Georgia Museum to Hold Free Family Event for Grandparents and Grandchildren on Oct. 26th

By Michael Lachowski

Student docents at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia have created a special family event for grandparents and grandchildren, to be held at the museum Saturday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
 
“Creating Memories and Sharing Stories: The Art of Carroll Cloar,” encourages grandparents and grandchildren to make memories together as they take a tour of the exhibition “The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South.” Time in the galleries will be followed by an activity that asks visitors to create their own work of art featuring a symbol of their family and using Cloar’s techniques.

The student docents will lead the activities as part of the art education special topics and service-learning course “Engaging Art Museum Audiences as Student Docents,” taught by museum curator of education Carissa DiCindio.

This event is free and open to the public and supported by the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Community Council on Aging and the UGA Office of Service-Learning.

Free parking is available at the Georgia Museum of Art’s lot on Carlton Street and surrounding surface lots.