Museum of Art

The Mahaney Arts Center invites students to grab a friend and take a break from the end-of-year push with tasty treats in the MAC’s beautiful upper level atrium available 10AM to 5PM Tuesday May 5 to Friday May 8. And after a quick energy boost, why not take a relaxing stroll around the museum!  The Middlebury College Museum of Art is open 10AM - 5PM Tuesday to Friday and 12-5PM Saturdays and Sundays and is always free!

Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to join the members of the artistic collective, Art Lords, to paint a mural in Proctor on the theme of art, migration, and belonging. No artistic experience required! Come for as little or as long as you like! Painting will take place between 9am-8pm on April 24-25th. 

Sponsored by the Committee on Art in Public Spaces, Committee on the Arts, International & Global Studies-Middle East and North Africa, Office of Equity, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, and the Innovation Hub. 

As part of this year’s celebration of the 200^th anniversary of the birth of the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the Museum has organized the exhibit Frederic Church in Vermont.  It brings together for the first time numerous drawings, oil sketches and finished paintings that were either created during his visits to Vermont or resulted from them.

Join us for our Friends of the Art Museum Annual gathering as well as presentation talks by the Museum’s MAP students as well as our Sabarsky Graduate Fellow, Eloise McFarlane. 

Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to join the members of the artistic collective, Art Lords, to paint a mural in Proctor on the theme of art, migration, and belonging. No artistic experience required! Come for as little or as long as you like! Painting will take place between 9am-8pm on April 24-25th. 

Sponsored by the Committee on Art in Public Spaces, Committee on the Arts, International & Global Studies-Middle East and North Africa, Office of Equity, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, and the Innovation Hub. 

Beyond the Page theatre artists Craig Maravich and Madison Middleton offer an original theatrical experience inspired by the Museum’s current exhibition. This immersive event blends storytelling, music, and audience conversation to explore themes of memory, art-making, and humanity in an increasingly technological world.

Join us for an evening pre-show reception! Enjoy snacks and drinks before the concert begins. The Museum of Art will also be open to enjoy during the reception. Employees welcome to bring a guest!

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Open to Middlebury faculty and staff. 

Middlebury College Museum of Art Family Day

Art lovers of all ages are welcome to the museum for a special day of art talks, crafts, and fun in the museum! Families will join art educators in the lobby of the MCMA for hands-on craft projects inspired by artworks in the collection. Inside the museum, guides will lead looking exercises for all ages. Light refreshments will be served, perfect for ages 6+ 

Celebrate the opening of our three new spring exhibits with hot hors d’oeuvres, a card bar (cash no longer accepted), and the company of friends. Exhibit curators will be in the crowd to provide conversational insights.

Founder and Executive Director Saskia Wilson-Brown of the Institute for Art and Olfaction offers a history of 18th-century scent. Saskia will lead a smelling session that expands upon the museum’s Le Petit Salon exhibition by providing an embodied experience of the era’s scentscape. We will examine historic perfume formulas, and smell popular aromatic materials in 17th- and 18th-century France. The session will end with a hands-on exercise, where students can make a short formula inspired by the times. For Middlebury students only.