Fall Exhibitions Family Opening Day
Saturday | Aug 31 | 10 AM – 1 PM | Free Event
Families can engage in art-centered fun while enjoying the four new fall exhibitions at the Albany Museum of Art. Family Opening Day is 10 am-1 pm on Saturday, Aug 31. The event is free and open to the public.
“Families can see the four new exhibitions that open on Aug 29 and engage in fun activities,” AMA Director of Education and Public Programming Annie Vanoteghem said. “Kids can win a prize for completing a scavenger hunt in the galleries, and make a take-home art project in the AMA Classroom. It’s a good way to get out of the August heat and enjoy some cool art fun!”
It is an excellent opportunity to acquaint children and youth with the work of two talented Southern artists.
David Lanier, of Albany, is an internationally renowned painter specializing in sporting art, dogs, birds, and landscapes. His Haley Gallery exhibition Beauty in the Humble Places is a retrospective of his three decades as a professional artist, his early career as an illustrator, and his formative work at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla.
In the East Gallery, Rootwork, features recent works by Jillian Marie Browning, an artist and an assistant professor of photography at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Browning’s work combines photography and materials to explore the Black Southern experience. The Florida native’s AMA exhibition presents works that create intersections between Black hair practices and culture with botany and vegetation.
An exhibition celebrating the first six decades of the Albany Museum of Art will be on view in the upstairs McCormack Gallery. Sixty Years of Masterpieces and Memories features artworks from the AMA permanent collection that have been selected to highlight the many donors who helped to launch the museum.
In the Hodges Gallery will be the final iteration of the year-long exhibition Old Master Drawings. The works were selected from 150 drawings from the 15th to 18th centuries donated to the AMA in 1988 by Randolph Shaffer, Jr. Shaffer collected the drawings while serving in the U.S. military in Europe during World War II.
The four exhibitions will continue through Jan 4, 2025. The AMA, located at 311 Meadowlark Drive, is open 10 am-5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free for everyone. For information, visit the AMA website HERE.
AMA EXHIBITIONS
- Beauty in the Humble Places, a David Lanier Retrospective, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the Haley Gallery.
- Rootwork, recent works by Jillian Marie Browning, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the East Gallery.
- Sixty Years of Masterpieces and Memories, highlights from the Permanent Collection, is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the McCormack Gallery.
- Old Master Drawings from the Shaffer Collection, Part 3 is Aug 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025, in the Hodges Gallery.
- Escape Plan, an installation by Elinor Saragoussi, is in the West Gallery.
ABOUT THE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART
The Albany Museum of Art is located at 311 Meadowlark Drive in Albany, Ga., adjacent to Albany State University West Campus just off Gillionville Road. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Albany Museum of Art is open to the public 10 am-5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free.
For more information about the AMA please visit our website HERE or call 229.439.8400. Be sure to follow AlbanyMuseumOfArt on Facebook and AlbanyMuseum on Instagram.
