18 Sep Fun Things to Do in September 2020 – Week 4
Fun Things to Do in September 2020 – Week 4
Local Events
YPA September Social – Candle Making Night – Sept 24 | 6 – 8 PM
Join the Young Professionals of Augusta for a exciting evening full of candle making at Augusta Candle Company in Downtown Augusta! Come design your very own custom candle with the many different offerings of scents available!
Join us for this fun event of candle making with networking too! Refreshments will be served that evening so come join YPA and the Augusta Candle Company for a great event!
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Fundraising Event featuring The Seed at Enopion Theatre – Sept 25 & 26 | $10
Sept 25 – 6 PM | Sept 26 – 11 AM & 1 PM
Journey to a Land far across time back before the first memory was ever remembered.
Breathe in the air that has never been breathed – This is God’s Garden the Garden of Eden, Travel through the generations that carried the “Seed of Woman”, the seed from which our Messiah, Jesus Christ would be born. Your destination will be the Garden of Gethsemene, and onto the Garden of the Tomb. The lineage of Christ is followed revealing how what was once lost in the Garden of Eden, is regained at the Garden of the Tomb.
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The Masked Cat at Le Chat Noir – Sept 26 & 27 |
Sept 26 – 7 PM | Sept 27 – 2 PM | Masks are required
Mark your calendars for an event you don’t want to miss -The Masked Cat!
Join us in celebrating the amazing LE CHAT NOIR theater Saturday, September 26th at 7:00 or Sunday, September 27th at 2:00 for an evening of dance with the North Augusta School of Dance! Shows will highlight singing & dancing to show our appreciation to a theater we love so much in this difficult time.
We will have a Raffle & Door Prizes with a cash bar! Bottle of Champagne comes with each table & seating is limited. Make sure you bring your most fanciest mask to enter the Mask Contest for a Top prize! Tell your friends and get your table NOW!
Tickets: Table for Two – $60 | Table for Four – $85
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Augusta Photo Festival Finalist Exhibit | Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta
Exhibition Dates: Sept 24 – Nov 6
Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri, 10 AM – 4 PM
Awards Presentation and Reception: Oct 4, 3 – 5 PM
Please join us in welcoming the Augusta Photo Festival (APF) Finalist Exhibit! The top images from each category in the APF Photography Competition will be on display in the Main and Balcony Galleries.
The award ceremony will be on Sunday, October 4 from 3 – 5 PM. The winner of each category will be announced as well as best in show. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
For more information on the Augusta Photo Festival go to augustaphotofestival.com.
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Behind the scenes with Westobou Gallery – Sept 30 | 7 – 8:30 PM | $35
Online Zoom Class | Hosted by the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of how an art gallery runs and learn more about the Westobou Festival with Bethany Marshall, Events Coordinator at Westobou. Bethany has been with Westobou since 2015, after graduating from Augusta University.
At the end of the session enjoy an art demonstration with Hasani Sahlehe, the artist featured in the upcoming exhibition Sept 4- Oct 16 called If You Don’t Mind the Mud. The works by Sahlehe employ abstracted compositions of natural and cultural phenomena to synthesize themes of memory, migration, and the supernatural.
Cost: $35 (Must be a GHIA Member)
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Non-Local Events
Classical Big Art Tour at the National Gallery of Art – Sept 24 | 2 – 3:30 PM | $0 – $15
This 1.5-hour virtual tour travels back in time to the beginning of the 13th century, at the start of the Italian Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance art movement was an era that valued science, nature, learning, and innovation in addition to religion and sacred art. Indeed, Italian Renaissance art was grounded in the intersections of art, religion, and society as it spread throughout Italy and greater Europe.
Track the evolution of sacred art and religious themes over the centuries. Your tour guide, Stephen, will uncover the names, histories, and artworks of artists that contributed to each of these movements, whose work does not get the attention it deserves. We will end our journey among the pastels and paint strokes of French Impressionism in the National Gallery of Art.
Throughout your time together, Stephen will delve into the lives and innovations of the artists who laid the foundation for the future of creative thinking and thousands of artistic endeavors: Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, J.M.W. Turner, and Vincent Van Gogh.
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Cooking with ArtBites: Savoring the Harlem Renaissance – Sept 24 | 8 – 9:30 PM | $25
Online Cooking Class | Hosted by Maite Gomez-Rejon, founder of ArtBites
Using Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series as a guide, together we’ll discover the Great Migration and the vibrant dining culture that emerged in Harlem during the 1920s. We’ll prepare a meal inspired by the menus of the day and by the recipes of Edna Lewis, the Grande Dame of Southern Cuisine.
On the menu: Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Sweet Potatoes Baked with Lemon!
In your confirmation email you will receive a link with recipes and equipment needed. The Zoom link will be sent three hours before the class starts.
About Maite Gomez-Rejon , aka ArtBites: Maite Gomez-Rejón is the founder of ArtBites. She has dedicated her career to exploring the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures, cooking classes, and tastings presented in museums across the country and on her YouTube channel – ArtBites: Cooking Art History. She has been a guest on the Today Show, featured in Food & Wine magazine, and interviewed on KCRW’s Good Food and NPR’s Splendid Table. Her essays and articles have been published in Life & Thyme, Eaten Magazine, Gastro Obscura and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.
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The New Pre-Raphaelites Virtual Art Exhibition – Sept 25 | 6 – 8 PM | $0 – $25
The New Pre-Raphaelites is a group exhibition held virtually in affiliation with Harcum College and curated by Era Contemporary.
The Pre-Raphaelites were are group of artists, muses and writers living and working in England in the mid 1800s in reaction to what they saw aw the unimaginative and artificial history painting of the Royal Academy. They sought to express a new emotionality, naturalness and sincerity in their works, as well as an unabashed admiration of beauty in all its forms. The name Pre-Raphaelite came from their love of direct and uncomplicated depiction of nature, before the time of Raphael.
In this epic group exhibition of over 40 artists and nearly 80 pieces, we will be exhibiting artwork that reflects all these qualities, but done by contemporary artists of today. This virtual exhibition to be a significant collection of some of the most beautiful works done my artists today who are inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites.
We can’t wait to unveil the collection at the event! You have the option of a free ticket as we don’t want anyone’s financial situation to impact their ability to attend the event. There is also an option for a paid ticket, with 50% of the proceeds going scholarships for students in need at Harcum College.
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Astronaut Terry Virts talks about How To Astronaut – Sept 29 | 7 – 8:30 PM | FREE
Astronaut and Astrophotographer talks about being an astronaut, being in space and how to astronaut online with Gwinnett Public Library.
Terry Virts, one of only four astronauts in history to have piloted a Space Shuttle, flown a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, performed spacewalks, and commanded the International Space Station, has penned a book for everyone who wants to know what space travel is really like.
How to Astronaut answers every question you’ve thought of, the ones you were afraid to ask, and many that may have never occurred to you. Join us to hear his inspiring story.
Free and open to the public! Books available for sale and signing!
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Introduction to Pastels for Adults – Sept 30 – Nov 4
Wednesdays | 1-3 pm | $160 – $175
Online Class | Hosted by Farmstead Arts
This course in chalk pastels will introduce students to the basic principles of this medium, as well as experimental techniques. Students will learn how to develop their imagery, working from direct observation and photographic references. No previous experience required!
About Farmstead Arts: Located at 450 King George Road in Basking Ridge NJ on the grounds of the historic Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Farmstead Arts is a center for fine, performing and practical arts offering year-round programming of concerts, lectures, theater, art exhibitions and special events. Artists in residence offer all varieties of art classes and workshops.
Trustees, staff, volunteers and members manage Farmstead Arts activities as well as help preserve the historic property that is listed on the National & NJ Registers of Historic Places. Learn more online at farmsteadartscenter.org
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