The Morris Museum of Art is hosting numbers of special holiday events in November and December that promise something for everyone—“Sweets with the Sugar Plum Fairy,” silhouette portraits by artist Clay Rice, a photo opportunity with Santa and Mrs. Claus provided by Barry Koenig, a children-friendly concert by family favorite Tara Scheyer, and a trunk show by jeweler Katrina Gray.
“The Morris consistently strives to offer events that all ages can enjoy, and there is no better time than the holidays to bring your family to the Morris,” said Janna Crane, special events coordinator at the Morris Museum of Art. “Plus, the majority of our events are nominally priced or free.”
2010 Holiday Events at the Morris Museum of Art
Sunday, November 21, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Magic in the Making: Sweets with the Sugar Plum Fairy
Join the Morris Museum and Dance Augusta and be transported to the wonderful world of the Nutcracker. An afternoon spent in the company of Clara, the Prince, and the Sugar Plum Fairy, ends with an opportunity to create a tiara or crown. $5.00 per child; adult members, free; adult nonmembers, $5.00. Call 706-828-3825 or email janna.crane@themorris.org to RSVP.
Friday, December 3, noon
Art at Lunch: Low-Country Artist Clay Rice
Silhouette artist, author, and musician Clay Rice performs songs and tells stories about growing up in the low country and traveling throughout the United States. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by Wife Saver. Paid reservations due December 1 by calling 706-828-3867.
Saturday, December 4, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus
Enjoy breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus and pose with the couple for a photo by Barry Koenig. (Photos will be available for purchase at www.barrykoenigphotography.com.) Afterwards, create a special keepsake ornament. The $10.00 per person fee includes breakfast, museum admission, and a supervised art project. Reservations (required), can be made by calling 706-828-3825 or emailing janna.crane@themorris.org.
Saturday, December 4, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Silhouette Portraits by Clay Rice
Renowned silhouette artist Clay Rice creates personalized portraits of your loved ones. Advance reservations only. $40 per person for two copies. Call 706-828-3825 or email janna.crane@themorris.org to make an appointment.
Sunday, December 5, 2:00 p.m.
Artrageous! Family Sunday: Holiday Time!
Take part in a gallery scavenger hunt, and create handcrafted ornaments and greeting cards at various stations in the museum. FREE.
Sunday, December 5, 2:00 p.m.
Music at the Morris: From One to Ninety-Two
Singer/songwriter Tara Scheyer celebrates the holidays at the Morris with songs the whole family will remember and enjoy. FREE.
Sunday, December 5, noon–4:00 p.m.
Trunk Show: Katrina Gray of EarthWear Jewelry
Katrina Gray has been creating jewelry for forty years, and her skills as a potter and silversmith help to make each piece an exquisite work of art. One day only. FREE admission.
Sunday, December 5, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Sunday Sketch
Sketch in the galleries, with materials supplied by the museum. Check-in in the activity room. FREE.
The Morris Museum of Art was founded in 1985 and opened to the public in 1992. It is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection of nearly five thousand works of art spans more than two hundred years, from the late-eighteenth century to the present. The Morris is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Morris Museum of Art, visit www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Morris Museum of Art One of Many Augusta Attractions Offering Free Admission on Smithsonian Magazine’s Sixth Annual Museum Day
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta Museum of History, 1797 Ezekiel Harris House, the Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, and National Science Center’s Fort Discovery will participate in the sixth annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine and Toyota, sponsoring on behalf of the redesigned 2011 Avalon. These Augusta attractions join participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide to open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket from Smithsonian.com. On Museum Day, participating Museum Day venues emulate the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C. facilities and offer visitors an opportunity to celebrate our world’s dynamic heritage and cultural life,
Museum Day 2010 is poised to be the largest to date, outdoing last year’s record-breaking event. Over 300,000 museum-goers and 1,300 venues in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participated in Museum Day 2009 when more than two million potential visitors sought to learn more about the program by logging on to www.smithsonian.com/museumday.
This year, Toyota’s participation enhances the Museum Day experience in Smithsonian magazine and online, with elements like the “Featured Five,” a listing that encourages visitors to learn about and visit participating museums and venues. Additionally, for each visitor who inquires about the new Toyota Avalon online, Toyota will donate $1—up to $10,000 total—to museum programming nationwide.
The Museum Day Ticket is available to download at www.smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the official pass will gain free admission for two people to participating museums and cultural venues. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. Listings and links to participating museums’ and sponsors’ sites can be found at www.smithsonian.com/museumday.
Featured Augusta Attractions
Morris Museum of Art
Founded in 1985, the Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection of approximately five thousand paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, dating from the late-eighteenth century to the present, is displayed in galleries dedicated to, among other things, antebellum portraiture, the Civil War, genre painting, still life, landscape, Southern Impressionism, and Modernism in the South. It is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information, visit the museum’s web site at www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is the former home of Lucy Craft Laney, who made many contributions to Augusta, and the state of Georgia. This unique house museum has four permanent exhibitions which reflect the contributions that African Americans have and continue to make in the Central Savannah River Area, which include Frank Yerby, John Hope, John Tutt, Butterfly McQueen, Jessye Norman and many others. In addition, we have a small James Brown Collection. The museum is located near the original site of the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. The Museum also has a Children's Academy program. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and closed on Sunday except for special events. For additional information, call 706-724-3576 or visit our website at www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. The mission of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is to promote the legacy of Lucy Craft Laney through art, history, and the preservation of her home.
Augusta Museum of History
Founded in 1937, the Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s oldest historical agency devoted to the preservation and presentation of local and regional history. Located at 560 Reynolds Street in downtown Augusta, the Museum is home to the award-winning permanent exhibition, “Augusta’s Story,” a 12,000 year journey through the region’s rich and diverse past. In 2005, the Museum achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM). The Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s only accredited museum and one of only fourteen in the state. From The Godfather of Soul, James Brown to Celebrating a Grand Tradition, the Story of Golf, Augusta’s history is brimming with the people and the forces that make Augusta a historical journey worth taking. Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm; Closed Monday-Wednesday except for groups of ten or more with prior reservations. Admission: Adult: $4 • Senior: $3 • Child (6-18): $2 • Child (5 & under): Free. Please call (706) 722-8454 for more information or visit our website www.augustamuseum.org.
1797 Ezekiel Harris House
The 1797 Ezekiel Harris House will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Museum Day. Said to be the “finest eighteenth-century house surviving in Georgia”, the Ezekiel Harris House is an outstanding example of early Federal style architecture. Fully restored in 1964 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Ezekiel Harris House is a reminder of the days when tobacco was the primary cash crop of Georgia. Hours: Guided tours every Saturday 10:00 am—4:30 pm; Tours by appointment only Tuesday—Friday; Closed Sunday & Monday. Admission: Adult and Senior: $2 • Child: $1.
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson
The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, an award-winning restoration by Historic Augusta, Inc., is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated an official “Save America’s Treasures” site. It is Georgia’s oldest presidential home and is located at 419 Seventh Street. Guided tours are offered on the hour Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10 am-5 pm. The last tour begins at 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for students. For more information call 706-724-0436 or visit www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org.
National Science Center’s Fort Discovery
National Science Center’s headquarters, Fort Discovery, is located on the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta. This 128,000 square-foot family-oriented math and science center fires the imaginations of children and adults by making math, science and technology come alive with 250 hands-on exhibits, custom digital theater programs, a portable planetarium, educational workshops and demonstrations. In celebration of Museum Day, Fort Discovery will present a special program entitled “Farming for Fuel,” which explores energy production in a fun and interactive manner. Filled with fun activities, the program leads students and parents on an investigation of alternative energy sources. This presentation is free of charge but space is limited; contact Julie Kennedy at (706)821-0607 to guarantee your participation today. Farming for Fuel is one of many programs provided by Fort Discovery through our Science to Go outreach initiative. For more information, please visit our web site at www.NationalScienceCenter.org.
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill presents the stories of a unique piece of Augusta’s and America’s history – the 19th century industrial waterway that powered Augusta’s survival as a city. Using interactive exhibits, films, and vintage mill equipment, the Canal Interpretive Center that tells the story of how a city used its waterways to reinvent itself. Museum Day visitors may tour the center at no charge Saturday September 25 between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at no charge. Normal ticket fees apply for Petersburg Boat guided tours. 1450 Greene Street, Enterprise Mill Suite 400. Augusta, 30901, 706-823-0440
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Museum Day 2010 is poised to be the largest to date, outdoing last year’s record-breaking event. Over 300,000 museum-goers and 1,300 venues in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participated in Museum Day 2009 when more than two million potential visitors sought to learn more about the program by logging on to www.smithsonian.com/museumday.
This year, Toyota’s participation enhances the Museum Day experience in Smithsonian magazine and online, with elements like the “Featured Five,” a listing that encourages visitors to learn about and visit participating museums and venues. Additionally, for each visitor who inquires about the new Toyota Avalon online, Toyota will donate $1—up to $10,000 total—to museum programming nationwide.
The Museum Day Ticket is available to download at www.smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the official pass will gain free admission for two people to participating museums and cultural venues. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. Listings and links to participating museums’ and sponsors’ sites can be found at www.smithsonian.com/museumday.
Featured Augusta Attractions
Morris Museum of Art
Founded in 1985, the Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection of approximately five thousand paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, dating from the late-eighteenth century to the present, is displayed in galleries dedicated to, among other things, antebellum portraiture, the Civil War, genre painting, still life, landscape, Southern Impressionism, and Modernism in the South. It is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information, visit the museum’s web site at www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is the former home of Lucy Craft Laney, who made many contributions to Augusta, and the state of Georgia. This unique house museum has four permanent exhibitions which reflect the contributions that African Americans have and continue to make in the Central Savannah River Area, which include Frank Yerby, John Hope, John Tutt, Butterfly McQueen, Jessye Norman and many others. In addition, we have a small James Brown Collection. The museum is located near the original site of the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. The Museum also has a Children's Academy program. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and closed on Sunday except for special events. For additional information, call 706-724-3576 or visit our website at www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. The mission of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is to promote the legacy of Lucy Craft Laney through art, history, and the preservation of her home.
Augusta Museum of History
Founded in 1937, the Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s oldest historical agency devoted to the preservation and presentation of local and regional history. Located at 560 Reynolds Street in downtown Augusta, the Museum is home to the award-winning permanent exhibition, “Augusta’s Story,” a 12,000 year journey through the region’s rich and diverse past. In 2005, the Museum achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM). The Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s only accredited museum and one of only fourteen in the state. From The Godfather of Soul, James Brown to Celebrating a Grand Tradition, the Story of Golf, Augusta’s history is brimming with the people and the forces that make Augusta a historical journey worth taking. Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm; Closed Monday-Wednesday except for groups of ten or more with prior reservations. Admission: Adult: $4 • Senior: $3 • Child (6-18): $2 • Child (5 & under): Free. Please call (706) 722-8454 for more information or visit our website www.augustamuseum.org.
1797 Ezekiel Harris House
The 1797 Ezekiel Harris House will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Museum Day. Said to be the “finest eighteenth-century house surviving in Georgia”, the Ezekiel Harris House is an outstanding example of early Federal style architecture. Fully restored in 1964 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Ezekiel Harris House is a reminder of the days when tobacco was the primary cash crop of Georgia. Hours: Guided tours every Saturday 10:00 am—4:30 pm; Tours by appointment only Tuesday—Friday; Closed Sunday & Monday. Admission: Adult and Senior: $2 • Child: $1.
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson
The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, an award-winning restoration by Historic Augusta, Inc., is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated an official “Save America’s Treasures” site. It is Georgia’s oldest presidential home and is located at 419 Seventh Street. Guided tours are offered on the hour Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10 am-5 pm. The last tour begins at 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for students. For more information call 706-724-0436 or visit www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org.
National Science Center’s Fort Discovery
National Science Center’s headquarters, Fort Discovery, is located on the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta. This 128,000 square-foot family-oriented math and science center fires the imaginations of children and adults by making math, science and technology come alive with 250 hands-on exhibits, custom digital theater programs, a portable planetarium, educational workshops and demonstrations. In celebration of Museum Day, Fort Discovery will present a special program entitled “Farming for Fuel,” which explores energy production in a fun and interactive manner. Filled with fun activities, the program leads students and parents on an investigation of alternative energy sources. This presentation is free of charge but space is limited; contact Julie Kennedy at (706)821-0607 to guarantee your participation today. Farming for Fuel is one of many programs provided by Fort Discovery through our Science to Go outreach initiative. For more information, please visit our web site at www.NationalScienceCenter.org.
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill presents the stories of a unique piece of Augusta’s and America’s history – the 19th century industrial waterway that powered Augusta’s survival as a city. Using interactive exhibits, films, and vintage mill equipment, the Canal Interpretive Center that tells the story of how a city used its waterways to reinvent itself. Museum Day visitors may tour the center at no charge Saturday September 25 between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at no charge. Normal ticket fees apply for Petersburg Boat guided tours. 1450 Greene Street, Enterprise Mill Suite 400. Augusta, 30901, 706-823-0440
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Exhibition of Pastels by Wolf Kahn
Opens at the Morris Museum September 11
Wolf Kahn Pastels, featuring twenty-three pastels on paper, principally of rural Southern scenes, by one of America’s premier landscape painters, opens Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Morris Museum of Art where it remains on display through Sunday, November 7, 2010.
“Wolf Kahn is a master of the difficult medium of pastel and the greatest colorist of our time,” said Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art. “This exhibition highlights the landscape of the South—from barns and cabins to iconic, historic structures–-as well as some city scenes in New Orleans and Augusta, and underscores Wolf Kahn’s unerring instinct for the telling detail. These pastels blend certain signature elements—the combination of the language of abstraction, realism, and breathtaking color—to yield a body of work that is simply like no other.”
Born in Germany in 1927, Wolf Kahn has lived in the United States since 1940. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City before enrolling in the studio school of renowned abstract painter and teacher Hans Hofmann. Eventually, he became Hofmann’s studio assistant for two years, after which he received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Chicago.
His work defies easy categorization. Though steeped in Hofmann's modernist theories, Kahn developed a style of landscape painting that is uniquely his own, a style that employs the language of abstraction—particularly in its active brushwork and energetic gesture—while employing color in a way that owes much to other influences, most notably the work of such early twentieth century French painters as Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and Henri Matisse, all of them renowned colorists. Kahn has this to say of his work: “[Color] is my primary interest. I am always trying to get to the danger point, where color either becomes too sweet or too harsh; too noisy or too quiet.” Color is his signature, and, though he often seems to push the boundaries daringly, his use of it is never arbitrary and never less than apt.
Kahn has been the recipient of many honors and awards—a Fulbright Scholarship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of the National Academy of Design, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work is included in the permanent collections of most major American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Academy Museum, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Morris Museum of Art, to cite just a few. His work has been the subject of several books and monographs. One solely dedicated to his work in pastel was published in 2000. Wolf Kahn's America a compendium of landscape paintings produced throughout the United States was published in 2003.
The present exhibition celebrates the artist’s eighty-third birthday. Despite impaired vision, he continues to produce pastels and paintings that have never been more richly gestural or luminous.
The present exhibition celebrates the artist’s eighty-third birthday. Despite impaired vision, he continues to produce pastels and paintings that have never been more richly gestural or luminous.
Related Events
Sunday, September 12, 3:15 p.m.
Wolf Kahn Pastels tour. Free.
Thursday, October 7, 10:00–11:00 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Toddler Time: Pastel Tree Party!
View works in the exhibition Wolf Kahn Pastels, listen to a classic children’s story, and create a pastel drawing. Museum family members, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required by calling 706-828-3867.
October 22, noon.
Art at Lunch: The Artwork of Wolf Kahn
Jerald Melberg, owner of the Jerald Melberg Gallery, discusses the life and artwork of artist Wolf Kahn. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by New York Butcher Shoppe. Paid reservations due October 20.
The Morris Museum of Art was founded in 1985 and opened to the public in 1992. It is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection holds approximately five thousand works of art that date from the late-eighteenth century to the present. The Morris is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Morris Museum of Art, visit www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.
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Wolf Kahn Pastels, featuring twenty-three pastels on paper, principally of rural Southern scenes, by one of America’s premier landscape painters, opens Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Morris Museum of Art where it remains on display through Sunday, November 7, 2010.
“Wolf Kahn is a master of the difficult medium of pastel and the greatest colorist of our time,” said Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art. “This exhibition highlights the landscape of the South—from barns and cabins to iconic, historic structures–-as well as some city scenes in New Orleans and Augusta, and underscores Wolf Kahn’s unerring instinct for the telling detail. These pastels blend certain signature elements—the combination of the language of abstraction, realism, and breathtaking color—to yield a body of work that is simply like no other.”
Born in Germany in 1927, Wolf Kahn has lived in the United States since 1940. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art in New York City before enrolling in the studio school of renowned abstract painter and teacher Hans Hofmann. Eventually, he became Hofmann’s studio assistant for two years, after which he received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Chicago.
His work defies easy categorization. Though steeped in Hofmann's modernist theories, Kahn developed a style of landscape painting that is uniquely his own, a style that employs the language of abstraction—particularly in its active brushwork and energetic gesture—while employing color in a way that owes much to other influences, most notably the work of such early twentieth century French painters as Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and Henri Matisse, all of them renowned colorists. Kahn has this to say of his work: “[Color] is my primary interest. I am always trying to get to the danger point, where color either becomes too sweet or too harsh; too noisy or too quiet.” Color is his signature, and, though he often seems to push the boundaries daringly, his use of it is never arbitrary and never less than apt.
Kahn has been the recipient of many honors and awards—a Fulbright Scholarship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of the National Academy of Design, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work is included in the permanent collections of most major American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Academy Museum, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Morris Museum of Art, to cite just a few. His work has been the subject of several books and monographs. One solely dedicated to his work in pastel was published in 2000. Wolf Kahn's America a compendium of landscape paintings produced throughout the United States was published in 2003.
The present exhibition celebrates the artist’s eighty-third birthday. Despite impaired vision, he continues to produce pastels and paintings that have never been more richly gestural or luminous.
The present exhibition celebrates the artist’s eighty-third birthday. Despite impaired vision, he continues to produce pastels and paintings that have never been more richly gestural or luminous.
Related Events
Sunday, September 12, 3:15 p.m.
Wolf Kahn Pastels tour. Free.
Thursday, October 7, 10:00–11:00 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Toddler Time: Pastel Tree Party!
View works in the exhibition Wolf Kahn Pastels, listen to a classic children’s story, and create a pastel drawing. Museum family members, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required by calling 706-828-3867.
October 22, noon.
Art at Lunch: The Artwork of Wolf Kahn
Jerald Melberg, owner of the Jerald Melberg Gallery, discusses the life and artwork of artist Wolf Kahn. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by New York Butcher Shoppe. Paid reservations due October 20.
The Morris Museum of Art was founded in 1985 and opened to the public in 1992. It is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection holds approximately five thousand works of art that date from the late-eighteenth century to the present. The Morris is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Morris Museum of Art, visit www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.
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Read our other Arts related blogs:
http://backstagegeorgia.blogspot.com/ (Theater)
http://musicmattersga.blogspot.com/ (Music)
http://georgiaswriter.blogspot.com/ (GA Authors)
http://rimbombo.blogspot.com/ (Book reviews)
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http://dancingacrossgeorgia.blogspot.com/ (Dancing)
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Monday, September 7, 2009
2009 Westobou Festival Sept 17 - 26
The 2009 Westobou Festival, September 17 – 26, celebrates excellence in the arts and will feature performances by local, regional, and nationally-recognized artists. Performances, including dance, music, theater and visual arts, are taking place in downtown Augusta, at Augusta State University and Paine College, and in North Augusta, S. C.
Each day and evening of the Festival will be filled with a variety of presentations designed to dazzle visitors and showcase Augusta’s wealth of artistic talent. Whether your passion is contemporary theatrical performances or traditional symphony events, strolling through gallery exhibitions or listening to jazz, you’ll find it all . . . and more . . . at the 2009 Westobou Festival.
Highlights of the 2009 Festival include concerts featuring The Avett Brothers, Keb’ Mo’ and Patricia Barber - presented by the Westobou Festival. Other highlights include the 29th Annual Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival presented by the Greater Augusta Arts Council, Video Games Live presented by the Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage presented by The Morris Museum of Art and the Greater Augusta Arts Council within the Southern Soul and Song Series, Elisabeth von Trapp in Concert presented by The Riverwalk Series, Inc., Steel Magnolias presented by The Augusta Players, Sitka Trio and The Blind Boys of Alabama presented by Augusta State University, Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods of Jazz featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet presented by the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, American Ballet Theatre II presented by Augusta Ballet, Inc . . . and much, much more!
The Westobou Festival was conceived in 2005 by the Trustees of the Academy of Richmond County, in conjunction with their work on behalf of the Porter Fleming Foundation. The Foundation was created in 1963 by Augusta resident Berry Fleming to honor his father, Porter Fleming. The Trustees have contracted with Augusta Westobou Festival, Inc. to produce the Westobou Festival. Now in its second year, the 2009 Westobou Festival is shaping up to include performances that will appeal to a variety of audiences, and attract visitors from the Southeast. The 2008 Festival drew over 100,000 visitors from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida . . . and as far away as California, New York and Illinois. The festival’s website received over 1.5 million hits! This year’s event is poised to be even bigger and better.
Check www.WestobouFestival.com for the 2009 schedule of events, maps, and hotel partner information.
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Each day and evening of the Festival will be filled with a variety of presentations designed to dazzle visitors and showcase Augusta’s wealth of artistic talent. Whether your passion is contemporary theatrical performances or traditional symphony events, strolling through gallery exhibitions or listening to jazz, you’ll find it all . . . and more . . . at the 2009 Westobou Festival.
Highlights of the 2009 Festival include concerts featuring The Avett Brothers, Keb’ Mo’ and Patricia Barber - presented by the Westobou Festival. Other highlights include the 29th Annual Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival presented by the Greater Augusta Arts Council, Video Games Live presented by the Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage presented by The Morris Museum of Art and the Greater Augusta Arts Council within the Southern Soul and Song Series, Elisabeth von Trapp in Concert presented by The Riverwalk Series, Inc., Steel Magnolias presented by The Augusta Players, Sitka Trio and The Blind Boys of Alabama presented by Augusta State University, Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods of Jazz featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet presented by the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, American Ballet Theatre II presented by Augusta Ballet, Inc . . . and much, much more!
The Westobou Festival was conceived in 2005 by the Trustees of the Academy of Richmond County, in conjunction with their work on behalf of the Porter Fleming Foundation. The Foundation was created in 1963 by Augusta resident Berry Fleming to honor his father, Porter Fleming. The Trustees have contracted with Augusta Westobou Festival, Inc. to produce the Westobou Festival. Now in its second year, the 2009 Westobou Festival is shaping up to include performances that will appeal to a variety of audiences, and attract visitors from the Southeast. The 2008 Festival drew over 100,000 visitors from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida . . . and as far away as California, New York and Illinois. The festival’s website received over 1.5 million hits! This year’s event is poised to be even bigger and better.
Check www.WestobouFestival.com for the 2009 schedule of events, maps, and hotel partner information.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
MCG Medical Illustration alumni art exhibit kicks off April 24
The Medical College of Georgia Department of Medical Illustration will celebrate its 60th Anniversary by hosting the inaugural O.A. Parkes Art Exhibition during MCG Homecoming.
The exhibition, which showcases medical artwork created by the department's alumni, will be on display at the Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites April 24-26.
"The exhibit will really open your eyes to medical illustration," says Dr. Steve Harrison, department chair and alumnus. "It's more than gross anatomy; it's really lovely artwork."
The exhibit includes 48 pieces of art created with techniques that range from older, traditional methods such as airbrush, carbon dust and pen ink illustrations, to modern computer-generated 3-D models. The alumni exhibitors range from the classes of 1963 through 2006.
"The opportunity to see such a wide variety of medical illustrations created by a diverse group doesn't come often," says Gene Wright, associate professor in the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art and MCG medical illustration alumnus on the exhibition committee. "The incredible support from the program's older and younger graduates will make this event a treat for the audience."
Following the exhibition, the art will become part of the department's permanent collection in the David J. Mascaro Teaching Gallery in MCG Pavilion III on Laney Walker Boulevard.
The MCG Department of Medical Illustration is one of only four such programs in the country and is distinguished as the oldest continuous graduate medical illustration program in the world. Eight to nine students are accepted for each class of the 21-month master's level program.
Students not only have to be skilled artists, but must be knowledgeable in anatomy and health sciences. They take graduate-level science courses with medical students, including gross anatomy and cell biology.
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The exhibition, which showcases medical artwork created by the department's alumni, will be on display at the Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites April 24-26.
"The exhibit will really open your eyes to medical illustration," says Dr. Steve Harrison, department chair and alumnus. "It's more than gross anatomy; it's really lovely artwork."
The exhibit includes 48 pieces of art created with techniques that range from older, traditional methods such as airbrush, carbon dust and pen ink illustrations, to modern computer-generated 3-D models. The alumni exhibitors range from the classes of 1963 through 2006.
"The opportunity to see such a wide variety of medical illustrations created by a diverse group doesn't come often," says Gene Wright, associate professor in the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art and MCG medical illustration alumnus on the exhibition committee. "The incredible support from the program's older and younger graduates will make this event a treat for the audience."
Following the exhibition, the art will become part of the department's permanent collection in the David J. Mascaro Teaching Gallery in MCG Pavilion III on Laney Walker Boulevard.
The MCG Department of Medical Illustration is one of only four such programs in the country and is distinguished as the oldest continuous graduate medical illustration program in the world. Eight to nine students are accepted for each class of the 21-month master's level program.
Students not only have to be skilled artists, but must be knowledgeable in anatomy and health sciences. They take graduate-level science courses with medical students, including gross anatomy and cell biology.
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