Week of Events
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…
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…
The Gala 2025
Escape to the Low Country through the vibrant work of renowned Gullah artist Jonathan Green at the Thirty-Second Annual Morris Museum of Art Gala on Saturday, March 8, 2025. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. An exquisite evening of exceptional cuisine, live entertainment, and modern elegance, the Gala 2025 will celebrate this Charleston artist and highlight several newly acquired works…
Art Now Artist Talk: Larry Shutts
Art Now Artist Talk: Larry Shutts
This Atlanta fine art conservator will discuss the techniques he uses to restore paintings as he goes through the stages of restoration. Reception follows. FREE. RSVP to 706-828-3867.