At the beginning of 2023, Francie Klopotic debuted an exhibition of her work featuring famous Augustans.
Her Voices of Augusta highlighted celebrities such as Amy Grant and Jessye Norman as well as local celebrities – Coco Rubio and the late Paul Marsh aka DJ Codec.
Klopotic said she’s received a lot of positive feedback from people who’ve viewed the exhibition in a Jan. 29, 2023, ArtScape column at Augusta Good News.
The Voices of Augusta II group exhibition is an extension of her vision. She curated the exhibition with pieces by artists such as Haleigh Key, Christina Rice, Mallory Coffey, Stoney, Rhian Swain, Adeana Berry, Cameron Young and Theron Cartwright as well as highlighting some of Klopotic’s more recent works that include artist billy s, actor Laurence Fishburne and wrestler Hulk Hogan.
The exhibition opened June 27 at Augusta and Co. and a reception is planned for 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 2. Works will be on display through Sept. 26.
On most First Fridays, downtown is bustling with art events and Aug. 2 is no exception.
Westobou hosts its season wrap party from 5 to 8 p.m.
It’s a celebration of the close of Westobou’s 2023-24 season of events and exhibitions with free food by the Crazy Empanada, beer from Savannah River Brewery and live music by DJ Linear North. Become a Westobou member and receive benefits throughout the upcoming season including invitations to our Launch Party in September.
Artzilla is back at ANBU Art Co. from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. Local artists will paint, Evelyn Bowers will perform, and authors Travis Hollaway and Aaron M. Kinzer will be featured.
New exhibits featuring Bailey Mennetti and Greenville artist Sunny Mullarkey McGowan will open at the Aiken Center for the Arts with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Aug. 1. An artist talk with Mennetti will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 2.
A juried CSRA Artists exhibition to be Aug. 2 to Aug. 30 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History.
At the Sacred Heart Cultural Center’s Art Hall the works of Gary Kauffman, Lucy Bureau and Beth Jones will be on display through Aug. 9. The Art Hall is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It’s free and open to the public.
The work of the Columbia County Artists Guild and the Clay Artists of the Southeast (CASE) will be on display at the Arts and Heritage Center for North Augusta from Aug. 5 to Aug. 30. The reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Aug. 15. The reception is free and open to the public.
The Morris Museum of Art always has something taking place. Sundays offer free admission. On Aug. 4, hear renowned guitarist and songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto as part of the Music at the Morris program. “Eclectic, immersive and mesmerizing,” Tsukamoto “embodies the notion that music has no language,” according to the Morris Museum of Art website.
The free concert is funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.
On July 13, Capturing the Immediate: Impressionism in the South, Paintings from the Permanent Collection opened at the museum.
“This expansive exhibition includes figurative, still-life and landscape paintings by many well-known and some previously undiscovered impressionist painters who worked in the South. Driven by the passionate interest of museum founders Sissie and Billy Morris, the museum has made impressionist painting an important focus of its collection since the start. More than three galleries are devoted to this groundbreaking exhibition,” the museum website said.
Heather Dunaway‘s solo exhibition “Fix Yourself a Plate” opens at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art on Aug. 1.
The exhibition focuses on “her southern inheritance, generational trauma and the affects they have on mother-daughter relationships as well as mental health issues, including disordered eating,” according to the artist’s statement.
A reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 16, with an artist talk beginning at 6 p.m.
“Fix Yourself a Plate” will be on display through Oct. 21 in the Creel-Harison Gallery.
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Charmain Z. Brackett, the publisher of Augusta Good News and Inspiring: Women of Augusta, has covered Augusta’s news for more than 35 years and is a Georgia Press Association award winner. Reach her at charmain@augustagoodnews.com. Sign up for the newsletter here.
