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Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton

November 20, 2011 — February 3, 2012

A full survey of Leighton’s career, from her earliest prints in the 1920s that depict the labors of the English working classes to a selection of her rarely seen watercolors

Buon Natale: Holiday Prints by Elizabeth Bailey

November 12, 2011 — January 8, 2012

Holiday woodcuts by the Georgia native and professor at Wesleyan College in Macon

Edmund Lewandowski: Precisionism and Beyond

September 10, 2011 — December 4, 2011

This monographic exhibition featured almost 50 examples of the artist’s work and examined his career and impact as an artist and educator.

Fleeting Pleasures: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art

August 31, 2011 — October 30, 2011

27 prints from the museum’s permanent collection, including the 19th-century iconic image “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”

Hot Metal and Cool Paper: The Black Art of Making Books

August 27, 2011 — November 6, 2011

Works by private presses, including books printed by LaNana Creek Press, the Press of the Nightowl and Tinhorn Press

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

August 27, 2011 — November 6, 2011

This exhibition illustrated the fascinating fusion of art with popular culture and music history

Introduction to the Centers

August 15, 2011 — March 4, 2012

A brief introduction to the museum’s four Study Centers in the Humanities

Lamar Dodd: Paintings and Drawings

July 2, 2011 — August 28, 2011

Featuring 100 images, this special exhibition during the museum’s reopening year celebrated Dodd’s career and juxtaposed his drawings with many of his related watercolors and paintings