Where a resort hotel and later a veterans hospital once stood, there's now a giant dog bone. It's part of an installation of site-specific outdoor sculptures created by Augusta State University students on grounds owned by the Morris Museum of Art. The site is on Comfort Road near the entrance to Forest Hills Golf Course and adjacent to Newman Tennis Center.

Visitors will find 14 sculptures produced by students in professor Brian Rust's installation class interspersed among ancient magnolia trees. For information on the projects, call (706) 667-4888, or check morrismuseum.blogspot.com.

Meanwhile, back indoors at Augusta State, Alex Murawski is the featured artist in the New Space Gallery. Mr. Murawski teaches illustration and drawing at the University of Georgia, where he is an associate professor in the graphic design department.

There are numerous other exhibits and events this month.

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At the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, the annual African-American Quilt Exhibit is on display through November.

3 SHOWS

At the Aiken Center for the Arts, three shows have opened. The Women on Women, Richard Hagerty and Dale Keene exhibitions are on display through mid-November. Also, tonight the fundraising gala A Taste of Wine & Art will be at the center.

This is the last week to see A Sense of Place, the national juried exhibition at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. The show features works by 30 artists, including several with local ties. It's also the last week for The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, an exhibit of creatively crafted teapots by ceramicist Shishir Chokshi. Both shows close Saturday.

The Morris Museum of Art has several events in the next week or two. On Saturday, there will be a free student portfolio workshop and review from 9 a.m. until noon. Local professors and art professionals will discuss what it takes to create a solid art portfolio for college admission and offer portfolio reviews.

On Sunday will be a screening of the film Benny Andrews: The Visible Man, followed by a gallery talk with museum docent and Creative Conversations member Gloria Greenbaum. The free program begins at 3 p.m.

The museum's popular Art at Lunch series continues Oct. 23 with the topic William Christenberry's Vernacular: Documentary and Art. Dr. E.G. Daves Rossell, author and architectural history professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design, will be the speaker. Lunch will be provided by Roux's Catering, and reservations are due by Wednesday. There's more information on the museum's newly redesigned Web site, www.themorris.org.

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Augusta artist and gallery owner Wanta Davenport is featured in the Artist Focus section of the October issue of American Art Collector magazine. She is resident artist and owner of Artistic Perceptions Inc. at 551 Broad Street. See her work at www.wantadavenport.com.

WAR!

Fire House Gallery in Louisville, Ga., is showing An Artist's Reaction to War. The exhibit features artists responding to the Iraq war and other contemporary conflicts. An opening reception will be held Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Also Saturday, South Carolina naturalist, professor and commentator Rudy Manke will present A Conversation in the Gardens at 2 p.m. at Hickory Hill in Thomson. It is in conjunction with the exhibit Southern Naturalists: Audubon in Context.

CASHIN SYMPOSIUM

Augusta history buffs should take note of the Edward J. Cashin Memorial Symposium presented this weekend by ASU's Center for the Study of Georgia History. It begins Friday at 10 a.m. at the Augusta Museum of History. Friday night and Saturday sessions will be at ASU from 2 to 4 p.m. It is free. For a schedule, call the Center for the Study of Georgia History at (706) 667-4101.