Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

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  • OUMA Collects 2024: Highlights from the Collection

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    This season we focus on several significant acquisitions from the past 10 plus years and celebrate the ongoing generosity of our donors. Over the past decade, OUMA’s collection has grown significantly with approximately 95% of that growth through gifts in kind. The more than 30 objects on view in Skylight Gallery also represent the diversity...

  • Contrapunto: Works by a Contemporary Latin American Artist Collective

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Contrapunto is an Atlanta-based group of six artists founded by Carlos Solis in 2012 with the mission to increase contemporary Latin American artist representation in the Southeast. These artists, who have immigrated to the U.S. from five countries, represent diverse contemporary styles, a broad range of expression, and the highest standard of technique: Carlos Solis...

  • Skylight concert series: Duo Catanza with Scott Plato

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    What is Catanza? When creating the name for their guitar duo, Scott and Matthias decided to use something that would be reflective of their heritage. Scott’s great-grandfather immigrated to the United States from Catanzaro, Italy, which is known as the City of the Two Seas. In thinking of ways to use Catanzaro within the name...

    Free – $10
  • Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary prints from the Romo collection

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    "Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection" presents 61 fine prints by 44 printmakers. This riveting collection comes to Oglethorpe University Museum of Art from the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, with generous support from Art Bridges. Curated by Lyle Williams and Heather Lammers. The featured prints were created from...

  • Lecture: The art and resilience of immigrants in detention

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Join Amilcar Valencia, Executive Director of El Refugio, for an evening lecture. Admission is free for all staff/faculty/students/alumni of OU and current OUMA members. General admission is $10.

    Free – $10
  • Lecture: From Germany to Atlanta: Fritz P. Zimmer’s artistic career

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Join Eli Arnold ‘06, University Librarian and Director, and Melissa Sagaseta ‘22, a recent alumna who curated the Zimmer exhibition for an evening lecture. Admission is free for all staff/faculty/students/alumni of OU and current OUMA members. General admission is $10.

    Free – $10
  • HeartBound ministries: Art from the inside

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art enthusiastically welcomes back “HeartBound Ministries: Art from the Inside," an exhibition of paintings and sculptures designed and created by a selection of artists currently serving time in the Georgia prison system. Approximately 45 works of art will be on display, including 2D and 3D objects in a wide variety of...

  • Fritz Paul Zimmer, 50th anniversary exhibition

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    This exhibition of plaster and bronze sculptures, architectural drawings, set designs, working tools, and personal ephemera comes from the artist Fritz P. Zimmer (1884-1975), a former Oglethorpe Professor of Fine and Applied Arts. Zimmer’s sculptures and architectural work were at one time found in dozens of churches, private collections, university campuses, local government buildings, and...

  • Yehimi Cambrón: Documenting the undocumented in the south

    Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Lowry Hall, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Cambrón’s artwork participates in Immigrant Rights activism by centering the humanity of Undocumented Americans as they grapple with the criminalizing nature of this country’s immigration system. Through Documenting the Undocumented in the South, Cambrón’s first solo exhibition in Atlanta, her home city, she explores personal and political struggles that refuse any singular narrative of what it...

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