1934: Artists Respond to the Great Depression

Join us for a lecture this Thursday by Dr. Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Broun’s presentation will focus on the Smithsonian American Art Museum traveling exhibition entitled 1934: A New Deal for Artists and on art created in Alabama under the WPA auspices. Her appearance is part of the 2010 “New Perspectives” series of programs on Alabama and the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s.

Thursday, September 2
4:00 pm
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Auditorium

“New Perspectives” is a project of the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities and is co-sponsored by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The project is funded by a generous grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the state agency of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Auburn Writers Conference is fast approaching!

If you have not registered for the first annual Auburn Writers Conference, don't miss your chance!

The Auburn Writers Conference 2010 will feature keynote speaker Julianna Baggott; publishing agent Holly Root; writer and illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba; and young adult authors Rachel Hawkins and Irene Latham. Auburn University's very own Chantel Acevedo, Judy Troy, Peter Campion and Peter Huggins of the College of Liberal Arts' English faculty will participate.

Small-group workshops, panel discussions, and readings will give established and emerging writers perspective, skills, and community. Learn about two new workshops here. You can register online or by mail.