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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 [...]

2019-04-29T10:37:03-04:00April 15th, 2019||

“Educational odyssey” includes study of Dr. King and President Carter

Dr. Stephen Herschler's Core class, in collaboration with the Atlanta Laboratory for Learning, recently hit the road to learn first-hand from some of Atlanta's most historically relevant places: the Carter Presidential Library and Museum and [...]

2023-05-22T11:29:32-04:00December 3rd, 2018||

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 [...]

2019-04-29T11:09:21-04:00November 30th, 2018||

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 [...]

2023-09-18T10:39:56-04:00July 24th, 2018||

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 [...]

2023-03-21T15:46:13-04:00March 15th, 2018||

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 [...]

2019-04-30T09:00:44-04:00October 4th, 2017||

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 [...]

2019-04-29T12:13:15-04:00April 17th, 2017||

OUMA to offer free admission to military & their families during summer 2017

Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is proud to be a Blue Star Museum for a fifth summer! Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department [...]

2023-03-21T15:47:54-04:00March 14th, 2017||

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