Do you have what it takes to follow the clues and solve the mystery?   

Ferris State University’s Fine Art Gallery is hosting Stolen: A Fine Art Mystery open from August 28 to October 27, 2023. The Director, Carrie Weis will give a brief presentation about the FSU Permanent Collections during the opening reception on Thursday, September 14 from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. All events are free and open to the public. 

GAME PREMISE: One of the gallery’s most valuable paintings is missing, (but not really because this game is all in fun)! Clues have been left throughout the Art Gallery and you must use the selection of art on display from the university’s Permanent Collection to decipher each puzzle and find the missing artwork. 

Inspired by the popularity of escape room puzzles, Rosemary Graham, Gallery Assistant curated a selection of artwork and puzzles crafted for the spirited intellectual and adventure-seeking thinker. If that sounds like you, visit the Fine Art Gallery at Ferris State University to solve a series of specially curated anagrams, encryptions, and ciphers that will transport you on a journey through a selection of the art gallery’s permanent collections. You do not have to be an expert to follow the clues, but we recommend bringing your most resourceful friends. While challenging, each clue is solvable and brings you one step closer to the sweet gratification of victory when the treasure is uncovered, and the mystery is solved! All participants that solve the mystery will receive a prize and be entered in a drawing for a grand prize. 

For more information about this and other upcoming exhibitions, visit www.ferris.edu/gallery and follow us on Facebook.