MU Campus Museum and Gallery Crawl

Thursday, September 23, 2010
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free and open to the public

2010 Gallery Crawl Take it all in at the sixth annual MU Campus Gallery and Museum Crawl on Thursday, September 23. Starting at 4:00 p.m. and continuing until 7:00 p.m., attendees can experience a wide variety of exhibitions, and activities at Craft Studio Gallery, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Laws Observatory, Missouri Historic Costume & Textile Collection, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Art and Archaeology, The Residence on Francis Quadrangle, and The State Historical Society of Missouri. Refreshments available at each location.

Intrepid culture crawlers who visit all eight organizations 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.

For more information contact Chris Montgomery, 882-2476, or Kelsey Hammond, 882-5533.

The MU Campus Gallery and Culture Crawl is free and open to the public. View (pdf)

Museum and Gallery Crawl map

Campus parking information
2010 postcard (pdf)

Entrants need not be present to win but must have all locations stamped and provide an e-mail address on the entry card.

Museum of Art and Archaeology

Gold Exhibit The classical past breathes again through the golden masterpieces of Akelo, who, through his in-depth studies of ancient texts and ceaseless technical experimentation, recovered the ancient goldsmithing solutions of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. This exhibition focuses on Akelo's responses to the classical world in both technique and style. While technical perfection is paramount to Akelo, he balances this with a timeless classicizing language and modern artistic sensibility steeped in the techniques and art of classical jewelry.
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Museum of Anthropology

Gorget Cast The Museum of Anthropology is featuring Mizzou Digs Missouri through the end of October. This exhibit features the history of Mizzou's contribution to Missouri archaeology and highlights remarkable finds from excavations on the MU campus and across Missouri.

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Missouri Historic Costume & Textile Collection

Textile image The Missouri Historic Costume & Textile Collection will feature costume, textiles and accessories of the Roaring 1920s. Ragtime and jazz accents the Art Deco style of the era.

The Residence on Francis Quadrangle

Residence on the Quad The Residence on Francis Quadrangle is home to Chancellor Brady Deaton and his wife, Dr. Anne Deaton. It was constructed in 1867, making it the oldest building on Mizzou's historic campus. The Residence will be the site of a tribute to Samuel L. Clemens, celebrating the centennial of his death and the 175th anniversary of his birth. The exhibit will showcase the "Mark Twain Podium" from which Clemens gave his 1902 University of Missouri commencement address. Mizzou would like to acknowledge Mr. Clemens's fame as a Missouri writer and as a guest of the Residence on Francis Quadrangle.

The State Historical Society of Missouri

Visit The State Historical Society of Missouri fall exhibit: Charles Schwartz, Missouri's Audubon: An Artist in Nature. Artist and biologist Charles Schwartz worked for forty years at the Missouri Department of Conservation and his wildlife drawings are celebrated for their scientific accuracy and aesthetic beauty. This exhibition showcases highlights of the Society's collection of over 500 of Schwartz's drawings. Galleries featuring paintings by Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham will also be on view.
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The George Caleb Bingham Gallery

Bingham image The George Caleb Bingham Gallery is pleased to host internationally recognized photographer Larry Schwarm in a solo exhibition. This show will feature Schwarm's acclaimed images from his ongoing project titled On Fire. On display there will be large-scale color photographs documenting controlled burns of the Mid-Western prairie. These sublime images capture the tumultuous and delicate balance that humans have with the landscape. They evoke both tantalizing beauty as well as moments of humbling fragility. Bring your copy of Larry Schwarm's monograph On Fire. He will also be in the gallery giving an artist lecture during the exhibition. (Image: Larry Schwarm; "Prairie Fire Near Cottonwood Falls")

Exhibition Dates: September 20th-October 14th, 2010
Reception and Gallery Crawl: Thursday, September 23rd from 4-7 pm
Artist Lecture: TBA
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Laws Observatory

Crawl participants will be able to look at solar spots through the telescope from 4-7 pm. A wonderful view of the campus and city is available from the roof, where staff members will also conduct both observatory and sky tours from 7-10 pm that evening. The observatory also features a museum area with artifacts from the observatory of 1839, and a "NASA Wall of Fame" with signed photos of past and present NASA personnel. Laws Observatory is located on the top floor of the Physics Building, at College and Rollins.
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MU Craft Studio Gallery

Artist Meredith Foster, uses paper cutouts and silhouettes to explore the representation of negative space–the alleys between houses, the air around the building–the work builds to greater effect in relation to the current trends of abandonment and foreclosure that surrounds any dialogue on space. The stark silhouettes bring the viewer into relation to the forgotten liminal spaces that remain undescribed. Her work is on display September 13th-September 24th at the Craft Studio Gallery (N12 Memorial Union). Please join us at our reception featured during the Campus Gallery & Museum Crawl at MU, September 23rd 4pm-7pm.
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