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[WATCH] Artist Yehimi Cambrón collabs with student to produce exhibition celebrating immigrants in the south

Atlanta artist Yehimi Cambrón hopes that her solo exhibition at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art tells a more complete story about the immigrant experience in the South. Though themes of injustice and detention are [...]

2025-03-11T11:25:35-04:00October 6th, 2023||

New student-curated museum exhibition honors venerated Oglethorpe professor

By Grant Utter The beautifully detailed sculptures, drawings and designs of prolific Georgia artist Fritz Paul Zimmer are now on view at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in honor of the former Oglethorpe professor’s last retrospective [...]

2023-07-18T13:22:12-04:00July 14th, 2023||

Oglethorpe museum hosts first solo exhibition of artist and activist Yehimi Cambrón 

By Grant Utter This summer, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will host the first solo exhibition of artist, activist and public speaker Yehimi Cambrón in her home city of Atlanta. Titled “Documenting the Undocumented in the South,” the [...]

2025-03-11T10:37:15-04:00June 14th, 2023||

New endowment fund to support students in museum studies

By Michelle Geiger A new endowment has been established at Oglethorpe University to support students interested in museum studies. The Ten10 Fund for Museum Leadership will provide stipends to assist students working alongside Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) [...]

2023-07-11T14:32:28-04:00June 2nd, 2023||

OU Museum of Art offers free admission this summer through Blue Star Museums program

The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will once again join museums nationwide in the annual Blue Star Museums program, which offers free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families throughout the summer. [...]

2023-05-25T14:45:31-04:00May 25th, 2023||

Oglethorpe museum debuts new work from acclaimed artist Shanequa Gay

In an exciting start to the spring semester, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will open an exhibition featuring new artwork created by nationally-acclaimed artist Shanequa Gay during her time as the university’s inaugural visual artist-in-residence. Titled “shanequa gay: thought [...]

2025-03-11T10:36:42-04:00January 25th, 2023||

Georgia artists celebrated in newest Oglethorpe museum exhibits

Coming soon to the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art — “Mattie Lou O’Kelly: The Long Journey to Success,” an homage to the life and work of Georgia folk artist Mattie Lou O’Kelley. This latest exhibit will be hosted [...]

2022-09-09T18:21:41-04:00September 1st, 2022||

OU museum’s new exhibit features ornate 18th-century French art

Coming to the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art this summer: “The Idyll Before the Storm: The Art of Rococo France.” This brand new exhibit will explore the decorative arts of 18th-century France, an artistic period marked [...]

2025-03-11T11:18:04-04:00June 6th, 2022||

Honors students curates exhibit spotlighting innovative female artists

A new exhibit is now on view at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art — curated entirely by art history Honors student Hayleigh Stonham ’22. “Reconstructing Perspectives: Female British Artists from 1880-1930” features work by female artists who [...]

2022-05-05T16:11:58-04:00May 4th, 2022||

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