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Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Lewis Art Gallery is located on the third floor of the Academic Complex at Millsaps College. Campus map.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Gallery Director: Jonathan Webb, 601-974-1200.
August 24 - September 20 - Nicole Hand and Jim Bryant: Works on Paper
September 3 - Millsaps Forum Series - 12:30pm, Academic Complex, Room 215
Artist Talk and Reception
Nicole Hand and Jim Bryant are professors of art at Murray State University. Both will present recent prints and handmade books, a body of work that is visually intriguing and full of personal narrative. Objects are used as markers denoting specific instances from each of their pasts, and the pictorial atmosphere is rendered in such a way that a heightened sense of space is apparent.
October 1 - October 29 - 2010 Faculty Art Exhibition
October 8, 2:00 - 2:50 pm
Gallery Talk
Millsaps College faculty present their show which includes encaustic painting, collagraphs, mixed media, installation and video work. "Sirens and Sonnets" by Visiting Assistant Professor Colleen Keough: New works from old parts: Visual and sonic explorations of the female voice, language and identity. "Discovering the Delta Blues" by Professor of Art Sandra Murchison: An investigation into how the Mississippi Blues Trail constructs a specific past and identity rooted in music.
November 5 - November 29 - MART, Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin - “An Instructional”
November 12, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Gallery Talk
November 19, (time and location dependent upon performance details)
Performance
Co-Curators and artists Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin present “An Instructional”. The exhibition challenges the traditional roles of curator, artist and artwork and will include an incredible collection of North American and European artists’ work. Scanlan and Nevin, will also work with Art Department faculty and students in creating a performance-based piece unique to this show.
