2021–March 6, 2022 Gallery 105 The phrase “Japanese prints” is almost synonymous with woodblock prints, a centuries-long tradition in Japan. It conjures up images by artists such as Hokusai or Hiroshige and scenes of kabuki actors, courtesans and famous landscapes like Mount Fuji.  However, many twentieth and twenty-first-century Japanese artists have explored a wide range of print mediums. At the same time, they expanded the subject matter of Japanese prints to include abstract compositions. This…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Beyond the Woodblock October 2, 2021–March 6, 2022 Gallery 105 The phrase “Japanese prints” is almost synonymous with woodblock prints, a centuries-long tradition in Japan. It conjures up images by artists such as Hokusai or Hiroshige and scenes of kabuki actors, courtesans and famous landscapes like Mount Fuji.  However, many twentieth and twenty-first-century Japanese artists have explored a wide range of print mediums. At the same time, they expanded the subject matter of Japanese prints to include abstract compositions. This…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Beyond the Woodblock October 2, 2021–March 6, 2022 Gallery 105 The phrase “Japanese prints” is almost synonymous with woodblock prints, a centuries-long tradition in Japan. It conjures up images by artists such as Hokusai or Hiroshige and scenes of kabuki actors, courtesans and famous landscapes like Mount Fuji.  However, many twentieth and twenty-first-century Japanese artists have explored a wide range of print mediums. At the same time, they expanded the subject matter of Japanese prints to include abstract compositions. This…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Throughout the month of March, the DAI entrance rotunda will feature a special display of Ukrainian Easter eggs, created by artists Tanya Osadca and Aka Pereyma. Called pysanka, this traditional Ukrainian art form was cherished for what was believed to be its magical and regenerative powers. Read more We are grateful to Robert O’Neal and Christina Pereyma O’Neal for lending these fragile eggshells to the museum, as a show of support for, and reminder of the struggles currently faced by,…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

March 5–September 4 , 2022 Gallery 119 Our 2022 Focus Exhibition season will be highlighted by the work of the world’s most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh! In this DAI-exclusive exhibition, a remarkable pair of Van Gogh paintings, on loan to the museum from Switzerland, will be at the center of a look at European landscape painting. The paintings of Vincent van Gogh are beloved and instantly recognized the world over for their brilliant color and bold brushwork. Despite his…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

The Dayton Philharmonic String Quartet and guests present an afternoon matinee of chamber music at the Dayton Art Institute, featuring Schumann, Shostakovich, and Ysaÿe.

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond concerts present a great mix of familiar favorites and new faces from the region’s jazz scene. The series has been a regular fixture at the museum for more than 25 years. The series kicks off in March with the Dayton Salsa Project, and continues on select Thursdays through November: MARCH 10: Dayton Salsa Project APRIL 14: The Bright Moments Quintet JULY 14: Blue Heron Trio AUGUST 11: Mother Jazz Collective OCTOBER 6: Kick-N-Flava…

The Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond 2022 season continues with the return of The Bright Moments Quintet on April 14. The Bright Moments Quintet is dedicated to promoting jazz though a combination of performances, student workshops and teacher clinics. Under the leadership of saxophonist Bill Burns, it’s members include Pamela Mallory-Yeager on vocals, Brian Cashwell on piano, Jim Leslie on drums and Christian Berg on bass. The quintet’s repertoire includes original compositions and jazz standards that reflect the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Organ Concerts Have Returned! Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) will welcome the community to the museum with a special Free Friday, this Friday, April 22, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.   The museum will offer free admission to its collection galleries and the exhibitions Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, Van Gogh & European Landscapes, Fired Imagination: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Family Collection and The Flower Prints of Katsuhira Tokushi.   In addition, the African American Visual Artists Guild (AAVAG) will present…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

Organ Concerts Have Returned! Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during…

Organ Concerts Have Returned! Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…

Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms February 26–May 22, 2022 The 2022 Special Exhibition season kicks off in February, with the DAI exclusive Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms, presented in collaboration with Dayton’s own African American Visual Artists Guild. This juried exhibition highlights exceptional contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, multi-media art, printmaking and photography, by nationally recognized and emerging  African American artists from across the United States. A total of 85 works by 45 artists will be featured. This marks the…