City Gallery: Winter Art Exhibit & Sale 2020 Deadline: November 15, 2020 Theme: winter art, big and small Show dates: December 1, 2020 – January 8, 2021 Exhibition at the City Gallery (Municipal Building 1st Floor at 535 Telfair Street) The Greater Augusta Arts Councils...
GRADY ABRAMS RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT NOW ON DISPLAY former commissioner and community activist’s work showcased at Municipal Building Augusta, GA - The Greater Augusta Arts Council is proud to announce the Grady Abrams Retrospective exhibition, coordinated with the May 1970 Augusta Riot Observance...
JAMES BROWN MURAL COMPLETION & UNVEILING Augusta, GA - The Greater Augusta Arts Council is proud to announce that Cole Phail’s mural, “The Spirit of Funk,” has been completed. The Greater Augusta Arts Council, the Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau and the...
Arts Adventures: The Greater Augusta Arts Council By Brenda Durant Last week I did not check out a gallery, discover a new mural, or tour a museum. Instead, I buried myself in some interesting "Arts Council" adventures. In January 2021 we will be...
Art Adventures: Staci Swider Show at the Gertrude Herbert and More By Brenda Durant Staci invited my husband Ed and me to see her show at the Gertrude so late one Sunday afternoon, we masked up and took a tour, with the...
Featured Member Artist: Lillie Morris Lillie Morris joined our video call for this interview in a perfectly gorgeous grey vest with an understated, classy pin on the lapel. Her hair looked immaculate and her makeup was stunning. Most impressively, behind her...
Augusta Art Adventures at the City Gallery Municipal Building: Grady Abrams Art Show By Brenda Durant This week I visited our Gallery in the Municipal Building. Last week, while I was packing up a tent next to a trout stream in North...
Featured Member Artist: Abstract Alexandra When Fred Rogers said “look for the helpers” in times of trouble, he meant people like Abstract Alexandra. Alexandra didn’t set out to be an art hero in the face of a global pandemic, but some...
Art Adventures: 4P Studio Show with Francie Klopotic By Brenda Durant Francie Klopotic was The Arts Council’s featured artist just a few weeks ago. But when Rhian Swain and I heard she has her FIRST one-woman show at 4P Studios in Martinez...
Beacon Station’s “PitchTree” Public Art Sculpture Completed Columbia Ventures, LLC and the City of Augusta in association with the Greater Augusta Arts Council is pleased to announce the completion of a new piece public art sculpture at Beacon Station. The sculpture was...
