Lewis Art Gallery at Millsaps College

Gallery hours: Monday — Friday, 9 a.m. — 4 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Gallery Director: Amanda Rainey can be reached at akrainey@gmail.com

Fall 2009 Schedule

 

October 23 - December 2, 2009
Benjamin Rinehart: Accepted
Professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI
Gallery Talk on Friday, October 23 at 2 p.m.

An exhibition of prints, paintings, books, and paper engineered objects inspired by a passion for problem solving and artistic exploration by Benjamin D. Rinehart. "Accepted" explores what happens when comfortable or predictable ideologies are questioned.

www.benrinehart.com

 

November 20, 2009
Jacob Wick: Swarm
Visiting Artist
Performance at 7 p.m.

Composer, improviser, and video artist Jacob Wick is visiting Jackson as a part of his performance/project to entitled ROAD TRIP: drawing a perimeter of the united states. ROAD TRIP consists of a series of performances, residencies, and collaborative efforts, including the repetition of a series of open-scored performances: THIS IS IT, an open text-based performance piece; 4’33,” John Cage’s seminal piece, reinterpreted as a community video performance; road trip: a solitary action to be undertaken by Wick, re-drawing the route of ROAD TRIP every single day; and swarm, a solo performance for trumpet. ROAD TRIP will be thoroughly documented online, in the hope that this may serve as a sort of library, a resource for artists, musicians, and the general public to learn about the various local artistic communities existing in our united states.

In Jackson, Wick will be performing swarm, a solo trumpet piece, which focuses on the aggregation of small, uncontrollable sounds produced by reducing the trumpet to its constituent parts: air, metal, spit, song.

www.jacobwick.info

 

 

Past Shows, Fall 2009

September 21 - October 15, 2009
April Flanders: Infectious
Professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC

Through a variety of mediums, this work critiques modern consumerism by juxtaposing it with images of parasitic organisms.

www.aprilflanders.com

 

 

August 21 - September 17, 2009
Sarah Greene Reed: Survey
Artist talk and reception
Friday Forum, September 11, 2009
12:30 p.m., Academic Complex 215

"Recently, I have become fascinated with the notion of beauty. In these turbulent times, I feel that people need beauty now more than ever. I wrestled for years with the guilt of making pretty art; now, I am allowing myself to make unapologetically beautiful work."

- Sarah Greene Reed
www.sarahgreenereed.com

 

Archive of past Lewis Art Gallery events and exhibitions