AU and Tuskegee University to hold national symposium on author and social...
AUBURN – Auburn University and Tuskegee University will present a symposium to celebrate the life and works of Alabama native and Tuskegee University graduate Albert Murray on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at...
View ArticleAU to co-sponsor symposium on early 19th century Alabama at Montgomery Museum...
AUBURN – Auburn University will co-sponsor the symposium, “Cultural Crossroads: A New Country,” about Alabama in the years 1800 to 1830, on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Montgomery...
View ArticleAlabama folk artist Mose Tolliver featured in exhibition at AU’s Jule Collins...
AUBURN – “Pure Paint: A Grand Retrospective of Montgomery’s Mose T” is on exhibition at Auburn University’s Jule Collins Smith Museum through March 25. The exhibition features the paintings and...
View ArticleGov. Riley declares February Alabama Healthy Marriage Month
AUBURN – Gov. Bob Riley has proclaimed February as “Alabama Marriage Month,” and will sign a proclamation on Friday, Feb. 8, declaring the importance of healthy, stable relationships and marriages for...
View Article“Alabama Folk Pottery” exhibition on display at AU’s Jule Collins Smith...
AUBURN – The exhibition “Alabama Folk Pottery, on view at Auburn University’s Jule Collins Smith Museum through March 29, features examples of the tradition of pottery in the state dating back over 200...
View ArticleSymbols, meanings of “yard work” to be topic of illustrated lecture at AU museum
AUBURN – Judith McWillie, professor of art in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, will discuss the cultural traditions of decorated yards as part of the “New Perspectives:...
View ArticlePublic Art in Alabama to be subject of “New Perspectives” lecture at AU
AUBURN – Georgine Clarke will present “Road Trip: Touring Public Art of Alabama” as part of the “New Perspectives: Alabama Art in the Open” series on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m., at Auburn University’s...
View ArticleAU to host lecture on naturalist Bartram’s trek through Alabama
AUBURN – Black Belt Regional Museum curator John C. Hall will present a lecture on eighteenth-century naturalist and artist William Bartram on Thursday, March 27, at 3 p.m., in the Special Collections...
View ArticleAlabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative to present regional conference...
AUBURN – Auburn University and its partners in the Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative will present this year’s regional conference on Tuesday, Feb. 3, through Thursday, Feb. 5, at the...
View Article‘P.H. Polk’s Images of Alabama’ subject of lecture at Jule Collins Smith...
AUBURN – The annual New Perspectives series begins this year with a lecture on photographer Prentice Herman Polk on Feb. 17 at 4 p.m. at Auburn University’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Polk...
View ArticleAuburn’s Jule Collins Smith Museum presents an auditory journey through Alabama
AUBURN – The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University has installed “Sound Mapping Alabama: A Journey through Alabama Navigated by Ear.” This compilation of recordings collected in...
View ArticleAuburn and Alabama students team with national initiative to study Earth’s...
AUBURN – Despite their sometimes destructive consequences, can earthquakes actually be helpful events? The answer is a resounding “yes,” according to a team of two students and two professors from the...
View ArticleThe Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider: A new species discovered from a college...
AUBURN – Researchers at Auburn University have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in a well-developed housing subdivision in the heart of the city of Auburn, Ala. Myrmekiaphila tigris,...
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