Art
Food, Science and Art on the Menu at Museum Summer Camps
Programming highlights interdisciplinary learning for children JUNE 20, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE This summer, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a variety of learning opportunities for children in first through fifth grades during June and July. “With all of our camps, I’m trying to connect them to some cross-curricular content,” said Rosa Salas Gonzalez […]
Two UM Artists to Display Work at Mississippi Invitational Exhibit
Mississippi Museum of Art exhibit to feature contemporary local artists MAY 25, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE Two University of Mississippi art professors have work featured in the Mississippi Museum of Art’s biennial Mississippi Invitational exhibit. The Mississippi Invitational exhibit, on display from June 10 through Sept. 17, highlights 15 contemporary artists from around the state […]
Decade of Donated, Community-Funded Work on Display at UM Museum
‘Recent Acquisitions’ exhibit highlights breadth, variety of art collection MAY 24, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE The University of Mississippi Museum‘s newest installation, “Recent Acquisitions,” highlights the varied and expansive collection of artworks that have been donated or funded by the community in the last 10 years. Among the selected works are wood carvings, watercolor and […]
Giving Day 2023 Sets University Record
Alumni, friends step up with $6.83 million in support APRIL 8, 2023 BY TINA HAHN When the last online donation came in Wednesday (April 5) for Giving Day 2023, the University of Mississippi‘s donors had united to set an unprecedented fundraising record. This year, Ole Miss students, parents, alumni, friends, faculty and staff members came […]
Love for the Arts
Tincher supports UM institute to pay tribute to wife’s life FEBRUARY 27, 2023 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT Ami Moore Tincher’s interests in life were focused on film and theatre, music and art — the areas highlighted by the Institute for the Arts at the University of Mississippi. Mike Tincher committed an estate gift of […]
Familiar Favorites, Fresh Faces Featured at UM Books and Bears
Continuation of annual toy distribution for employees’ families draws volunteers and recipients DECEMBER 16, 2022 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Like Black Friday without the hassle, dozens of books, dolls, electronics and even bicycles went home as employees of the University of Mississippi Facilities Management Department gathered to give and receive items Friday (Dec. 16) in […]
UM Honors College Student Elevates Art Showcase
Students come together to display their artistic talents DECEMBER 5, 2022 BY ABIGAIL MARTIN University of Mississippi BFA honors student Angel Morgan organized and curated an art showcase in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Great Room this spring. Morgan came across this opportunity to fulfill her Community Action Challenge service requirement for the Honors […]
Art Historian Awarded Chair of Excellence
Professor widens circle of research and teaching with coming year at University of Memphis NOVEMBER 18, 2022 BY STAFF REPORT Kris Belden-Adams, associate professor of art history at the University of Mississippi, will spend the next academic year teaching and advancing her research into the history and theory of photography as the Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair […]
Professor Granted Visual Artist Fellowship
Mississippi Arts Commission recognizes creative contributions to state NOVEMBER 8, 2022 BY STAFF REPORT Kariann Fuqua, instructional assistant professor of art and director of museum studies at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a highly competitive artist fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission, the state’s official grants-making and service agency for the arts. Fuqua […]
Dawn of New Era in the Arts at the University
New institute shines a light on creative arts on campus and beyond SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 BY STAFF REPORT Pianist Bruce Levingston and special guest artists will give the first performance in celebration of the University of Mississippi Institute for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 22) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the […]