Just My Imagination

Art workshops come to you

The Just My Imagination program brings an art-making experience to venues across the state of Georgia at no charge. Your organization may host an artist-led workshop developed to give individuals a basic foundation from which they can build their skills long after the class has ended. Choose from a variety of workshop topics including watercolor, printmaking, bead weaving and drawing. Just My Imagination workshops are recommended for children ages 7 to 14 (chaperones required) and scheduled based on availability on Saturdays. This program is sponsored by the Turner Family Foundation in memory of Nancy C. Turner. For more information, email gmoa-tours@uga.edu.

Many rural areas in Georgia do not have the resources to support community art centers or arts programming of their own. Aiming to help fill this gap, the museum established its Just My Imagination program in 1992 to provide children living in underserved and rural areas with free art workshops.

Just My Imagination serves over 200 children each year through in-person workshops. Workshops are held at 10 or so different libraries each summer, and art instructor Toni Carlucci typically leads additional programs throughout the school year in Athens at locations such as Lay Park, Heard Community Center and Rocksprings Community Center.

In preparation for each workshop, the museum’s learning and engagement department trains an available teaching artist, sends them the necessary supplies and pairs them with a partnering location. The museum has been able to extend its services into more rural areas by networking with UGA art education alumni who are spread out across the state.