The Ford Center for the Performing Arts and
The University of Mississippi Museum invite you to a

Cocktail Reception Benefit & Art Auction

preceding the concert and honoring the visual and performing
artists who are contributing to the evening

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM
University Avenue and 5th Street, Oxford

Thursday, February 2, 2012
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

TICKETS:
Reception $20 (available in advance at the museum or at the door)
Concert $29, $21 Click here to purchase concert tickets online.

Concert to Follow at 7:00 p.m. at the Ford Center

On February 2, 2012, acclaimed concert pianist Bruce Levingston will return to Mississippi to perform at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Oxford. The brilliant violinist Colin Jacobsen and his string quartet Brooklyn Rider as well as other special guest artists will join Levingston for a magical program that will include Dvorák, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Saint-Saëns’ spectacular Carnival of the Animals.

“Two of today’s most adventurous musicians … Bruce Levingston and Colin Jacobsen
joined forces in the kind of recital for which each has become known:
driven by ideas and filled with music old, new and well worth hearing.” New York Times

In addition to these delightful and dazzling works, prominent artists from Mississippi have contributed works of art to a visual showcase that will be previewed at the museum and auctioned off that evening to benefit the Ford Center for the Performing Arts and the University of Mississippi Museum.

Artists contributing to the auction are

Blair Hobbs, William Beckwith, Matt Long, Jere Allen, Glennray Tutor, William Dunlap, Linda Burgess, Maggie Dunlap, William Pittman Andrews, Cathy Crockett, Mitchell Wright, Randy Hayes, Everett McCourt, Langdon Clay, Maude Schuyler Clay, Jason Bouldin, Marty Vinograd, Carlyle Wolfe, and John Bishop

 

Art Auction Preview

Click on any of the images below for an enlarged view.

Ibis
Linda Burgess
Oil on gessoed paper mounted on masonite
12 ½” x 10 ½”
Minimum Bid: $750.00

On Fire
Glennray Tutor
Oil on canvas
16” x 28”
Suggested gallery/retail price: $7,200.00, Minimum bid: $3,200.00

Polar Slice, 1992
Marty Vinograd
18 ¼” x 14”
Mixed-media collage
Minimum Bid: $1,880.00

Deer With Mask, 2012
Randy Hayes
Oil on photographs on canvas mounted to canvas
20” x 16”
Minimum Bid: $900.00

Early Morning Hunt
Cathy Crockett
Oil on canvas
24 ¼” x 20 ¾”
Minimum Bid: $900.00

Woman with Crest, 2009
Jere Allen
Oil on linen
20” x 16”
Minimum Bid: $1,500.00

Aviary from ‘The Carnival of Animals’
Blair Hobbs
Mixed-media collage
14 1/2” x 18 ¾”
Minimum Bid: $400.00

Moon, 2010
Mitchell Wright
Gesso on canvas
14” x 14”
Minimum Bid: $400.00

2 Iyar (April- May), 2010
Carlyle Wolfe
Layered monotypes
23” x 39”
Minimum Bid: $1,800.00

Memphis, 1990
Everett McCourt
Chromogenic C print
20 ½” x 16 ¾”
Minimum Bid: $400.00

Bottle
Matt Long
Wood fired stoneware
Diameter 8 ¾” x Height 17 ½”
Minimum Bid: $800.00

Bust of Eudora Welty
William Beckwith
Bronze on black granite
Base: 8” x 8”, 21” x 10”
Minimum Bid: $6,000.00

Ring Leader
Maggie Dunlap
Ink and watercolor on paper
10 ¾” x 13 ¼”
Minimum Bid: $200.00

November Forest, 2007
William P. Andrews
Oil on canvas
19 ¼” x 15 ¼”
Minimum Bid: $550.00

Night Scent
William Dunlap
Oil and dry pigment over ink on rag paper
16 ½” x 13 ¾”
Minimum Bid: $1,000.00

Delta Horse ‘N Rider
Langdon Clay
Archival pigment print
20” x 24”
Minimum Bid: $650.00

Dog With Winter Wheat
Maude Schuyler Clay
Chromogenic color coupler
26 ½” x 23 1/8”
Minimum Bid: $700.00

Movement II Poules et coqs, Le Carnaval des Animaux
Jason Bouldin
Oil on cardboard
24 3/4″ x 35″
Minimum Bid: $1,450.00

Unable to attend the auction? To submit a bid online, send your maximum bid for a piece to Marti Funke at mfunke@olemiss.edu, along with your credit card number, expiration date, security code, mailing address, and phone number no later than Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. CST.  Be sure to designate which piece of art interests you when you submit your maximum bid.  If you do not feel comfortable sending your credit card information via email, please leave this information on Marti’s private voicemail at 662-915-7074. All information must be received by Marti Funke by the February 1, 2012, 4:00 p.m. deadline for auction bids to be accepted.

The minimum bid is listed for each piece, while the maximum bid is up to you.  If you bid $5,000 and at the end of the auction the highest bidder at the Cocktail Benefit and Art Auction bids $4,500, then you will win the item.  If bidding at the auction exceeds $5,000, you will not win the item.  On Friday, February 3, 2012, Marti Funke will call individuals who placed proxy bids to let them know if they have won the piece.

Visiting Guest Lecturer:
Professor Virginia Bower

Thursday, January 26, 2012
7:00 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM

An Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and frequent visiting instructor at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia as well as at Kean University and Rutgers University in New Jersey, Virginia L. Bower did her graduate work in Chinese art and archaeology at Princeton University. Ms. Bower has visited China numerous times, first as a student of Chinese in Taiwan, and later doing research as well as acting a tour lecturer for groups sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, Princeton University Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution and other educational and museum institutions. Her special interests are Chinese ceramics and the arts and culture of the early imperial dynasties. A frequent lecturer at galleries and museums, in October, 2011 Ms. Bower presented “Trash and Treasure? An Inside Look at Chinese Ceramics,” at the Museum of Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma. She has contributed to numerous museum catalogues including: Brush, Clay, and Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, an exhibition at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2008; Recarving China’s past: Art, Archaeology, and Architecture of the “Wu Family Shrines,” an exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum in 2005, Asian Games: The Art of Contest, The Asia Society, New York, 2004, and was the primary author of From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, at the Harvard University Art Museums in 2002. Ms. Bower has contributed an essay on Chinese art to Sunnylands: Art and Architecture of the Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage, California published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2010 and was one of the three co-editors of Chinese Ceramics: From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty published by Yale University Press in 2010.

This lecture is presented by the Croft Institute for International Studies, the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, and the University of Mississippi Museum

Questions? Contact Emily Dean at museum@olemiss.edu.

Exhibition Image Courtesy of The Norton Museum of Art.

Every day, more Americans are discovering the benefits of yoga for physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Experience the joys of yoga this spring, when Oxford’s vibrant new Blue Laurel Yoga takes place in the beautiful University Museum. Betsy Banner, Ann Fisher-Wirth, and Jennie Lee, Blue Laurel’s co-owners and teachers, will offer 8 weeks of gentle/beginners’ classes, starting Tuesday, January 17, 2012, and continuing through March 8, 2012.  Participants can attend two classes a week over the eight-week period, for a total of sixteen classes. Drop-ins are welcome as well; each drop-in session is $12. Participants of all ages and all degrees of experience with yoga are welcome. Wear loose-fitting clothing and bring a yoga mat if you have one; extras will be available.

Blue Laurel Yoga classes in the spring will be offered at the following times:

Mondays:
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Wednesdays:
4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Betsy, Ann, and Jennie are all certified through the 200-hour Hatha/Vinyasa Teacher Certification program at Southern Star Yoga Studio and are all registered yoga teachers (RYT) with Yoga Alliance.

The purpose of
every gathering is discovered:
to recognize beauty and to love
what’s beautiful.
- Rumi

Register Now!

Click here to download the registration forms. Return the completed forms along with cash or check (made payable to Blue Laurel Yoga) to the front desk at the University Museum at University Ave. and Fifth St. (412 University Avenue, Oxford, MS).

Class sizes will be limited, so please register early to guarantee your place. If you have questions, please feel free to call 662-236-5035 or email:  gardenexplorer@gmail.com.

The University Museum and The Powerhouse present:

“MOVEABLE TYPE TRUCK”

Participate in a fun and free Printmaking Day with Kyle Durrie as her “Moveable Type” truck makes a stop in Oxford!

Find out about Kyle and her Moveable Type Truck: http://type-truck.com/about/

Where: University Museum on University Ave. and 5th St.

When: Drop-in from 3:00–7:00 p.m., January 17, 2012

Who: Families and groups ages 8+

We look forward to sharing this great opportunity with you!

Introducing Two New Winter Yoga Workshops:

Body, Breath, and Words:
A Workshop in Creative Writing and Yoga

Saturday, December 10

1 P.M. — 4 P.m.

$40 for the general public

$30 for museum members

$20 for students with I.D.

In the beautiful setting of the University Museum, explore the deep connections between body, breath, and words with poet and yoga instructor Ann Fisher-Wirth. Participants will spend the afternoon alternating between breathing exercises (pranayama), simple yoga poses (asanas), and writing prompts, designed to help you discover your own creativity, experience the linguistic richness of both memory and improvisation, and—simply—have some fun.

Please bring a journal and notebook or pen.

Shake the Holiday Stress Yoga Workshop

 

Saturday, December 17

10 A.M. — 12 P.M.

$30 for the general public

$25 for museum members

$15 for students with I.D.

Do the holidays leave you feeling more jangle-y than jingle-y? If so, you’re not alone. While the next few weeks can be some of our lives’ most joyful, the desire to meet the season’s expectations and demands can also be overwhelming and stressful.

Centuries of practice have shown that yoga is an effective tool in decreasing the physical and mental effects of stress. Lethargy, insomnia, anxiety, achiness, and grumpiness (‘grinch’-iness) are just a few of the ways stress can manifest. Treat yourself, or someone you’d love to see journey through life’s hectic moments a little more easily, to an early holiday gift.

These workshops are designed for all ages and all abilities; participants are asked to wear comfortable clothes. To learn more or register for one (or both) of these workshops, Click here to download the registration forms and return to the UM Museum.

Questions? Call 662.236.5035 or e-mail gardenexplorer@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

$8 per child for Museum Members at the Family level and above

$12 per participant for non-members

Drop off your kids for a fun-filled session of holiday gift-making! We will learn about the artist Snowflake Bentley and visit the Ford Center gingerbread house display.

Questions: email or call Sarah Story at sestory@olemiss.edu.com/662.915.7205.

Click here to download the registration form.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011

10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon.

$8 per child to Museum Members at the Family level and above

$12 per participant for non-members

Drop off your kids at 10:00 a.m. to create a gulf coast animal painting inspired by John Alexander! Join them from 11:30- noon and bring comfortable clothes for a family yoga session led by Betsey Banner of Blue Laurel Yoga. Space is limited so come by the museum and sign up at the front desk today!

Questions: email or call Sarah Story at sestory@olemiss.edu.com/662.915.7205.

Click here to download the registration form.