Historic Jefferson College brings works from the Mississippi Museum of Art to Washington, Mississippi from September 1 through October 7. Marie Hull, Home and Abroad presents paintings that record the artist’s travels throughout the United States, Europe, and Northern Africa. Drawn from the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection, these works demonstrate Hull’s interest in exotic locations and architectural details, as well as the landscape and people of her native state. Marie Atkinson Hull was born in Summit, Mississippi during 1890 and died in Jackson during 1980.
Historic Jefferson College is a historic property of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Near Natchez, at Jefferson College, the first educational institution of higher learning in Mississippi, visitors can tour a restored dormitory room, student dining room, kitchen buildings, and other historic sites. The adjacent nature trail winds up and down through a wooded ravine, past St. Catherine's Creek, over bridges, past Ellicott Springs, and a historic cemetery, with plants and trees clearly identified along the way.
Jefferson College, incorporated by an act of the first General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory in 1802, was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States and president of the American Philosophical Society. Territorial governor William C. C. Claiborne served as president of the college's first Board of Trustees.
For more information on the special exhibit, Marie Hull, Home and Abroad, call 601-442-2901.
Jefferson College photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress
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