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The Gallery of Art & Design presents a wide range of regional to national, and historical to contemporary exhibitions; and provides a forum for education by hosting lectures, workshops, and symposia by leading artists, critics, curators, and historians.

2024 Faculty Show Spotlight

Through my works, I aim to distill the many rich observable conditions of nature into singular two-dimensional form, conveying the subtleties of light, temperature and atmosphere. This allows for a moment of reflection on the ephemeral beauty of these natural elements, with painting serving as a medium that communicates in an instant what words cannot fully express.

Michael Marcus

 

Upcoming Exhibits

 

Past Exhibits, Visiting Artists, and Lectures

2024 USM Faculty Show

2023 USM National Juried Painting Exhibition: Visiting artist and juror, Ken Weathersby.

2022 Senior Show in Graphic Design

2022 Annual Student Show

2021 Little Things Matter Sculpture Exhibit

2021 USM National Juried Painting Exhibition: Visiting artist and juror, Susan Palmisano.

2020 Fall Faculty Show

2019 USM National Juried Painting Exhibition: Visiting artist and juror, Bill Scott.

2019 Senior Show in Graphic Design

Visiting Artist Series presents Linda Beach: Arboreal Musing

2019 Visiting Artist Series presents Linda Beach: Arboreal Musing

2018 Visiting Artist Series presents Lee Renninger: Botanica

USM Visiting Artist, Samantha Parker Salazar, creates visually captivating large-scale installations set in a hyperreality of cut lines and color

2018 USM Visiting Artist presents Susan Palmisano and Samantha Parker Salazar: In Essence of Being

Faculty Show

2018 Faculty Show

2017 Senior Show in Graphic Design

Southern Miss Ceramics National Showcase 2018 Juried by Anthony Stellaccio

2018 Southern Miss Ceramics National Showcase Juried by Anthony Stellaccio

2016 Southern Miss Ceramics National Showcase Juried by Brian Harper

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2001–2012 Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age

Admission to all galleries, lectures, and receptions is free and open to the public. School and community groups are welcome.

  

About the Museum

The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art was established in 1997 by The Mississippi Institute of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, as an expansion of the C.W. Woods Gallery founded in 1977.

In 2014, the Art & Design program and the Museum of Art moved to a new location in the historic George Hurst Building on Southern Drive. The newly completed Gallery of Art & Design, a 2000 sq.ft. contemporary art gallery in George Hurst, is now the primary exhibition space for the Art & Design program and Museum of Art exhibitions and events. 


Hours and Contact Information

For more information, or to schedule group reservations, please contact us:

Museum of Art/Gallery of Art and Design

Museum/Gallery Director: Mark Rigsby

Hours: Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

118 College Drive #5033

Hattiesburg, MS 39406

 

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601.266.5200