“..it’s very rare for a school of our size to have a museum of this caliber,” said John Daniel Tilford, the museum’s curator. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The exhibition “OUMA in Retrospect” now on view commemorates the 25th anniversary of Oglethorpe’s museum with a focus on the permanent collection, which has expanded 250 percent in just the last five years.

OUMA Director Elizabeth Peterson and Curator of Collections John Tilford sat down with both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Reporter Newspapers to talk about the museum’s history, the increased efforts to align exhibitions with curriculum, the growing permanent collection and its donors, and the museum’s future strategic direction. Tilford will present the lecture “OUMA’s Permanent Collection: Past, Present and Future” on August 23.

Read more:

https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/arts–theater/oglethorpe-university-museum-art-celebrates-years/MSWyzz0SRBxBAtDBkI4DpJ/?icmp=np_inform_variation-test

https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2018/07/25/oglethorpes-art-museum-showcases-rarely-seen-works-to-mark-25th-year/

Featured image: Mattie Lou O’Kelley, (American, 1908-1997), The Factory 8am, 1967, Mixed media on paper (full sheet from spiral bound sketch pad), Gift of Dr. Arnold Zweig and Susan Ellman- Zweig, Collection of Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.