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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…
$20
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…
Billy Morris: A 90th Birthday Celebration
With this exhibition, we celebrate the ninetieth birthday of museum founder Billy Morris. The year of his birth was momentous in more ways than can be detailed here. Donald Duck made his film debut. And the Roosevelt administration entered its first full year; its impact on American artists was profound, nowhere more so than in the South. The Public Works…
A Deep Harmony Thrumming in the Mixture: Recent Work by Kathryn Keller
A Deep Harmony Thrumming in the Mixture: Recent Work by Kathryn Keller includes thirty-five of her beautifully rendered watercolor and oil paintings of landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, and still life subjects. Her works evokes a sense of familiarity—a sense of place—and are silent, subtle salutes to the South and the Southern way of life. From towering, majestic trees in a pasture providing shade on a hot summer day…
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Create with Me! Sugar Skull Palette Party
Create with Me! Sugar Skull Palette Party
Paint a ceramic sugar skull piggy bank, inspired by the traditions of el Día de los Muertos. It’s a lively and creative way to honor Mexican culture while having fun with the whole family! Members, free; nonmembers, $5. For kids, toddler to tween. Register in advance on our website here or call 706-828-3867.
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Films on Friday: “State of the Union” (1948)
Films on Friday: “State of the Union” (1948)
This post–World War II film stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, who plays an industrial tycoon goaded into running for president, only to have his campaign thrown into turmoil by his idealistic wife. As good for the interplay between its two stars as for its story. FREE.
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FREE Sundays at The Morris
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Music at the Morris: Shaun Piazza
Music at the Morris: Shaun Piazza
Categorized as indie-folk-rock and alt-country, Shaun Piazza is a talented singer-songwriter, who has shared the stage with music legends such as Jason Isbell, the Avett Brothers, and the Godfather of Soul, just to name a few. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.