Archives for November 2010

An Evening with Bruce Levingston and Robert Storr

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011,

7:00–8:00p.m.

NUTT AUDITORIUM
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI CAMPUS

$10 for museum members
$15 for general admission
$5 for students with ID

Dr. Robert Storr, a world renowned artist and critic, is Dean of the Yale School of Art. Dr. Storr was director of the Venice Biennale in 2007, and from 1990 to 2002 was Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Mr. Bruce Levingston is an acclaimed concert pianist and one of today’s leading figures in classical music. He has premiered numerous works at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and has appeared in concerts and recitals throughout the world. He is founder and Artistic Director of Premiere Commission, Inc., a foundation that has commissioned and premiered over forty new works.

For this remarkable evening, Dr. Storr will lecture on developments in Modern Art including the work of Eugene Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Jackson Pollock, Sol LeWitt, and Chuck Close, while Mr. Levingston will respond with performances of compositions from Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, John Cage, and Philip Glass. There will be a question and answer session immediately following.

Tickets can be purchased at the University of Mississippi Box Office by going or by calling 662.915.7411.

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The Friends of the Museum invite you to join us for cocktails
at the museum before the lecture from 4:45 – 6:45 p.m.

FREE to Museum members at the family level and above. $25 for non-members.

Collectible Keepsake “Ole Miss” Athletic Jersey Logo

AVAILABLE NOW AT THE MUSEUM STORE.

From the earliest representation of the Ole Miss logo in the museum collection, from the 1928-29 Women’s Basketball uniform.

To place an order, call the museum at 662.915.7073 or visit the museum store.

Aquila Theatre Company presents Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

How does Greek drama resonate today?

Surrounded by world-class artifacts from ancient Greece and Rome, join us for Aquila Theatre’s reading of Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives.

Performance will include readings from Homer’s Odyssey, Sophocles’ Ajax, Euripidies’ Herakles and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon.

Led by Peter Meineck, Artistic Director of the Aquila Theatre Company, in partnership with the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

THIS PERFORMANCE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Family Activity Day: Create Your Own Folk Art!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 2010

10 a.m.–12:00 noon

Cost: FREE to Museum Members
at the Family level and above

$5 per participant for non-members

Come and enjoy the new folk art exhibition at the University of Mississippi Museum,
and create your own watermelon painting on board inspired by the art of Mose Tolliver!
Kids, bring your favorite grownup!

For more information, telephone the education department at 662.915.7205.

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