Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University

10/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of poetry, storytelling, and creative discovery. What better way to celebrate National Poetry Day?

A. Van Jordan, The Jule’s poet-in-residence, read alongside Jed Myers, recipient of the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York, and Mary Lisenby Bridges, the inaugural recipient of The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing. Together, they discussed and exemplified what happens when creative writing meets The Jule’s collection: new work, new voices, and new ways of looking at art.

We’re grateful to our speakers, our guests and Michael and Pat Williams and John and Michelle Mason, whose support made the student award possible.

For more information on our upcoming events, exhibitions and programs, click the link in our bio to visit our website.

10/15/2026

On National Poetry Day, we are celebrating the inaugural recipient of The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing: Mary Lisenby Bridges, a senior in English language arts education.

During the Fall 2026
semester, museum educators asked undergraduate students
to explore “Color Without Rules” and to write creatively in response, a mode known as ekphrasis (ECK-fray-sis).

To help students connect their writing with art, The Jule hosted 11 writing workshops. Judges selected Bridges’ “For Once in Your Life.” She drew inspiration from Eugene Paul Ullman’s Untitled (portrait of a woman).

The award is supported by Dr. Michael Williams and Dr. Patricia Wade Williams, and Dr.
John Mason, Jr. and Mrs. Michelle Mason.

10/14/2026

Thousands of visitors to Auburn’s art museum receive a friendly “HEY!” from The Jule’s student workers throughout the school year. They’ll greet you at the front desk, help you in the store and even guide you through the galleries.

Take a tour with them Tuesday through Thursday at 5 p.m. or Fridays and Saturdays at 1 p.m. (they’re off on game day, of course)!

Student employment and volunteerism are just some of the ways the museum supports a well-rounded Auburn Experience. War Eagle!

10/13/2026

Celebrate Arts & Humanities Month with an evening of poetry, storytelling and creative discovery.

Join us Thursday, October 15, at 5:30 pm as A. Van Jordan, The Jule’s poet-in-residence and a Guggenheim Fellow, reads alongside the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize recipient and the inaugural recipient of The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing. Learn how poetry and visual art inspire us all to Be Curious.

To learn more about our exhibitions, events and programs, tap the link in our bio to visit our website.

10/12/2026

Explore color through The Jule's collection 🎨

John Marin’s “Seascape” is one of the artist’s many works to feature the rugged Maine coastline. Beginning with watercolors, Marin sought to master the kinetic nature of the ocean tides, using forceful gestural strokes to capture the clash and heave of waves against the shoreline and each other.

As he moved from watercolors to oil paints later in his career, Marin perfected this technique. He claimed oil paints provided more “sculpting material” for his works, producing a visual texture that complemented the rigidity of the tide’s contortions along the coastline.

To learn more about color, John Marin and the Jule Museum’s extensive collection, visit our website by clicking the link in our bio!

10/05/2026

Explore color through The Jule's collection!

O. Louis Guglielmi's (American, b. Egypt, 1906-1956) 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘵 encapsulates a shift in how artists used color to provoke emotion rather than recreate an identical scene. Guglielmi's works laid the foundation for the social surrealism movement—a style characterized by dreamlike, irrational imagery that offers commentary on social and political realities—and inspired other artists to explore how color shapes how we think and feel about a scene, rather than as a technicality of light and shadow.

To learn more about O. Louis Guglielmi, our exhibitions, events and programs, visit our website by clicking the link in our bio.

09/18/2026

The Jule is thrilled to announce that we've received three awards from the Southeastern Museums Conference-SEMC! Read more below 👇:

The Jule received awards for technology work, publication design. Auburn, AL — The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University is pleased to announce they are a recipient of a 2026 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Bronze Award in Publications for its 2026 Auburn Forum print ca...

09/11/2026

Yesterday, The Jule had the pleasure of welcoming Auburn University College of Liberal Arts philosophy professors Elay Shech and Michael Watkins for a fascinating discussion on the metaphysics of color in our exhibition, "Anna Kunz: Registers." Visitors enjoyed an engaging presentation and lively debate, diving deep into the world of color from both artistic and philosophical angles.

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09/10/2026

Meet the Artist: Anna Kunz.

Known for her luminous paintings and immersive installations, Anna Kunz employs vibrant colors and layered materials to create works that are as much about perception as they are about the act of painting. Join The Jule on Thursday, September 17 as artist Anna Kunz shares insights into her creative processes, struggles and perspectives. Following the presentation, Anna will be joined by Auburn University College of Liberal Arts philosophy professor Keren Gorodeisky for a conversation examining the intersection of art, perception and the nature of color itself. Learn more: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/event/meettheartist-kunz/