The first Friday of the month always brings new opportunities for art and a chance to meet the artists behind the pieces.
The 600 Broad Gallery always has something going on First Friday, and Sept. 2 is no exception.
A collection of artists has come together for one common “totally rad” exhibition.
“Back to the 80s on Broad” will have a 1980s spin to the artwork.
A free reception is planned for Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and “era appropriate” attire is welcomed and encouraged for anyone attending.
The show will run through Sept. 23. Regular hours for the 600 Broad Gallery are noon to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Also Friday will be a marquee exhibition to signal the start of the Westobou Gallery season.
“Kin, Spirit, Seed” the works of Kelly Taylor Mitchell will be on display at the gallery at 1129 Broad St. through Oct. 15.
The 40th Juried Sense of Place will open in the main gallery of the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art Sept. 2
Three cash prizes are given to artists as part of the exhibition. The winners will be announced at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and the works will be on display through Oct. 7.
A new exhibition will be opening at the Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta Sept. 8.
The works of the Aiken Artist Guild will be in the main gallery with the RECing Crew taking the balcony gallery.
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An opening reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15. The art will be on display through Oct. 6.
“The Hunt Is On: Celebrating Art as a Way of Life” at the Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St. S.W. beginning Sept. 15.
The works of Southern decoy carvers Tom Boozer and Dr. Chris Ray, the photography of Gordon Munro and the paintings of Jessica Graham are the focus of this exhibition which will be on display through Oct. 20.
The opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15.
The art of “Savannah Women Artists 1915-1945” is on display at the Morris Museum of Art, One Tenth St., through Dec. 11.
“Savannah, Georgia, was the site of the development of an unusually vibrant artistic community beginning around 1920. Much of the activity there was related to the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, but it was also influenced by such organizations as the Savannah Art Association, the Southern States Art League, and the Association of Georgia Artists,” according to the Morris Museum of Art website.
The exhibition highlights the works of artists such as Emma Cheves Wilkins, Hattie Saussy, Myrtle Jones, Margaret A. Murphy, Mary Hope Cabaniss, Andrée Ruellan, and Augusta Oelschig.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the managing editor of The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com
