The Breman Museum's 18 Artifacts: The Story of Jewish Atlanta pop-up exhibition The first stop for the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum's 18 Artifacts: The Story of Jewish Atlanta traveling exhibit will be at the annual Atlanta Jewish Life Festival, held at the Georgia Aquarium. The Breman-curated exhibition explores the Jewish history of Atlanta from the Cuba Family Archives for […]
Common Thread: Contemporary African American Quilts - Panel Discussion Wesleyan College will host a panel discussion with four Georgia artists, lead by Jeffrey Bruce, Director of Exhibitions and Collections for the Tubman African American Museum. The artists' work includes historical American quilting techniques and African designs based around themes of gender, identity, beauty, wealth, and […]
Common Thread: Contemporary African American Quilts Opening Wesleyan College will host an opening reception and exhibition with Georgia artist Ellen Blalock, and Macon artists Carolyn Mendes, Rudy Mendes, and Wini McQueen. These artists will present and give a gallery talk on their art on exhibit. With aesthetics ranging from highly representational to abstract, the artworks […]
Georgia Council for Economic Education (GCEE): Economic History Teacher Workshop The GCEE will host a teacher workshop designed to highlight economics in U.S. history during the 20th century in accordance with the Georgia elementary school curriculum in social studies. Teachers will receive six NEW lessons designed specifically for the implementation of the new Georgia Standards […]
Evening for Educators On January 31, Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library and the Carlos Museum will co-host an Evening for Educators. Teachers will have the opportunity to explore Atlanta artist Dr. Fahamu Pecou’s DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, and Resistance at the Carlos, and Building Emory’s African American Collections: […]
Georgia Council for Economic Education (GCEE): Economic History Teacher Workshop The GCEE will host a teacher workshop designed to highlight economics in U.S. history during the 20th century in accordance with the Georgia elementary school curriculum in social studies. Teachers will receive six NEW lessons designed specifically for the implementation of the new Georgia Standards […]
Readings and Conversations with Marilyn Chin The University of North Georgia will host a book reading and conversation with renowned poet Marilyn Chin on her most recent work Portrait of the Self as Nation. The conversation will be held in the Hoag Great Room located in the Hoag Student Center. For more information, contact Anastasia Lin at […]
Readings and Conversations with Marilyn Chin The University of North Georgia will host a book reading and conversation with renowned poet Marilyn Chin on her most recent work Portrait of the Self as Nation. The conversation will be held in the Cleveland Ballroom, Nesbitt 3110. For more information, contact Anastasia Lin at anastasia.lin@ung.edu or 706-867-3234. This is event […]
Humanities Research Center Lecture Series: Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of philosophy at New York University, will deliver a lecture entitled "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" on the Georgia State University campus, Student Center East, Speakers Auditorium, 55 Gilmer Street. The lecture is free and open to the public. This is […]
Georgia Council for Economic Education (GCEE): Economic History Teacher Workshop The GCEE will host a teacher workshop designed to highlight economics of the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Teachers will receive lessons and activities focused on Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the March on Washington. For information contact […]
