The Ball State Museum of Art is the last stop on a statewide tour featuring the paintings of Indiana-born artist William Merritt Chase.
On loan from the Lilly Endowment Collection, four of Chase's paintings will be on display starting July 9 and running though Dec. 12.
The Museum of Art is one of the few museums that the American Association of Museums endorses.
When the Lilly Foundation contacted the Ball State about being a stop on the tour, the museum thought the artwork would enhance the current American impressionist paintings already on display, Peter Blume, director of the Ball State University Museum of Art, said.
"Having a large selection of an artist's work on view allows our audience a much more complete glimpse of what that artist is all about," Blume said.
Chase produced more than 2,000 paintings before he died in 1916. He is remembered as being one of the first artists to use impressionist paintings to depict landscapes throughout the United States.
Junior photography major Di Bergman said that seeing the works of famous artists inspires her to put forth her best and to strive for her dreams. She said she sees her aspirations reflected in the artwork of others.
Beginning July 8, the museum will feature Frederick Carder's glass art collection. The exhibit entitled "Lustrous: A Celebration of Art Glass Designed by Frederick Carder" contains 40 pieces of Carder's art. The collection will be on display until Sept. 26.
Carder's works are on loan from collections in the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rockwell Museum, both located in New York.
The history of glass production is important to Muncie's history because of the Ball family legacy, and Blume said he thought this history might one day foster an exhibit displaying glass works like those of Carder's. Blume said Carder's influences were felt throughout glass factories across the Midwest.
"The exhibition in Muncie is the only venue outside of New York State. I feel we were fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. This selection was never intended to travel beyond Utica," Blume said.
Arlon Baylis, director of the glass program at Anderson University will hold a discussion about Carder's works today at 5:30 p.m. in the museum's Recital Hall, located at the corner of Riverside and Warwick Road.
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