The Best Museum Art Shows of the Summer
DAY TRIPPING
by Stacy Huggins
We are fortunate to live in the South, where every road trip holds the promise of incredible sights; roads lined with moss-laden oaks, cypress swamps, the East Coast, the Gulf Coast, farmland, creeks, and mountains all lie within a reasonable drive.
Take a detour on your summer vacation to check out some of these fine exhibitions at the South’s best museums. It’s always best to plan ahead—make sure the museum is open when you’ll be passing through, and that the show you want to see will be on view. A simple and quick Internet search should be more than sufficient; fortune favors both the bold and the prepared.
ATLANTA, GA
The High
Walker Evans: Depth of Field
PHOTOGRAPHY
on view June 11 – September 11
Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975), Coal Dock Worker, 1933, gelatin silver print. Collection of Marian and Benjamin Hill. © Walker Evans Archive,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork
AUGUSTA, GA
Morris Museum of Art
Collages and Assemblages by Aldwyth
MIXED MEDIA
on view May 18 – July 27
ldwyth, Slip slidin’ away, 2008–2009. Collage on Okawara paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Folk Art in the South: Selections from the Permanent Collection
FOLK ART
on view June 11 – September 11
Howard Finster, Cadalac Message, 1993. Paint, marker, glitter on plywood panel. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.
CHARLOTTE, NC
Mint Museum
Pumped: The Art & Craft of Shoemaking
WEARABLE
on view May 7 – August 28
mintmuseum.org
RALEIGH, NC
North Carolina Museum of Art
Burk Uzzle: American Chronicle
PHOTOGRAPHY
on view April 16 – September 25
ncartmuseum.org
COLUMBIA, SC
South Carolina State Museum
RACE: Are We So Different?
MULTIMEDIA
on view June 4 – September 11
scmuseum.org
COLUMBIA, SC
Columbia Museum of Art
Daufuskie Memories
PHOTOGRAPHY
on view May 27 – August 7
An Old Woman Sitting at a Table in Her Home, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, 1979
Eyes on the Edge: J Henry Fair Photographs the Carolina Coast
PHOTOGRAPHY
on view August 19 – October 23
columbiamuseum.org
GREENVILLE, SC
Greenville County Museum of Art
Andrew Wyeth’s Places
WATERCOLOR
on view March 19 – September 18
PAWLEY’S ISLAND, SC
Brookgreen Gardens
Huntington Sculpture Garden
SCULPTURE
ongoing exhibition
Selected Works by Rainey Master Sculptors
SCULPTURE
on view May 7 – July 24
by Stacy Huggins
From ART MAG 2016 Summer Issue
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