The University Museum
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Welcoming visitors for over 130 yearsOpening its doors to the first class of Southern Illinois Normal University students in 1874, the University Museum has since provided over 130 years of service to the University community, to the Southern Illinois region and to visitors from across the country and beyond.
Today, the University Museum presents exhibits and programs on the arts, humanities and sciences in a free and friendly space on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus.
Museum News
Milestones
Dean Alan Vaux congratulates Lori
Congratulations to Museum Curator of Collections' Lori Huffman who recently completed 30 years of service to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lori has served in a number of capacities, helping shape the University Museum into a modern, professional museum of which we can all be proud.
University Museum Will Loan Work to St.Louis Art Museum
The University Museum will be loaning its "Windmill and Two Bulls," an ink wash on paper, by artist Joe Jones to the St.Louis Art Museum's exhibition "Joe Jones: Painter of the American Scene," scheduled for October 10, 2010 to January 2, 2011 at SLAM.
"Windmill and Two Bulls," photograph courtesy of SIUC Photo Communications
Vogel Collection Arrives
The long awaited gift of 50 works of art from the Herb and Dorothy Vogel Collection/National Gallery of Art has finally arrived. On hand for the unpacking of the collection were (left to right): Terry Scrogum, Executive Director of the Illinois Arts Council, Art Critic Mel Watkin who will curate the exhibit, Peter Chametzky, Director of the SIUC School of Art & Design, Dona Bachman, Univeristy Museum Director, Emil Spees, President of Carbondale Community Arts, and Nancy Stemper, Director of Carbondale Community Arts. The exhibit will be presented to the public in Fall 2010 as Carbondale Community Arts' 12th Biennial Art Show.
What's Ahead? A Year of Outstanding Photography
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The 2009-2010 academic year will see six new exhibits featuring masters of photography. From pioneer photographers such as Jacob Riis and Edward Steichen to up and coming photographers like Jennifer Johns, from Steven Poster's meditative, large scale studies of the human scene caught in photographs, to Gary Kolb and Jay Needham's multi sensory exploration of Antarctica, you'll see hundreds of photographs. Masters of Photography from the Museum's Collection is on exhibit now and continues through May 2010.
(Pictured left: Edward Steichen's photograph of Gloria Swanson, 1920, from the Masters of Photography exhibition.) |
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January 24 – March 21, 2010, the University Museum will host the traveling exhibition, "Ansel Adams: The Man Who Captured the Earth's Beauty," from the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. Because of the expense involved, there will be an admission fee of $5 per person; however, all secondary students and college students with an i.d. will be admitted for free. The exhibit features twenty-five of his large scale photographs including his famous "Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California," © by the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. |