LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, AugustaWeek 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…
LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting
This bold exhibition includes more than fifty-five paintings by fourteen leading photorealist artists—A. D. Cook, Randy Ford, Allan Gorman, Marc G. Jones, Cheryl Kelley, Richard Lewis, Lory Lockwood, Bob Petillo, Kris Preslan, Joseph Santos, Ken Scaglia, John E. Schaeffer, Guenevere Schwien, and Harold Zabady—all of whom specialize in automobile and motorcycle imagery. Through their work, they share their enthusiasm for…
Films on Friday: Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Films on Friday: Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
A frantically funny, satirical comedy-drama, this film was directed by Preston Sturges and stars Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, and William Demarest. Sturges was nominated for a 1945 Academy Award for his screenplay. The screening is followed by a discussion. Admission and refreshments are free.
FREE Sundays at The Morris
Music at the Morris: An Afternoon of Gershwin
Music at the Morris: An Afternoon of Gershwin
Musicians and music educators Robyn Macey and Anita G. Houser perform standards from the rich and immense George and Ira Gershwin catalog. FREE.