Come explore this Southern collection though a truly unique guided experience where you will uncover hidden gems and discover secrets among the artworks. A trained museum docent, a rogue journalist and you will work together to uncover artists’ secrets, discover a hidden drawing, learn about a missing painting, and find the Southern connection among the works in this Southern collection…
This expansive exhibition includes figurative, still-life, and landscape paintings by many well-known and some previously undiscovered impressionist painters who worked in the South. Driven by the passionate interest of museum founders Sissie and Billy Morris, the museum has made impressionist painting an important focus of its collection since the start. More than three galleries are devoted to this groundbreaking exhibition. Although…
With this exhibition, we celebrate the ninetieth birthday of museum founder Billy Morris. The year of his birth was momentous in more ways than can be detailed here. Donald Duck made his film debut. And the Roosevelt administration entered its first full year; its impact on American artists was profound, nowhere more so than in the South. The Public Works…
A Deep Harmony Thrumming in the Mixture: Recent Work by Kathryn Keller includes thirty-five of her beautifully rendered watercolor and oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, and still life subjects. Her works evokes a sense of familiarity—a sense of place—and are silent, subtle salutes to the South and the Southern way of life. From towering, majestic trees in a pasture providing shade on a hot summer day…
Escape to the Low Country through the vibrant work of renowned Gullah artist Jonathan Green at the Thirty-Second Annual Morris Museum of Art Gala on Saturday, March 8, 2025. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. An exquisite evening of exceptional cuisine, live entertainment, and modern elegance, the Gala 2025 will celebrate this Charleston artist and highlight several newly acquired works…
In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the year of the snake. Hear the snake-inspired legend of the Bayou Teche, a mythical tale from the indigenous Chitimacha Tribe, while viewing the painting Bayou Teche by Meyer Straus. Afterwards, paint a wiggling wooden snake. Free for members; $5 for nonmembers. For kids, toddler to tween. Register in advance here or call 706-828-3867.
Louisiana artist Keller will discuss work featured in the current exhibition A Deep Harmony Thrumming in the Mixture: Recent Work by Kathryn Keller with museum director Kevin Grogan. A reception follows.
New year, new perspective! Train your eyes to see differently when you create animals using only geometric shapes. Watch as simple triangles come together to create birds, alligators, and more! FREE.
Hear this Augusta-based guitarist and vocalist perform blues, southern rock, and alt-country. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.
Show love for your family, friends, and yourself by making friendship bracelets this Valentine’s season. Use beads to spell out just what your heart wants to say! FREE.
