MARCH, 2012

Friday, March 2
7:00 p.m. The Nineteenth Annual Morris Museum of Art Gala. 2012 gala cochairs Mrs. Sutton Stracke and Dr. Alan Whitehouse promise an evening of delicious fare, live entertainment, dancing, and a raffle. The gala will feature the exhibition Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte. For tickets or sponsorship information, call 706-828-3825.   

Saturday, March 3 and Saturday, March 10
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Artist Workshop: Golf Landscapes in Pastel. Lucy McTier, one of the featured artists in the exhibition Fore! Images of Golf in Art, guides participants through the process of creating a pastel drawing inspired by the curious landscape of golfing greenways. Members, $80; nonmembers, $95. Paid registration due by February 29. 

Sunday, March 4
2:00–4:00 p.m. Artrageous! Family Sunday: The Super Fun Show. The Super Fun Show makes a stop in Augusta, with its award-winning performance of songs, stories, and interactive good times. Afterwards, make a fun foam sculpture inspired by the performance. FREE.

Thursday, March 8
10:00–11:00 a.m., or 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. New program: What’s in the Box? Dip, Drip, and Roll. Learn about artists from the exhibition Fore! Images of Golf in Art and create a painting using secret objects from the box! A program designed especially for toddlers and their caretakers. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required.

Friday, March 9
Noon. Films on Friday: Pat and Mike (1952). After viewing the film, museum director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. FREE.

Wednesday, March 14
6:00 p.m. Southern Circuit Film Series: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man.This film follows acclaimed director and choreographer Bill T. Jones as he and his company create their most ambitious work, an original dance-theater piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial. Premiering on the heels of Jones’s Tony Award for Fela! and 2010 Kennedy Center Honor, A Good Man is a window on the creative process and the creative crisis felt by an artist as he explores what it means to be a good man, a free man, and a citizen. After viewing the movie, enjoy a question-and-answer session with directors Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn. Members, free; nonmembers, $3.00.

Friday, March 16
Noon. Art at Lunch: Shrimp, Collards and Grits. Pat Branning, former food and entertainment commentator on South Carolina ETV and author of Shrimp, Collards and Grits, discusses how her highly acclaimed book featuring low-country art, recipes, and stories came together. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by Fat Man’s Mill Café. Paid reservations due March 13.

Sunday, March 18
2:00 p.m. Music at the Morris: Music of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. A concert presented by Augusta State University music faculty and colleagues. FREE.

Sunday, March 18
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.

Thursday, March 22
6:00 p.m. Exhibition Celebration: Fore! the Love of Golf Party. Meet some of the artists from the show including Frank Christian, Linda Hartough, Timothy J. Clark, and Lucy McTier and enjoy azalea cocktails, pimento cheese sandwiches, putting greens, and special art projects during the party celebrating the Morris’s exhibition of contemporary golf art. Museum members, $5.00; nonmembers, $10.00. Call to RSVP.

Sunday, March 25
2:00 p.m. Lecture: Timothy J. Clark. Nationally recognized painter Timothy J. Clark, whose work is on view in the Fore! exhibition, speaks about his artistic career and how artists throughout history have connected golf with art. Coffee reception follows. FREE.
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