Hidden Treasures Unveiled
Discover the value of your heirlooms and antiques! Specialists in fine art, decorative art, Asian art, books and manuscripts, and jewelry will provide verbal fair market appraisals. This one-day event is hosted by the [...]
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is once again a Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to military & their families this summer
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is proud to be a Blue Star Museum for the seventh summer! Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department [...]
Students Unveil OUMA Acquisition by Artist Shanequa Gay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha013fLElO8 Dozens of community members gathered in the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art's Skylight Gallery for the unveiling of a recently acquired piece of art, "La Pieta," by Atlanta artist Shanequa Gay, who was present [...]
“Educational odyssey” includes study of Dr. King and President Carter
Dr. Stephen Herschler's Core class, in collaboration with the Atlanta Laboratory for Learning (A_LAB), recently hit the road to learn first-hand from some of Atlanta's most historically relevant places: the Carter Presidential Library and Museum [...]
Oglethorpe’s permanent collection inspires senior to grow personal art collection
Brad Firchow '19 During the recent exhibition OUMA in Retrospect: Celebrating 25 Years, a work in the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art's permanent collection by artist Paul Cornoyer hung next to another one of his [...]
OUMA featured in local press
https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/arts--theater/oglethorpe-university-museum-art-celebrates-years/MSWyzz0SRBxBAtDBkI4DpJ/ https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2018/07/25/oglethorpes-art-museum-showcases-rarely-seen-works-to-mark-25th-year/
Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Awarded to Sophomore Taylor Roberts
Museum studies major Taylor Roberts '21 has been awarded the prestigious Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship at the High Museum in Atlanta. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, the fellowship is a two-year paid program that offers specialized training [...]
Two OU freshmen accepted into Mellon Summer Academy for Museum Studies
Freshmen Nyree Dowdy '21 and Taylor Roberts '21 are among only 15 undergraduates selected for the Mellon Summer Academy at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. During the week-long immersive experience, the two will learn [...]
New OU Museum Research Center presents academic research opportunities
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art has launched a new research center that is giving greater accessibility and visibility for its ever-growing permanent collection---and growing academic research opportunities for students. The research center had inauspicious beginnings as [...]
OUMA intern contributes research, headlines lecture on Southern artist
Studio art and art history major Larissa Randall '18 has interned at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art since January 2016. During the spring '17 semester, she contributed to the curation of Hattie Saussy: Rediscovery of an [...]