Celebrate Arts & Humanities Month with the College of Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University invites you to join its faculty, staff, and students in celebration of National Arts & Humanities Month.

The arts and humanities hold an abiding value to us as citizens and human beings. They help us understand ourselves as individuals and as people who see the world differently. They help us talk about fundamental values and tough issues.

The arts and humanities teach us to think creatively, critically, and independently; to communicate effectively, and to respect individual and cultural differences. They foster an understanding of the human condition and a desire for free exchange of ideas. They invoke social change. They uplift.

Throughout October, the College of Liberal Arts will host performances, lectures, exhibitions, and other special events that offer opportunities to learn about, experience, and participate in the arts and humanities. Please join us at the scheduled events listed here and be sure to check the website and Facebook often for additions to the calendar.

The Auburn Writers Conference is 24 days away!

We are now offering a special student registration rate of $25! For more information, visit www.auburnwritersconference.org.

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.

Mary Jane Apartments Come Down

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Between June 21 and June 28, 2010, the Mary Jane Apartments, next door to Pebble Hill, were taken down, making room for a planned conference space to serve the College of Liberal Arts.

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History at High Noon

Beat the heat this summer with Old Alabama Town’s "History at High Noon” lecture series. Bring your own brown bag lunch and enjoy one-hour talks presented by scholars from our Draughon Seminars in State and Local History series.

The Draughon Seminars in State and Local History are funded by the Kelly Mosley Endowment in honor of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, president of Auburn University from 1946 to 1965, and a historian with a deep commitment to both state history and public education.

This year, the Draughon Seminars are pleased to highlight the Encyclopedia of Alabama, a free online reference resource on Alabama's history, culture, geography, and natural environment.

Each lecture begins at noon in Old Alabama Town's Loeb Reception Center, located at 301 Columbus Street in downtown Montgomery, and admission is free. For more information, call 1-888-240-4500 or visit www.oldalabamatown.com.

June 29: American Naturalist-Author William Bartram, lecture by Kathryn Braund

July 6: Fones McCarthy and the McCarthy Gin, lecture by Angela Lakwete

July 13: Philip Henry Gosse: English Naturalist-Artist in Alabama, lecture by Gary Mullen