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.…
The Eugene Fleischer Collection of Studio Art Glass
The history of the studio art glass movement in America is relatively brief. Its origins can be pinpointed precisely to two workshops conducted by ceramist Harvey Littleton, who was interested in the potential of glass as an artistic medium, and chemist and engineer Dominick Labino held at the Toldeo Museum of Art in 1962. Littleton had envisioned a more or…
Art at Lunch: Joye Cottage
Art at Lunch: Joye Cottage
Author and artist Steven Naifeh discusses his more-than-twenty-five-year-long renovation project, bringing Aiken’s historic Joye Cottage back to a state of splendor. Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due February 19.
FREE Sundays at The Morris
Music at the Morris: Ludmila Peterková
Music at the Morris: Ludmila Peterková
The accomplished Czech clarinetist and founding member of Prague Philharmonia performs. FREE.