Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection
Joyce Scott, Flaming Skeleton #2, 1993, glass beads and thread. Courtesy of Elsie Michie.
On June 27, LSU MOA will present over 70 works of contemporary art jewelry from the collection of LSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Dean Dr. Elsie Michie. The term “art jewelry” suggests a duality: both fine sculpture and functional fashion. These works, largely made by “studio jewelers,” artists working solely in the medium of jewelry, are finely attuned to the wearer’s body while also often carrying surrealist and narrative elements. This exhibition, like Michie’s collection, will represent a wide array of material, skill, and concept, while maintaining the joy of accessorization at its heart. Adore | Adorn will be the first exhibition of Dr. Michie’s collection and a celebration of a fruitful passion.
Artists include Joyce Scott, Thomas Mann, Wendy Ramshaw, Ramona Solberg, Albert Paley, Peter Chang, Laurie Hall, Kiff Slemmons, Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet, Arline Fisch, Robert Ebendorf, and Mary Lee Hu.
Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection will be on view June 27 through October 6, 2019.
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 6, Fifth floor, 2-4 p.m.; Lecture from Elsie Michie, Third floor, 2 p.m.
Curated by Courtney Taylor with Curatorial Assistant Olivia Peltier
Exhibition Sponsors
LSU Museum of Art thanks our Partner Sponsor Becky and Warren Gottsegen. Additional support provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund donors: The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; Louisiana CAT; Charles Schwing; Alma Lee, H. N. and Cary Saurage Fund; Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group; Mrs. Elizabeth M. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst; and the Louisiana Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French.
Awards
SEMC Silver Exhibition Award for under 10K
SEMC Silver Publication Award: Adore | Adorn exhibition campaign
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Join us for the closing reception of Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection on Sunday, October 6th from 2–4 p.m. There will be a lecture by Dr. Elsie Michie on the Third floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts at 2 p.m.
Free admission