Elizabeth M. Webb and Joy Harjo in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.Elizabeth M. Webb's exhibition "a bearing tree is a witness; an oak is an echo" is currently on view at The Jule as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” through July 7, 2024.
Feb 27, 2024•29 min
Walter Hood talks about "Ark of Bones" a sculptural installation created for his exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Inspired by the Henry Dumas short story of the same name, "Ark of Bones" represents ancestral connections to Black Americans.Walter Hood is the creative director and founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California. He is also Chair and Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Plannin...
Jan 30, 2024•11 min
Walter Hood talks about growing up in North Carolina and the way in which he approaches painting in his creative practice. His exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" opens on January 23, 2024 at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The exhibition features a new series of paintings that recall memories from the first ten years of his life.Walter Hood is the creative director and founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California. He is also Chair and Professor of Lands...
Dec 18, 2023•10 min
Jim Draper talks about his exhibition “Feral” as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view through December 10, 2023. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.Draper's work, which includes drawing, painting, photography, video and writing, is informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/radical-naturalism-jim-draper-feral/
Nov 28, 2023•12 min
What is that wildflower garden at the museum? Auburn scholars Kelly Homan and Zachary Beneduci talk about wildflowers, biochar, and bees and how they connect to a long-term research study happening in the gardens at The Jule. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.
Oct 31, 2023•12 min
Sam Moyer talks about her exhibition "Memory Mine" at The Jule with Laura Sitterly '23. Centering the exhibition on Alabama’s richness in natural resources and regional artists’ contributions, Moyer creates sculptures and paintings from one natural marble boulder mined in Sylacauga, Alabama. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/sam-moyer/
Sep 26, 2023•13 min
Charlotte Hendrix reads excerpts from "The Art Bargain of the Century" an unbelievable saga of how Auburn University purchased 36 controversial masterpieces and opened a world-class art museum for the 21st century, published in the Fall 2023 issue of Auburn Magazine.
Aug 21, 2023•12 min
Conversation about the project "Indecent Spaces" with Jonah Bokaer, Hala Shah, and Isaiah João at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. "Indecent Spaces" is a project from the creative teams of Jonah Bokaer Choreography, Partner–In–Charge Charles Renfro of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro – DS+R, and Isang Yun, interpreted by violinists Angela & Jennifer Chun.Born in part of the COVID–19 pandemic, Indecent Spaces is a multi–channel performance art and media piece exploring...
Jul 14, 2023•14 min
Inspired by commemorative poetry and detailed research, Poetry II students at Auburn University, led by Associate Professor Rose McLarney, produced their own poem in response to the work of sculptors Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens as well as local monuments. The student poems personify the monuments and juxtapose point of views, encouraging viewers to consider the monuments anew. Their work brings to light issues of gender, race, and constructions of “America.” Listen to all th...
Jun 26, 2023•15 min
Conversation with Jesús Tirado, Assistant Professor of Social Science Education, Elijah Gaddis, Associate Professor of History, Kristen Tordella-Williams, Associate Professor of Art, and Rose McLarney, Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, who discuss their class assignments about monuments in America, produced in response to the exhibition "Monuments and Myths: The America of Sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French" on view at The Jule.
May 30, 2023•17 min
Student Guides at The Jule share personal stories inspired by objects currently on view at the museum to celebrate the end of the Spring 2023 semester at Auburn University.
Apr 25, 2023•13 min
Kevin Brisco Jr. talks about his exhibition “Migratory Roots” as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view January 24 through August 7, 2023.Considering homophones roots and routes, "Kevin Brisco: Migratory Roots" explores shared movements, journeys over time and the network that exists among all living things. http://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/radical-naturalism-kevin-brisco-migratory-roots/
Mar 27, 2023•13 min
Rachel Libeskind talks with Randi Evans about her work included in the exhibition "Invisible Thread" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view from January 24 – May 7, 2023: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/portfolio/invisible-thread/
Feb 25, 2023•14 min
Tony Rodrigues talks about his work included in the exhibition "Invisible Thread" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view from January 24 – May 7, 2023: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/invisible-thread/
Jan 30, 2023•12 min
Aaron Levi Garvey, Janet L. Nolan Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, talks about the exhibition Surface to Air on view at the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville, AL. For more information about Huntsville and the exhibition: https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2022/10/251350-auric-grand-opening.php
Jan 18, 2023•6 min
Hsuan L. Hsu, Professor of English at UC Davis, in conversation with artist Manon Bellet, alongside Bellet’s exhibition "A Swallow Does Not Make a Summer" part of the “Radical Naturalism” series at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view August 23 through December 30, 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/radical-naturalism-manon-bellet/
Dec 16, 2022•13 min
Gamaliel Rodríguez talks about his artwork installed as part of the opening of Auburn’s Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in October, 2022, the facility features a temporary installation of objects from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Gamaliel Rodríguez, a U.S. Army veteran who uses felt and ballpoint pens to create photorealistic aerial views of industrial, military and civilian structures, is the first commissioned artist in this cros...
Nov 30, 2022•14 min
Rick Barot, poet and Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, talks about creative writing, poetry, and ways of reading works of art at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. View the painting "Las Meninas" by Diego Velázquez: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f View work by RaMell Ross: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/spell-ross/
Oct 28, 2022•14 min
Khalil Kinsey talks about the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection, on view at the Jule Collins Smith Museum at Auburn University from August 23 through December 30, 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/kinsey-collection/
Sep 30, 2022•12 min
Imani Poole talks about her work as a student in Sneakerheads, a Spring 2022 class at Auburn University, with Charlie Lesh, Associate Professor of English at Auburn. Students in the Sneakerheads course visited the museum to consider sneaker objects made by artist Andy Yoder for his exhibition Overboard: http://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/overboard/
Aug 22, 2022•14 min
Anila Quayyum Agha talks with Kristen Tordella-Williams about her exhibition "The Weight of Black" (October 8, 2021 – January 2, 2022) at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Visit the museum website to see exhibition images, including a 360 view of the gallery installation: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/anila-quayyum-agha-the-weight-of-black/
Jun 29, 2022•13 min
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.
May 27, 2022•14 min
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. https://www.becomingthebelovedcommunity.com
Apr 25, 2022•14 min
Tommy Coleman talks about his exhibition “A New Nature & my problem with the vessel” the first exhibition in the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view January 28 through July 26, 2022. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/coleman/
Mar 21, 2022•13 min
Elijah Gaddis, Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University, explores a quilt by Catherine Somerville, on loan from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. To see images of the quilt online: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-Dmy5JZy3/ Visit the museum to see the quilt on view as part of Object Lab, Spring 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/object-lab/
Feb 14, 2022•13 min
Kristen Tordella-Williams, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Auburn University, discusses her work in Faculty Exhibition Seven at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, on view January 28 through July 31, 2022. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/faculty-exhibition-seven/
Jan 26, 2022•11 min
Barb Bondy and Jeffrey Katz talk about their research study “Observational drawing in the brain” at Auburn University. For more information about this research project: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002839322100213X This research project was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Auburn University and the AU MRI Research Center.
Dec 17, 2021•13 min
