The Art of David Wright: Historian with a Brush
November 16, 2024 – April 13, 2025
Member opening: November 16, 2024
Professionally trained as an artist, with study in Europe, David Wright has spent his life painting subjects he is most passionate about…landscapes and historical subjects: the American frontier, (hunters, soldiers, and American Indians), and the American Civil War. His work has been featured in television documentaries and as covers for numerous books and magazines. As an avid historian, his research has led him to write articles for various publications, as well as contributing chapters in some well-known books on the American frontier. The retrospective will feature highlights from his storied career.
Missed the Symposium and Member Opening? Watch it below!
Session 1 Real Life and Times of Mountain Men
Session 2 Tools of the Trade
Artist Talk with David Wright
Thank you to our sponsors!
Karen and Joel Piassick
The James Stokes Family
Anonymous Sponsor in Honor of TSgt Adrain T. Dukes, U.S.A.F (Ret.)
© David Wright, Up the South Slope, 1982, casein on board, 26 x 36”
Middle & High School Student Exhibition
March 4 – April 6, 2025
Throughout the school year, middle and high school art teachers expose their students to a wide variety of art mediums. For this exhibit, each teacher has selected a number of pieces that are representative of the work from their school art programs. Join us for the opening reception on March 13, 5-7 PM, for light refreshments and a view of the exhibition.
Click HERE to view exhibition art catalog.
Georgia Color Artists Present: A Tour of Savannah
Through March 2
This exhibition features 30 Georgia artists who competed in a 5-day event held in Savannah back in October. Some of the best works created during that event will make up the exhibit. The director of the show and two of the top award-winning artists will be our guests for Art for Lunch and an informal opening for the show on January 8.
© Susan D. Waters, South Island Surf & Kayak, 2024, oil on linen panel, 8 x 10”
21st Annual Kids Cowboy Up!
November 14 – December 31, 2024
This exhibit features artwork in a variety of media by members of the Boys & Girls Club of Bartow County after school program.
Click here to view the 2024 Exhibition Catalog.
Georgia O’Keeffe, A Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon
July 6, 2024 – December 29, 2024
Member opening July 27
This collection of 48 previously unpublished photographs by Malcolm Varon reveals rarely-seen aspects of O’Keeffe’s life and personality. The photos include images of friends, family, and even her dog Jingo. Also seen is O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú and Ghost Ranch houses in New Mexico and the stunning landscapes surrounding them. Also included will be O’Keeffe exhibition posters and life-sized photo enlargements. The exhibition is in association with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of Santa Fe.
©Malcolm Varon, Georgia O’Keeffe at the Ghost Ranch, 1977 (printed 2021), 16 x 10”, Archival Pigment Photograph, Courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Georgia O’Keeffe, A Life Well Lived: Photographs by Malcolm Varon is organized by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, co-curated by Ariel Plotek and Barbara Buhler Lynes, and is circulated through GuestCurator Traveling Exhibitions
WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America
July 6 – November 17, 2024
Member opening July 20, 2024
This exhibition is acclaimed artist Mary Whyte’s unprecedented series of stirring portraits of American veterans. Featuring veterans of all ages and in all walks of life, one from each of our fifty states, Whyte’s large-scale watercolors have captured the essence of our country’s everyday people with courage, empathy and honor.
© Mary Whyte, Flurries, watercolor, 23.374 x 31”
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