Mission
THROUGH CREATIVE EXHIBITIONS, IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMS, AND SHARING AMERICAN ART AND ITS STORES THROUGH OUR COLLECTION, THE MUSEUM IS A CULTURAL RESOURCE THAT ENGAGES, EDUCATES, ENTERTAINS, AND ENRICHES OUR VISITORS AND COMMUNITY. THE CANTON MUSEUM OF ART (CMA) IS ONE OF OHIO'S PREMIER ART MUSEUMS. CMA IS RECOGNIZED FOR POWERFUL EXHIBITIONS FOCUSED ON AMERICAN ART, ITS INFLUENCES AND THEMES THAT ALLOW EVERYONE TO CONNECT WITH CREATIVITY, AMERICAN STORIES, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. CMA PRODUCES 12 TO 14 EXHIBITIONS EACH YEAR, FEATURING ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS CURATED BY CMA TO SHOWCASE CELEBRATED AMERICAN ARTISTS AND DIVERSE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TALENTS, IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS; AND THEMED EXHIBITIONS THAT MAKE CMA'S COLLECTIONS COME ALIVE WITH STORIES. CMA'S ACCLAIMED COLLECTION, INCLUDING NAMES SUCH AS EDWARD HOPPER, JOHN SINGER SARGENT, ALICE SCHILLE, AND TOSHIKO TAKAEZU, TO NAME A FEW, FOCUSES ON AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER, PRIMARILY WATERCOLO