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Student and Teacher Opportunities

Be Our Guest!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 5:00–6:30 p.m.
Join us for Educator Appreciation Night, an evening of gallery talks, art activities, and light refreshments. Free to all public and private school teachers, administrators, support staff, and their families and friends.

Adult Artist Workshop:
House Portraits in Watercolor
Saturday, September 17, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.,
Sunday, September 18, noon–4:30
Painter Randy Lambeth demonstrates various techniques to paint architectural structures. All materials included. Members, $100; nonmembers, $115 per participant. Paid registration is required by September 12. Register by calling 706-828-3867. PLU credit may be available to teachers from select counties. Please call 706-828-3808 for more details.

Student Art Needed
We are currently accepting applications from interested teachers to display student work in the Activity Room Gallery during the months of September 2011 through July 2012. Art instructors from schools and organizations in the CSRA are eligible to submit exhibition proposals to show work completed by students in grades pre-K–12. The space is available for two-month periods, with each show lasting approximately eight weeks.

Adult Writing Workshop:
Writing the Past
Saturday, October 15, 1:00–4:30 p.m.
Cultural historian Vennie Deas Moore shares writing tips and techniques that will bring personal memoirs, family narratives, or historical fiction to life. The workshop includes group readings and critiques, as well as exercises and strategies to get your creativity flowing. Members, $40; nonmembers, $55 per participant. Paid registration required by October 9.

Download a proposal form.
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Field Trips
Make your 2011–2012 school year field trip plans today!
Free Public School Tours!
The Morris is pleased to announce that we now offer free tours for K–12 public schools, thanks to a generous grant from the Creel-Harison Foundation. Activity fees for optional art projects and workshops still apply. To book a tour today, call 706-828-3867.

Field Trip Spotlight

Lamar Dodd, Bargain Basement,1937. Morris Museum
of Art, Augusta, Georgia.

Georgia Studies: Art and Artifacts
for Grades 2–5 and 8
Learn about the people, places, and activities that helped shape our region by viewing and interpreting art and objects. The tour can be combined with an optional bookmaking project to further enhance the experience.

View all of our other tour offerings online.
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Upcoming Programs
September 2011

Sunday, September 11, 2:00 p.m.
Artrageous! Family Sunday:
Around the Town with Mr. Bill
Join entertainer Mr. Bill as he celebrates our hometown with songs and stories. Afterwards, make a painting inspired by our city's landmarks. FREE.
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Wednesday, September 14, 6:00 p.m.
Southern Circuit Film Series:
Concrete, Steel & Paint
After viewing the movie, enjoy a question-and-answer session with codirector and producer Tony Heriza. Members, free; nonmembers, $3.00.
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Sunday, September 18, 2:00 p.m.
Music at the Morris: Angela Renée Simpson
Dramatic soprano Angela Renée Simpson presents a selection of songs by African American composers. FREE.
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Sunday, September 18, 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.
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Thursday, September 22, 5:30–8:00 p.m.
Exhibition Opening:
Down South: Paintings by Art Rosenbaum,
Photographs by Margo Newmark Rosenbaum
Celebrate the opening of Down South, featuring artwork by the 2011 Westobou Festival signature artist Art Rosenbaum and his wife, Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. The event includes heavy hors d'oeuvres, a 6:00 concert featuring the Skillet Lickers, and fun art projects. Free for museum members; nonmembers, $10.00. Call 706-724-7501 to RSVP.
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Sunday, September 25, 2:00 p.m.
Lecture:
Preservation of Place: The Art of Edward Rice
Director Kevin Grogan moderates a panel discussion about the development of the exhibition Preservation of Place and the accompanying catalog with artist Edward Rice, noted art critic Jeffrey Day, art historian Martha R. Severens, and gallery owner Wim Roefs. Reception and book signing with the speakers to follow. FREE.
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October 2011

Saturday, October 1, 5:00 p.m.
Porter Fleming Literary Competition
Awards Ceremony
Help honor the winners of this year's competition. The ceremony includes a talk by best-selling author Ann Patchett, followed by a reception. FREE.
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Sunday, October 2, 2:00 p.m.
Artrageous! Family Sunday:
Symphony Petting Zoo
Learn all about instruments, as dozens of musicians provide hands-on demonstrations, and create your own musically inspired crafts. Cosponsored by the Friends of Symphony Orchestra Augusta. FREE.

Call 706-828-3867 to register for education programs.

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Mr. Bill

Concrete, Steel & Paint


Angela Renée Simpson


Art Rosenbaum, Outside Carnesville, 1983–1984. Courtesy of Morris Communications Company.

Margo Newmark Rosenbaum, Howard Finster with Banjo, undated. Courtesy of the artist.

Edward Rice, Carpenter Gothic, 2009–2010. Courtesy of the artist.

Symphony Petting Zoo

Exhibitions

John Abbot, Great Brown Hawk, 1790.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.

Naturalists in the South:
Abbot, Audubon, Catesby, and Wilson
July 2–September 25, 2011
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Margo Newmark Rosenbaum,
Rev. Nathan Palmer, 1993.
Courtesy of the artist.

Down South: Paintings by Art Rosenbaum,
Photographs by Margo Newmark Rosenbaum
September 17–November 6, 2011
Famed painter, muralist, illustrator, and the 2011 Westobou Festival Signature Artist Art Rosenbaum and his wife Margo, a well-known photographer, assembled two, Grammy award–winning box sets of field recordings of roots musicians performing songs and hymns unique to the South.
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Edward Rice, 923 Telfair, 1982–1985.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.
Donated by Bankers First Savings Bank
in honor of T. Richard Daniel.

Preservation of Place:
The Art of Edward Rice
August 27–November 20, 2011
Organized by the Morris Museum of Art, Preservation of Place: The Art of Edward Rice, is a retrospective exhibition of one of the South's most renowned contemporary painters.
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The Morris Museum's Student Tours and Teacher Services guide. Download a PDF here.

Ida Kohlmeyer, Composition 95-22, 1995. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.