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‘Lost and Found’ Collage Prints on Display at Meek Hall
Work of UM art professor emerita Jan Murray exhibited through Feb. 28 JANUARY 30, 2020 BY EDWIN B. SMITH UM art professor emerita Jan Murray (right) supervises Frank Estrada (left), gallery curator; Lauren Cardenas, assistant gallery director; and Tyler Barnes, gallery director, as they hang prints for her ‘Lost and Found’ exhibition in Meek Hall’s Gallery […]
Art History Professor Receives First Hensley Award
Hensley family members (from left) are Rusty, Missy, John, Camille, Baby Mack, Pauline and Hunt. Below: UM art history professor Nancy Wicker, demonstrating Viking jewelry, is the first recipient of the Hensley Family Senior Professor Research Award. A University of Mississippi art history professor is the first recipient of a new research award that […]
Sense of Place
Currently on display at Southside Art Gallery, “Sense of Place.” New works on paper by Virginia Rougon Chavis and photographs by Brooke White will be on display at Southside Gallery through the month of December. Artists’ Reception, Thursday, December 12, 5 – 8 PM Facebook Event Virginia Rougon Chavis Virginia’s work in Sense of Place began in […]
Made in Mississippi
WRITTEN BY CALYN HOERNER (Invitation Oxford Magazine) Delta Grind Grits – Water Valley Stone-ground products grown in the heart of north Mississippi Diners at Ravine or McEwen’s may notice the brand of the grits served with their meal is specified on the menu. Sourced from farms across Mississippi and hand-ground in Water Valley, the grits, […]
Holiday Art Gala 2019
The Department of Art & Art History presents the annual Holiday Art Gala featuring: Artist Draw-down, Silent Auction, General Sale, Student Group Market Booths, Cash Bar & MORE! LOCATION: Oxford University Depot, 101 Depot Street *Located behind the Ford Center DETAILS: • Artist Draw-Down (Friday, 11/15)– Featured work by University faculty will be available for […]
Five new mod sculptures on Poydras Street are ‘greatest drive-by art exhibit’
By Doug MacCash | Staff Writer for Nola.com | OCT 3, 2019 Click here for the original article including all artists. As Poydras Street commuters have surely noticed, five eye-catching new sculptures have appeared recently along the street’s neutral ground. One was created by an internationally renowned Louisiana artist, who also happens to be a […]
Painting Ireland
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College cordially invites you to Painting Ireland an exhibit of paintings by Philip Jackson. Curated by Bruce Levingston, Chancellor’s Honors College Artist in Residence. Opening Reception: Thursday, September 26, from 4:30-6:30 PM. Exhibit will run from September 26-November 21, 2019.
Kariann Fuqua
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Foundations MFA, University of Illinois BFA, Kansas State University Email: kfuqua@olemiss.edu Kariann Fuqua received a BFA in painting from Kansas State University (1999) and an MFA in painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2003). Her professional career has traversed between academia and the museum world, which has shaped […]
Meet Trailblazer Jennifer G. Thompson
August 28, 2019 Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer G. Thompson. Thanks for sharing your story with us Jennifer. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. I started researching Texas female typographers and designers for a project I was working on and I couldn’t find very much […]
Life and Work with Allie Gilmore
August 19, 2019 Today we’d like to introduce you to Allie Gilmore. So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. I was born and raised along the Mississippi River in the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Following high school, I journeyed […]