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Folk Art in the South: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Folk art—often characterized as outsider, visionary, or self-taught—varies widely in medium and subject matter. The range of descriptive terms applied to it does little to describe the imaginative ways in which folk artists express deeply personal ideas in visual language. They employ readily accessible materials, including found objects, to produce their work, putting mundane materials to fresh and ingenious uses.…

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Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Photographs by Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston Works from the Bank of America Collection April 27–July 21, 2019 Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64 features forty-four photographs by five of its legendary members—Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston. Many of the f/64 photographers are now regarded as some of…

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Gathered: Photographs by Lucinda Bunnen

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

One of the most respected photographers in the country, Lucinda Bunnen took up photography at the age of forty when she and her family traveled to Peru. There she discovered a love for the medium and the immediacy of its rewards, as well as a certain innate skill that she has honed ever since. As well as being a prolific…

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The Charleston Renaissance: Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

If you have not had the opportunity to view The Charleston Renaissance, be sure to do so before it closes on Sunday, October 27. Organized by guest curator Jay Williams, the exhibition includes art from the Morris Museum’s permanent collection and special loans from the South Caroliniana Library of the University of South Carolina. It includes paintings, drawings, and etchings…

Exhibition Opening: The Charleston Renaissance: Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Join us as we celebrate the opening of The Charleston Renaissance. This exhibition highlights the work of some of the leaders of this remarkable revival—Alfred Hutty, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Hobson Pittman, and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner. Lecture by guest curator Jay Williams, 6:00 p.m.; reception in the galleries, 7:00 p.m. Members, FREE; nonmembers, $5. RSVP by calling…