This Spring, the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) presents Nora Krug: Belonging, a special exhibition on view February 19 through June 13, 2026.
“Images have political power, and they can change the way we think. Illustrating is also an act of witnessing: images compel us to notice and investigate, and at their best, they shed light on and at the same time critically confront the subjects they engage with.” —Nora Krug
Award-winning artist Nora Krug’s powerful graphic memoir, Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home, and her more recent book publication, an illustrated edition of Yale historian Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, are the focus of an exhibition at the David Owsley Museum of Art. Each book takes inspiration from the artist’s personal experiences and historical events, including her family’s connections with the Nazi party, and identifies links between fascism past and present. Her mix of animation, illustration art, museum artifacts, flea market finds, vintage photography, oral histories, and personal conversations confront the past in order to take something revelatory and useful away from it.
The exhibition was organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, and curated by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Chief Curator.
Mark your calendar for these related events:
- February 23: DOMA director Robert La France will lead an overview tour of the exhibition at 4:00 p.m. for faculty and educators.
- March 11: Featured artist Nora Krug will visit campus to present a lecture at 6:00 p.m. in Sursa Hall.
Both programs are free and open to the public with no registration required and details will be announced again nearer those dates.
Visit bsu.edu/doma to learn more about the museum and the exhibitions, and contact Dr. La France with questions about how to incorporate this show into a course, event, or program.
A note for planning your visit: DOMA will be closed to the public February 28 – March 9 for Ball State's Spring Break.
About the David Owsley Museum of Art
2021 W. Riverside Avenue in the Fine Arts Building
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Muncie's Gateway to the World of Art
Public Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University houses a world art collection with more than 11,000 original works representing all seven continents. DOMA cultivates lifelong learning and recreation in the visual arts through exciting interdisciplinary exhibitions and engaging displays of the permanent collection in an educational environment that serves both the University and the East Central Indiana region. For more information, contact the museum.