Born in Dublin, Georgia, Willis Newton Morris attended but did not graduate from the University of Georgia. He remembered it fondly, however, and began having conversations with UGA development officers as early as 1984. His first gift to the museum, in 1995, totaled $1,000.
The Georgia Museum of Art’s annual holiday book sale is back and bigger than ever after last year’s hiatus. With thousands of new and used publications from all genres available, there’s something for everyone.
The annual M. Smith Griffith Volunteer Award (the “Smitty”) recognizes the Georgia Museum of Art’s most dedicated volunteers. This year’s co-recipients of the 25th Smitty award are Lacy Middlebrooks Camp and Gordhan Patel. A month ago, we featured Patel’s longtime involvement with the museum. This week, to finish out Friends Appreciation Month, we’re highlighting Camp’s efforts and contributions.
The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art is an organization made up of people and companies with a love for visual art and a passion to see it flourish. On August 19 the Friends welcomed five new board members who will serve three-year terms.
The Georgia Museum of Art is celebrating Friends Appreciation Month now through September 30. Anyone who enjoys art and is curious about the museum’s exhibitions and programs can become a Friend for free. Anyone who becomes a Friend or Annual Fund Member through the end of the month will be automatically entered into drawings for a chance to win various prizes.
The annual M. Smith Griffith Volunteer Award (the “Smitty”) recognizes the Georgia Museum of Art’s most dedicated volunteers. This year’s co-recipients of the 25th Smitty award are Lacy Middlebrooks Camp and Gordhan Patel. We’ll highlight the efforts and contributions of the winners in two parts, starting this week with Patel.
This January, the Georgia Museum of Art was set to host its 17th biennial gala, Elegant Salute. For decades, the proceeds from the evening have provided vital funding to support the museum’s programs, but the global pandemic that hit Georgia in March 2020 obviously meant that it couldn’t go ahead as planned.
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received several transformative gifts over the course of its existence. The most one came at the end of 2019, when John and Sara Shlesinger of Atlanta donated 110 works of contemporary art to the museum, a gift that, like the others before them, will fundamentally transform how the museum operates.
Gordhan Patel and his better half, Jinx, are so much a part of the life of the Georgia Museum of Art and the University of Georgia that one rarely wonders how they ended up here to begin with.
One of the benefits of becoming a Friend + Contributing Member at the Georgia Museum of Art is the reciprocal membership discounts and privileges at more than 1,000 art museums, cultural centers and historic sites throughout North America. Georgia Museum of Art members receive these benefits through four reciprocal programs: North American Reciprocal Museums (NARM) Association, Southeastern Reciprocal Membership Program (SERM), Reciprocal Organization of Associated Museums (ROAM) and College and University Art Museums (CUAM).
