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Taro Takizawa: Slipping the Splash Reception
The Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art presents Slipping the Splash, a solo exhibition by Taro Takizawa. Working across printmaking, drawing, wall vinyl installation, and two-dimensional design, Takizawa combines traditional printmaking processes with contemporary approaches while exploring nature, memory, pattern, texture, and mark-making. Takizawa is Assistant Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.…
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Panel Discussion: Writing Historical Novels
Explore the craft of historical fiction at this engaging panel discussion featuring authors Bob Young, Hildie McQueen, Michael Dock, and Ramona Elmes, moderated by Sea Stachura, President of the Authors’ Club of Augusta. The program will also include a special reveal of the recreated dress from A Woman Called Fancy by Frank Yerby.
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Frank Yerby Movie Screening of The Saracen Blade
Screening of the film adaptation of Frank Yerby’s book, The Saracen Blade Location: Lucy Craft Laney Museum Day 2 of the Laney Museum’s annual 3-day Frank Yerby Celebration Free and open to the public
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Gallery Reception: A Sense of Place National Art Exhibition
Free gallery opening for A Sense of Place Exhibition, light refreshments provided. A Sense of Place is an annual fine art competition hosted at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Each year brings together an exciting assembly of contemporary art from around the nation. Guests will view pieces by artists working across the current arts…
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Book Discussion of Frank Yerby’s The Vixens
Led by Cheryl Corbin, Ph.D and Jeffrey Jones, Professor *Free to all Day 1 of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum’s annual 3-day celebration of Augusta Native Frank Yerby