Screening of “Battle: Change from Within” Documentary About Local Civil Rights Pioneer at Ellis Library, Aug. 27
Local civil rights pioneer Eliot Battle is the subject of this documentary that chronicles his pivotal role in desegregating schools, housing and the Columbia community. On Aug. 27 at 11 a.m., the MU Libraries will hold a preview screening of “Battle: Change From Within” at the Ellis Library Colonnade on the MU campus. The screening is free and open to the public.
Announcement sponsored by MU Libraries

Two copies of this year’s One Read book, Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie, are now on reserve at the Ellis Library Circulation Desk and can be checked out on a 3-day loan.

For more information about the Mizzou Reads program, visit http://newstudent.missouri.edu/mizzoureads/book/.

I. Lynn Garriott-Porter Art Exhibit

Garriott-Porter was born in Fulton, Missouri and grew up living in the country loving the natural realistic beauty of her surroundings. Art was her first love and watercolor was her first medium of choice. Later in life she discovered colored pencil and gained a new love and found with watercolor pencil she gets the pleasure of both mediums in one.

Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous shows, galleries, hospitals, businesses, Cafe’s, and competitions in Missouri and Illinois. She is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, National Watercolor Society, Missouri Water Color Society, and a Juried Best of Missouri Hands Artist. She was selected as February 2008’s profiled artist in Ann Kullberg’s Colored Pencil e-zine “From My Perspective” and chosen to have one of her watercolor pencil paintings in Ann Kullberg’s most recent book, “Colored Pencil Secrets to Success”, written for North Light Book Club and released in May 2009.

Most of her life art was only a part-time passion as she was employed full-time in the medical field. As a result most of her works have been commissioned and her specialty is in turning

“Photo Memories Into Art”. She still loves doing commissioned work and continues making new art as well as teaching art classes in her home studio. Visit The Columbia Art League Gallery in Columbia, MO and The Capital Arts Gallery in Jefferson City to see some of her works of art.  Contact the artist if you are interested in having her do a commissioned work of art for you or if you are interested in taking classes.

The artist currently resides in Jefferson City, Missouri with her husband and youngest son.

Her art will be on display in the Bookmark Café throughout the fall semester.

 

I. Lynn Garriott-Porter

1330 Biscayne Drive

Jefferson City, MO 65109

email:   garriottporterart@hotmail.com

Fax: (573)635-1999

cell: (660)351-6915

www.facebook.com/I.LynnGarriottPorter
www.bestofmissourihands.com/lynnporter.htm

www.columbiaartleague.org/village/garriottporter/index.html

www.capitalarts.org/artists/artistslinks

• Bound journals can be requested from any of the MU Libraries through the MERLIN catalog and shipped to any library:
  • Ellis
  • Engineering
  • Geology
  • Health Sciences
  • Journalism
  • Math
  • Veterinary Medical
• Bound journals can be requested through the MERLIN Library Catalog. Faculty, staff, graduate and professional students can borrow for 3 days; undergraduates can borrow them overnight.

“Terrific Tales: From Fairies to Fables” is on exhibit in the Library Colonnade.  The exhibit is brought to you by Special Collections and will be on display July 1^st –  August 15^th.

 

 

573-535-6818

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