Related Events Community Open House and Friends Appreciation Month Kick-off Saturday, August 23, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Join us to kick off Friends Appreciation Month and celebrate our fall semester special exhibitions, including “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900 – 1939” and “Conservation in the Galleries: Joan Mitchell’s ‘Close.’” Please register for free at bit.ly/open- house-fall-25. Join us for an artist talk with the Tulsa-based artist on the opening day of her exhibition in the museum’s sculpture garden. Hayes will share more about her textile-based practice and how she merges painting, quilting, and the built and natural environments together in her site- specific installations. Garden Party Artist Talk: Rachel B. Hayes Saturday, August 23, 3 p.m. Saturday, August 23, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Celebrate the start of the semester and the opening of a new installation in our reimagined sculpture garden by artist Rachel B. Hayes. Join us in the sculpture garden for refreshing summer spritzes and light bites by Bar Bruno. $15 includes two drink tickets (free for Friend + Annual Fund Members). Register at bit.ly/ rachelhayes. Family Day: Art in Action Saturday, September 20, 10 a.m. – noon Let creativity move you. Families can take a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation of Joan Mitchell’s monumental painting “Close” and explore the kaleidoscopic outdoor installation of fiber artist Rachel Hayes. Play gallery games and create a take-home art project inspired by color, texture and movement. Family Day is sponsored by Heyward Allen Cadillac-GMC-Toyota. Homeschool Day: In Her Element Friday, September 26, 10 a.m. – noon Join us for a special homeschool day at the museum to celebrate women in the arts. Families can learn more about these inspiring artists by completing fun Art Cart activities, watching a demonstration and creating their own art in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Individuals and groups welcome. For more information email gmoa-tours@uga.edu.
Rachel B. Hayes at work in her studio.
museum’s collection as a point of reference in choosing colors, compositions and material for this project. Major highlights include Frank Lloyd Wright’s windows (on view in the Nalley South Gallery), Joan Mitchell’s “Close” (on view in a conservation lab this fall), Sam Gilliam’s “Patchwork/ Terry,” Rowena Bradley’s “Double-weave basket” and a number of quilts. Hayes is based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the open prairies of the heartland stretch wide and vast. She received her bachelor of fine arts degree in fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute and her master of fine arts in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. Often using fabric to create large-scale work, she is interested in inserting color and form into built and natural environments. Hayes has received the Joan Mitchell Award in Painting and Sculpture, the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship in Sculpture, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship in Sculpture, a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture and a Charlotte Street Fund Award. Curator: Kathryn Hill, associate curator of modern and contemporary art
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