Feature Exhibitions

• Pottery & Textiles from theAfrican Art Collection At Southern University New Orleans

  January 12, 2011-February 25, 2012

   

  
  

  

  
  

          

  
  

  Through the visual aesthetics of this pottery, one immediately finds a 

  wonderful diversity in both form and design.  By examining the distinctions, one can gain greater insights into the cultures from which they were 

  produced, while also seeing how specific artistic methods and techniques result in unique cultural expressions.

  
  

  While African pottery is typically produced bywomen, African textiles are produced by both men and women with a designateddivision of labor according to specific processes.  Design elements inAfrican textiles are not random; they all have meanings that are known tomembers of the cultures who create and ...

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• "Moods in Abstract"

  December 2, 2011-February 25, 2012

  
  

  A collection of abstract paintings by local 20th century artist,Mimi Bolton which were recently donated to the museum by the Art Museum ofSoutheast Texas.

  
  

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• Geza Brunow: "Event Horizon"

  December 2, 2011-February 25, 2012

  
  

  Asheville, NC artist, Géza Brunow uses a kind of soul-powered "Rorschach" distillation of the pause in time and space between two events in his latest exhibition of visual essays, Event Horizon. Utilizing a dramatic technique of painting from emotional memory instead of sight, Brunow chronicles the past decade of his life in the South, weaving a rich and compelling tapestry into his own “strange little worlds of magic and mayhem.”

  
  

  
  

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• Studio Art Quilts Associates: "Sightlines"

  December 2, 2011-February 25, 2012

  
  

  In the Studio Art Quilt Associates’ international invitational exhibition, Sightlines, fourteen fiber artists create a running installation along the theme of the interaction of time, personal history, and memory.  Curator, Virginia Spiengel used as her guiding inspiration a quote from author, Barbara Kingsolver’s description of a good short story: “It will tell something remarkable, it will be beautifully executed, and it will be nested in truth.”   AMoA invites you to bear witness to the thread of their stories.

  
  

  
  

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