Augusta artist-musician Lillie Morris has a special place in her heart for Ireland, and it seems that Ireland is as fond of her. Since her first visit in 2000, she has returned every year, often to Listowel, a town in County Kerry that has become something of a home base for her.

She has been invited to participate in an art exhibition taking place in conjunction with Listowel's annual Writer's Week festival May 27-31. She has created four collage pieces for the show: Three are based on plays by Irish author John B. Keane, and the fourth acknowledges the town's literary festival (www.writersweek.ie).

AROUND TOWN

Holly Koons McCullough , the curator of fine arts and exhibitions at the Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Ga., will present the Art at Lunch talk at noon Friday at the Morris Museum of Art.

She will be discussing the colorful life and work of Savannah artist Larry Connatser . Reservations are required, so call (706) 724-7501. Connatser's work is on exhibit through Aug. 23. See www.themorris.org.

Photographs by David Leigh are on exhibit through June 30 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History.

Christine Miller-Betts, the director of the museum, discovered Mr. Leigh's photographs on the walls of the office where he is a financial adviser and invited him to stage his first exhibition, a series of images of the historic Laney-Walker district in Augusta. See www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.org.

SUMMER ARTS CAMPS

The Morris Museum of Art and Augusta Preparatory Day School will offer a series of one-week art camps at the school. Taught by artist and certified art educator Wilma Becker, the classes will give students a chance to learn a variety of techniques and create works for an exhibit at the museum.

Scheduled sessions will cover paper and print-making, June 15-19; sculpture techniques, June 22-26; and exploring craft techniques, July 6-10. Call the Morris Museum for registration.

Summer art camp at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art will provide students ages 5-11 with an opportunity to explore a variety of media, including drawing, painting and sculpture. Columbia County camp sessions will be June 1-5, 8-12 and 15-19 at The Quest Church, 4020 Washington Road.

Downtown Augusta camp sessions will be at the art institute, 506 Telfair St., July 6-10, 13-17 and 20-24. Call (706) 724-5495 to register.

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum is planning four one-week camp sessions that will focus on art, history and preservation activities for ages 6-17. Call (706) 724-3576.

Summer Stock at the Art Factory will be held June 8-26 and July 6-24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The three-week camps for ages 6 to 16 focus musical theater with daily instruction in dance and choreography, theater and set design, music and instrumentation, and visual art and costume design.

Call (706) 731-0008.

Louise Keith Claussen is Morris Communications Corp.'s corporate art manager and advocate of Augusta's cultural arts community.