The Jule Museum Podcast

Jontay Kahm talks with Chelsi Banks '28 about his first solo museum exhibition Jontay Kahm: Personified Existence organized by guest curator Nancy Strickland Chavis for The Jule Museum at Auburn University. Kahm, a Plains Cree designer from Mosquito First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, approaches fashion with a combination of technical mastery and Indigenous ontology. Using materials such as feathers, beadwork, quills, and fringe, Kahm creates garments that are deeply emotional and emblematic of Indigenous philosophy. His designs range from expansive, vibrant compositions suggesting vitality and movement to darker, more intricate works that evoke introspection and memory.

Across the 2026-2027 academic year, The Jule Museum is exploring themes of color, one of the most basic yet complex elements of visual art. Learn more about our all-new exhibitions, artists, and themes on our website: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/

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How do we know what color is? Is color a feature of the world itself, or is it created through perception? Drawing from their book The Metaphysics of Color, Auburn University philosophers Michael Watkins and Elay Shech explore these fundamental questions. They examine how color shapes our understanding of reality and challenge us to reconsider whether colors exist independently of those who perceive them.

Across the 2026-2027 academic year, The Jule Museum is exploring themes of color, one of the most basic yet complex elements of visual art. Learn more about our all-new exhibitions, artists, and themes on our website: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/

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Doug Baulos talks about the exhibition "A Bird’s Eye View" on view at The Jule Museum from August 18, 2026 through December 6, 2026. The exhibition presents new work by Baulos in dialogue with 19th-century prints by John James Audubon.

Across the 2026-2027 academic year, The Jule Museum is exploring themes of color, one of the most basic yet complex elements of visual art. Learn more about our all-new exhibitions, artists, and themes on our website: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/

Using mended textiles, layered drawings, and found materials, Douglas Pierre Baulos creates installations that reimagine Audubon’s 19th-century images and explore beauty, sustainability, and the fragile connections that shape the living world. Baulos is the Associate Professor of Drawing and Bookmaking at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where they co-direct the UAB Bloom Studios and Dye Garden. Their drawings, collages, and books have been exhibited to international acclaim. Through the work, Baulos creates a space for healing and generative creativity—building a ladder toward interpersonal and collective agency.

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The Kitchen Sisters, together with The Jule Museum, present "Quilts as Monuments: Sew Their Names" an episode to document the story behind our 2026 exhibition "Sew Their Names: Quilting, Creativity and Activism" at The Jule Museum.

Presented as part of The Jule’s year of exhibitions celebrating the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence, Sew Their Names reframes the American story through the lens of belonging. This exhibition features four quilts produced by artists Mercedes Braxton, Wini McQueen, and Yvonne Wells, alongside artwork by Bill Traylor, Noah Purifoy, and the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, to consider how art from Lowndes County has long served as a vehicle for memory and transformation.

Support for "Sew Their Names: Quilting, Creativity and Activism" provided by the Art Dealers Association of America Foundation.

Produced by nationally recognized and Peabody Award-winning producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, The Kitchen Sisters Present tells deeply layered stories about hidden aspects of history, utilizing interviews, field recordings and music to bring unrecognized stories into the national spotlight. For more by The Kitchen Sisters Present listen here:

https://kitchensisters.org/podcast/

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Emma Rosenberg reads "Upon Learning That Pigeons Are Actually Doves" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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Caid Pitman reads "Poem about a Killdeer" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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Jewel Odom reads "To Witness is to Grieve" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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Claire Celeste Brassell reads "Encephalitis" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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Alexandria Skelton reads "tiny little things" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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Lizzie McGlynn reads "In the Reaching" a poem created for the exhibition "Lyric Birdscapes" at The Jule Museum.

As an academic museum, The Jule Museum engages with faculty to develop tours and class assignments, creating active learning opportunities that enhance the student experience. Graduate students in Auburn University’s creative writing workshop, Poetry Writing: The Natural, the Social, and the Personal, led by Rose McClarney, Lanier Endowed Professor in the Department of English, engaged with the museum during the Fall 2025 semester. Meeting with Nicole Sealey, in residence at the museum for the academic year, each student poet produced a distinct poem, along with an audio recording, drawing inspiration from "Lyric Birdscapes."

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