The Jule Museum Podcast is a monthly series that features visual arts research at Auburn University. Each episode delves into the intriguing stories behind art objects, exploring the historical context, cultural impact and the creative minds behind them. Whether you’re an art lover, a student, or simply curious about the visual arts, this podcast offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. Listeners can expect insightful interviews with artists and scholars who share their expertise and pe ...
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Benjamin Bush is an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design. He is interested in the culture and standards native to the industrial design studio and curriculum. Also interested in designing for and instilling "fun" in to all walks of life. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showc…
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Mario Bocanegra is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design, where he teaches courses in interactive media, imagemaking, photo communications, and typography. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this…
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Robert Finkel is the Program Chair and Associate Professor of Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on…
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Frank Hu is Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, where he teaches studio in addition to courses in construction and graphic studies. Robert Sproull is an Associate Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 sp…
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Marguerite Dreyer teaches Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…
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Georges Fares is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…
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Jia Wu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Her accomplishments emphasize interdisciplinary and industry collaborations in functional apparel, primarily focusing on usercentered apparel design research. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast…
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David Shanks is an Assistant Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…
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Meirav Goldhour teaches in the Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…
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Courtney Windham is a designer, maker, and educator serving as an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Auburn University’s School of Industrial + Graphic Design. She leads courses in kinetic typography, publication design, interactive media, and branding. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025…
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Isaac Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. He has spent this time working with communities around the country on the design of varied public spaces, advocacy and fundraising to build parks, and on engagement and research into critical issues impacting the use o…
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Gwendolyn Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, where she teaches landscape architecture design studios, courses in the Construction Sequence and elective seminars. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specif…
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Millian Pham is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History. Her current research compares the effects of structural and systemic oppression on the body and spirit through drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 s…
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Cait McCarthy is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Through her research, teaching, and practice, McCarthy explores the ability of novel analog, digital, and material methods to simultaneously illuminate contemporary challenges and provide unexpected experien…
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David Hill is an Associate Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. His current research streams include plant performance and material harvesting and reuse strategies. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In…
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Lijun Chao is an artist and faculty member in the Department of Art and Art History. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcs…
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Andy Holliday is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History. His studio practice ranges from printmaking to ceramics and sculpture. Andy's current work explores the roles of communication and collaboration in the creative process. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showca…
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Dawn Michaelson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Her research and creative activities focus on apparel studies affecting individuals with health conditions. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on ad…
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Sarah Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, teaching design studios as well as in the History, Theory and Practice sequence. Her recent work, undertaken as part of a Fulbright Scholarship, explored the historic health landscapes of the Sadgeri Plateau in the Republic of Georgia. Showcase brings together creative scholarship f…
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Young-A Lee, Ph.D. is Under Armour Professor and Department Head of the Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the wor…
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Kelly Bryant is Professor of Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. A design educator for over 30 years, her personal work/research focus on collage and painting as an extension to her design work. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically center…
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Kate Medley talks about her exhibition "Thank You Please Come Again" at The Jule. Working as a photojournalist, Kate Medley covers national news in the American South, focused on storytelling and environmental portraiture. In this exhibition, Medley invites viewers to see the people and culinary art of service stations, convenience stores and quick…
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Episode 34: Randi Evans with Victoria Ashley on WEGL 91.1 FM
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14:03Victoria Ashley discusses The Jule Museum with Dr. Randi Evans on “It's All History To Me" Auburn's History Radio Hour, WEGL 91.1 FM. Each week "It's All History To Me" interviews a history professional with the theme of Bridging the Past and Present. From "It's All History To Me" episode 4.2 "The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art with Dr. Rand…
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Deirdre Madeleine Smith, Ph.D., Lecturer of Museum Studies at University of Pittsburgh and Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, talks about the origins of animal art in conjunction with The Jule’s exhibition "Radical Naturalism: Daniel Newman" on view through December 8, 2024: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibition/newman/…
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Episode 32: Self-Care Saturdays with Sheri Schumacher
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9:07Sheri Schumacher talks about “mend WORKwear” a series created for Self-Care Saturdays at The Jule. The “mend WORKwear” sessions focus on the practice and mindfulness of mending using the Japanese Boro tradition as inspiration.Sheri Schumacher is a designer and maker whose creative practice explores narratives about cultural landscapes and records a…
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Rachel Libeskind talks about her exhibition "The Golden Record" at The Jule Museum at Auburn University, on view from August 6-December 7, 2024: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibition/libeskind/By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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Episode 30: Walter Hood and Taneshia West Albert
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43:44Walter Hood and Taneshia West Albert in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Walter Hood is the creative director and founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California. He is also a professor at the University of …
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Episode 29: Lonnie Holley and Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander
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41:14Lonnie Holley and Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander is curator of the exhibition "Black Codes: Art and Post-Civil Rights Alabama" on view January 23 t…
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Tim Gihring of The Object Podcast from the Minneapolis Institute of Art explores the artist Joe Minter, featured in the exhibition "Black Codes: Art and Post-Civil Rights Alabama" organized by guest curator Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander for the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University."Thirty-five years ago, Joe Minter received …
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Episode 27: Bethany Collins and Janet Dees
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34:31Bethany Collins and Janet Dees in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, artist Bethany Collins explores histories of the American South through sculpture, song, and the printed …
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Episode 26: Elizabeth M. Webb and Joy Harjo
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28:59Elizabeth M. Webb and Joy Harjo in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.Elizabeth M. Webb's exhibition "a bearin…
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Walter Hood talks about "Ark of Bones" a sculptural installation created for his exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Inspired by the Henry Dumas short story of the same name, "Ark of Bones" represents ancestral connections to Black Americans.Walter Hood is the creative d…
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Walter Hood talks about growing up in North Carolina and the way in which he approaches painting in his creative practice. His exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" opens on January 23, 2024 at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The exhibition features a new series of paintings that recall memories from the first ten ye…
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Jim Draper talks about his exhibition “Feral” as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view through December 10, 2023. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.Draper's work, which includes drawing, painting, photography, video and writing, is informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. https:…
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What is that wildflower garden at the museum? Auburn scholars Kelly Homan and Zachary Beneduci talk about wildflowers, biochar, and bees and how they connect to a long-term research study happening in the gardens at The Jule. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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Sam Moyer talks about her exhibition "Memory Mine" at The Jule with Laura Sitterly '23. Centering the exhibition on Alabama’s richness in natural resources and regional artists’ contributions, Moyer creates sculptures and paintings from one natural marble boulder mined in Sylacauga, Alabama. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/sam-moyer/…
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Charlotte Hendrix reads excerpts from "The Art Bargain of the Century" an unbelievable saga of how Auburn University purchased 36 controversial masterpieces and opened a world-class art museum for the 21st century, published in the Fall 2023 issue of Auburn Magazine.By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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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 vio…
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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, e…
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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 exh…
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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.By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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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…
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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/By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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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/By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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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/2022/10/25…
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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…
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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 a…
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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…
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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/By The Jule Museum at Auburn University
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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/…
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