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Student-led conversation with artist Maria Cristina Tavera to explore culture and identity

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will host a virtual conversation with Latinx artist Maria Cristina Tavera, an independent curator and activist influenced by her transnational upbringing in Minnesota [...]

2020-10-08T14:57:46-04:00October 8th, 2020||

Oglethorpe alumna, museum board chair named inaugural Fulton County poet laureate

Oglethorpe University alumna and Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Advisory Board Chair Karen Head, Ph.D. has been selected as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fulton County. She was nominated to the position after completing a [...]

2020-10-01T15:08:39-04:00October 1st, 2020||

Sophomore selected for Mellon Summer Academy for Museum Studies

Sophomore Hayleigh Stonham ’22 is among only 15 undergraduates selected for the Mellon Summer Academy, to be held in August at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This is the third consecutive year an Oglethorpe student has been selected. [...]

2023-11-14T08:56:44-05:00April 20th, 2020||

Art history students awarded Southeastern Pastel Society scholarships

The Southeastern Pastel Society has awarded scholarships to two aspiring Oglethorpe art students. Scholarship recipient Julia Preston '22 explores the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Art History majors Hayleigh Stonham '22 and [...]

2023-11-14T09:04:30-05:00April 13th, 2020||

OUMA to offer free admission on February 9 for “Super Museum Sunday”

On February 9, 2020, The Oglethorpe Museum of Art will offer free admission from noon to 5 p.m. for "Super Museum Sunday." As a part of the Georgia History Festival, this event highlights the founding [...]

2023-12-04T11:03:01-05:00November 27th, 2019||

OUMA to offer free admission on Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day, Sept. 21

The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will once again participate in Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day, an annual national celebration of 'boundless curiosity'! Museum visitors will receive free admission at the museum on Saturday, September 21, [...]

2023-04-10T10:58:39-04:00August 28th, 2019||

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OUMA is closed for Winter Break and will reopen on January 17, 2025.

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