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SEPTEMBER 2018
Celebrating Our Members: Art on View
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
6–8:00 p.m.
By special invitation, experience our three Fall 2018 art installations inside the galleries and beyond. Artworks in the Speakers Gallery are available for purchase through the Friends of the Museum’s annual fundraiser and silent auction. Harvest Supper 2018 is Thursday, October 18 on the grounds of Rowan Oak. Please visit 32auctions.com/HarvestSupper2018 for more information. In the main galleries are photographer Jaime Aelavanthara and sculptor George Tobolowsky, both on view until December.
ON VIEW IN SEPTEMBER
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13, 6–8:00 p.m.
An Evening with the Artist: Thursday, November 8, 2018, 6:00 p.m. with light refreshments
George Tobolowsky’s series of metal sculptures, A Long Road Back, range from abstract to representational. Bold colors and found metal scraps create delightfully unexpected outcomes. The works will be on display inside and around the Museum, throughout Oxford, and on the UM campus. MORE…
Image above: The Wedding Dance, 2014
Where the Roots Rise, a series of tea-stained cyanotypes, serves as a reminder that the gap between nature and ourselves is smaller than we acknowledge. Decay runs rampant—seasons change—nature lies in await to stake its claim. Jaime Aelavanthara’s work articulates. MORE...
Image above: Moth Mother, 2017
PARTNERSHIP EXHIBITION
"No Two Alike"
A Special Collections and University Museum Exhibition
JANUARY 22–DECEMBER 14, 2018
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, J.D. WILLIAMS LIBRARY
FOR EVERYONE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
6–8:00 p.m.
Part of the Annual Membership Party
COST: FREE!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 17, 24
8:30 a.m.
COST: FREE!
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7
10:00 am – 6:00 p.m. (drop-in)
COST: FREE!
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Print it Up! Printmaking with All Sorts of Items
THURS., SEPT. 20, 3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
At the PowerHouse
Little Pigs Sculpture Building
THURS., SEPT. 27, 3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
At the Museum
COST: $5 per family for each
drop-in session
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
4:30-5:30 p.m.
COST: FREE! (donations accepted)
For grades 6–12
SUBSCRIBE NOW!
REMINDERS & LOOKING AHEAD
HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT
Per University holiday announcement, The University of Mississippi Museum will be closed September 3.
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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