Living creatures found in physical and fanciful environments have fascinated artists throughout time. Our Familiar, MAM's summer exhibition from the permanent collections, features animal imagery embodying ideas as diverse as love for the natural world, political beliefs, shared memories and secret selves. Our Familiar celebrates a unique collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, textiles and sculptures created over the last 60 years. 

Gallery Talk, Artini: Mary Ann Bonjorni, August 21, 7 pm: Bonjorni's large scale mixed media painting Leg'd Mercury is included in Our Familiar.

Members Only Quarterly Event: Reception and Slide Talk with Stephanie Frostad, September 25, 6-8pm. Frostad's painting A Study on the Fall is included in Our Familiar.