Mildred Thompson
(American, 1935 – 2003)
Advancing Impulses, 1997
Oil on Canvas
Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowment for Museum Acquisitions
2021.12.01
Mary Frances Whitfield
(American b. 1947)
Endus’ Babies, 2011 – 2021
watercolor and gouache on Arches paper
10×9 inches
Museum purchase with funds provided in part by Dr. Michael B. Williams and Dr. Patricia Wade Williams
Radcliffe Bailey
(American, b. 1968)
Until I Die/In Dat Returnal Day, 1997
color aquatint with xerography and chine colle
30 x 22 1/2 inches
Gift of Dr. Lynn Barstis Williams Katz to the Imprinting the South Collection
2021.08.009
Paul Jenkins
(American, 1923-2012)
Phenomena Harmony Hill
acrylic on paper
43×31 inches
Gift of James and Patty Disque
Emma Amos
American, 1937-2020
My Mothers, My Sisters, 1992
lithograph and collage with chine colle and African fabric borders
44 3/8 x 30 3/16
edition 9 of 3
2022.01.01
How are museums part of cross-disciplinary teaching and learning on campus?
Mimi Hellman, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Art History at Skidmore College, discusses strategies that have been successful at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College with Chris Molinski, Director of Education, Engagement and Learning at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.
On Thursday nights this summer, venture to The Jule for experimental and creative films, free of charge and open to everyone. Each selection is programmed with “Radical Naturalism.” Award-winning filmmakers explore new relationships with nature, image-making techniques, interview subjects and cultural investigations.
What is “Radical Naturalism?”
Guest curators and contemporary artists inspired by nature consider the environment and conservation by creating new work and researching Auburn’s collection of Audubon etchings and other natural history collections.
Free Admission | Open Auditorium Seating | Donations Welcome and Appreciated
Radical Naturalism – Tommy Coleman “A New Nature & my problem with the vessel” is on view at The Jule through July 26, 2022.
Two Years at Sea (2011)
June 2 at 6 p.m.
Directed by Ben Rivers
With special musical guests Lefty Bey and Sleepy Sword
Treading a line between documentary and fiction, artist Ben Rivers documents the lives of those who elect to live outside cultural norms, sharing stories from the edge. His award-winning feature debut follows Jake, a man who lives in the middle of the forest. Jake is seen in all seasons, surviving frugally, passing the time with strange projects and living the radical dream he had as a younger man.
Plantarians (2017-2020)
June 16 at 6 p.m.
Featuring a conversation with Ellie Kyungran Heo
Korean artist Ellie Kyungran Heo’s work considers the ethics of coexistence, attending to the underlying environmental conflicts in everyday lives. Her series Plantarians (2017-2020) is a rumination on entangled relationships between humans and plants in urban spaces. Divided into episodes, each follows individuals who cultivate, eat and accompany plants in celebration and grief.
El Mar La Mar (2017)
June 23 at 6 p.m.
Directed by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
An enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar is an experience unlike anything you’ve seen, heard or felt before. The filmmakers weave together sublime 16mm shots of nature and weather phenomena, animals, people and tracks left behind with a polyphonic soundtrack, creating a cinematographic exploration of the desert habitat—a multi-faceted panorama of a highly politicized stretch of land.
Medium Earth (2013) and INFINITY minus infinity (2019)
July 14 at 6 p.m.
Directed by the Otolith Group
Founded by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun in 2002, the Otolith Group produces films that explore “temporal anomalies, anthropic inversions, and synthetic alienation of the posthuman, the inhuman, the non-human, and the complexity of the environmental conditions of life we all face.” Medium Earth is an audiovisual essay on the millennial time of geology and the infrastructural unconscious of Southern California. INFINITY minus Infinity confronts the compounded timelines of the afterlife of slavery enacted by British colonialism with “the forces and the fictions of 21st Century black feminist digital cosmology.”
Rock Bottom Riser (2021)
July 28 at 6 p.m.
Directed by Fern Silva
Artist and filmmaker Fern Silva’s debut feature film examines myriad encounters with an island world at sea. Drawing from subjects as seemingly disparate as the arrival of Christian missionaries and the controversial casting of Dwayne Johnson as King Kamehameha, the film weaves a vital tapestry of post-colonialism and pop culture with cinematic brio and wry wit. Rock Bottom Riser is an essential document and an exhilarating tour-de-force, a palimpsest that traverses geology, ethnography and astronomy.
Special Musical Guests on June 2
Lefty Bey
Musical collaborator with artist Tommy Coleman
Austin ‘Lefty’ Bey is a multi-instrumentalist & singer from Baltimore, Maryland. While growing up in West Baltimore, Hip-Hop culture, along with his family influenced Bey to express himself musically. From a relatively early age, Bey spent his time learning to curate sound, producing for acts in Baltimore. Mainly his uncle, Rickie Jacobs; then for himself.
Photo by Nick Hughes
Sleepy Sword
Photo by Michael Crowe
Produced Exclusively for The Jule
Cinephiles, deck your walls with the film series poster by artist Jason Sturgill. This limited edition screenprint measures 18×24 and is only available in The Museum Store. Your purchases support programs like the Independent Film Series.
Your child can become a “Museum Maker” this summer with The Jule!
The Museum Maker Summer Camp series offers an interactive artistic growth experience for children ages 8 to 13. We will be hosting 2 separate 1-week camp sessions which vary depending on your child’s age. Read below for more information.
Raiders of the Lost Art (Ages 8-10) – June 27 – July 1, 2022
Campers will uncover art techniques and materials of the past and make connections across time to the work of contemporary artists. Projects will include everything from creating their own paint using natural materials, working with plaster and clay, and 3D printing.
The Art of Game Design (Ages 11-13) – July 18 – 22, 2022
Campers will learn all about the game design process for creating analogue (board and card) games and basic digital games. Students will make their own games and complete working versions of them by the end of camp.
Important Info:
- Each camp session is 5 days long with each day lasting from 8:30am – Noon.
- Each session cost $150, with a 10% discount to families signed up with siblings. Use code SUMMER.
- We will be limiting camp sessions to 10 campers.
- Campers will supply their own snacks (no nuts) and water bottle.
- Campers will receive a free t-shirt with registration.
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Devin Allen in conversation with Ernest L. Gibson, III, Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, on April 4, 2022.
Presented as part of “Becoming the Beloved Community” at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
The Jule Collins Smith Museum plans to take its art on the road with help from retired Tiger Transit buses.
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