ON DISPLAY NOW
This project has been funded in part by a grant from the Dorothy C. Radgowski Learning Through Women’s Achievement in the Arts Grant Program, provided through the Where Women Made History and the Historic Artists' Homes and Studios programs of the National Trust for Historic Preservation along with support from the Summerlee Foundation.
On Display During Museum Hours October 12th 2024 – December 15th 2024
Breaking the Mold
Breaking the Mold is a group exhibition consisting of art that engages with the life, art, home, and story of Elisabet Ney by Austin contemporary visual artists Beili Liu, Virginia L Montgomery (VLM), and Tammie Rubin. These artists will also kick off a museum educational initiative Breaking the Mold: Mobile Hands-On Art Crates to be deployed in 2025 into Austin elementary schools as a means to share Elisabet’s story with a new generation and with a focus on female empowered artists. These portable classroom kits designed and fabricated by the artists will bring each artist created crates into Austin 4th grade classrooms and engage students with art, history, science and math-based lessons that encourage critical thinking and the creative process.
Learn more about Ney’s Challenges with her entrance to sculptural academies and her continued life-long quest to perfect her sculptural work:
Learn more about Ney’s voyages across the Atlantic Ocean to choose the perfect marble medium and to complete her sculptural process:
Super Modeling: Neoclassical Sculpture &
Elisabet Ney
Have you ever wondered how Elisabet Ney created her exquisite Neoclassical sculptures? Check out the museum's brand new exhibit "Super Modeling" curated by our very own museum educator Michelle Sefcik. The exhibit is a journey through Ney’s sculptural process - including some of her tools, works, and study aids!
On display from April 6th to October 6th.