Archives for October 2010

Santa’s Work/Shop



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2012
10:00 a.m. – noon
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM

Cost: Free for UM Museum Members
$5 per child for non-members

Families will meet at the Museum to create seasonal crafts, view the Ford Center’s annual Gingerbread House Village, and create their own winter wonderland print!

Space is limited, so pre-register today!

Call the Museum at 662-915-7073 or email esdean@olemiss.edu to reserve your spot today!
Click here to download the registration form.

Defining the Mainstream: The Southern Folk Art Experience

October 1 – December 11, 2010

Curated by Robert Krause, Doctoral Candidate in United States History, Graduate Assistant, The University of Mississippi Museum

This inaugural exhibit in the new Hattie Mae Edmonds Gallery examines the complex role of Southern Folk Art in relation to the artistic mainstream developed by historians, critics, and scholars.  Works in the exhibit include examples by artists James “Son” Thomas, Purvis Young, Mose Tolliver, Jim Sudduth, Rev. Howard Finster, Sulton Rogers, M. B. Mayfield, and Luster Willis.

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