This Saturday, Art Museum of the University of Memphis will host opening reception for the 37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibition will host works of UofM students across a variety of media including paintings, sculpture and graphic design. 51 students submitted 169 works of…
This Sunday, UofM Art Professor Earnestine Jenkins will deliver a lecture on Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage. “Augusta Savage was one of the first major African American sculptors,” Jenkins said. “She’s part of what used to be called ‘The New Negro Movement’, which is a term that scholars use to…
As part of a semester-long project under UofM Art Instructor Terry Lynn, eight students designed and painted a collaborative mural at the Shelby County Juvenile Court this past fall semester. “As part of a Mural and Public Art class I taught last semester, my students worked alongside detention center youth…
