Arts Preview: ART

GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART: 506 Telfair St., (706) 722-5495, ghia.org; open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, by appointment Saturday; adult and children’s classes available
• Exhibitions
Sept. 14: Leonard “Porkchop” Zimmerman: Love Stories opening reception 6-8 p.m., through Oct. 19; A Sense of Place Juried Fine Art Competition and Exhibition opening reception and awards presentation 6-8 p.m. Sept. 14, free, through Oct. 19

LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY: 1116 Phillips St.; (706) 724-3576, lucycraftlaneymuseum.com; open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; admission $5 adults, $3 military and ages 62 and older, $2 ages 17 and younger
• Art exhibitions
Through Sept. 29: Social ARTiFacts: A World Vision through Art
Oct. 1-Dec. 31: Quilt Exhibition

• Events
Oct. 10: Senior Luncheon with the Rev. Nathaniel Irvin, speaker; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; $10; reservations required by Oct. 3
Oct. 26-27: This Place Matters: Preserving Augusta’s African-American Communities starts 7 p.m. Oct. 26

MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: 1 10th St.; (706) 724-7501, themorris.org; open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m.; $5 adults, $3 seniors, ages 13-17 and military with ID; free for members and ages 12 and younger; free Sundays

• Exhibitions
Through Sept. 16: The Morris at Twenty; Strange Fruit: Lithographs by Joseph Norman
Through Sept. 30: Office: Sculpture by Bob Trotman
Through Oct. 28: The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston
Sept. 22-Dec. 2: Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel
Nov. 15: Exhibition Opening and Lecture: Reflections on Water in American Painting
Dec. 1: Silhouette Portraits by artist Clay Rice
March 2-May 26: Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection

• Events
Sept. 6: What’s in the Box: 20 Birds Party
Sept. 25-Oct. 14: Free for 20 Days! (free admission)
Oct. 4: What’s in the Box: Make a Mini Model
Oct. 6: Porter Fleming Literary Competition Awards Ceremony
Oct. 10: Day Trip to Columbia Museum of Art
Oct. 17: The Morris Goes to the Dawgs: Tailgating and Book Signing with Vince Dooley
Nov. 1: What’s in the Box: Portraits of Plenty of People!
Nov. 3-4: Library Book Sale
Nov. 9-10: Symposium: Making War: Confederate Manufac­turing in Augusta and the South
Nov. 10-11: Senn Designs Trunk Show, Susan Senn-Davis
Dec. 1: Tara Scheyer Holiday Music Jamboree and Crafts in the Galleries
March 1: Morris Museum Gala

• Artrageous! Family Sunday programs begin at 2 p.m.
Sept. 9: Happy Birthday, Morris Museum!
Oct. 7: Symphony Petting Zoo
Nov. 4: Car Crazy!

• Music at the Morris series performances begin at 2 p.m.
Sept. 16: Laquita Mitchell
Oct. 21: Claude Bourbon
Nov. 11: Shaun Piazza
Dec. 2: Christmas in the City with Pianist Tim Owings

• Budweiser True Music Southern Soul & Song series concerts are at 7:30 p.m. at Imperial Theatre; $13, $19, $24, $37; series tickets are available; southernsoulandsong.org
Sept. 14: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Oct. 19: Dailey & Vincent
Nov. 16: Steep Canyon Rangers
Dec. 14: Suzy Bogguss
Jan. 18: Sam Bush
Feb. 15: Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue

• Lectures
Sept. 28: Art Now: Anthony Goicolea
Oct. 14: Gary Russeth
Nov. 16: The Enduring Influence of Classical Cultures, Karen Klacsmann
Nov. 30: Arts and Issues in Northern European Culture

• Art at Lunch series begins at noon; members, $10; nonmembers, $14
Sept. 14: Jim Harrison
Oct. 12: Richard Stenhouse
Nov. 9: The Wanderer Project, with Dr. Mark Newell and April Hynes

• Films begin at noon; free
Sept. 7: Gabriel over the White House (1933)
Oct. 5: State of the Union (1948)
Nov. 2: The Last Hurrah (1958)

• Southern Circuit Independent Film Series; 6 p.m. screenings, question-and-answer session with filmmaker; $3 nonmembers
Sept. 18: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Oct. 16: Otis under Sky
Nov. 6: Smokin’ Fish

• Classes and workshops
Oct. 27-28: Artistic Transfers – Rosanne Stutts
Nov. 17-18: Jay’s Flying Fish Cutouts – Jay Jacobs