Downey Museum Of Art Downey, California

Street Address

10419 S. Rives Ave.
Downey, CA 90241

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Museum Hours

Thursday - Saturday

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

History

Year Founded: 1957

DMOA is 50 this year! Founded in 1955 by Alice Woodrow, who wished to provide a space for artists in Southern California and was the first to found a Museum solely for the purpose of exhibiting and collecting modern art. Over the years, DMOA has reflected through its exhibitions the art & culture of its times and made a committment to mediums such as metal, fiber and ceramics as well as works by women, multi-cultural and emerging artists. In 2000, it formed an Armenian Arts Council believed to be the first at an Art Museum in the US. Witness, an exhibit of 13 B & W photographic portraits of Genocide survivors by Ara Oshagan & Levon Parian won the Armenian National Committee's freedom award for the artists. The Museum has plans for an entirely new museum that will also be a forum for sustainable design and living.

Artifacts Collections

Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics, photographs primarly California artists. New focus on American photography. Core collection one of the largest bodies of works by early L.A. artist Boris Deutsch.

Library

no
Appointment required: False

Tours

by special arrangement only

Programs

New music series the first Thursday of each month. Call for times, dates and information. Young Visitors & Artists program: field trips, special class projects, homework support.

Staff

Kate Davies, Executive Director


Museum Type

Art

Governance

Governing Authority: Private



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