MU Museum and Gallery Crawl

Thursday, September 17, 2009
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free and open to the public

bird icon Follow the "birdie" to the fifth annual MU Campus Gallery and Culture Crawl on Thursday, September 17.
Starting at 4:30 p.m. and continuing until 8:00 p.m., attendees can experience exhibitions and activities
at the Museum of Art & Archaeology, The State Historical Society of Missouri, the George Caleb Bingham Gallery,
the Museum of Anthropology, and the MSA/GPC Craft Studio.

Once again intrepid culture crawlers who visit all five locations and get their Crawl postcard stamped
are eligible to win prizes including T-shirts, art posters, free do-it-yourself classes and much, much more.
Visitors can pick up postcards at each participating location or here. Entrants need not be present to win
but must have all locations stamped and provide an e-mail address on the entry card.

The MU Campus Gallery and Culture Crawl is free and open to the public.

Gallery and Culture Crawl map
Campus parking information
2009 postcard (pdf)

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Museum of Art and Archaeology

detail from painting The Sacred Feminine: Prehistory to Post-Modernity. This exhibition, which runs through December 24, 2009, examines the role of women in religion as reflected in 6,000 years of the visual record and will thematically address various aspects of women and spirituality. The exhibition spans both both East and West, from the pagan cultures of the ancient Mediterranean through early and later Christianity, in addition to parallels in African, Asian and Pre-Columbian religions.

The Museum of Art and Archaeology is the only accredited university museum in mid-Missouri. The collections span seven millennia and six continents with artifacts from the ancient world to modern and contemporary art. For over fifty years the Museum of Art and Archaeology’s collections have educated children and life-long learners of all ages.
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Museum of Anthropology

New Guinea figure Show-Me the Best: Remarkable Artifacts of Missouri. The Museum of Anthropology's exhibit for August through September will be Show Me the Best: Remarkable Artifacts of Missouri. This exhibit will feature some of the most notable, interesting, and unique artifacts excavated in Missouri.

The crawl prizes from the Museum of Anthropology are an environmentally friendly stainless steel water bottle and a gift certificate for the Gift Shop.

The Museum of Anthropology’s permanent exhibition gallery in Swallow Hall focuses on Native American cultures from across North America, and Missouri history from 11,200 years ago to the present. The museum also features the Grayson Archery Collection, the most comprehensive archery collection in the world. website >>

The State Historical Society of Missouri

Twentieth-Century Portraits image Twentieth-Century Missouri Portraits: From Famous to Familiar. This exhibit displays twentieth-century portraits of and by Missourians. Representations of famous individuals, such as Mark Twain, Harry Truman, and Thomas Hart Benton are included, together with likenesses of everyday people. This exhibition explores elements of continuity and change in the social, political and aesthetic functions of portraiture in the twentieth century, encouraging viewers to examine the complex nature of portraiture and its role in constructing public and personal identities. The exhibit, which runs from September 2009 to March 2010, features drawings, prints, sculptures and paintings by such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Fred Shane, Charles Morgenthaler and Frank Nuderscher. website >>

The George Caleb Bingham Gallery

Bingham image The Communal Nest: Susan Taylor Glasgow. The Communal Nest, which runs through October 1, 2009, is a community project of 500 glass twigs produced by Susan Taylor Glasgow, other artists and non-artists from around the world. The installation metamorphosizes and grows as it moves from location to location. Twigs are added from each community where the exhibition is hosted. The premiere exhibition of the nest was at the Pittsburgh Glass Center (2008), and the George Caleb Bingham Gallery is pleased to host the second viewing of this piece as it travels throughout the world. In addition to the installation, a number of other works that explore issues of home, growth and shelter will be included. website >>

MU Craft Studio Gallery

Paintings by Elizabeth Snipes (September 9 - 18).
Elizabeth Snipes’ oil on wooden panel paintings demonstrate a curiosity and fondness for a traditional subject, the human figure, and utilze a representational vocabulary to examine an interest in current modes of interpersonal interaction. website >>

The crawl prizes from the Craft Studio are a selection of our pottery pieces, two free passes to a DIY class of your choosing, and 2 free day passes.