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OCTOBER 2019

Get your grove chair and meet us on the Walton-Young Lawn for Friday concerts this fall.

(Weather-permitting)

FRIDAYS, OCTOBER 4 and 18
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Walton-Young Lawn

October 4: Hannah+Karly
October 18: Luke Fisher


ON VIEW IN OCTOBER

September 17, 2019–February 15, 2020

Explore ethereal Mississippi delta landscapes and soul-stirring portraits by photographers Langdon Clay and Maude Schuyler Clay, in their first-ever joint exhibition. ... MORE...

Image above by Sarah Benham Spongberg.


LAST LOOK: EXHIBIT EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 5! The Art of Identification is an exhibit by largely self-taught bird illustrator, ornithologist, and author David Allen Sibley. He was inspired to pursue creating his own illustrated field guide ... MORE...

Image above: Blackpoll Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler from The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2014.


POP UP EXHIBIT!

Image above: Going Home in the Rain, n.d., by John Faulkner.

FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

80's Annual Membership Party

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019
10:00 a.m.–noon
COST: FREE!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019
9:00–11:00 a.m. 
COST: FREE!



MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
4:30-5:30 p.m.
COST: FREE! (donations accepted)
For grades 6–12



Magnificent Mosaics
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.

At the Museum

COST: $5 per family for each
drop-in session


STORYTIME WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
10:30–11:00 a.m. 
COST: FREE!

At the Lafayette County &
Oxford Public Library
401 Bramlett Blvd.
Oxford, Mississippi 38655

TRAVELING TRUNKS
Book a traveling trunk for your class or children’s program.


FOR EVERYONE

80's Annual Membership Party

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
6:00–8:00 p.m.
COST: FREE!

PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION
OPENS OCTOBER 10, 2019.


ART TRIP: HOLLY SPRINGS
Trip date: November 1, 2019
Registration deadline: October 23, 2019


Jack-o-lanterns

PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019
5:00 p.m.
COST: TBD


   

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
10:00 am – 6:00 p.m. (drop-in)
COST: FREE!



    

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
6–8:00 p.m.
COST: FREE!

GROUP TOURS
Book a guided group tour of the museum.



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.

Edited by Ann J. Abadie, the catalog contains fifty-five Eggleston photographs, thirty-six of which were featured in The Beautiful Mysterious exhibition at the University of Mississippi Museum.

REMINDERS & LOOKING AHEAD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019
10:00 a.m.–noon
COST: FREE!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS NEWS
Not only has NARM grown to offer 924 member institutions, your $100.+ membership to the University of Mississippi Museum entitles you to 62 more institutions’ admission benefits through the CUAM—College and University Art Museum reciprocal program. That’s 986 places to visit in the continental US. How many have you been to?



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