University Museum

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.

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.

Butterfly With Exploded Wing, 1959, oil on canvas

Theora Hamblett: Holy Symbols

JANUARY 2 – DECEMBER 10, 2022
Theora Hamblett’s work is often recognized for the colorful scenes of rural Mississippi or children playing games from her childhood memories series. Lesser known, however, are Hamblett’s symbolic paintings inspired, in part, by the dreams and visions she experienced during her last 25 years. Theora Hamblett: Holy Symbols showcases a range of her paintings, drawings, and mosaics that depict the symbols that were so important to her and her faith.

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