If the warm weather and blooming flowers are any indication, Spring has officially arrived in Athens. The season encourages us to stop and appreciate the beauty of our surroundings, art included. To that end, the Georgia Museum of Art’s spring calendar is full of events meant to do just that. Take a look at what we have in store for the rest of the season.
The Georgia Museum of Art Student Association is hosting its spring Student Night this February 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Student Association hosts a total of three student nights during the academic calendar. If you missed the first two this fall, be sure to attend this semester’s event, which will highlight the museum's latest exhibitions including “Kei Ito: Staring at the Face of the Sun” and “Richard Prince: Tell Me Everything.”
Welcome to 2024! A new year often means new goals, but it’s no secret that resolutions are often abandoned after just a few weeks or months. According to experts, most people abandon resolutions because goals are too ambitious and challenging, but finding easy ways to meet goals, bit by bit, is the key to success.
As 2023 comes to an end and we look forward to the new year ahead, it’s also a good time for reflection. The year was noteworthy in the history of the museum and is marked by change and celebration for what the Georgia Museum of Art is today, its founding principles and what the future holds for the institution in the years ahead. Let’s take a look at some of this year’s big moments and accomplishments.
The museum celebrated its 75th birthday in style Nov. 5, with a crowd of more than 550 in attendance for Sunday afternoon festivities that did not disappoint.
Starting November 1, the University of Georgia’s 12th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival will run all month long, with many events organized by the Georgia Museum of Art.
As the designated state art museum, the Georgia Museum of Art has long been a champion of artistic outreach around the state. “Creative Aging” programming is popular nationwide these days, thanks to seminal research in the early aughts that continues to show the positive benefits of art and creative endeavors for aging older adults. Before there was evidence-based research for older adult programming, the Georgia Museum of Art’s senior outreach programming, guided for nearly two decades by Diane Barret, helped older adults experience the joy of art well before today’s popular older adult programming.
When was the last time that you really stopped and smelled the roses, so to speak? On your last visit to a museum, did you spend more than 30 seconds looking closely at just one piece on display? Did you have your phone in hand, all the while seeing notifications, taking photos or posting content to social media about your experience?
With the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament set to kick off in just a few days, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is getting in on the action with its own single-elimination tournament.
Held on February 4, 2023, as the kick-off to the Georgia Museum of Art’s 75th anniversary year, Elegant Salute XVII raised more than $435,000 for the museum’s programs and long-term stability.
