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Painting. "Jacob’s Ladder," ca. 1951-1955, by Stuart Purser

Friends of Theora

JANUARY 10, 2023 – DECEMBER 9, 2023
Most people know Theora Hamblett for her paintings of her childhood memories, dreams, visions, and her faith; however, this exhibit examines the external influence of other artists that inspired Hamblett as an emerging artist, student, and observational painter searching for her own artistic voice.

Self-Taught Portraits

OCTOBER 4, 2022 – APRIL 15, 2023
The selected works in this exhibit share the diversity of portraiture.  Whether it is a famous subject like Martin Luther King Jr., or an unknown caricature of a Jackson reporter we cannot resist the natural inclination to study a human face as a central theme. 

Blurred Lines

OCTOBER 25, 2022 – AUGUST 26, 2023
This exhibit features works from the W. Forrest and Joan Stevens Collection, including Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder, that disrupted the status quo in art, from modernism into the postmodernism movement.

Earl Dismuke's Sculpture Toro, a black steel sculpture representing a bull, on a white background.

Gathering: Works by Earl Dismuke

OCTOBER 11, 2022 – APRIL 8, 2023
Earl Dismuke, a Mississippi native, is an abstract expressionist sculptor who gathers and assembles discarded material, mostly metal. Like a Rorschach test for the viewer, his resulting sculptures may evoke playful nostalgia, while others are slightly unsettling and prickly. This is Earl Dismuke’s first solo museum exhibit.

Oil on canvas, abstract of a burning car, colors of brown, beige, turquoise, and orange fill the space in abstract brushstrokes

The Fall of 1962

AUGUST 2, 2022 – JULY 8, 2023
On October 1, 1962, the University of Mississippi was officially integrated with the admission of its first African American student James Meredith. The images, personal accounts, and artifacts in this exhibit exemplify the infamous and deadly Ole Miss Riot, a final segregationist opposition to Meredith’s year-long battle for admission.

COVID-19 STATUS UPDATE:

Museum Galleries & Exhibitions are Open to All

The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses follows the guidelines set by the University.

The Chancellor announced this update to campus protocols:

“Effective March 2, face coverings are required only on transportation networks and in healthcare settings such as University Health Services and University Counseling Center, regardless of vaccination status.

Face coverings are optional in all other indoor spaces, including classrooms, laboratories, studios, residence halls, libraries, dining facilities, the Student Union, Campus Recreation facilities, retail spaces, offices, conference rooms or extracurricular activities held in indoor on-campus spaces.

Faculty and staff may continue to require face coverings for visits to their private offices.

To stay up-to-date with the University’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic, please visit coronavirus.olemiss.edu


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