Meet Matthew Burgy

Museum Educator Matthew Burgy has a total of 12 years experience with the museum, where he oversees and leads many community engagements for museum guests and hands-on public programs, including ARTventures, Draw from the Collection, Tiny Thursdays, the Yeck Artist in Residence program and adult workshops associated with the museum’s Special Exhibitions. Matthew has been working diligently to supply and maintain the newly renovated studios of the education wing, firing the clay kiln for summer camps and creating new and exciting workshop opportunities for our guests, including outdoor plein air painting and clay raku firing events, both of which have been extremely well received by the DAI community. In addition, Matthew is currently working on new interactive opportunities for the Experiencenter gallery to further engage children and their families for the next exhibition season.

His work doesn’t stop when he leaves the DAI! Outside the museum, Matthew is also a professional sculptor, painter and an active member of the local artist community. His kinetic sculpture, Constellation II, was recently exhibited and sold at Rosewood Arts Centre’s The View exhibition. This June, he collaborated with CultureWorks to perform live painting demonstrations at Dayton Children’s Hospital and in City Hall, and recently he has become a member of the Front Street artist community, where he has a brandnew studio located on the third floor of building 100’s BC entrance (Studio # 3345). In this studio, he creates, exhibits and sells his kinetic sculptures, jewelry and paintings. His studio is open to the public every first Friday of the month or by appointment. The DAI is proud of the work Matthew is doing, both inside and outside the museum. We hope you have the chance to visit the studio and see his impressive creations in person or attend one of the engaging programs he leads at the DAI!