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All events except films are virtual. Check our website and social media channels for sign-up links and the most up-to- date information.
TOURS AND GALLERY TALKS
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SPECIAL EVENTS
LIVESTREAMOF “SARAH CAMERON SUNDE: 36.5 / A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE SEA”
DIANE JACOBSEN, “THE ART OF SEATING: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN DESIGN” Wednesday, October 21, 3 p.m.
ARTFUL CONVERSATION: CARL HOLTY Wednesday, October 14, 1 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, the museum will offer visitors exclusive virtual access to this video installa- tion through four 24-hour livestream events. These livestreams will feature four of the locations around the world where Sunde per- formed “36.5.” Each livestream occurs shortly before the three-channel video at the museum shifts from one location to the next. The cyclical nature and extended duration of this virtual event mirrors the natural rhythms and slow timeframe that are central to Sunde’s work, as she stands in ocean water for a full tidal cycle. • Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands – Wednesday, October 14, starting at 9 a.m. • Bay of Bengal, Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh – Wednesday, November 18, starting at 9 a.m. • Bay of All Saints, Salvador, Brazil – Wednesday, December 16, starting at 9 a.m. • Bodo Inlet, Kwale, Kenya – Wednesday, January 13, starting at 9 a.m. THIRD THURSDAY Thursday, October 15, November 19 and December 17, 6 – 9 p.m. Eight of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold Third Thursday, an event devoted to art in the evening hours, on the third Thurs- day of every month. The Georgia Museum of Art, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@ Hotel Indigo-Athens, Ciné, the Classic Center, ATHICA and CCBC Gallery at Creature Com- forts Brewing Company will be open from 6 until 9 p.m. to showcase their visual-arts programming. Full schedules are posted at 3Thurs.org. You must reserve free timed tick- ets to visit the museum.
Join Diane DeMell Jacobsen, Ph.D., for a spe- cial virtual lecture presented in conjunction with the exhibition “The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design.” Dr. Jacobsen is a distinguished scholar, art collector and chair of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation. The exhibition consists of selections from her major collection of American chairs. This lively talk will look at examples of exceptional American chair design from the early 19th century to the present, including pieces by John Henry Belter, George Hunzinger, Herter Brothers, Stickley Brothers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and Frank Gehry. WATER, IMMERSION, AND COMMUNITY IN SARAH CAMERON SUNDE’S “DURATIONAL Interdisciplinary artist Sarah Cameron Sunde’s immersive video works investigate the hu- man relationship with water, connecting her viewers with the natural landscape and with large scale environmental phenomena. For this program, Sunde will be joined by faculty from UGA and the University of Virginia for a conversation about art, environment and global community. Panelists include: Mi- chael Marshall, associate director of curricu- lum, director of the social ecology studio and professor of art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA; Stephen Ramos, associate professor at the College of Environment and Design, UGA; Mandy Joye, Athletic Association Professor in Arts and Sciences in the Department of Marine Sciences, UGA; and Matthew Burtner, Elea- nor Shea Professor of Music (Composition & Computer Technologies), UVA. This program is cosponsored by the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts. PERFORMANCEWITH THE SEA”: AN ONLINE ARTIST TALK AND PANEL DISCUSSION Thursday, November 19, 1 p.m.
Join Callan Steinmann, curator of education, for online close looking and conversation about Carl Holty’s painting “Two Women Bathing” (1948 – 50). Artful Conversation programs are 30 minutes long, focus on just one work of art and provide opportunities for open-ended dialogue and discovery. Space is limited. COFFEEWITH A CURATOR: NELDA DAMIANO AND JULIA KILGORE Wednesday, October 28, 1 p.m. Grab a coffee and join us via Zoom for a con- versation with Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, and Julia Kilgore, our new Pierre Daura Curatorial Research Assis- tant. The two will chat about some favorite works of art from the European collections and share insights about their work at the museum. CURATOR TALK: “THE SEATED CHILD: EARLY CHILDREN’S CHAIRS FROMGEORGIA COLLECTIONS” Wednesday, November 4, 1 p.m. Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for a special talk via Zoom about the exhibition. ARTFUL CONVERSATION: ROMARE BEARDEN Wednesday, November 11, 1 p.m. Join Sage Kincaid, associate curator of educa- tion, in online close looking and conversation about Romare Bearden’s mixed media collage “Mecklenburg County, Lamp at Midnight.” Space is limited. ARTFUL CONVERSATION: PHILIP EVERGOOD Wednesday, December 9, 1 p.m. Join Callan Steinmann, curator of education, in online close looking and conversation about Philip Evergood’s painting “My Forebears Were Pioneers.” Space is limited.
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