Southern Women Artists Collection at GMOA

The exhibition, “Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection,” is now being featured at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. On display June 30 through Sept. 22. the exhibition showcases 42 works by Southern women artists who worked between the late 1880s and 1960. Nell Blaine, who is one of the featured artists, inspired the title of the exhibition. “Art is central to my life. Not being able to make or see art would be a major deprivation,” said Blaine. Other featured artists include Minnie Evans, Clementine Hunter, Alma Thomas, and Augusta Savage. According to the director of the Georgia Museum of Art, William U. Eiland, the “Central to Their Lives” exhibition highlights neglected Southern women artists. “I’m most excited that the exhibition will spur further research on a neglected and too often forgotten group of artists from the South,” said Eiland. The exhibition is sponsored by the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Georgia Museum of Art.