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Kathrin Merritt
October 28, 2021
Museum celebrates Spotlight on the Arts
The Georgia Museum of Art is excited to help celebrate the University of Georgia’s 10th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival. The festival is centered around creating community through the arts, from both local and international leaders, right here in Athens. Throughout the entire month of November, the museum will be hosting events for people of all ages and art experiences as a part of the festival.
Tours at Two
Wednesday, November 3 and 10, 2 p.m.
These drop-in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection, are led by museum docents and will occur on the first two Wednesdays of November.
Artist Talk: Daniel Hesidence
Thursday, November 4, 5:30 p.m.
Daniel Hesidence creates his paintings out of memory and the unconscious, their abstract surfaces always balancing chaos and order, intimacy and distance, attraction and repulsion. His work proceeds in series, each picture like a miniature universe and also a suite in a larger symphony. In this talk, Hesidence will discuss his larger body of work, with a focus on his four paintings currently on view in “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger.” Reserve free tickets for this lecture here.
Student Week: Neo-Abstraction
November 4, 5 and 7, 1 – 5 p.m. daily
The Georgia Museum of Art Student Association hosts a special Student Week program to celebrate the museum’s fall exhibitions, including “Neo-Abstraction.” Drop by the museum (except for Saturday, when we’re closed this week) to explore the galleries with a fun scavenger hunt and pick up a free “Art To-Go” kit to create your own work of art at home. Student Week is generously sponsored by the UGA Parents Leadership Council.
Prints and Poetry: Native American Art and Literature at the Georgia Museum of Art
Thursday, November 11, 5:30 p.m.
This event celebrates a partnership between the museum and the department of English at UGA, centered on the exhibition “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers.” Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, will present an overview of the show, followed by a roundtable conversation about Indigenous poetry and artmaking with LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, and Christine Lasek-White, assistant director of creative writing. In spring 2021, Howe and Lasek-White worked with UGA graduate students to produce recordings of Native poetry published in the “Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry” (2020), which Howe edited with Joy Harjo (Muscogee) and Jennifer Elise Forester (Muscogee). These recordings complement prints in the “Collective Impressions” exhibition, and visitors can listen to the poems while inside the gallery. This program is supported by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Reserve your free tickets for this event here.
Teen Studio: Neo-Abstraction
Thursday, November 11, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Teens ages 13 – 18 are invited to this studio-based workshop led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. Visit the exhibition “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger” and then create your own inspired contemporary art from a variety of materials. Pizza donated by DePalma’s Italian Café.
Family Day: Collective Impressions
Saturday, November 13, 10 a.m. – noon
This exhibition looks at the history of printmaking as a medium among Native American artists during the second half of the 20th century. Check out prints by influential Indigenous artists, participate in fun Art Cart activities in the galleries and then make your own print at home using the free Family Day To-Go art kit. Other Family Day activities are taking place all over campus. Click here for a full schedule.
Sunday Spotlight Tour
November 14, 3 p.m.
These drop-in public tours feature highlights of the permanent collection and are led by museum docents.
Toddler Tuesday: Printmaking
Tuesday, November 16, 10 a.m.
Enjoy looking at art and storytime together in the galleries, and then complete an art activity just for the little ones. This free program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Seats are limited; email gmoa-tours@uga.edu to reserve a spot.
4’33” Research in the Arts Competition
Tuesday, November 16, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
This competition highlights scholarly research by UGA students about any art form or combination of art forms, including (but not restricted to): visual art, music, theatre, dance, film, literature, media arts or performance art. Focusing on historical, theoretical and critical research in the arts, the competition provides an opportunity for students to present their research to the university community.
Artful Conversation: Matthew Brandt’s “Great Salt Lake UT 5”
Wednesday, November 17, 2 p.m.
Artful Conversation programs are 30 minutes long, focus on one or a few works of art and provide opportunities for close looking, open-ended dialogue and discovery. This one focuses on Matthew Brandt’s photograph “Great Salt Lake UT 5,” on view in the exhibition “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger,” with Callan Steinmann, curator of education.
Zoom Panel Discussion: Perspectives on “Whitman, Alabama”
Thursday, November 18, 4 p.m.
This Zoom panel discussion moderated by Valerie Boyd (Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence and associate professor of journalism at the University of Georgia) will also feature filmmaker Jennifer Crandall and Cody Marrs, professor of English at UGA. Co-organized by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
For more information on these events, visit our calendar or the festival's website. We look forward to celebrating the arts with you and the Athens community!