Starts: Thursday, June 13, 2013

From Calendar: Special Events

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The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a quarterly open house featuring our summer exhibitions. Enjoy gallery talks with our curators, light refreshments, an art workshop and live music. Free and open to the public. Call 706.542.4662 (GMOA) for more details.

Starts: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

From Calendar: Lectures and Gallery Talks

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Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth look at Gerald Brockhurst’s "Portrait of Jeanne Laib" (ca. 1944).

Starts: Saturday, June 15, 2013

From Calendar: Family Days

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Visit the museum's permanent collection galleries to see and hear how artists like Jay Robinson and Radcliffe Bailey have been inspired by jazz, then head to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to create your music-inspired masterpiece.

Starts: Thursday, May 30, 2013

From Calendar: Films

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In March of 1990, two thieves dressed as Boston police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and successfully executed the largest art heist in modern history. Among the 13 priceless works stolen was Vermeer’s “The Concert,” one of only 35 of the master’s surviving works. Not a single one of the works has been recovered. “Stolen” is a full exploration of the Gardner theft, and the fascinating, disparate characters involved (United States, 2006). 85 minutes. NR.

Starts: Thursday, June 6, 2013

From Calendar: Films

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Filmmaker Thierry Guetta’s project to chronicle the underground world of street art takes a fascinating twist when he meets elusive stencil artist Banksy, who turns the project around to film Guetta while he reinvents himself as a street artist. There has been debate over whether the documentary is genuine or a mockumentary, although Banksy answers “Yes” when asked if the film is real (United States, 2010). 87 minutes. R.

Starts: Thursday, April 18, 2013

From Calendar: Tours

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Kids ages 7 to 11 are invited to join us for this special interactive gallery tour. Learn about works in the museum through activities designed just for kids.

Starts: Sunday, June 23, 2013

From Calendar: Special Events

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Enjoy music by Charlie Hartness and performances by other Kress Project winners. Copies of the book will be for sale in the Museum Shop, and Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, will lead a tour of the Kress Collection at 3 p.m.

Starts: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

From Calendar: Tours

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Join docents for this tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

Starts: Sunday, April 21, 2013

From Calendar: Tours

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Join docents for this tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

Starts: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

From Calendar: Tours

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Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, will lead a tour of the exhibition "Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th-Century South Carolina."

Starts: Sunday, June 23, 2013

From Calendar: Tours

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Led by Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, and held inconjunction with the Kress Project book release party.

Starts: Thursday, April 11, 2013

From Calendar: Classes/Workshops

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Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during these hours. No instruction provided. Pencils only.

Starts: Thursday, April 18, 2013

From Calendar: Special Events

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Six of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold "Third Thursday," an event devoted to art in the evening hours, on the third Thursday of every month. GMOA, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, Ciné and ATHICA will be open from 6 until 9 p.m. on those nights to showcase their visual-arts programming. Visit 3Thurs.org for a calendar of events.