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JUNE 2019
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Greetings from the University Museum, where summer sees the professional staff embarked on many projects and initiatives that will appear in coming months. As occurs annually in this season, we’ve expressed our farewells of gratitude to several student workers who have graduated following their dedicated work with us in our Visitor Services, Education, Membership, and Collections departments. And you are all aware that the Museum and Rowan Oak remain fully open twelve months a MORE...
COMING SOON TO THE MUSEUM STORE!
ON SALE JUNE 17!
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.
ON VIEW
Walton-Young installation
MARCH–AUGUST, 2019
Local artists Rebekah Flake, Valerie Guinn Polgar, and Sarah Barch were selected to create custom art installations on the historic Walton-Young House, located next door to the University of Mississippi Museum. The purpose of this installation is to animate the house and display the art of local MORE…
MARCH 25–JULY 27, 2019
Celebrating the acquisition of William Dunlap’s Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America at the University of Mississippi Museum. William Dunlap, curator. MORE...
Image above: Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America, 1987. By William Dunlap.
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.
Laurin McCracken’s realistic watercolor paintings are largely influenced by the Dutch and Flemish still life painters of the 16th and 17th centuries. MORE...
Image above: Cherries, Tulips, Silver, Crystal and Dutch Vase, 2017
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
TRAVELING TRUNKS
Book a traveling trunk for your class or children’s program.
The University Museum is excited to announce its 2019 schedule of fun-filled summer camps for children. Returning camper? —we will have new projects, so join us again! Registration is open for our 2019 Summer Camps.
FOR EVERYONE
SUNDAYS IN JUNE, 6:00 p.m.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE GROVE
June 2 Rocket 88
June 9 Lo Noom
June 16 Mark “Muleman” Massey
& Billy Earheart
June 23 Young Valley
June 30 Ron Etheridge
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
10:00 am – 6:00 p.m. (drop-in)
COST: FREE!
TUESDAY, JUNE 25
6–8:00 p.m.
COST: FREE!
GROUP TOURS
Book a guided group tour of the museum.
REMINDERS & LOOKING AHEAD
INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
with Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019, 5:00–7:00 P.M. and SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019,
9:00 A.M.–NOON and 2:00–4:00 P.M.
COST: $35
Please email Emily McCauley to be placed on the wait list.
REALISM IN WATERCOLOR PAINTING CLEAR AND COLORED GLASS with Laurin McCracken AWS NWS
JULY 30–AUGUST 2, 2019
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. each day
COST: $375 for Museum Members
$400 for Non-Members
Please email Emily McCauley to be placed on
the wait list.
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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