Arts & Culture

Three diverse OUMA exhibitions open June 24

Three new exhibitions will fill the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art galleries this summer, June 24 through September 17. One, OUMA Collects, continues the recent tradition to showcase the previous year’s acquisitions in Oglethorpe’s growing permanent collection, while the other two exhibitions draw from Atlanta collections and depict storytelling through art.

Phyllis Stephens: Story Quilts

Phyllis Stephens, Lover’s Lane, 2016, fabric, 48″ x 72″ Private Collection of Mary H. Parker

Phyllis Stephens is an award-winning fifth generation quilt maker, considered by critics to be a Master of African-American Story Quilts. She has quilted professionally for more than thirty years. Her quilts are widely collected by both private and public institutions. She travels frequently to Ghana, the fabric capital of the world, and was honored to exhibit at the Fine Art Museum of Ghana. This selection of quilted works of art is drawn from several private collections in the Atlanta metro area.

Also on view will be her limited-edition portfolio and quilt storybook titled “For Crying Out Loud”, a print portfolio documenting stories of ‘the stolen girls’ of the Civil Rights Movement. Learn more.

Rwandan Reconciliation

Willy Karekezi, Never Again, acrylic on canvas, courtesy of the artist, Uburanga Art Studio, Kigali, Rwanda

Two Rwandan artists, Jean Bosco Bakunzi and Willy Karekezi, present their most recent paintings. Both of these emerging artists’ young lives were impacted by the violence of 1994. Their vibrantly colorful paintings joyfully celebrate the rebirth of Rwandan culture. Also on view are the finely crafted traditional Rwandan weavings from the collection of Marty and Dileep Mehta, as well as contemporary Rwandan weaving from the collection of Anne Gahongayire. Learn more.

OUMA Collects: Recent Acquisitions 2016-2017

The permanent collection of OUMA is unique among museum collections in that it has been developed almost entirely through the gifts of its donors. This exhibition celebrates those donors whose generosity continues to benefit the mission of OUMA. The permanent collection serves first and foremost as a teaching collection to benefit the curricular goals of Oglethorpe University. Learn more.

Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864-1923), Rural Landscape, oil on canvas, 31″ x 35″ Gift of Carrie Lee Jacobs Henderson 2017.3.1, Permanent Collection of OUMA

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