Thursday, April 25, 2013
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

The University of Mississippi Museum

Join us for a reception honoring the Spring 2013 ArtZone students. Student work will be exhibited in the Museum. Refreshments will be served.

Questions should be sent to Emily Dean at esdean@olemiss.edu or telephone the Museum at 662-915-7073.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

7-9 PM
University of Mississippi Museum

Cost: FREE

Educators, join us for the inaugural Evening with the Educators for a wine and cheese reception, gallery tour, and talk by guest speaker Professor Cory Lewis. This talk and tour will explore ways that the Museum collections and programs can be utilized by teachers in the classroom.  This free program is for teachers, professors, education majors, and all interested educators. Find out more about all of the educational programs on offer here at the Museum!

Space is limited. Please RSVP to Curator of Education, Emily Dean, at esdean@olemiss.edu or 662-915-7073.

The University of Mississippi Museum and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture Present Panel Discussion

Moderated by Ted Ownby with Alain Desvergnes, William Griffith, and Jay Watson.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 from 5:00-6:00 PM

April 4-6, 2013

The Friends of the University Museum, in conjunction with the Academic Traveler, present a cultural excursion to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Praised in the New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, this is “the most-talked-about new museum in the United States in a generation.” Travelers will have the opportunity to visit the Arkansas Art Center and the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, on the way to and from Bentonville.

Travelers will:

•  At Crystal Bridges, explore the stunning architecture of renowned architect Moshe Safdie and the museum grounds, which include 120-acre site containing 3.5 miles of trails that wind among streams, ponds, wetlands, native plants, and sculpture.
• Visit the world-class collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art which includes works by Charles Wilson Peale, Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, and Jenny Holzer, and special exhibitions entitled Abstractions on Paper and American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell.
• Take a private behind-the-scenes tour at the Arkansas Art Center, home to one of the most highly-regarded collections of works on paper including pieces by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alison Saar, Rembrandt and Rubens
• Tour the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and see artifacts from the administration and life of President Bill Clinton
• Explore the art collection and fine dining of the new 21c Museum Hotel
• Enjoy a special dinner at Eleven, the renowned restaurant at Crystal Bridges

The tour coordinator for Crystal Bridges excursion is Laura Antonow, former designer at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, adjunct assistant professor of art at The University of Mississippi, director of the Academic Traveler program, and Friends of the University Museum board member.

Priority registration for University Museum Members extends until Friday, March 1. After March 1, registration is open to the public. The general registration deadline for the Crystal Bridges trip is Monday, March 18.

The program fee is $485 per person (double occupancy).

Included in the program cost:

• Pre-departure educational material
•  Pre-departure lectures
• Accommodations and porterage at the 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas
• Group museum admissions and tour fees
• Two group dinners at The Hive and Eleven
• Ground transportation to and from Oxford via motor coach

Excluded from the program cost:

• Travel insurance
• Meals, other than those listed above
• Tips

Single supplement: $175

Click here to download the registration form.

For more information contact:

Laura Antonow
The Academic Traveler
P. O. Box 879
University, MS 38677

662.915.6511 phone
662.915.5138 fax
antonow@olemiss.edu

or visit the Academic Traveler website at

www.outreach.olemiss.edu/academic_traveler