Museum News
Robert Rauschenberg Reinstallation
On September 21, in connection with the inaugural Westobou Festival, the Morris Museum of Art will unveil Robert Rauschenberg's August Allegory (Anagrams) in its new location in the first-floor lobby of the museum. Commissioned in 1996 and completed in 1997, the Rauschenberg is an extremely large work on paper (measuring roughly five by twelve feet), created by transferring a montage of the artist's original photographs printed in vegetable dyes. The original photographs were shot during a three-day visit to Augusta by the artist, working in collaboration with his partner Darryl Pottorf and assisted by the museum's former deputy director, Rick Gruber.
Keith Claussen, director of the museum when the Rauschenberg was commissioned, wrote recently that "the work reflects his response to both the details and spirit of Augusta as he saw it, and elements include several church steeples, Springfield Church, Sacred Heart Cultural Center, a 19th century textile mill, the Confederate monument, a railroad bridge, an antebellum home, Augusta bricks, the 'haunted pillar,' and the feet of the bronze sculpture of Arnold Palmer."
August Allegory (Anagrams) has not been on view since 2002. In its new location outside the museum's auditorium, the work will be accessible to the public whenever talks and performances are held. A suite of the related photographic images will be installed along the staircase leading to the museum's second-floor lobby starting September 12. The unveiling ceremony will take place on September 21 at 3:00 p.m. and will feature a talk by poet Starkey Flythe about the artist's life.
Director's Trip 2008: Washington, D.C.
October 16–19, 2008
Join us as we head to Washington, D.C. for this year's Director's Trip which promises to be the most enjoyable and informational we've planned yet. Morris Museum director Kevin Grogan will show you around his hometown. Sign up today and spend a long weekend in Washington with great friends, delicious dining, and spectacular art.
- Included in the trip:
- A three-night stay at the renowned private Cosmos Club where only an invitation from a member can get you in. The Cosmos Club stands as "the closest thing to a social headquarters for Washington's intellectual elite," said Wallace Stegner.
- A private tour of President Woodrow Wilson's last house with its director, Frank Aucella.
- A private tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum with the museum's historian, Elizabeth Eder.
- Breakfast with Mr. Arch Campbell, NBC movie, theater, and entertainment reporter in D.C. since the 1970s.
- A private tour of the Phillips Collection, the first museum of modern art in America.
- A tour of renowned photographer, painter, and sculptor William Christenberry's home studio.
- Private dining experiences at two of Washington's great restaurants, Filomena Ristorante and Café Atlántico.
Call Lauren Powell at 706-828-3803 for more details. There is a maximum of 30 people—four single rooms and thirteen double rooms—so sign up early. Reservations and a deposit of half the cost of the trip are due on July 1, 2008.
Prices: $649 per person for double occupancy; $789 per single occupancy.
Round trip airfare and ground transportation are not included.
News archive
| June 2008 | Art Panel Exhibitions Tour Ten Georgia Counties |
| April 2008 | Local Teachers Honored with Art Award |
| April 2008 | Morris Museum Receives National Grant |
| March 2008 | 15th Annual Morris Museum Gala |
| February 2008 | Appraisal Day |
| December 2008 | Second Annual Print Fair |
| September 2007 | Southern Soul and Song Day |
| March 2006 | Morris Announces Major Acquisition |
| December 2005 | Story time partnership with library |
| November 2005 | Nature-based sculptural installations by ASU students |
| February 2005 | Wachovia Corporation announces five year commitment |
| November 2003 | Nature-based sculptural installations by ASU students |
| August 2003 | Morris Museum of Art named Smithsonian Affiliate |
