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{{Short description|Museum in DeLand, Florida, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = Museum of Art - DeLand, Florida | image = File:Museum of Art - DeLand 600 N Woodland Blvd.jpg | image_size = 240 | caption = 600 North Woodland Boulevard location across from Stetson University | map_type = Volusia County | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|29.03780|-81.30412|display=inline}} | established = 1951<ref>{{Cite web | title=Museum of Art - DeLand | url=http://moartdeland.org | access-date=2025-07-18 | website=moartdeland.org}}</ref> | dissolved = | location = {{ubl |600 North Woodland Boulevard<br />DeLand, Florida |100 North Woodland Boulevard<br />DeLand, Florida }} | type = Art museum | visitors = | director = George Bolge | curator = David Fithian | public_transit = | website = {{URL|http://moartdeland.org}} }}

The '''Museum of Art - DeLand, Florida''' (formerly the '''Museum of Florida Art''') is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the US state of Florida, and is a member of the American Alliance of Museums and the Florida Association of Museums. It is a community visual arts museum dedicated to the collecting, preservation, study, display and educational use of the fine arts. In addition to the permanent collection, the museum is host to exhibitions, gallery talks and receptions, educational programming, master artist workshops and special events throughout the year.

== History == The museum was established in 1951 by the American Association of University Women. Its campus includes a {{convert|23000|sqft|adj=on}} arts facility completed in 1991, and the adjacent Evans C. and Betty Drees Johnson Children’s Art Center, which opened in 2010. In 2013 the museum expanded to include {{convert|2970|sqft}} of modern gallery space and a {{convert|2239|sqft|0|adj=on}} Museum Store located at 100 N. Woodland Boulevard in the center of historic downtown DeLand.<ref> Featured Destination – DeLand Published On View Magazine July - Sept, 2014 </ref><ref>MOFA gets name change Published: Daytona Beach News-Journal September 1, 2013</ref>

==Education== The museum provides programming to various age groups, including lectures, discussions, gallery talks, tours and field studies, art classes and workshops, art camps and community outreach presentations.<ref>Explore the wonders (and value) of art Published: West-Volusia Beacon June 6, 2013</ref><ref>How museums are addressing health issues Published: American Alliance of Museums October 30, 2013</ref><ref>Filling your time with value Published West-Volusia Beacon June 23, 2013</ref>

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== Past exhibitions == The museum has hosted to multiple exhibitions by internationally renowned artists such as Mateo Blanco, Sandro Chia,<ref>DeLand museum offers taste of Italian artist Sandro Chia Published: Daytona News-Journal June 6, 2013</ref> Stephen Althouse,<ref>Stephen Althouse: Private Symbols, Personal Totems Published: West Volusia Tourism May 30, 2014</ref> and many more.<ref>Museum of Art – DeLand presents an ambitious new show Published Orlando Weekly October 13, 2013</ref><ref>Four New Exhibitions Open at Museum of Art - DeLand Published: Hometown News May 23, 2014</ref> The museum's 2013 exhibition, "Forging an Identity: Contemporary Latin American Art", presented works by Fernando Botero, Tomás Sánchez and Roberto Matta.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://orlandoweekly.com/arts/visual/museum-of-art-deland-presents-an-ambitious-new-show-to-go-with-its-new-name-1.1565394 |title=Museum of Art – DeLand presents an ambitious new show to go with its new name |author=Reep, Richard |publisher=Orlando Weekly |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=July 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716202104/http://orlandoweekly.com/arts/visual/museum-of-art-deland-presents-an-ambitious-new-show-to-go-with-its-new-name-1.1565394 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Selected exhibitions===

* May 23 – August 24, 2014 Collector’s Choice: Samuel Blatt Collection<ref>Interview with Fine Art Collector Samuel Blatt Published: Gage Publishing July 6, 2014</ref> * June 13 – 29, 2014 Brightest Africa<ref>Brightest Africa Exhibition to Open Published: West-Volusia Beacon June 13, 2014</ref> * January 17 – May 11, 2014 Jill Cannady: Idea & Medium<ref>Jill Cannady retrospective is a full-throated roar of raw female power Published: Orlando Weekly March 26, 2014</ref><ref>Jill Cannady exhibit opens in DeLand Published: Daytona News-Journal January 17, 2014</ref> * October 10, 2013 – January 5, 2014 Small Masterworks: Butler Institute of American Art Collection * April 19 - August 18, 2013 Sequined Sentinels: Haitian Flags from the Collection of Candice Russell * December 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 Florida Masters I Exhibitions * July 27 – November 25, 2012 Survival Series: Barbara Neijna * February 22, 2012 - Harold Garde: Painting 50 years

==References== {{Commons category|Museum of Art - DeLand, Florida}} {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://moartdeland.org}}

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