The Many Things That Fall in Between: Recent Work by Baker Overstreet
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Folk Art in the South: Selections from the Permanent Collection
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.…
Recent Abstractions by Anne Marchand
Anne Marchand was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She says that growing up in such a colorful environment, redolent with Spanish, French, and African influences, left a lasting impression on her color sensibility. She traveled widely throughout the South, which had a similarly profound effect on her developing visual vocabulary of form and color derived from nature. She earned a bachelor’s…
The Many Things That Fall in Between: Recent Work by Baker Overstreet
Baker Overstreet’s first solo show at the Morris Museum of Art features new paintings—in the artist’s words, “wildly colorful” works on panel, ranging from the very small to the very large. Predominantly abstract, they reference many things—“ghastly hybrid animals, seductresses, deviant clowns, and many things that fall in between.” These paintings represent a new direction for the artist: “to explore the…
Create with Me: Mysterious Beings
Create with Me: Mysterious Beings
View the new exhibition by Baker Overstreet. Afterwards, create your own fantastical creatures inspired by the show. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Advance registration required. Call 706-828-3867 to register.
Films on Friday: The Firm (1993)
Films on Friday: The Firm (1993)
This American legal thriller, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, and Holly Hunter, is based on John Grisham’s 1991 novel of the same title. The screening is followed by a discussion. Admission and refreshments are free.