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Dates to Remember for 2008:
May 13, 2008
Museum Reads
11 am in the Yates Community Room
Museum Reads will discuss the book Lizzie. The author, Dorothy Shawhan, will be the moderator.
May 20, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
This presentation will feature an artwork from the Permanent Collection by Lynn Green Root in conjunction with the exhibition, Breathing Art: The Work of Myra Green and Lynn Green Root; Portrait of John Langston by Lynn Green; Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Blythe by Myra Green, will be discussed. Visual art: John Langston discusses the art & artists. Literature: Josh Green, husband and father of artists, reads from the new book on artists. Music: Chris Alford & vocalist perform American 20th century pop standards
May 22, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! May music by Rhonda Richmond.
June 10, 2008
Museum Reads
11 am in the Yates Community Room
Museum Reads will discuss the book A Place Called Mississippi and the author Marion Barnwell will be the moderator.
June 17, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
This month’s featured artwork is a photograph entitled Sunday Ball Game, Laurel, Mississippi, taken by Lewis Hine in 1911. The corresponding exhibition is Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography, open from April 26 to June 22, 2008. Visual Art: Hunter Cole discusses the photograph. Literature: George Bassi reads from the family letters of Laurel native Lauren Rogers. Music: David Womack plays early 20th century American popular standards
June 26, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! June music by Chris Alford.
July 15, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Romare Bearden’s color lithograph, entitled Jazz, will be featured in conjunction with the exhibition, The Sight of Music, open from July 5 to September 7, 2008.
Visual Art: Perrymon Wright discusses the artwork. Literature: Jackie Wheelock reads from Toni Morrison’s Jazz. Music: Ora Reed sings jazz standards.
July 24, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! July music by Will Thompson.
August 19, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Life through the Lens: Photographs by Senator Howard Baker and Governor Raymond Mabus July 5 – September 7, 2008 A color photograph by Ray Mabus is the featured image. Visual Art: Ray Mabus discusses his photography. Literature: Steven Edds reads from Stuart Stevens travel book. Music: to be determined.
August 28, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! August music by Sherrill Holly.
September 16, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
A Hystercine Rankin quilt from the Permanent Collection will be discussed in conjunction with Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 21st Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition, open from May 10 through September 7, 2008.
Visual art: David Crosby discusses the art. Literature: Sarah Campbell reads from the memoirs of Crossroads Quilters. Music: Port Gibson Heritage Singers sing gospel.
October 21, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Finches and Tanager from John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, 1837, will be discussed in conjunction with the exhibition, John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist, open from September 13, 2008 to January 4, 2009. Visual Art: Roberta Olsen discusses the artwork. Literature: Betsy Bradley reads from Audubon’s ornithological biography. Music: Rachel Jordan discusses composer Vaughan Williams, his Lark Ascending, and plays this and other works.
November 18, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Marshall Bouldin: A Retrospective, September 13, 2008 – January 4, 2009. This exhibition presents artwork from across the career of the state’s most prominent portrait artist. Artist’s Portrait of Wade Ward Hollowell is the featured object. Visual art: Jason Bouldin discusses his father’s art. Literature: artist’s son Marshall Bouldin to read his catalog essay. Music: artist’s son Mahlon Bouldin to premiere his own composition.
December 16, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Nocturne, circa 1870, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler will be highlighted. It hangs in the permanent exhibition, Icons of the Permanent Collection: Masterpieces of American Art. Visual Art: Graham Boettcher discusses the artwork.
Literature: Marian Barnwell reads from Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. Music: Robert Blaine discusses composer Claude Debussy, performs his Nocturne and other works.
January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Champagne Gospel Brunch
11 am, $20 per person
Comments by Marshand K. Crisler, Music by the Utica Southernaires
Call 601.960.1515 to make reservations – space is limited! Please respond by January 16 to confirm your space.
January 25, 2008
Volunteer Workshop
1 - 3 pm
All Museum volunteers will receive a complimentary training session on the Jacob Lawrence exhibition from the Curator of Education at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Please call in inquire about becoming a MMA volunteer.
January 26, 2008
Teacher Workshop
10 am - 3 pm at MMA, Cost is $25, Advance Reservations Required
Teacher Training for the Jacob Lawrence Exhibition, presented by the Curator of Education at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, will be held at MMA. .5 CEU's available. Please call the Education Depart at MMA for more information or to sign up, or email ialley@msmuseumart.org.
January 26, 2008
"Conversations with... Robert Kipniss"
6 pm in the Galleries
Deputy Director Dan Piersol moderates this ever-popular program, "Conversations with...". Robert Kipniss will discuss his work while leading a tour of the galleries. This event is open to Museum Members only and precedes the opening reception for the exhibition.
January 26, 2008
Opening Reception
6pm in the Trustmark Grand Hall, Complimentary refreshments
Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series: Selections from the Phillips Collection and Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from James F. White Collection. Musical performance by Ora Reed. Open to Museum Members only.
The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
Performance 1: February 8, 2008, 7 pm at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Performance 2: February 9, 2008, 7 pm at SonEdna - Morgan Freeman Auditorium, Charleston, Miss.
$15 for Museum Members, $10 for Nonmembers
cash bar, hors d'oeuvres
The Mississippi Museum of Art and the SonEdna Foundation proudly present an evening of learning about and celebrating the Harlem Renaissance, in conjunction with the exhibition Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series: Selections from The Phillips Collection. The program explores the cultural revolution that occurred in Harlem in the 1920s and ‘30s, the legacy of which continues to impact creative genres to this day. The evening features poetry, big band music, dancing, and visual art, woven together in a theatrical presentation. Call 601.960.1515 to make reservations – space is limited!
February 12, 2008
Museum Reads
11 am in the Yates Community Room
The Museum will continue Museum Reads with the great success from the 2008. This time Museum Reads will continue with the theme of Jacob Lawrence and will be discussing the book Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. The guest moderator will be Malena Dow.
February 16-March 9
Collector's Choice Art Sale
To benefit the Mississippi Museum of Art, more than 200 quality works of art from prestigious New York galleries go on sale February 16 in the Museum's galleries. Prices range from $100 to $38,000. Public tours are available Tuesday, February 19, and Tuesday, March 4, both at noon.
February 28, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! February music by Barry Leach.
March 8, 2008
Collector's Choice Art Auction
Cocktails and Auction Preview at 6:30
Seated Dinner at 8
Auction at 9
Trustmark Grand Hall, $75 per person, cocktail attire
The Mississippi Museum of Art's annual fundraising Art Auction will take place over an elegant dinner in the Trustmark Grand Hall. Artwork for this auction will be on view February 16 - March 9 in the MMA. To make reservations please call 601.960.1515
March 9, 2008
Scholastic Art Awards
Award Ceremony at 1 pm at Thalia Mara Hall
Reception immediately following in the Mississippi Museum of Art Trustmark Grand Hall
The Mississippi Museum of Art is proud to again take part in The Scholastic Art Awards, and art competition open to all 7th - 12th grade students in the state of Mississippi. Artwork is judged by two panels of three judges each, over a period of two days. Gold Key nominees are sent to the National Competition in New York. The ceremony is the culmination of the judging process and students will be on hand to receive their awards. All are welcome to attend.
March 11, 2008
Museum Reads
11 am in the Yates Community Room
Museum Reads will discuss the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston. Moderator Jacquline Wheelock, a writer and English teacher. Ms. Wheelock has taught at Tougaloo College, Jackson Public Schools, Southern University in Baton Rouge, among other places.
March 25, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Free Admission, Trustmark Grand Hall, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, cash bar
This month's program is titled Migration: Sudanese Refugees in Mississippi: When their villages were attacked, thousands of children walked hundreds of miles from Southern Sudan to safety in Ethiopia and Kenya before coming to the United States, most as unaccompanied minors. Several of these young people, many of whom are now college students, will discuss their experiences of migration within and from Africa, sharing traditional Dinka storytelling, song, and dance. Dr. Iren Omo-Bare of the Millsaps Political Science Department will discuss migration in Africa. Dr. Greg Miller, professor of English at Millsaps and chair of the Sudanese Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, will introduce speakers and offer thoughts on Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series. The Very Reverend Edward O'Connor, dean of Saint Andrew's Cathedral, will reflect on the Sudanese in Mississippi. Featured artwork: Jacob Lawrence, The 1920s...The Migrants Cast their Ballots, 1974, color silkscreen, Collection of Mississippi Museum of Art, Gift of Lorillard, Inc., 1976.009.
March 27, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! March music by Ezra Brown.
April 8, 2008
Museum Reads
11 am in the Yates Community Room
Museum Reads will discuss the book The Promised Land by Nicholas Lemann.
April 10-12, 2008
Mississippi Celebration
The Mississippi Museum of Art presents a three-day-long celebration of Mississippi culture with an emphasis on visual art. Activities include various programs, panel discussions, lectures, master classes, workshops, tours, luncheons, etc.
April 15, 2008
Unburied Treasures
Refreshments at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Unburied Treasures for 2008 will explore the theme of “Made in America.” For the month of April, Professor Gretchen Haien will discuss In the Box-Horizontal by Ruth Bernhard, Dan Hise will do a reading from Jack Kerouac, and Lynn Raley will perform jazz. Featured artwork: Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), In the Box-Horizontal, 1962 (Negative), 1992 (print), gelatin silver print. Gift of the Estate of Ruth Bernhard. 2007.048.
April 24, 2008
Auxiliary Spring Social
5 - 6 pm Yates Community Room
Socialize with other Auxiliary members at this social with a wine tasting. Raffle for a Trio spa package. Auxiliary members only. To become an Auxiliary member, please call 601.960.1515.
April 24, 2008
Jazz, Art & Friends
6 - 9 pm The Palette Cafe by Viking
$5 MMA Members, $7 Non-Members, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
One Thursday a month, enjoy cocktails, listen to the best jazz Jackson has to offer, and mingle with friends while surrounded by world-class art! April music by Adibe Owens-Sabir.
April 25, 2008
Opening Reception
7pm in the Trustmark Grand Hall, Complimentary refreshments
Breathing Art: The Work of Myra Green and Lynn Green Root and Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography. Musical performance by Chris Alford. Open to Museum Members only.
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