Museum Minute
Fridays at 10:04 AM (during Performance Today) and Saturdays at 9:04 AM (during Morning Weekend Edition).
Produced in cooperation with the Georgia Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. This feature airs on WUGA (91.7/94.5 FM or livestream at wuga.org) Fridays at 10:04 a.m. (during Performance Today) and Saturdays at 9:04 a.m. (during Weekend Edition). Different Museum staff members have been recording these scripts that focus on an artist, an exhibition, a program, behind the scenes work and more.
The painting: Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896 – 1976), “Clock,” ca. 1929. Oil, 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. GMOA 2003.412.
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Every spring, the museum’s student association puts together a pop-up artists’ market. -
This spring, celebrate the spirit of nature with a nostalgic look at the 90s cartoon “Captain Planet and the Planeteers.” -
You hear Museum Minute every week on WUGA, but where does it come from and how did it start? -
The Golden Age of Broadway is in the spotlight for an exhibit on display at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries. The class-curated exhibit features posters from iconic musicals from the legendary New York City theater district -
Right in front of the museum, in the middle of the Performing and Visual Arts Complex, sits the largest work of art in its collection: Beverly Pepper’s “Ascension.” It’s a 13-foot-high piece of Cor-ten steel that swoops up toward the sky from its stone base, -
Do you have an artsy teen at home? Do they need to get out of the house and connect with other artsy teens? The museum is here to help. Every other month, on a Thursday evening, teens ages 13-18 are welcome to Teen Studio. Kristen Bach, local artist, educator and owner of Treehouse Kid and Craft, develops creative and fun projects just for teens. -
A new kind of gallery space at the museum, known as a study gallery, is now open to University of Georgia faculty who want to pull works from the museum’s collection as a teaching tool for their students. -
Visitors to the new Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center in Athens can explore Georgia music thanks to a new display recently installed by the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries. -
A new exhibit at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries tells the history of clothing, but not through fads like hoop skirts and bell bottoms. Instead, the display outlines the technology, economics and cultural changes that have led to today’s conveniences and consequences of “fast fashion.” -
In 2012, Larry and Brenda Thompson donated one hundred works to the museum from their prominent collection of works by African American artists.
