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ALL EVENTS: MAY–AUGUST, 2012

Thursday, May 3
10:00–11:00 a.m., or 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. What’s in the Box? Tracks and Trails. Learn about the untamed landscape and animals of the old Wild West and create a painting inspired by a surprise in the box. A program designed especially for toddlers and their caretakers. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Advance registration required.

Thursday, May 3
Overnight Trip to Asheville, North Carolina. We’ll tour the Biltmore Estate’s Festival of Flowers and Biltmore Winery, dine at Bouchon, and Friday morning we’ll check out Asheville’s vibrant art scene. See more details on page 7 or e-mail lauren.land@themorris.org.

Sunday, May 6
Noon–4:00 p.m. Social Canvas Is Back! See what happens when local bands play outside the museum while Augusta artists, inspired by their music, create original work. Join the art-making at creativity stations or just sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds. Acts include Bailey Jerusalem Sounds, Romance Languages, Big Kids Accordion Band, and DJ King Harold. FREE.

Sunday, May 6
Noon–4:00 p.m. Artisan Market. Find unusual handmade pieces from local artisans at the annual Artisan Market. Potters, woodworkers, jewelry designers, and more will be here—a great chance to pick up that one-of-a-kind treasure.

Friday, May 11
Noon. Films on Friday: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). After viewing the film, museum director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. FREE.

Friday, May 18
Noon. Art at Lunch: Window on the West. Arthur J. Phelan, whose collection is featured in the exhibition Window on the West, discusses Western art and the process of collecting. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by Shane’s Rib Shack. Paid reservations due May 16.

Sunday, May 20
2:00 p.m. Music at the Morris: Megan B. Lynch. Fiddler Megan B. Lynch, who frequently tours with country music legends Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, will be performing with special guest Adam Chowning, the Flat Pick Champion. FREE.

Sunday May 20
2:00–3:30 p.m. Sunday Sketch. Sketch in the galleries, with materials supplied by the museum. Check-in in the activity room. FREE.

Thursday, May 24
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Book signing with Gardening Guru James Farmer. James Farmer is BACK! Southern Living contributing editor James Farmer returns to the Morris to sign his two latest books, Porch Living and Sip & Savor: Drinks for Party and Porch, as well as his previous book, A Time to Plant: Southern Style, Garden Living. All three books are for sale in the Morris Museum Store.

Friday, June 1
Noon. Films on Friday: My Darling Clementine (1946). This John Ford classic, starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, was reportedly based on Earp’s own recollections of his time in Tombstone, Arizona. After viewing the film, museum director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. FREE.

Sunday, June 3
2:00 p.m. Artrageous! Family Sunday: Drum, Dance, Design. Enjoy a lively concert by ABATSU African drummers and dance group. Afterwards, make a wall medallion inspired by traditional African patterns. FREE.

Sunday, June 3
2:00–3:30 p.m. Sunday Sketch. Sketch in the galleries, with materials supplied by the museum. Check-in in the activity room. FREE.

Thursday, June 7
10:00–11:00 a.m. What’s in the Box?: Graceful Gardens with Fantastic Flowers. Learn about flowers, insects, and gardens, creating your own living landscape with a surprise from the box. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required.

Monday, June 11–Friday, June 15
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Summer Camp: Fly Away with Me Art Camp at Episcopal Day School. Call 706-733-1192 to register.

Friday, June 15
Noon. Art at Lunch: Bob Trotman. Artist Bob Trotman discusses his current installation, Office, which is on view in the second-floor galleries. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by A Catered Affair. Paid reservations due June 13.

Sunday, June 17
2:00 p.m. Music at the Morris: Karen Gordon and Garden City Jazz. Relax with classic and vocal jazz favorites and standards from the new American songbook. FREE.

Monday, June 18–Friday, June 22
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Summer Camp: Augusta State University Art Portfolio Prep for Rising High School Students. Call 706-828-3808 to register. 

Sunday, June 24
2:00 p.m. Lecture: The West in the American Imagination. Lecturer, author, and professor of history at Augusta State University, Cowboy Mike Searles discusses the myths and realities of life in the early American Western frontier. FREE. 

Friday, July 6
Noon. Films on Friday: High Noon (1952). Fred Zinnemann’s post-war classic stars Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. After viewing the film, museum director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. FREE. 

Sunday, July 8
Noon–4:00 p.m. Artrageous! Family Sunday: Wild Wild Westival. Grab your hat and boots and bring your cowboys and cowgirls to enjoy a day of Wild West activities. Learn roping tricks, hear cowboy stories and music, sample chuckwagon cuisine, and create down-home crafts during a family celebration of everything Western. Sponsored in part by Augusta’s Kicks 99 WKXC. FREE.

Thursday, July 12
10:00–11:00 a.m. What’s in the Box?: Native American Tales. Learn about the Hopi Indians and weave a Native American handicraft with materials from the box. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required.

Friday, July 13
Noon. Art at Lunch: The Reel West. Jim Dunham, director of special programs at the Booth Western Art Museum, discusses his thirty-year career working in the Western entertainment business, teaching movie stars how to handle guns on the big screen. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by Honey from the Rock Café. Paid reservations due July 11.

Sunday, July 15
2:00 p.m. Music at the Morris: Jim McGaw. Jim McGaw plays traditional American folk music, jazz standards, and original songs on a hammer dulcimer and guitar. FREE. 

Sunday, July 15
2:00–3:30 p.m. Sunday Sketch. Sketch in the galleries, with materials supplied by the museum. Check-in in the activity room. FREE.

Monday, July 16–Friday, July 20
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Summer Camp: Around the World in Five Days at Episcopal Day School. To register call 706-733-1192.

Thursday, July 19
6:00 p.m. Exhibition Opening Reception and Lecture: Strange Fruit and The Morris at Twenty. Artist Joseph Norman discusses his current exhibition of lithographs drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Reception follows. FREE.

Monday, July 23–Friday, July 27
11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Summer Camp: Drawing Jam! with Jay Jacobs at Augusta Preparatory Day School. To register call 706-294-8550.

Thursday, August 2
10:00–11:00 a.m. What’s in the Box?: Summer Fun at the Beach. View paintings of people enjoying themselves at the beach, and create a sculpture using items from the box. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Registration required.

Friday, August 3
Noon. Films on Friday: Porgy and Bess (1959). After viewing the film, museum director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. FREE.

Sunday, August 5
2:00 p.m. Artrageous! Family Sunday: Tara Scheyer and the Mudpuppy Band. Dance and sing along to the music of Tara Scheyer and the Mudpuppy Band. Afterwards, make a watercolor painting inspired by one of your favorite songs. FREE.

Thursday, August 9
6:00–8:30 p.m. Exhibition Opening: The Art of Alfred Hutty: From Woodstock to Charleston Sara Arnold, curator of collections at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, discusses the exhibition. Reception follows. Members, free; nonmembers, $5.00. 

Friday, August 17
Noon. Art at Lunch: Outsider and Artist: Hutty and the Soul of a City. Author and archivist Harlan Greene discusses Alfred Hutty, the artist who made a career of interpreting Charleston and the low country. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by French Market Grille. Paid reservations due August 15.

Sunday August 26
2:00–3:30 p.m. Sunday Sketch. Sketch in the galleries, with materials supplied by the museum. Check-in in the activity room. FREE.

Sunday, August 26
2:00 and 3:15 p.m. Music at the Morris: Music of the Baroque Period. Members of the Augusta State University faculty present two performances of music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. FREE.
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