I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones
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Mystery at the Morris
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…
The First Moment’s Observation: Paintings by Nicholas Kilmer
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…
I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones
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…
Capturing the Immediate: Impressionism in the South: Paintings from the Permanent Collection
This expansive exhibition includes figurative, still-life, and landscape paintings by many well-known and some previously undiscovered impressionist painters who worked in the South. Driven by the passionate interest of museum founders Sissie and Billy Morris, the museum has made impressionist painting an important focus of its collection since the start. More than three galleries are devoted to this groundbreaking exhibition. Although…
Create with Me! Beachy Finger Fun
Create with Me! Beachy Finger Fun
Dive into our beach craft! Use your fingerprints to create lively beach scenes and bring palm trees to life, making cherished memories with every burst of color. Free for members; $5 for nonmembers. For kids, toddler to tween. Register in advance here on our website or call 706-828-3867.
FREE Sundays at The Morris
Music at the Morris: Savannah River String Band
Music at the Morris: Savannah River String Band
Enjoy a spirited jam of traditional music played on fiddles, guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis, and bass from this local favorite. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.