Author Archive
“Bodies and Maps: Early Modern personifications of the Continents”
Dr. Louise Arizzoli, Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History, has published a co-edited book, Bodies and Maps: Early Modern personifications of the Continents, in the series Intersections (Volume: 73), Brill, 2020. You can purchase it here! “Since antiquity, artists have visualized the known world through the female (sometimes male) body. In the age of exploration, […]
Q & A with BFA Painting Student Reginald Pickering
View Reggie’s entire BFA Thesis Exhibition “Rainbow Toy Box Project” on our new Gallery 130 website! What type of artwork do you create and can you explain your process? I make representational paintings. Currently, I am a still life oil painter, but I have plans to explore my concept with other mediums. As for my […]
Q & A with BFA Printmaking Student Adrian Vinluan
View Adrian’s full BFA Thesis Exhibition “Power in Solitude” on our new Gallery 130 website! Has your artwork changed during the coronavirus? I wouldn’t say it has really changed but the circumstances of the coronavirus have inspired me to make art that speaks on the self-isolation that comes from quarantining. What type of artist do […]
A Spirited Creation
Innovative bottle label earns industry award for UM graphic design professor OCTOBER 29, 2020 BY ABIGAIL MEISEL OXFORD, Miss. – Tyler Barnes, an assistant professor of art at the University of Mississippi, has won a gold-medal American Advertising Award for his achievements in sales and marketing packaging. The ADDY, the Oscar of the advertising industry, is given annually […]
The University of Mississippi Archaeology Showcase 2020 (Zoom)
Please email dibiasie@olemiss.edu or nmmarrar@olemiss.edu for Zoom ID and password 4:30 WELCOME 4:35-4:45 “NEW CLOTHES FOR A HERO: HERAKLES AND GREEK IDENTITY AT ANCIENT OLYMPIA” Dr. Aileen Ajootian Professor of Classics and Art, Department of Classics 4:50-5:00 “WALKING THROUGH THE PAST: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF 6000 YEARS OF PREHISTORY IN THE HEART OF BAVARIA, GERMANY” […]
Parenting During a Pandemic
With schools and universities returning to various forms of in-person, online, and hybrid teaching, students and teachers who are parents have had to navigate new complications with their dual roles. Mona Caldwell, a senior art history major, is a mother to a two- and six-year-old. She balances her classes with spending time with her kids […]
“Make America What America Must Become” Exhibition
Assistant Professor of Printmaking, Lauren Cardenas, is one of many artists participating in “Make America What America Must Become,” an exhibition of Gulf South Artists hosted by The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Lousiana. America is an anxious nation chasing a more perfect union. As it’s political body struggles along the arc of justice, […]
State of Change: What Could Have Flown High Over Mississippi
Interview with Kirk Thornton | Department of Art & Art History Mississippi Flag Feature This past June, in the wake of national change and public uprising, legislators from the state of Mississippi voted to remove the confederate iconography adorning the state flag and replace it with a new flag that more appropriately represents all of […]
2020 Exhibitions
January 21 – February 28 Jan Murray: Lost + Found Lecture/Presentation: Feb 27, 3:30 p.m. Reception: February 27, 4:30–6:00 p.m. (View Images) Spring BFA Exhibitions ONLINE Spring MFA Thesis Exhibitions ONLINE Gabrielle Dinger (Sculpture) Here, now (View Images) William McComb (Ceramics) Daily Rhythms (View Images) Ian Skinner (Sculpture) Remnant (View Images) Student Summer Exhibition ONLINE […]