June 2019
Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64
Exhibition Dates: April 27th - July 21st, 2019 Gallery: The Morris Museum of Art Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday: Noon–5 PM Closed Mondays and major holidays Photographs by Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston Works from the Bank of America Collection Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64 features forty-four photographs by five of its legendary members—Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston. Many of the f/64…
Find out more »Music at the Morris: Ezra Hampton
June 16th, 2019 | 2 PM - 3 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Local acoustic guitarist Ezra Hampton plays introspective singer-songwriter music. FREE. Made possible by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation. Find more Morris Events online HERE!
Find out more »Art at Lunch: A Monument in Macon
Friday, June 21st, 2019 | 12 PM - 2:30 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Gordon Johnston discusses his book, coauthored with Matthew Jennings, Ocmulgee National Monument: A Brief History with Field Notes, about the national monument located in Macon, Georgia, that conserves ancient Mississippian mounds and twelve thousand years of human presence along the Ocmulgee River. Cost: Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due June 19. Call 706-828-3867 to register for education programs. Find more…
Find out more »The Charleston Renaissance: Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music
Exhibition Dates: June 22nd - October 27th Gallery: The Morris Museum of Art Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday: Noon–5 PM Closed Mondays and major holidays Between the world wars a striking economic and cultural renewal took place in South Carolina’s premier coastal city that was driven by creative artists—painters, printmakers, writers, musicians, and architects. The present exhibition, organized by guest curator Jay Williams, includes art from the Morris Museum’s permanent collection and special loans from the…
Find out more »Exhibition Opening: The Charleston Renaissance: Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music
June 27th, 2019 | 6 PM - 8 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Join us as we celebrate the opening of The Charleston Renaissance. This exhibition highlights the work of some of the leaders of this remarkable revival—Alfred Hutty, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Hobson Pittman, and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner. Lecture by guest curator Jay Williams, 6:00 p.m.; reception in the galleries, 7:00 p.m. Cost: Members, FREE; nonmembers, $5. RSVP by calling 706-828-3867. Find more Morris Events online HERE!
Find out more »July 2019
Films on Friday: The Vikings (1958)
Friday, July 12th, 2019 | 12 PM - 2 PM | The Morris Museum of Art With a screenplay by the Atlanta-born novelist Calder Willingham, this film stars Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, and James Donald. Its story concerns the intense rivalry between a Viking prince (Douglas) and a slave (Curtis), who vie for the attention of the beautiful Princess Morgana (Leigh), fated to marry a loathsome English king. Unbeknownst to the rivals, they are in fact…
Find out more »Author Event: Poet Jessica Greenbaum
Saturday, July 13th, 2019 | 2 PM - 3:30 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Poet and author Jessica Greenbaum, who has published three books and received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Society of America, will read her work and discuss the connections between visual art and poetry. FREE. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Artrageous! Family Sunday: Charleston Renaissance
Sunday, July 14th, 2019 | 2 PM - 4 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Staff from the Charleston Museum will be bringing Bragg Boxes from their collection to share with us. Laura Bragg, who developed these traveling school exhibits for children during the Charleston Renaissance, became director of the Charleston Museum in 1920. She was the first woman to run a publicly supported museum in the United States. FREE. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Create with Me: Charleston Renaissance
Thursday, July 18th, 2019 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | The Morris Museum of Art View the exhibition Charleston Renaissance and create your own oak trees. Cost: Museum family members and parents, free; nonmembers, $4 per participant. For kids, toddler to tween. Advance registration required. Call 706-828-3867 to register for education programs. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Art at Lunch: The Art of Collecting Antiques
Saturday, July 20th, 2019 | 12 PM - 2 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Amanda Everard of Everard Auctions & Appraisals in Savannah, discusses collecting trends in antiques. Cost: Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due July 17. Call 706-828-3867 to register for education programs. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Artist-Led Tour: Brent Cline
Saturday, July 20th, 2019 | 2 PM - 3 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Photographer Brent Cline will give a tour of the Morris Museum’s galleries, highlighting work in the feature exhibition Modern Masters: Group ƒ/64. FREE. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Music at the Morris: Harmony River Chorus
Sunday, July 21st, 2019 | 2 PM - 4 PM | The Morris Museum of Art Enjoy nostalgic pop selections from this beloved women’s a cappella group. FREE. Made possible by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation. Visit the Event Page on the Morris Museum website HERE!
Find out more »Films on Friday Special Screening: Porgy and Bess (1959)
Friday, July 26th, 2019 | 12 PM - 2 PM | The Morris Museum of Art In conjunction with the exhibition The Charleston Renaissance, the Morris will host a special screening of a rarely-seen film version of Porgy and Bess, the “folk opera” by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and DuBose Heyward. The original production opened on stage in 1935 and was based on DuBose Heyward’s 1925 novel Porgy and the 1927 nonmusical stage adaptation that Heyward (the major literary figure of the Charleston Renaissance of…
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