CMA Stories | Columbia Museum of Art

November 6, 2018

The Renovation

The CMA went through extensive renovations in 2018 to provide more galleries, more studios, more spaces for programs, and a new entrance on Main Street. As you can imagine, it was quite a lot of work to protect priceless works of art during the construction! Read on for a behind-the-scenes look at what was involved in this massive transformation.

October 26, 2018

On Willi Baumeister and His Cosmic Gesture

by Peter Chametzky
Professor of Art History
School of Visual Art and Design
University of South Carolina

June 4, 2018

The One that Got Away

Arts education is important to us here at the Columbia Museum of Art, and we are always happy to work with partners like the University of South Carolina’s Media Arts department to help support creative educational endeavors and projects. So when USC Instructor (and my former professor) Jen Tarr reached out on behalf of her Narrative Production students in need of a location to make their short film, I was excited by the opportunity to host these students at the museum for their shoot.

May 10, 2018

What's Hidden in the Walls?

Have you ever come to Arts & Draughts at the CMA? Have you ever drawn on the walls in the Loft with chalk while it was still an unfinished space? If you have, you can probably technically tell your friends that your art is being preserved on the walls in an art museum. Well, not so much on them as in them.

June 7, 2016

CMA Receives the National Medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Representatives of the CMA were thrilled to visit the White House on June 1, 2016, to receive the National Medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. First Lady Michelle Obama presented the award to executive director Karen Brosius and community member Joyce-Rose Harris. This prestigious award is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to their communities.