Looking for unique gifts for friends and loved ones this holiday season? The Georgia Museum of Art’s Museum Shop has a wide variety of creative items. From books, jewelry and accessories to craft supplies, toys and stationery, there’s something for everyone in the shop.
December 9 – 14, all Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art will receive 10 percent off in the shop and all Reciprocal-level and above Friends will receive 20 percent off.
Check out a few highlights from the Museum Shop below.
Stocking Stuffers
The Museum Shop has a variety of small, inexpensive trinkets that make great stocking stuffers. Check out these enamel pins of famous artists ($14.95), nature-inspired temporary tattoos ($5.50–$15) and miniature vinyl record coasters ($3/each).
Declare your love for museums in every which way with Museum Nerd mugs ($15), tote bags ($18), magnets ($3.99), iron-on patches ($9), mousepads ($10) enamel pins and button pins ($1).
Get Creative
Unwind with coloring books like “Gustav Klimt: Make Your Own Art Masterpiece” ($16.99), “Pop Art: Pop Art Pictures to Color and Draw” ($9.99), “Enchanted Forest” ($15.95), “Miniature Secret Garden” ($9.99) and “The Illuminated Tarot Coloring Book” ($16.99). The Museum Shop stocks colored pencils, markers and watercolors, as well as creative drawing prompt books.
Bring playful plushie characters to life with these crochet amigurumi kits. Kits include everything you need to get started: acrylic yarn, floss, crochet hook, needle, stuffing and instructions. ($10)
In addition to educational books covering different art forms, the shop carries artist tools to bring your ideas to life. Try out a calligraphy set ($24.99), wood burning tool ($15), oil pastels ($12.99) or stamp sets ($24.99 – $26.95).
Practical Purchases
Clay in Motion, a family owned and operated pottery studio in Oregon, specializes in functional high-fire stoneware that’s safe for the microwave, oven and dishwasher. In addition to popular hand warmer mugs ($22), the shop offers salt and pepper shakers ($35/set), small bowls ($12), mini vases ($12), coffee mugs ($20), latte mugs ($20) and soup mugs ($22).
In addition to novelty tote bag designs like “Thank You Have a Nice Day” ($15), the Museum Shop carries a variety of artist-inspired ones like Matsumoto Hoji’s woodblock frog ($10), Richard Scarry’s animals in automobiles ($14) and Andy Warhol’s soup can painting ($20).
The Museum Shop has a handful of themed playing card decks, such as Frank Lloyd Wright ($15), holographic kaleidoscope ($9.95) and NASA archive photos ($14.99). The shop also carries notecards, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings ($16), and postcards, such as Rachel Ignotofsky’s illustrations of women artists ($20). Plenty of notebooks too, like these ones inspired by a paisley archive print from the 1970s ($15) and Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Tree of Life” windows ($16).
Screen-Free Activities
Athens-based company Very Good Puzzles produces 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles featuring the artwork of local artists, such as David Hale, Cindy Jerrell, Sara Machen Fogel, Lou Kregel, Susan T. Pelham, Will Eskridge, Jill Carnes, Amy Wilmoth Watts, Jourdan Joly, Jason Thrasher, Eleanor Davis and Jeffrey Whittle. ($26)
The shop stocks a variety of LEGO sets for builders of all ages. Check out the Star Wars collectible set for battle-filled playing ($19.99), or go with a more complex building set like the Paris skyline ($49.99) or succulents ($49.99).
Authored by:
Jessica Smith
