Week of Events
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.…
Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64
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…
Gathered: Photographs by Lucinda Bunnen
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…
Augusta Author Series: Dorothea Benton Frank
Augusta Author Series: Dorothea Benton Frank
Meet New York Times best-selling author Dorothea Benton Frank Tuesday, June 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Abel Brown Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar. Enjoy a three course lunch, hear the author speak, & receive a copy of Frank's newest book, Queen Bee. Purchase tickets ($64 each) Online: https://bit.ly/2VN0ASO | Benefits the Morris Museum of Art ABOUT DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK New York Times bestseller…
Create with Me: Take a Look at the Modern Masters
Create with Me: Take a Look at the Modern Masters
Explore the exhibition Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64. Afterwards, craft your own collage inspired by one of the photographs in the show. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. For kids, toddler to tween. Advance registration required.
Art Now Artist Talk: JD Walsh
Art Now Artist Talk: JD Walsh
Brooklyn- and Atlanta-based artist JD Walsh’s art installations have been written about in Artforum, Flash Art, and Sculpture magazine, and his ongoing music project Shy Layers has international distribution and has been reviewed by Pitchfork. Join him as he discusses his art installations, which have been exhibited internationally. Reception follows. FREE.
Films on Friday: The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
Films on Friday: The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
Based on the novel of the same name by Augusta author Frank Yerby, this film was directed by John M. Stahl and stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Haydn, and Victor McLaglen. Set in pre–Civil War New Orleans, it is the story of a roguish Irish-born gambler (Harrison) and his tempestuous marriage to a local beauty (O’Hara). Participants are invited to…