Mission
To provide Art for All through education, exhibition, collection and preservation of art.
Vision
The Saginaw Art Museum will be the Great Lakes Bay Region's foremost fine arts institution; self-sustaining and considered among the nation's best small museums. We will be a point of pride for the community.
Values
* Our programming reflects our community; it engages and delights museum patrons
* We inspire and develop outstanding local artists
* We are a powerful force for positive change in the Great Lakes Bay Region
* The museum Board of Directors, Advisory Council and Staff are inspired by challenge; we are all ambassadors for the Arts and take deep personal professional pride in the success of the Museum and our Community
New American Visions is a compelling selection of photographs from five contemporary Michigan based photographers. This exhibition explores film as a medium to capture and reflect the nuanced narratives of our time. It invites viewers to slow down…
Read More »Join us every third Thursday of June-August and enjoy a deep dive into our collection! All last from 1:00 to 1:45 pm. The lectures are free with cost of admission. SAM members always have free admission into the museum. Some of the above tours…
Read More »A painting is constructed and formed through a series of brush strokes. These may be quick small strokes or swaths of paint strewn across a surface. In each case, the whole of the painting is made up of bits of the tool touching a canvas. Just as a…
Read More »Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) was an astute observer and storyteller who focused on the struggle for freedom and justice in America from the Civil War to the end of the 20th Century. His art successfully balanced modernism’s bold colors and…
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