The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art [Exhibitions]

Exhibitions

David Hayes: Sculpture
Through September 2009

This exhibition features eight painted sculptures installed throughout the Museum grounds, the first major installation of outdoor sculpture in the Museum’s history.

David Hayes was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He received an A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1953 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 1955 where he studied with David Smith. Hayes received a post-doctoral Fulbright award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a recipient of the Logan Prize for Sculpture as well as an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He has had over 300 exhibitions and is included in over 100 institutional collections including that the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He currently resides in Coventry, Connecticut

Sponsored by

    BancorpSouth

      Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi

      Sanderson Farms

MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE OF ARTS & LETTERS:
Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition
June 13 - August 2, 2009
Lower Level Galleries

Opening Reception - Sunday, June 14 2 - 3:30 p.m.

MIAL Awards Dinner - Saturday, June 13 6 p.m.
Black Tie optional. Tickets are $50 per person; call the Museum at 601.649.6374 for more information.

As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Mississippi Institute of Arts, LRMA is organizing an exhibition featuring MIAL award winners in Visual Art and Photography over the past 30 years. The exhibition will be a virtual "Who's Who" of Mississippi artists, including William Dunlap, Sam Gilliam, Birney Imes, Mildred Wolfe, Maude S. Clay, Eudora Welty, Wyatt Waters, and Charles Carraway.

Exhibition generously sponsored by

Sister Cities Artist Exchange
June 11 - August 2, 2009
Stairwell Gallery

Opening Reception - Sunday, June 14 2 p.m.

Sally Jacobs, Poppin' My Collar, oil on canvas, 48" x 30"

LRMA and the Cleveland County Arts Council of Shelby, North Carolina present a juried cooperative exhibition of works by artists from both the Shelby and Laurel-Jones county areas. LRMA will exhibit artists from the Shelby, North Carolina region and Laurel-Jones county artists will be exhibited at the Cleveland county Arts Council. Shelby adopted Laurel as its sister city following Hurricane Katrina and the city was involved with recovery efforts. The exhibition features a wide variety of works, including textiles, pottery, painting, and works on paper.

Sponsored by
Chas. N. Clark Associates

Moe Brooker: Carelessly Exact
August 13 - November 15, 2009
Lower Level Galleries

Opening Events: Thursday, Aug. 13
     5:30 p.m. Artist Talk
     6:30 - 8 p.m. Reception


           Present Futures II, 48" x 48", 2008,
            mixed media on panel

Moe Brooker Workshop
Friday, Aug. 14    9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Carriage House
Artist Moe Brooker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will lead this workshop for experienced artists. Participants should bring their own materials as well as recently finished works or works in progress for critique by the artist. Mr. Brooker will offer his advice and experience, gained over many years of teaching at Mississippi Art Colony, Tougaloo Art Colony, and workshops across the nation.
Members $50, non-members $60
     Space for this workshop is still available. (7/2/09)

Welty in New York
Aug. 18 - Nov. 19, 2009
Stairwell Gallery

Recent Acquisitions

December 2009 - February 2010

NASA/ART

April 3, 2010 - June 27, 2010

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