Calendar

Family Programs

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Artrageous! Family Sunday: Instrument Petting Zoo
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Learn all about instruments as dozens of musicians provide hands-on demonstrations and mini-concerts. Create your own musical crafts.
Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Augusta Symphony.

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Toddler Time: Touchable Textures
10:00–11:00 a.m., 11:15a.m.–12:15 p.m., or 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Discover how artists use texture, then create a leaf print. For children 5 and younger. Museum family members and parents free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Register by calling 706-828-3867.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Community Celebration at Hammond's Ferry
2:00–3:30 p.m.
Enjoy crafts and the interactive dance program Journey from Africa to America by ABATSU African Drummers at Hammond's Ferry subdivision in North Augusta, South Carolina. Free. Sponsored by Kohl's in Evans.

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Toddler Time: Still Life Study
10:00–11:00 a.m., 11:15a.m.–12:15 p.m., or 12:30–1:30 p.m.
After learning about still-life paintings, sponge-paint a flower arrangement in the activity room. For children 5 and younger. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Register by calling 706-828-3867.

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Artrageous! Family Sunday: Tales of an African American Woman
2:00 p.m.
Kitty Wilson-Evans relates provocative stories of plantation life. Later, create authentic African American toys. Free.

Sunday, November 2, 2008
Artrageous! Family Sunday: Wild About Wegman
2:00 p.m.
Enjoy William Wegman's movies Alphabet Soup and Fay's Twelve Days of Christmas starring the artist's beloved Weimaraners, and create your own sun prints. Free.

Thursday, November 6, 2008
Toddler Time: Marvelous Medusa Chair!
10:00–11:00 a.m., 11:15a.m.–12:15 p.m., or 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Learn about Ida Kohlmeyer's colorful Medusa Chair, and paint your own stick-snake. For children 5 and younger. Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. Register by calling 706-828-3867.

Sunday, November 16, 2008
Teen Artist Workshop: Polaroid Transfers
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Instructor Rosanne Stutts leads students through the processes of emulsion and image transfers. Teens with a family or student museum membership, $30; nonmembers, $45. Includes all supplies. Register by calling 706-828-3867 by October 31.

Artrageous! Sunday programs are sponsored by McDonald's Owner/Operators of the Augusta CSRA. Stupendous! Saturdays are sponsored by Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Additional support for Stupendous! Saturdays and Artrageous! Sundays provided by Georgia Power Company. Free Sundays at the Morris are sponsored in part by Bank of America.