Art Show
The Oxford Artist’s Guild’s Biggest Baddest Art Show continues its run at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center through Nov. 29. It features 40 local artists and more than 100 pieces of original art, including paintings, jewelry, sculpture, mosaics, furniture and hand-carved toys. (November 16, 2010)
UM Art Sale
The University of Mississippi’s Student Art Association Holiday Art Sale is this weekend in Gallery 130 at Meek Hall. The sale will be today from 9 a.m. to noon.
The annual sale, one of the Department of Art’s most popular events, offers artworks by students, faculty, and alumni, some of whom are nationally and internationally recognized artists whose works are widely collected. Among the art for sale will be paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, pottery and sculpture. (November 12, 2010)
UM Art Sale
The University of Mississippi’s Student Art Association Holiday Art Sale is this weekend in Gallery 130 at Meek Hall. The sale will be today until 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
The annual sale, one of the Department of Art’s most popular events, offers artworks by students, faculty, and alumni, some of whom are nationally and internationally recognized artists whose works are widely collected. Among the art for sale will be paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, pottery and sculpture. (November 12, 2010)
Oxford Floral Trunk Show
Olive Branch resident Erich Edward Emmenegger will showcase his line of ceramics, Three E Designs, in Oxford Floral on Sept. 24. The trunk show is part of a fall trunk show series hosted by Oxford Floral that takes place each Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. before University of Mississippi home football games.
Emmenegger has been creating pottery since the mid -80s. Over the years, his creations have been pictured in national and international publications, as well as received numerous national art awards. His work is featured in speciality boutiques and galleries around the country. Emmenegger takes inspiration from the lush beauty of the south.
Three E Designs is unique and rich in creativity. The artist often uses elaborate patterns and intricate ceramic flowers to adorn his pieces. Emmenegger offers everything from teapots, cake stands, and crosses to butter trays, fruit bowls and pitchers. (September 22, 2010)
Artists on Art Lecture Series
Whose art are artists watching? Find out by attending the second and final Artists on Art lecture at the University of Mississippi Museum. This series is presented by artists will examine contemporary influence in context with his or her own work. Bring a lunch, and bring a friend!
September 30: Lou Haney, Painter and Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Mississippi Department of Art. Haney graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in Memphis with a BA in Art with a Studio Concentration. Lou received an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Lou’s work has been exhibited at the museum in 2010, and has had solo exhibitions in California, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Virginia, and her work has been juried into several national exhibitions.
The University of Mississippi Museum is located at University Avenue and Fifth Street in Oxford. For more information, contact Laura Parkinson at parkinso@olemiss.edu or the University of Mississippi Museum at by calling (662) 915-7073.
(September 19, 2010)
Artists on Art Lecture Series
Whose art are artists watching? Find out by attending Artists on Art, two Thursday noon lectures at the University of Mississippi Museum. This series presented by artists will examine contemporary influence in context with his or her own work. Bring a lunch, and bring a friend!
September 23: Katherine Rhodes Fields, Printmaker and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi Department of Art. Fields graduated cum laude from University of the South, Sewanee in 1997, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. After studying Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland she earned her MFA in 2005 at the University of Mississippi Department of Art. Along with an extensive national exhibition record, her drawings and installations were exhibited in Stirling Scotland at the Changing Room Contemporary Gallery (2005) and in Aberdeen Scotland as part of an international drawing invitational (2004).
September 30: Lou Haney, Painter and Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Mississippi Department of Art. Haney graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in Memphis with a BA in Art with a Studio Concentration. Lou received an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Lou’s work has been exhibited at the museum in 2010, and has had solo exhibitions in California, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Virginia, and her work has been juried into several national exhibitions.
The University of Mississippi Museum is located at University Avenue and Fifth Street in Oxford. For more information, contact Laura Parkinson at parkinso@olemiss.edu or the University of Mississippi Museum at by calling (662) 915-7073. (September 19, 2010)
Artist reception
The Powerhouse Community Arts Center will host an opening reception for artist Lou Haney at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The show is free and includes a new piece Haney created for the Powerhouse, which is a 24-foot “stained-glass quilt.” (September 13, 2010)
Free Lecture Series: How to Draw
(September 3, 2010)
Free Lecture Series: How to Draw
(September 3, 2010)
Free Lecture Series: How to Draw
(September 3, 2010)
