The Friends of the University of Mississippi Museum present Meditations on the Landscape in Art and Literature, a symposium and exhibition to celebrate the acquistion of Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America by William Dunlap.
Please register in advance at: museum.olemiss.edu/meditations
Schedule of Events
Monday, March 25, 2019
4:00–5:45 p.m. Exhibition Opening Reception
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM
6:00 p.m. The Lyrical Landscape, Natasha Trethewey
NUTT AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
GERTRUDE C. FORD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
8:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Welcome
Keynote Address, The American Landscape Painting Tradition: History, Place, Charged Objects, and Southern Road Trips
J. Richard Gruber
11:00 a.m. Southern Road Trip
Betsy Bradley, moderator
John Alexander, William Dunlap, Jane Livingston, Julia Reed
Noon The Power of Place in Art
Lisa Howorth, moderator
John Grisham, Jane Livingston, Sally Mann
1:00 p.m. Lunch on the Grounds of the Walton-Young House - $15
2:30 p.m. The Written Word and Sense of Place in Landscape
Ralph Eubanks, moderator
John Grisham, Jessica B. Harris, Curtis Wilkie
4:00 p.m. Ways of Seeing the Landscape
Julian Rankin, moderator
John Alexander, Jason Bouldin, William Dunlap, Carlyle Wolfe
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Closing Party at Saint Leo Lounge - $25
For information about symposium panelists, parking, accommodations, related events, and more, please visit museum.olemiss.edu/meditations.
The acquisition of William Dunlap’s artwork was supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, through the Avery B. Dille Jr. Fund for Art Acquisition, in memory of Mr. Avery B. Dille Sr., Mrs. Katherine T. Dille, and Avery B. Dille Jr. Friends of the Museum and the artist contributed to the acquisition. Friends of the Museum is sponsoring the exhibition, symposium, and related activities. Funding partially provided by the National Park Service.