The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, the Greater Augusta Arts Council and the City of Augusta will unveil the “Embers of Hope” mural by artist Xavier O. Jones at a ceremony from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at 850 Laney-Walker Blvd.
Speakers will include Augusta City Officials, Corey Rogers of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Pax Bobrow of the Greater Augusta Arts Council, Shanna Carkhum of the Housing and Community Development Department of Augusta, Muralist Xavier O. Jones, Spoken Word Poet Travis Wright and Nefertiti Robinson of the Laney Walker Farmer’s Market, according to the Facebook event.
The opening reception for “Chaos Organized” will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the 600 Broad Gallery, 600 Broad St. The event is sponsored by 4P Studios.
“What started out as a way for artists Alex Foltz and Tiphiknee DeHerrera to motivate each other to make art through random word prompts soon became a full-fledged group show idea,” according to the Facebook event for the reception. “The beginning concept for the collaborative evolution of this ‘word prompt’ idea started with six local artists gathered around a table in early December 2021. Each artist chose three words – wrote those words on a piece of paper – and tossed them into a ‘hat.’
In addition to Foltz and DeHerrera, other artists involved in the exhibition include Debra Estep, Jacki Mayo, Regina Brejda, Francie Klopotic and Heather Farris.
The Morris Museum of Art’s exhibition opening event for “The View from Here: Three Master Painters Consider the Landscape: Recent Work by John Cleaveland, Julyan Davis, and Philip Juras” will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 9 at the museum.
The evening includes a panel discussion by the painters, moderated by Kevin Grogan, followed by an exhibition preview, reception and a catalog signing. The event is $10 for Morris museum members and $25 for nonmembers.
For reservations, call (706) 828-3825.
The Greater Augusta Arts Council’s 2022 annual Augusta Arts Awards dinner will be at 6 p.m. June 23 at The Foundry at Rae’s Creek, 250 Boy Scout Rd.
This year’s recipients include Anila Agha, Morris Eminent Scholar in Art, Augusta University, Artist Award; Matt Porter, The Morris Museum of Art – Arts Professional Award; Dennis Skelley, Georgia Rehabilitation Institute – Kath Girdler Engler Public Art Award; Ashlee Duren, Augusta Magazine – Media Award;
Blane Bailey, Tranter Grey – Sponsor Organization Award; Nelson A. Danish – Volunteer Award; and Russell Joel Brown – President’s Award.
Tickets are $55 for arts council members and $60 for non-members. Reservations are required by June 7. Call (706) 826-4702 for more information.
The Open Session exhibition at the Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta opened May 25.
The juried event will run though June 16 and will close with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. June 16. The reception is free and open to the public.
