Arts and Entertainment
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May 16, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Georgia Museum of Art at UGA receives national awards for publications
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia recently received national awards for two of its publications: first prize for Facet, its quarterly newsletter, in the American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition, and first runner-up for its book "One Hundred American Paintings" from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in the art category.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s special collections libraries is site of NBC series episode on Paula Deen
Paula Deen, celebrity chef, owner of a Savannah restaurant and the author of 14 cookbooks, will appear on the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" May 18 at 8 p.m. The new University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gets a star turn in the episode as the scene for much of the filming, which took place in March. Documents at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library were used in tracing Deen's heritage, which is the focus of the episode.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Summer film series to screen at the Georgia Museum of Art
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will hold a summer film series in June in conjunction with its "John Baeder" exhibition. Each of the films investigates an aspect of southern culture or the American roadside diner experience. The films to be screened are "The Rise of the Southern Biscuit" (June 7), "Waitress" (June 14), "Junebug" (June 21) and "Diner" (June 28). All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in the museum's M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, and are free and open to the public.
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May 4, 2012 | Events on Campus
Mountain Stage episode taped at UGA to air Sunday
An episode of "Mountain Stage" that was produced and recorded at the University of Georgia will air nationally and on WUGA Radio May 6 at 2 p.m.
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May 3, 2012 | Events on Campus
GMOA to exhibit prints by Northern Renaissance masters
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition "Dürer and His Legacy" in the Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II from June-Aug. 12. Drawn from the permanent collection of GMOA, this exhibition highlights 24 prints by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and other Northern artists deeply influenced by his working methods.
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May 1, 2012 | Events on Campus
Georgia Museum of Art to host decadent fundraiser
The Collectors group from the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host its annual fundraiser May 18 at the museum.
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April 30, 2012 | Events on Campus
GMOA presents summer art program for elementary aged children
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present "Art Adventures: Let's Go!" in June and July this summer. Day cares, day camps and community centers can participate in this free interactive program focusing on adventure, travel and photography, which consists of a fun and interactive gallery tour and an art-making activity geared toward elementary school-aged children.
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April 24, 2012 | Events on Campus
Georgia Museum of Art creates new free teen program
Responding to an audience underserved by museums, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has created a new program specifically for teenagers.
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April 19, 2012 | General News
Spring issue of The Georgia Review just published
The recently released Spring 2012 issue of The Georgia Review at the University of Georgia answers the question-"Is there any such thing as a free lunch?"-with a resounding "Yes-sort of!" in the form of a 105-page feature edition titled "Two-fers/Twofers."
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April 17, 2012 | Events on Campus
State Botanical Garden to host world-renowned violinist and Mercer’s string orchestra
Students and faculty from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon will perform Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the State Botanical Garden of Georgia's Visitor Center and Conservatory at the University of Georgia April 25.
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April 17, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA Performing Arts Center presents Airmen of Note
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Airmen of Note, the U.S. Air Force Band's premier jazz ensemble, April 29 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The concert is free; however, tickets are required.
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April 17, 2012 | General News
UGA dramatic media to make appearance on new National Geographic series
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April 16, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA art student wins $15,000 Windgate Fellowship award
The University of North Carolina-Asheville's Center for Craft, Creativity and Design has awarded 10 graduating seniors each with $15,000 in the form of a Windgate Fellowship, including Rachel Columb from the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art.
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April 12, 2012 | Events on Campus
Performing Arts Center to present Saxton’s Cornet Band, UGA Band History Symposium
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center invites audiences to step back in time and experience a 19th century concert with a performance by Saxton's Cornet Band on April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Ramsey Concert Hall.
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April 11, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA visiting professor David Trasoff to showcase the music of India
David Trasoff, an ethnomusicologist, musician and expert on the classical music of North India, has been named the Gordhan L. and Virginia B. "Jinx" Patel Distinguished Visiting Professor in Indian Music Arts at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music.