Saturday, January 25
6:30 - 8 p.m. | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
OPENING RECEPTION
Thomas Campbell: Lint basket supremeo and Unii ciøn yyikæ
Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated
Two new exhibitions are opening at NEHMA! "Thomas Campbell: Lint basket supremeo and
Unii ciøn yyikæ," a mid-career retrospective of a multimedia artist immersed in street
and skate culture; and "Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated," a showcase of forty-five
international artists pushing the boundaries of ceramic art.
An opening reception for both exhibitions will be held on January 25 from 6:30 – 8:00
p.m. and is free and open to the public. Come enjoy the artwork, some light hors d'oeuvres, and an opportunity to meet the
artist Thomas Campbell.
Saturday, February 8
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
COMMUNITY ART DAY
Every second Saturday of the month
Clean Air Hang Tags
NEHMA hosts Community Art Days on the second Saturday of each month. These family-friendly events include different
educational and art activities that are fun and age-appropriate for all.
In February, the Museum will display the 48 finalists from the High School Clean Air
Poster Contest sponsored by USU Sustainability and the Huntsman School of Business. Come see the posters and join us in supporting clean air by designing an original hang tag for your car!
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, February 13
5 - 7 p.m. | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
NEHMA PBS Utah "Book Club in a Box": Coming of Age in Mississippi and Utah's Freedom Riders
“Book Club in a Box” pairs a novel with a PBS Utah documentary on different topics
each month. Every second Thursday of the month, NEHMA hosts a discussion of the book
and film with local scholars and faculty, also including a discussion of a related
artwork from the museum’s collection.
February’s book club event will take place on February 13, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. In
honor of Black History Month, it will focus on The Civil Rights Movement and explore
the fight for social justice and racial equality in the United States. The selected
book is Coming of Age in Mississippi, and the featured documentary is Utah’s Freedom Riders.
Scott Bushman, Program Coordinator and Past-President of the Cache Valley Historical
Society, will lead the book discussion. PBS Utah producer Nancy Green will lead the
film discussion. And USU English professor Paul Crumbly will lead the art discussion.
Coming of Age in Mississippi, the award-winning autobiography by civil rights activist Anne Moody (1940–2015),
shares her story of growing up African American, female, and poor in rural Mississippi
during the era of racial segregation. The book traces her journey from growing up
in a two-room shack on a sharecropper’s farm to attending Tougaloo College and participating
in various civil rights organizations.
PBS Utah’s documentary Utah’s Freedom Riders looks at The Civil Rights Movement in Utah, telling the stories of several Utahns
including Stephen Holbrook, Reverend France Davis, Mary Green, Darius Gray, and the
late Archie Archuleta. The full 26-minute film will be shown at the event. If you
would like to stream it in advance, please visit https://video.pbsutah.org/video/utah-history-utahs-freedom-riders/.
The event is free and open to all — no sign-up required! Light refreshments will be
served. Read the book and come ready to share your thoughts, or watch the documentary
at NEHMA and enjoy the book later. Although certainly helpful, reading the book isn’t
required to participate in “Book Club in a Box” events.
For more information about “Book Club in a Box,” contact Teri Guy at teri.guy@usu.edu
or 435-797-7239.