By: Keith Claussen on September 22, 2011 - 9:20am - Add new comment
Down South, an exhibit of paintings by Art Rosenbaum and photographs by Margo Newmark Rosenbaum opens tonight at the Morris Museum of Art, with a celebration scheduled from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Festivities will include a concert by the Skillet Lickers at 6 p.m., art activities and barbecue. The evening is free to museum members and $10 for others. Call 706-724-7501 for reservations.
By: Keith Claussen on June 30, 2011 - 9:43am - Add new comment
First Friday marks the beginning of a long holiday weekend, with downtown galleries and shops open late to welcome anyone interested in a summer evening stroll. Check out the new website for Artists' Row at http://artistsrowaugusta.com, where you'll find news and a listing of businesses that are part of the group. This month, Artists Row is spotlighting artist Dan Welden's work at Odd Fellows Gallery, Eighth Street at Ellis.
By: Keith Claussen on June 17, 2011 - 10:25am - Add new comment
You've probably seen the commercial for Canon Project Imagin8ion. It's the one where a walking skyscraper, an airborne firetruck, a bejeweled dog, an astronaut, a snake, a billboard mermaid and other mysteriously animated beings or objects float like enormous Macy's parade balloons past expansive windows of an office. Inside, producer Ron Howard examines photographs submitted for a film project.
By: Keith Claussen on May 19, 2011 - 5:44pm - Add new comment
There are arts events on both sides of the river tonight. The annual Aiken Artists Guild's members show opens in the main galleries at the Aiken Center for the Arts, and at the same time, the Terra Cognita lecture series continues at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta.
By: Keith Claussen on May 5, 2011 - 11:37am - Add new comment
We have plenty to do this first weekend in May.
Start with First Thursday celebrations on Monte Sano Avenue where shops are open late tonight. At Knick Knack Paddy Whack Emporium, several artists have works on display. Sara Pollock Searle is the featured artist for May at KKPW. An instructor at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School, she works in several media ranging from bead and button art to abstracted landscapes.
By: Keith Claussen on April 22, 2011 - 11:40am - Add new comment
Augusta's artistic diversity will be evident in the next couple of weeks, with events that spotlight art pottery, garden arts, contemporary painters and international influences.
By: Keith Claussen on April 8, 2011 - 1:46pm - Add new comment
There's no denying that golf is Augusta's primary focus this week, but not everything is totally golf. The arts events do go on.
Artist Janice Williams Whiting will hold an open house Saturday evening in Studio B on the campus of Augusta State University. She will be hosting the event from 6 to 10 p.m. Preview her work at www.janicewhiting.com, or check out Jim Garvey's profile of the artist in this month's Augusta Magazine.
By: Keith Claussen on March 24, 2011 - 5:27pm - Add new comment
Artist Kath Girdler Engler has chosen The Syntax of Objects as the title for her talk Friday in the Art at Lunch series at the Morris Museum of Art. She will discuss her unique sculptural creations, both freestanding and wall-hung, in which she combines a variety of artistic media, natural elements and found or collected objects.
By: Keith Claussen on February 24, 2011 - 3:36pm - Add new comment
If there were a hierarchy of visual arts venues in the Augusta area, the Morris Museum of Art would have to be at the top of the chart. Of course, I do have a biased viewpoint; I was its first director and was closely involved with it for a dozen years. But personal connection aside, the Morris is simply in a category by itself, distinguished from other area venues by its scope, scale and mission.
By: Keith Claussen on February 10, 2011 - 12:23pm - Add new comment
Growing up in Augusta, Philip Juras developed a fascination with the landscape, as his family made frequent trips to explore the forests and fields of the Southeast. Finding broken arrowheads in his own backyard, he would wonder what the land looked like when such things were made.
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