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MARCH 2023
Remembering our friend and colleague
Mike Hash
It is with great sadness that the University of Mississippi Museum announces that their colleague and friend Mike Hash passed on February 5, 2023 in his home in Pope, Mississippi after succumbing to an illness. Mike assumed the role of Museum Security Guard in 2017. His optimistic attitude and tenacious spirit was so admired by his friends and family. His gift to connect with others by taking the time to listen and create a welcoming environment is what made him loved by all who met him including the thousands of museum guests who visited over the past six years. Mike was especially invested in his younger colleagues and student workers, acting as a friendly and protective surrogate Uncle.
Mike leaves behind his daughter Laurie Hash, son Brian Hash, and his partner Michelle Weekes. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested for the Oxford Animal Rescue Center (Oxford ARC) in honor of Mike’s love of animals.
A memorial service honoring Mike's life was held at the UM Museum on Sunday, January 26. Thank you to everyone who attended. It was wonderful to see how many lives he touched. Mike is greatly missed.
Relief Printmaking with Frank Estrada
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
COST: $200
Join artist Frank Estrada as he teaches you the basics of relief printmaking. In this workshop, participants will learn how to carve original designs onto stamps and print them on paper and fabrics. Participants will receive step-by-step instructions to carve personalized rubber stamps, and create small compositions on paper and tote bags. MORE …
NEWS FROM ROWAN OAK
Spring is nearly here! Rowan Oak saw over 700 visitors in February including many school tours and guests from several states and countries. This month we will welcome our first guest speaker for the UM Slavery Research Group, Shawn Halifax from the National Trust. The talk, 8 Principles for the Ethical Interpretation of Slavery and its Legacies, will take place March 23rd at 5pm in the UM Museum Speakers Gallery; details for this event to follow.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Friends of Theora
JANUARY 17–DECEMBER 9, 2023
Most people know Theora Hamblett for her paintings of her childhood memories, dreams, visions, and her faith; however, this exhibit examines the external influence of other artists that inspired Hamblett as an emerging artist, student, and observational painter searching for her own artistic voice. Many of the works on view were from her personal collection, collected through art exchanges with artists that she befriended.
Image above: Jacob’s Ladder, ca. 1951–1955, by Stuart Purser.
Blurred Lines
OCTOBER 25, 2022–AUGUST 26, 2023
This exhibit features works from the W. Forrest and Joan Stevens Collection, including Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder, that disrupted the status quo in art, from modernism into the postmodernism movement.
Image above: Construction, 1972, by Alexander Calder.
Gathering | Works by Earl Dismuke
OCTOBER 11, 2022–APRIL 8, 2023
Earl Dismuke, a Mississippi native, is an abstract expressionist sculptor who gathers and assembles discarded material, mostly metal. Like a Rorschach test for the viewer, his resulting sculptures may evoke playful nostalgia, while others are slightly unsettling and prickly.
Image above: Toro (Uncle Bull), 2022, by Earl Dismuke.
Self-Taught Portraits
OCTOBER 4, 2022–APRIL 15, 2023
The selected works in this exhibit share the diversity of portraiture. Whether it is a famous subject like Martin Luther King Jr., or an unknown caricature of a Jackson reporter we cannot resist the natural inclination to study a human face as a central theme.
Image above: Untitled (Self-Portrait), unknown date, by Ethel Wright Mohamed.
The Fall of 1962
AUGUST 2, 2022 – JULY 8, 2023
Collected stories and artifacts from the Ole Miss Riot.
Image above: Burning Cars, 1963, by Marleah Kaufman Hobbs.
COVID-19 STATUS UPDATE
Museum Galleries & Exhibitions are Open to All
The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses follows the guidelines set by the University.
The Chancellor announced this update to campus protocols:
“Effective March 2, face coverings are required only on transportation networks and in healthcare settings such as University Health Services and University Counseling Center, regardless of vaccination status.
Face coverings are optional in all other indoor spaces, including classrooms, laboratories, studios, residence halls, libraries, dining facilities, the Student Union, Campus Recreation facilities, retail spaces, offices, conference rooms or extracurricular activities held in indoor on-campus spaces.
Faculty and staff may continue to require face coverings for visits to their private offices."
To stay up-to-date with the University’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic, please visit coronavirus.olemiss.edu
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
MAKE IT POP ART!
MARCH 23
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
At the Museum
COST: $5 per family for each
drop-in session
Mark your calendar for this upcoming Minimasters topic and date:
Tree Tales: April 20.
The University Museum is excited to announce its 2023 schedule of fun-filled summer camps for children.
Returning camper? —we will have new projects, so join us again!
Registration opens this Friday, March, 3 at noon.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023
10:00 a.m.–NOON (DROP-IN)
Wander into the Museum and learn about how letters have been used in works of art such as the illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, and contemporary art.
BUILDING BRAINS
MARCH 21
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Pre-registration is not required. Program in partnership with the School of Education.
COST: FREE!
Mark your calendar for this upcoming Building Brains date: April 18.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023
4:30-5:30 p.m.
COST: FREE! (donations accepted)
For grades 5–8
Mark your calendar for these other upcoming
Museum Milkshake Mash-ups! dates:
April 6 and May 4.
FOR EVERYONE
MEMBERSHIP
Being a member provides you with the special distinction of being part of a dynamic group of supporters of the University of Mississippi Museum and Rowan Oak. Now its easier than ever to become a member or renew a current membership online!
BAILEY WOODS
Bailey Woods Trail remains open from dawn until dusk daily. We ask that all trail visitors practice appropriate social distancing while enjoying this National Recreation Trail, which connects the two sites.
A CONVERSATION WITH THEORA HAMBLETT
Watch this delightful 1975 Mississippi Public Television interview of Theora Hamblett by famed famed potter, Lee McCarty.
MARCH 3
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (drop-in)
COST: FREE!
Mark your calendar for the upcoming
First Friday Free Sketch Day! dates: Apr. 7, and May 5
REMINDERS AND LOOKING AHEAD
POP ART BABY
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023
10:00 a.m.–NOON
COST: FREE!
Get the Memphis Flyer at the Museum!
Available in the Museum Lobby rack, the only free distribution site in Oxford.
The Beautiful Mysterious: The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston, co-published by the University Museum and University Press of Mississippi, is an examination of the life and work of William Eggleston. Widely considered to be the father of color photography, Eggleston helped establish the artistic medium and has inspired photographers and artists around the world.
