The Jule Museum Podcast

Conversation about the project "Indecent Spaces" with Jonah Bokaer, Hala Shah, and Isaiah João at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. "Indecent Spaces" is a project from the creative teams of Jonah Bokaer Choreography, Partner–In–Charge Charles Renfro of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro – DS+R, and Isang Yun, interpreted by violinists Angela & Jennifer...

Inspired by commemorative poetry and detailed research, Poetry II students at Auburn University, led by Associate Professor Rose McLarney, produced their own poem in response to the work of sculptors Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens as well as local monuments. The student poems personify the monuments and juxtapose point of views, encouraging viewers to consider the monuments anew....

Conversation with Jesús Tirado, Assistant Professor of Social Science Education, Elijah Gaddis, Associate Professor of History, Kristen Tordella-Williams, Associate Professor of Art, and Rose McLarney, Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, who discuss their class assignments about monuments in America, produced in response to the exhibition "Monuments and Myths: The America of...

Student Guides at The Jule share personal stories inspired by objects currently on view at the museum to celebrate the end of the Spring 2023 semester at Auburn University. Support the show

Kevin Brisco Jr. talks about his exhibition “Migratory Roots” as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view January 24 through August 7, 2023.Considering homophones roots and routes, "Kevin Brisco: Migratory Roots" explores shared movements, journeys over time and the network that exists among all living things. http://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/radical-naturalism-kevi...

Rachel Libeskind talks with Randi Evans about her work included in the exhibition "Invisible Thread" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view from January 24 – May 7, 2023: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/portfolio/invisible-thread/ Support the show

Tony Rodrigues talks about his work included in the exhibition "Invisible Thread" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view from January 24 – May 7, 2023: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/invisible-thread/ Support the show

Aaron Levi Garvey, Janet L. Nolan Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, talks about the exhibition Surface to Air on view at the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville, AL. For more information about Huntsville and the exhibition: https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2022/10/251350-auric-grand-opening.php Support the show

Hsuan L. Hsu, Professor of English at UC Davis, in conversation with artist Manon Bellet, alongside Bellet’s exhibition "A Swallow Does Not Make a Summer" part of the “Radical Naturalism” series at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, on view August 23 through December 30, 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/radical-naturalism-manon-bellet/ Support the sh...

Gamaliel Rodríguez talks about his artwork installed as part of the opening of Auburn’s Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in October, 2022, the facility features a temporary installation of objects from the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Gamaliel Rodríguez, a U.S. Army veteran who uses felt and ballpoint pens to create photorealistic aerial...

Rick Barot, poet and Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, talks about creative writing, poetry, and ways of reading works of art at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. View the painting "Las Meninas" by Diego Velázquez: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f View work by RaMell R...

Khalil Kinsey talks about the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection, on view at the Jule Collins Smith Museum at Auburn University from August 23 through December 30, 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/kinsey-collection/ Support the show

Imani Poole talks about her work as a student in Sneakerheads, a Spring 2022 class at Auburn University, with Charlie Lesh, Associate Professor of English at Auburn. Students in the Sneakerheads course visited the museum to consider sneaker objects made by artist Andy Yoder for his exhibition Overboard: http://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/overboard/ Support the show

Anila Quayyum Agha talks with Kristen Tordella-Williams about her exhibition "The Weight of Black" (October 8, 2021 – January 2, 2022) at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Visit the museum website to see exhibition images, including a 360 view of the gallery installation: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/anila-quayyum-agha-the-weight-of-black/ Support the...

How are museums part of cross-disciplinary teaching and learning on campus? Mimi Hellman, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Art History at Skidmore College, discusses strategies that have been successful at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College with Chris Molinski, Director of Education, Engagement and Learning at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn Universi...

Devin Allen in conversation with Ernest L. Gibson, III, Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, on April 4, 2022. Presented as part of "Becoming the Beloved Community" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University in commemoration of the 54th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and supp...

Tommy Coleman talks about his exhibition “A New Nature & my problem with the vessel” the first exhibition in the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view January 28 through July 26, 2022. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/coleman/ Support the show

Elijah Gaddis, Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University, explores a quilt by Catherine Somerville, on loan from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. To see images of the quilt online: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-Dmy5JZy3/ Visit the museum to see the quilt on view as part of Object Lab, Spring 2022: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/object-lab/ Support the show

Kristen Tordella-Williams, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Auburn University, discusses her work in Faculty Exhibition Seven at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, on view January 28 through July 31, 2022. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/faculty-exhibition-seven/ Support the show

Barb Bondy and Jeffrey Katz talk about their research study “Observational drawing in the brain” at Auburn University. For more information about this research project: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002839322100213X This research project was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Auburn University and the AU MRI Research Center. Support the sh...