Dale L. Couch, the Georgia Museum of Art’s curator of decorative art and director of the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, will officially retire this year (at the end of Feb...
Ryan Woods is no stranger to the fine arts. Even before his acceptance to the University of Georgia, he spent a summer working in Athens as an apprentice for machinist David King.
September was something of a tsunami of activity for me. At the end of August and then for for ten days I was in Japan as a delegate for the U.S. branch of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)....
The University of Georgia's annual Spotlight on the Arts festival returns for its eighth year with dozens of exhibitions and performances in the visual, literary and performing arts November 6 – 17.
Did you know the Georgia Museum of Art could host your special event? The museum’s boutique venue is perfect for intimate, yet sophisticated gatherings. Whether it is a seated rehearsal dinner, weddin...
At the Georgia Museum of Art, only a fraction of the museum’s collections are exhibited in the galleries. As a result, numerous works are loaned out to other art and history museums all across the cou...
A key part of our mission here at the Georgia Museum of Art is to provide art for everyone in the wider Athens community, whether they be students, local professionals or families. This goal is only a...
The Georgia Museum of Art is holding an exhibition of Mary Lee Bendolph’s work from October 5 to December 29, 2019. The exhibition includes 17 Bendolph works that have been produced during the last fo...
The museum’s staff put in countless hours and unwavering dedication to make the museum’s well-oiled machine run effortlessly, and our new security supervisor LeAnne Hilliard has emerged as one of the ...
The annual M. Smith Griffith “Smitty” Volunteer award recognizes the Georgia Museum of Art’s most dedicated volunteers. This year’s recipient of the twenty-third Smitty Award is Todd Emily.
The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art is an organization that encompasses people and companies with a love for visual art and a passion to see it flourish. For 2019 – 20, the Friends will welcome f...
We have tons of events on the schedule this fall to further your understanding of the art on view. Here are all the lectures and gallery talks we have scheduled, in an easy-to-find format.
Ever wanted the fun of our monthly Family Days but on a weekday afternoon? The Georgia Museum of Art is offering a new monthly after-school program, Art Cart (After Class) for the whole family. The pr...
We’ve tried for years to get our director, William U. Eiland, to tweet, but social media is not his forte. Instead, we’ll be bringing you occasional insights from him in a longer form on this blog. Re...
The 5th-Grade Tours program at the Georgia Museum of Art is one of our most successful — a wonderful partnership with the Clarke County School District (CCSD), the University of Georgia’s Experience U...
The Georgia Museum of Art is looking to fill a position in communications. The assistant editor will help research, edit and produce the publications generated by the museum, both exhibition-related a...
“Women of the WPA,” “Larger Than Life: Mural Studies” and “Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection” are three companion exhibition...
The Georgia Museum of Art recently acquired two pieces of 16th-century Italian Renaissance maiolica with funds provided by the Virginia Y. Trotter Decorative Arts Endowment and the William Underwood E...
Gordhan Patel and his better half, Jinx, are so much a part of the life of the Georgia Museum of Art and the University of Georgia that one rarely wonders how they ended up here to begin with.
