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Our Faith Affirmed– Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection
n the Daily Mississippian’s feature “Our Faith Affirmed–Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection,” noted scholar and collector, Gordon W. Bailey, said: “I believe the arts are our cultural mortar and that they can solidify the bridges connecting diverse communities. There are many good people here–all races, genders and socio-economic levels–pulling or in some cases pushing in the same direction. The University Museum is a terrific place to pay tribute to African American Southern self-taught artists who persevered and, against the odds, created works of genius that will surely inspire students for generations to come.” We wholeheartedly agree. And judging from your enthusiastic response and exhibition attendance it is obvious that our members and friends do as well. UM Chancellor, Dr. Dan Jones, commented: “It is a privilege for the University of Mississippi to exhibit these remarkable works of art. We are grateful to Mr. Bailey for his trust in allowing our university to be stewards of these treasures.” continues on page 4
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Greetings to All! Greetings from the University Museum and Rowan Oak, where we are thrilled to have launched this summer a twelve-month celebration of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary which includes several exciting exhibitions and free admission for all visitors through August 2015. Our founding in 1939 as a City of Oxford museum in the beautiful Mary Buie Museum building is a heritage of which we are extremely proud. Our predecessors left us a rich legacy of diverse collections, representing centuries of world art and culture, and we want to share these extraordinary treasures with you! Our Faith Affirmed–Works from the GordonW. Bailey Collection represents a watershed and transformative moment in the University’s history. The Daily Mississippian October 9 review covered a full two pages. On occasion of the opening, the esteemed, Dr. Anne Radice, Director of the American Folk Art Museum, wrote:“Please accept my and the American Folk Art Museum’s sincere congratulations
for Our Faith Affirmed. We respect Mr. Bailey and know that the exhibition is not only important, but also an aesthetic presentation that heralds a very important group of American artists.” Bloomingdale’s Fashion Touchdown represents a partnership with the New York retailer that features the Museum’s three haute couture designed NFL football helmets, acquired earlier this year, and framed photographs of the other decorated helmets featured in the series. Award-winning Mississippi artist Lee Renninger’s vibrant A Light Passage highlights her inventiveness in a pair of installations displaying her complex, vibrant, and, at times, smile-inducing, ceramic creations. With over 2,000 artifacts, the Museum holds the largest collection of Greek and Roman antiquities in the Southeast; many of the objects are admired by scholars, worldwide.We are currently refining the design of a major re-installation
Visit Us Today! THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED AT UNIVERSITY AVE. & 5TH ST., OXFORD, MS.
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Melanie Munns
Robert Saarnio
SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER
MUSEUM DIRECTOR
Michelle Perr y
William Griffith
CURATOR OF ROWAN OAK
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
Marti Funke
Tracy Stricklin
COLLECTIONS MANAGER
SECURITY
Robert J. Pekala
Amy W. Evans
PREPARATOR
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Emily Dean CURATOR OF EDUCATION
MUSEUM GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
Rebecca Phillips
Katie Gill
MEMBERSHIP, EVENTS, & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Angela Barlow ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AND HISTORIC HOUSES
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH INTERNS:
Erica Hall Lauren Nunley Mar y-Charles Pence Alexa Penton Abigail Reidy Maggie Rouse Stacy Siebenaler Ben Strassman COLLECTIONS INTERN:
Claire Whitehurst GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN:
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in the Mary Buie galleries. Additionally, a core project goal is to significantly increase both physical and intellectual access to our collection. As a museum with a tradition of serving youth, students and families, we will introduce the first major piece of learning technology in the Museum’s history—an interactive touch table with both images and layers of illuminating content.
William Faulkner’s Hollywood Typewriter
Within these pages you can see strong evidence of a museum in a dynamic phase of its life, maintaining its dedicated tradition of being a place of learning, discovery, and inspiration. You will also see evidence of what I like to call an “ecosystem of support.” We established the 75th Anniversary Fund to support Exhibitions and Educational outreach; our Friends of the Museum hosted a magical Harvest Supper gala fundraiser; and membership is burgeoning. I invite you to share any thoughts or aspirations with me personally at 662-915-7202 or by email rsaarnio@olemiss.edu. If you would like to explore membership or be added to our e-list serve and mailing list, please contact my staff colleague Rebecca Phillips at 662-915-7028 or rmlingle@olemiss.edu.
GET YOUR KEEPSAKE TODAY! NOW ON SALE FOR $25 AT THE MUSEUM STORE!
Thank you, all, for your contributions and for helping to sustain our distinguished University Museum and Faulkner’s Rowan Oak!
SPECIAL PROJECTS INTERN:
Sarah Sloan MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS/ FRONT DESK:
Lora Ellinwood Martha Huckins John Lamar Kelcie Shack Thomisha Matthews John Thomas ROWAN OAK INTERNS:
Sarah Altenhoff Amelia Brock Ryan Charlton Mar ya Paolillo Andrew Thomas John Thomas Sarah Thomas
Elizabeth Trollinger Henr y Wise These staff members join the full-time staff in support of the Museum mission and provide critical assistance with programming, activities, and events. Graduate assistantships and undergraduate internships augment existing academic programs with professional museum experience. To contribute to the endowment that sustains graduate assistantships at the University Museum and Historic Houses, please contact Angela Barlow at 662-915-381 or ambarlow@olemiss.edu. Gifts also may be made by mailing a check to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, MS 38677 with the University of Mississippi Museum noted or by visiting www.umfoundation.com/makeagift.
The University of Mississippi Museum is the grateful recipient of time and talent given by many within our community. Many thanks to these individuals who are dedicated to the Museum and its mission: THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013–2014
Laura Antonow Jason Bouldin John Dunbar Mar y Ann Frugé Gayle Henr y Dorothy Howorth Erin Abbott Kirkpatrick Amy Lowe Lewis Terr y Lynn Lane McCluer
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“Hosting Our Faith Affirmed,” Chancellor Jones said,“allows us to continue our conversation about racial reconciliation and to further our goal of participating in a more just society.” The exhibition underscores the significance of Southern vernacular artists whose influence extends far beyond the realm of aesthetics. The artworks exude an authority of experience and directness of expression that bears witness to the considerable weight of Southern history, the saga of American politics, and, most clearly, to their faith and clarity of vision.
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Hosting Our Faith Affirmed allows us to continue our conversation about racial reconciliation and to further our goal of participating in a more just society.”
In the exhibition catalog, David Houston, Director of the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University’s College of the Arts in Columbus, Georgia wrote: “As Mr. Bailey intuited, the University’s geographic location sets the framework for the further exploration of Southern self-taught artists whose works are emblematic of the region’s culture. Some of the artists have daunting personal histories and were dually stressed by the adversities of poverty and oppression while dealing with the daily tribulations of living in a legally segregated society. All, though unique individuals with decidedly different iconographies and points of view, share context.Whatever their motivation— inner necessity, visionary impulse, political activism, faith
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—CHANCELLOR DAN JONES in God, nature or nurture—it is clear that they did not need the mechanisms of the art world to either inspire their works or validate the importance of their efforts. For them the raging authenticity and soulful expressiveness that is chiefly responsible for their newfound popular and critical acceptance is solid evidence that they never bowed to limitations or expectations. In fact, they seldom altered their content of purpose whether cut off from the larger culture by geography or by law.”
Exhibitions (facing page, clockwise from left) Wizard by Ralph Griffin; Gallery images of Our Faith Affirmed Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection; Chancellor Dan Jones (below, left to right) Adam and Eve by Arthur Dial; Untitled by Welmon Sharlhorne
Upon viewing the exhibition, UM alumnus, W. Ralph Eubanks, editor of the venerable Virginia Quarterly Review, commented, “I felt a genuine connection with the art in Our Faith Affirmed. And I felt Gordon’s intense connection to each piece, not just a few favorites. For a while, I just sat in the gallery soaking it all in, contemplating the connections enabled by his respectful curation. Then, I got up, looked closely at some of the pieces to make some connections of my own, and noticed something different each time. The perspective of seeing the works together, all talking to each other and the minimal labels and interpretation simply blew me away. Gordon has a real vision as an advocate and as a curator.” S E E .
Our Faith Affirmed features works by twenty-seven artists, born between 1900 and 1959. Many of the artists are widely known and several—Thornton Dial Sr., Roy Ferdinand, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Charlie Lucas, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Purvis Young—are internationally exhibited. “Collectively,” Mr. Bailey said, “their artworks reveal the incandescent power of creativity.” UM Our Faith Affirmed – Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection will remain on view through Saturday, August 8, 2015.
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Exhibitions A Light Passage, works by Lee Renninger
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AUG. 26, 2014 – FEB. 14, 2015 ississippi, ceramics-based, installation artist, Lee Renninger, has been creating work that treats clay as fabric by transforming it into works that are soft and fluid. Renninger’s newest exhibition, A Light Passage, at the University of Mississippi Museum is a floor-based ceramic installation, which features pieces from her Botanica series, using elements of the garden to celebrate wonder and mystery. Renninger created the pieces featured in A Light Passage during her Arts/Industry residency program at John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in Spring 2014. The ceramic shapes that are colorful and stacked along the Lower Skipwith Gallery floor are created from familiar Jell-O and bundt cake molds, with bright marbles incorporated throughout.
Left: Botanica: Le Jardin de la Pâtisserie. Vitreous china, glaze and decals, 2014. Right: Artist, Lee Renninger.
“This exhibition is unique in the work, being a floor based installation and offering visitors the opportunity to view each piece of A Light Passage in the round,” says Collections Manager Marti Funke. Lee Renninger currently resides in Gulfport, Mississippi. She received her BFA and MFA from the University of Florida. She has exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Mint Museum, and the Sidney Meyer International Ceramics Competition in Victoria, Australia, among others. Her work was most recently published in The Ceramics Bible by Louisa Taylor and Contemporary Ceramics by Emmanuel Cooper. It is held in both public and private collections, including those of Kohler Company, Fidelity Investments, Ally Bank and The Shepparton. Commissions include: the Potawatomi Hotel in Milwaukee, the French Quarter Hiatt in New Orleans and the St. Regis in Atlanta-Buckhead. UM
Bloomingdale’s Fashion Touchdown AUG. 1, 2014 – JAN. 17, 2015 n celebration of Super Bowl XLVIII and in support of the National Football League, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Bloomingdale’s have teamed up on a unique collaboration of customized football helmets created by a slew of CFDA members. The 48 helmets were auctioned off from January 15, 2014–February 4, 2014 with 100% of the net proceeds benefitting the NFL Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the game of football.
The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses successfully bid and won 3 of the one-of-akind helmets that are currently on display, by artists Lela Rose, Fenton/Fallon, and Alexis Bittar. The Museum is showcasing photographs of the remaining 45 helmets and is the only museum in the country to have the helmets on display. UM All photos: Director of Photography: Topher Scott Lighting: Mark Glenn Digital: Brenna Morlock Producer: Robert Forgione Production: Splashlight Productions
Left: Helmet by Alexis Bittar.
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Collections News The Antiquities Reinstallation Project
n spring 2013, the Museum began the development of a major project that will introduce a state of the art redesign and reinstallation of its Greek and Roman Antiquities Collection. The project team includes both Museum staff and Classics Department faculty. Additionally, the Museum has also engaged a national design consultant, Alchemy Studio, and Project Manager Melanie Munns. The collection will be installed in the four neoclassical gallery spaces of the Museum’s original 1939 building. This larger space will allow the Museum to triple the volume of objects on view. Currently the collection numbers over 2,000 objects with only 137 objects on display.
The expanded exhibition will include touch-friendly technology for children and adults (a first in our museum’s history), new display casework, enhanced on-site study access for students, faculty and the general public, and improved gallery security. The Museum will also initiate a digitization project to increase internet-based access to the Collection. Educational impacts and benefits to youth and families of the region, to university students and faculty, and the Museum’s diverse public audiences cannot be overstated. The Museum is currently developing resources and identifying funding partners to undertake this world-class reinstallation that will further enhance the name of the University of Mississippi Museum among the great national repositories of collections from classical antiquity. UM
Top: Lekythos vase. Below: Gallery rendering.
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Museum Education and Outreach New Educational Partners and Programs HORIZONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
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n addition to the Museum’s morning summer campers and Passport to Art day care participants, the Museum hosted 45 Horizons students in grades K-2 each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon this summer. For six weeks, participants traveled back in time and explored new cultures and art as they connected with exhibits and stories and created their own art projects. Horizons is a fullday summer learning program that combines academics including reading, literacy, and STEM activities, with enrichment and recreational activities. This unique program will add a new grade level each year until students in grades K-8 are reached to help eliminate summer learning loss for underserved students. The Museum’s educational team looks forward to continuing to grow this partnership each year as students return and experience new exhibits and activities.
Horizons Director Emma Tkachuck says, “The UM Museum has been one of Horizons’ key partners from the beginning, and we are incredibly grateful for all of the support. The Museum provides valuable experiences for our students, working with a variety of mediums and connecting the activities to the exhibits. Reading and literacy are main components of the Horizons program and the UM Museum does an excellent job of incorporating literacy concepts into the lessons and provides tools for our teachers to use to build important connections. Our Horizons students absolutely love the variety of activities and have brought some very special artwork home to their families! We could not provide our students with such a quality of art programming without the incredible UM Museum staff.”
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Horizons class at the Museum.
On October 11, 2014, we had a unique opportunity to reconnect with our summer Horizons participants as the program organized a school-year reunion that featured a Theora Hamblett inspired printmaking activity at the Museum. If you are interested in learning more or supporting Horizons, you can contact Emma Tkachuck at etkachuc@olemiss.edu or 662-915-2713, or visit the Horizons website at www.horizons.olemiss.edu. You can also like Horizons at UM on Facebook at www.facebook.com/horizonsum!
Thank You,
SPRING 2015 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Children’s Dental Center,
for your generous sponsorship of this year’s Family Activity Days at the UM Museum. Register your child(ren) for a fun-filled semester of art activities for kids in grades K–6. Each week, children will learn a new way to make art pertaining to exhibits at the Museum. museum.olemiss.edu/art-zone/
Family Activity Day and ArtZone participants.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TEEN MILKSHAKE MASH-UP The Museum launched a new program this fall aimed at reaching students in grades 6-12 with a fun-filled monthly workshop that mashes up two different artists or themes into one fun art project. While they are mixing art themes, participants also get the opportunity to make their own milkshakes with delicious mix-ins.This has quickly become a popular program, and it has been wonderful to see the art room packed with teens listening to music, sipping on milkshakes, and engaging with the Museum. Stay tuned for Spring 2014 Milkshake Mash-up dates! UM S E E .
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Rowan Oak News
Tim Youd retypes The Sound and the Fury.
Tim Youd Performance artist Tim Youd came to Rowan Oak this summer and typedWilliam Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. During his time at Rowan Oak, Tim greeted visitors and answered questions concerning his goal to type 100 American novels in places of historical significance to the novel or the author.Tim types on the same make and model of typewriter that the author used, and while at Rowan Oak, he typed on an Underwood Portable model. In order to make the experience more unique and meaningful for Tim, a replica of William Faulkner’s desk was made by local craftsman, Tom Lutken. The Friends of the Museum threw a mint julep party on the east lawn of Rowan Oak after Youd’s performance was complete. It was a memorable event that everyone enjoyed. You can learn more about Tim Youd, and his inspiring project by visiting his website, www.timyoud.com.
Lower Garden renovation The lower garden renovation, funded by Evelyn and Michael Jefcoat, is nearly complete.The original concrete slab was replaced and the upper brick section was restored since the last newsletter. An erosional gulley has been corrected and the improved water flow should ensure the renovation will last. The project needs final landscaping touches, which will probably be planted in the spring. Some steps may be necessary to reach the lower garden safely. Overall, the renovation went very smoothly. Denny Buchannon from the University of Mississippi’s Physical Plant helped in arranging materials, workmen and a fine landscape architect named Andy Renyolds. Many of you may remember his father, Ole Miss Geology professor, Dr. Bill Renyolds, who used to be on the Museum’s board. Please come and enjoy the lower garden when you next visit Rowan Oak.
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Students Rowan Oak is fortunate to have Elizabeth Trollinger as a graduate assistant this semester. Elizabeth and student worker, Marya Paolillo are working hard to complete an inventory of the books at Rowan Oak. Ole Miss graduate students Sarah and Andrew Thomas, Henry Wise, Sarah Altenhoff, Ryan Charlton and John Lee Thomas help Rowan Oak flourish as one of the best tourist attractions in Oxford.We couldn’t do what we do without them.We are very thankful for their superb efforts.
Trail News Eagle Scout candidate Luke Kelly is hard at work improving our beloved Bailey’s Woods trail. His Eagle Scout project is to improve signage, fix and maintain a few problem areas, and plan and install an activity to be completed while walking the trail. It is surprising how many people use the trail and these improvements will go a long way in helping them enjoy their time in the little big woods that the Faulkner family loved so much. Long time Rowan Oak advocate and craftsman, Tom Lukten, is supervising Luke and we wish him the best of luck on his ambitious plan. Did you know that William Faulkner was also a Scout Master in the 1920’s? It is nice to see the tradition continue. UM
Upcoming Exhibitions Brief Encounters by Martin Arnold M A R C H 1 0 – M AY 1 6 , 2 0 1 5 Martin Arnold will display his show, “Brief Encounters” at the University Museum starting on March 10, 2015. The figure painter is originally from Michigan, but has lived in Mississippi for eight years. The almost life-size oil paintings explore the silent, subliminal exchange of awareness as the subject and viewer confront each other and will be displayed in the Lower Skipwith Gallery.
Staging the subjects of his paintings alone and attired indifferently, Arnold “deliberately discards all that is nonessential.With little else to ponder, the viewer’s attention is left to linger on the stark humanity of the person before them.” As a figurative artist, his goal is to “produce artwork that assumes the role of a psychological mirror.” UM
Museum Community Museum Advocates Remembered
MARTY VINOGRAD
Marty Vinograd was a prominent artist whose portraits and collages earned her awards and honors from Los Angeles to France. Many of her pieces were whimsical, thoughtful and infused with deep appreciation and meaning.
The University Museum is deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Marty Vinograd and Joan Lutkin Stevens. Both women were active supporters of the Museum and of arts and culture initiatives throughout the community. JOAN LUTKIN STEVENS
With her husband, Forrest Stevens, Joan became instrumental in creating the Richton, MS Arts Council. Serving an active, artistic, and philanthropic role across Richton, Laurel and Hattiesburg, she was honored with an appearance in the First Edition of Outstanding Young Women of America. Joan served on the board of the Mississippi Art Association for many years. In 2004, Joan and W. Forrest Stevens gifted 45 pieces of their art collection to the University Museum. The artists in the collection range from William Dunlap and Bess Dawson, to Alexander Calder and Andy Warhol. This generous gift enriches the Museum’s 20th century American art collections. Joan passed away September 7, 2014 in Dallas,Texas and is survived by her husband, twin daughters, two grandchildren and two half- brothers.
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Her definitive Faulkner collage hangs in the mezzanine of the University of Mississippi’s Outreach Center. Her commissioned depictions of epic Civil War moments, Israeli prime ministers, and political figures have been showcased internationally. Three of her “Persian Tree” series are held in the permanent collection of the Seymour Lawrence Gallery of American Art at the University Museum. Marty passed away July 16, 2014 in Austin, Texas and is survived by her husband, sister, four children, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren If you would like to contribute in honor of Joan Lutkin Stevens or Marty Vinograd, contact Angela Barlow Brown at the UM Foundation at 662.915.3181 or ambarlow@olemiss.edu. Gifts may also may be made by mailing a check to the University Museum, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677, noting the Marty Vinograd or Joan Lutkin Stevens memorial gifts, or by visiting umfoundation.com/makeagift. UM
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Every art institution needs a cadre within its community: people to pitch in, provide support, ideas, and connections—a highly engaged group of volunteers who care deeply about the work, who want to participate in the life of the institution. For UMM, this cadre is Friends of the University Museum. Friends works to connect people to the Museum and to a broader arts community, to deepen the conversation about art, and to support the Museum financially, especially in the areas of education and acquisition. Here are some of the things we’ve done in recent months to accomplish just that.
Guests enjoying Harvest Supper.
CONNECT: MEMPHIS ART TRIP In August, some of the artists involved in Friends—Carlyle Wolfe, Terry Lynn, and Zach Tutor—organized a trip to Memphis to explore some of the arts scene there. We prowled around the appropriately named Medicine Factory, a refurbished 1912 factory that now offers exhibition and studio space. One artist there, Maysey Craddock, showed us her work, which uses alternative materials and techniques to interpret modern rural Southern landscapes that elude traditional representation but still draw upon natural forms to evoke home and place. From there we visited Marshall Arts Studios, formerly an auto-body shop on the edge of downtown, now an important arts exhibition and studio space in town. Our own Terry Lynn has his studio there, and he, along with other MA artists, introduced us to a wide variety of art forms, styles, and perspectives. From Marshall Arts, we walked across the street to the studio of noted sculptor Greely Myatt, who was finishing a body of work for a gallery show. Greely’s current work involves ideas about
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communication, often using a comic-strip/thoughtbubble approach, and his easy-going personality and humor made it even more fun to engage with his work. David Lusk welcomed us to his eponymous gallery, walking us through the current show and pulling less frequently seen work from his store of paintings in the back, while discussing the role of a regional gallery and Memphis’s uniquely sophisticated taste for contemporary art. Afterwards, the group enjoyed lunch at the Brooks Museum and a rare tour of the Museum by director Cameron Kitchin, now at the helm of the Cincinnati Art Museum. The trip offered a chance to understand how and why Memphis has more than its share of working artists enlivening and enriching that city.
DEEPEN: W. RALPH EUBANKS SPEAKS ON OUR FAITH AFFIRMED
SUPPORT: HARVEST SUPPER
As part of UMM’s milestone exhibition, Our Faith Affirmed – Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection, Friends pledged financial and volunteer support to help mount a series of associated programs. W. Ralph Eubanks, editor of Virginia Quarterly Review, presented the first event in the “Conversations” series, They Let Their Buckets Down: A Discussion of Our Faith Affirmed. A native Mississippian, Mr. Eubanks recalled the fullness of his experience growing up in the rural south, and in so doing added context to the Southern self-taught artists’ work. He said he was overwhelmed by the power and beauty of the artworks and spoke about the themes and choices that make the pieces so compelling. Mr. Eubanks encouraged the audience to consider the emotion, the message, and the aesthetic imbued by the artists, and not to allow often distracting biographical details to complicate their response.Viewed in its entirety, Our Faith Affirmed offers a perspective on the region’s richness and complexity, and Mr. Eubanks’s lecture brought that richness and complexity into focus.
The third annual Harvest Supper on the grounds of Rowan Oak was proof that this Oxford event has grown into a one-of-a-kind tradition. Rowan Oak never looked more beautiful than it did on a gorgeous fall night under a canopy of string lights and chandeliers, with farm tables featuring bouquets of native flowers and vintage china. The buffet tables overflowed with local, seasonal dishes, and the full bars featured a regional cocktail created especially for Harvest Supper. The University of Mississippi Steel Drum Band, led by Ricky Burkhead, the up-and-coming band And the Echo, and Dent May entertained guests late into the night. Guests from all around Mississippi and the country mixed with Oxford residents and regulars. Old and young, traditional and edgy—the eclectic mix of partygoers elevated the mood for a memorable night. Robert Malone, Jason Bouldin, and Bill Dunlap donated paintings to be auctioned. Their generosity, and that of the highest bidders, made Harvest Supper even more successful. With great pride and pleasure, Friends of the Museum will use these funds to support specific needs of the University Museum.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE In the coming months, the Friends are looking forward to engaging folks even more deeply in the life of our outstanding museum, and in an ongoing conversation about art. Look for more Art Trips, Conversations, events related to the much-anticipated remounting of the Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, and Harvest Supper. Check our page on the Museum’s website and let us know how you’d like to get involved. UM
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We Thank our New and Returning Members, Donors, and Supporters! This list represents memberships and donations between November 14, 2013 and November 14, 2014. Diligent efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If there is a correction to be made, please contact Rebecca Phillips at museum@olemiss.edu. Drs. H. Dale and Ann J. Abadie Ms. Elaine Abadie Ms. Erin Abbott Ms. Dorothy R. Abbott Abner’s Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Owens F. Alexander Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Allen Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Anderson Ms. Bethlehem K. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Andrews Ms. Laura E. Antonow Drs. Walter and Janice A. Antonow Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Arnold III Mr. William Lin Askew III Mr. Gordon W. Bailey and Ms. Meg Lankford Dr. and Mrs. William C. Baker Mr. Richard Ballew Bank of Prairie Village Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Banks Baptist Memorial Health Care Ms. Marie Barksdale Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Barksdale Ms. Angela Marie Barlow Dr. Michael Andrew Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Jarrod H. Barrentine Ms. Joeli Dawn Beckum Ms. Krisey Kay Belden-Adams Mrs. Charlotte Sue Bennett Reverend Father James O Berends Mr. James R. and Mr. Nathan C. Best Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Bianco The Hon. Neal B. Biggers Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bjork Mr. and Mrs. David B. Blackburn Ms. Melanie Blake Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Blount Jr. Mrs. Dianne Bond Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bond Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Bonds Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Boone Mr. George Henry Booth II Dr. and Mrs. James M. Bos Dr. Alicia S. and Mr. Jason H. Bouldin Mrs. Norma S. Bourdeaux Mrs. Mary Anne Reed Bowen Mr. Cecil Bowers Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brabec Dr. and Mrs. John R. Bradley Jr. Ms. Betsy Bradley Dana and Jean Brammer Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Brandt The Brandt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David E. Brevard Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Brown Browning Club of Oxford Mr. Rex Brunt Dr. and Mrs. Gwynne T. Brunt Jr. Ms. Kaye H. Bryant Mrs. Maralyn H. Bullion Dr. William R. Bullock Dr. Homer H. Burkett Mr. and Mrs. John P. Callery Mr. Robert Morris Canon Mrs. Sherry G. Carlson Ms. Elizabeth M. Carlson Mrs. Carolyn M. Carothers Mr. and Mrs. James P. Cassidy Jr. Cathead Vodka Mr. and Mrs. William L. Chadwick Ms. Wanda L. Chancellor Charter Road Hospitality Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Steven P. Chevalier Mr. Benjamin Franklin Chiles Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Chinn Mr. Kyoshin Choo Mrs. Althea Church Mr. and Mrs. John C. Clark Ms. Deborah L. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Cleary Dr. Carol M. Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Clinton Mr. J. D. Clinton and Mrs. Mary S. Gallien-Clinton Mr. and Mrs. Tim L. Cobb Community Design Project LLC
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