ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – The Albany Museum of Art is hosting a Family Opening Day for the four new winter and spring exhibitions 11 a.m. -2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. The event is free and open to the public.
According to a statement from Director of Education and Public Programming Annie Vanoteghem, the event will serve as an opportunity for families to visit and children to win prizes in a scavenger hunt before the official opening reception Feb. 1.
The new exhibitions that will be opening are Gold Soundz, works by Rob Matre, in the Haley Gallery; Andy Warhol: Hand-Colored Flowers in the East Gallery; Educators as Artists, 5th juried exhibition, in the McCormack Gallery, and Old Master Drawings from the Shaffer Collection in the Hodges Gallery. The four exhibitions will be open through Apr. 20.
“Plus, kids will be able to meet some of the teaching artists from the Artists as Educators exhibition, and our friends from Cornerstone Coffee Company will have coffee and pastries for sale in the lobby area. Even better, the first 30 adults who arrive will get a free coffee,” said Vanoteghem.
In the statement, it has been confirmed four of the college educators with artwork on display in the Educators as Artists exhibition will be in attendance at Family Opening Day.
- Scott Marini, professor of art at Albany State University, will demonstrate the paper-making and molding process
- Ansley Simmons, Ph.D., assistant professor of art at ASU, will demonstrate cyanotypes
- Laurel Robinson, professor and Visual Arts Department chair at Georgia Southwestern State University, will demonstrate aluminum tooling
- Edrian Malloy, chair of engineering graphics at Albany Technical College, will be in the McCormack Gallery to talk with visitors
Outside of these demonstrations, young family members will have a chance to create their own work of art in the AMA Classroom to take home. Along with these activities, the museum’s ‘AMA’zing Space creative play area will be open all day.
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