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As Others See Us / As We See Ourselves: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

The Morris Museum’s collections have unusual depth and richness in types, styles, and mediums of art. For example, the museum’s holdings of folk art, photography, American impressionist painting, and studio art glass are all equally varied and extensive.  One of the more intriguing and previously unexplored groups of paintings in the collection is made up of artists’ self-portraits. It is…

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The First Moment’s Observation: Paintings by Nicholas Kilmer

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Nicholas Kilmer, a native of Washington, D.C., grew up in Virginia, attended American University, the Catholic University of America, and Georgetown University. After earning a master’s degree at Harvard University, he embarked on a decades-long career in education. In 1988 he founded Nicholas Kilmer Fine Art and has devoted himself primarily to his painting ever since. Since the 1970s, he…

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I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Myrtle Jones, an accomplished artist, is closely associated with Savannah, her home for most of her adult life.  Born in Forsyth County, Georgia, she grew up in Winder, Georgia, and worked as a hairdresser before moving to Savannah in 1943. She first took up painting in 1950, when she studied at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences with Emil…

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Mystery at the Morris

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta

Come explore this Southern collection though a truly unique guided experience where you will uncover hidden gems and discover secrets among the artworks. A trained museum docent, a rogue journalist and you will work together to uncover artists’ secrets, discover a hidden drawing, learn about a missing painting, and find the Southern connection among the works in this Southern collection…

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