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Sanctuary: The Exhibition
Photography by Stephen Kirkpatrick March 20 – June 9, 2012 Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Part of the Oxford Art Crawl The UM Museum presents an exhibition of photography by acclaimed wildlife photographer, Stephen Kirkpatrick, based on his award-winning book, Sanctuary: Mississippi’s Coastal Plain. Released in November 2010, Sanctuary focuses on [...]
On the Silk Road and the High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce
January 24 – August 4, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Since the second century BCE, the so-called “Silk Road” stretched for thousands of miles from eastern China to the Black Sea, thus linking the great civilizations of east Asia with those of southwest Asia and, thereby, to Europe. [...]
African Art from the Richard K. Meyer Collection
October 18, 2011 – March 10, 2012 Opening Reception: October 25, 2011 The museum continues its presentation of works from the permanent collection with this selection of African Art from the Richard K. Meyer Collection. Richard K. Meyer was a passionate collector from Peoria, Illinois, who donated approximately 100 pieces of African art to the [...]
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