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Upcoming Exhibitions

Event Date/Time

Dec 6, 2011 to Jun 2, 2012
10:00 am until 5:00 pm

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Looking Ahead: Portraits from the Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint Michigan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Beau Rivage Resort & Casino Gallery, Gallery of African American Art

Curated by Camille Ann Brewer

Tour Management by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri 

December 6, 2011 – May 28, 2012

 

The artists of Looking Ahead: Portraits from the Mott-Warsh Collection directly or indirectly examine the social, political and cultural nuances of the Black face and head in fine art.  This contemporary art exhibition features representational and conceptual portraits of African Americans in various media:  drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture.  Among the artists represented are Chuck Close, Romare Bearden, Robert Mapplethorpe and Elizabeth Catlett.   

 

Earth, Sea & Sky: Southern Ceramics from the Dod Stewart Collection

IP Casino Resort Spa Exhibitions Gallery

December 13, 2011 – June 2, 2012

 

Earth, Sea & Sky features works from the art pottery collection of Dod Stewart, Past President of the American Art Pottery Association and author of Shearwater Pottery.  Stewart became interested in southern ceramics at a young age and childhood visits to the Mississippi Gulf Coast fueled his passion.  The exhibition will include over 70 pieces of Newcomb, Shearwater and Singing River pottery from Stewart’s collection.

 

Alisa Holen: Confluence

Mississippi Sound Welcome Center

December 6, 2011 through June 2, 2012

 

Ceramic artist Alisa Holen examines the interaction of concave and convex, rough and smooth, and volume and void, and uses these interactions to provide interesting visual associations. Many of her utilitarian vessels only function successfully in association with their counterparts.  Alisa Holen recently served as Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi.

           
Cost $10
Location

Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
386 Beach Blvd
Biloxi, MS
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