Press Release

Oglethorpe University Museum of Art Displays Permanent Collection

ATLANTA – Oglethorpe University Museum of Art (OUMA) is currently featuring selections from its permanent collection on display now through Sunday, March 14, 2004. The permanent collection consists of fine art collected over the last 18 years and represents the museum’s mission statement of exhibiting international, realistic and spiritual/metaphysical art.

The permanent collection incorporates works of art originally featured in OUMA’s past exhibits including "Four from Madrid: Contemporary Spanish Realism," "The Spirit and the Flesh: Contemporary American Realism," and "The Many Faces of Buddha." Special patrons of OUMA have also helped the collection to grow through the years by donating art work. Donated works include an etching by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, formerly in the Vincent Price Collection, and a watercolor by Sondra Freckelton in addition to a woodcut print by Conrad Felixmuller donated to OUMA by the Lindenau-Museum in Altenburg, Germany after their collaboration on a German Expressionism exhibit.

Each work, from Richard Maury’s enigmatic "Dining Room and Corridor" to OUMA’s 14th century Japanese Kamakura Buddha, echoes the special magic which reflects the exhibits that OUMA continues to present.

Selections from the Permanent Collection
January 25 – March 14, 2004

Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.
Closed Monday and University holidays

Upcoming Museum Events:

February 19, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
"The Curious Case of the Naked Flying Female Mystic of Mt. Everest: Reflections on Gravity, Mind and Matter," Lecture by Glenn H. Mullin, Curator for “The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism” and renowned author and Tibetologist. Free admission. Museum, Skylight Gallery.

February 27, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
"The Eloquent Stillness of Stone: The Role of Rock in the Japanese ‘Dry Landscape’ Garden," Lecture by Dr. Graham Parkes, Department of Philosophy and Division of Ecology and Health, University of Hawaii. Free admission. Museum, Skylight Gallery.

March 2, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
"Scarlatti," Recital of harpsichord sonatas by David Buice, harpsichordist-in-residence. Tickets: $15 / $10 / students free. Museum, Skylight Gallery.

March 4, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
"Flying Mystics I Have Known: Legendary Tales as Paradigm to Nuclear Physics' String Theory," Lecture by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Founder and Director of Drepung Loseling Institute. Free admission. Museum, Skylight Gallery.

March 10, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
"Spiritual Affect in Renaissance Painting," Lecture by Dr. Michael Schwartz, Department of Art History, Augusta State University. Free admission. Museum, Skylight Gallery.

For further information about OUMA events or to schedule a docent tour, call (404) 364-8555 or go to our award-winning Web site.
 

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