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Georgia Museum of Art to participate in Blue Star Museums
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Athens, GA — The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will participate this summer in Blue Star Museums, a program organized by the National Endowment for the Arts that offers free admission and special discounts to military personnel and their families from Armed Forces Day (May 18) through Labor Day (September 2).
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowm...
Museum celebrates early members of Athens Art Association
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Athens, GA — For the past 100 years, the Athens Art Association has built a community dedicated to the promotion of the arts. Laura Blackshear, a local artist and educator, founded it in 1919 with 20 charter members. She intended to form an organization that sponsored the physical production and celebration of art in Athens. From its earliest days, the Athens Art Association welcomed both men and ...
Traveling exhibition focuses on art made of paper
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Athens, GA — The state of Georgia has long been known for its five P’s in agriculture — poultry, peaches, peanuts, pecans and paper — but only one of these has attracted a wide array of Georgia artists. Organized by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia and Athens’ Lyndon House Arts Center, the exhibition “Cut and Paste: Works of Paper” will travel the state of Georgia beginning t...
UGA alumni to DJ spring Museum Mix
Monday, April 22, 2019
Athens, GA — The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host its spring Museum Mix on Thursday, April 25, from 8 to 11 p.m. All of the galleries will be open for the late-night art party. DJ duo Taylor Chicoine and Alexis Spina will be spinning the freshest tunes, and free refreshments and snacks will be provided. As always, the event is free and open to the public.
Museum M...
“Shakespeare and Love” film series
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
“Sweet lovers love the spring,” wrote William Shakespeare, and this spring in Athens, you can catch him on the big screen. This May, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will show films about or adapted from the plays of Shakespeare on Thursday nights at 7 p.m., in conjunction with the exhibition “Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy.”
The first film, “Romeo...