Howard Finster, Cadalac Message, 1994, painted wood, 6 x 19 7/7 inches, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
Folk Art from the Morris Museum of Art
October 17, 2015 – January 17, 2016
The Morris Museum of Art, whose collecting mission centers on the art of the American South, holds one of the nation’s finest collections of southern folk art. This exhibition features more than sixty delightful, creative, and powerful paintings and sculpture works by some of the South’s most important folk artists. Among the artists whose works will be represented in the exhibition are Howard Finster, Mary Louise Proctor, O. L. Samuels, William H. Clarke, Clementine
James Prosek: At Work
July 11–October 25, 2026
James Prosek: At Work celebrates the significant projects that define the artist’s first 30 years of artmaking. This comprehensive survey presents the remarkable breadth of his practice, from on-the-spot field studies to studio work in painting, watercolor, and sculpture.
Jill Nathanson: Chromatic Phrases
July 25, 2026–February 7, 2027
This exhibition presents recent work by Jill Nathanson, whose abstract paintings are shaped through a deliberate process that balances spontaneity with a predetermined structure. This interplay between intention and material response brings into focus the dynamic movement of layered color.