Mary Whyte, Trap, Crabber, Pinpoint, Georgia, 2008.
Private collector. Image courtesy of the artist.
Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte
DECEMBER 3, 2011–MARCH 11, 2012
In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South.
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Collin Rhodes Pottery, storage jar with two ear handles,
ca. 1850. Alkaline-glazed stoneware with brushed iron,
trailed kaolin slip decoration. The Ferrell Collection.
Edgefield Pottery from the Ferrell Collection
CLOSES APRIL 3, 2012
Drawn from the collection of Terry and Stephen Ferrell, this selection of Edgefield pottery represents one of
the great, historic traditions in Southern decorative arts.
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Dan Rizzie, Golfer–Bill Murray, 2006. Watercolor
and ink on paper. Image courtesy of Harmon-Meek Gallery.
Fore!: Images in Golf
FEBRUARY 4–APRIL 15, 2012
Not surprisingly, the history of golf in America is tied to the South. ln 1743, there is a record of a shipment of golf clubs and balls delivered from Leith, Scotland, to Charleston, South Carolina.
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Eudora Welty, Side Show, State Fair, undated. Morris
Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. Gift of Julia J. Norrell.
Eudora Welty: Twenty Photographs
FEBRUARY 28–MAY 6, 2012
Drawn from the Morris Museum's permanent collection, these photographs by Eudora Welty, one of the grande dames of American belles lettres, capture with astonishing clarity the rural South.
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Lone Wolf, Scouts on Watch, 1921. Oil on canvas.
The Phelan Collection.
Window on the West: Views from the American Frontier
MARCH 24–JULY 21, 2012
This exhibition of highlights from the collection of Arthur J. Phelan offers an intriguing glimpse of the American West through sixty objects, including paintings large and small, as well as gem-like works on paper in a variety of styles.
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