Weekend Activities

What’s Love Got to do with it? What to do when you’re not at Arts in the Heart

By Laura Perry

Augusta’s Leonard “Porkchop” Zimmerman tells his own kind of love stories through his mixed media art exhibit, which opens this weekend at Gertrude Herbert’s Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery. “I had a lot of fun with this—one of the pieces is actually made out of a skirt,” says Porkchop. “All of the pieces have to do with the first and last of a relationship.” Using a variety of mediums in a single piece, mixed media visual art is likely just as much fun to make as it is to see. You love it already!

Friday, September 14th
32nd Annual “A Sense of Place” Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
6-8 p.m.
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Free and open to the public, this annual juried fine art competition seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by contemporary American artists. Three cash prizes will be given at this reception, including a $750 Best of Show Award and two $500 Juror’s Awards. The exhibit will be on view until October 12th. Call 706-722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org.

Opening Reception for Porkchop’s “Love Stories”
6-8 p.m.
Gertrude Herbert’s Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery
Also free and open to the public, “Leonard Porkchop Zimmerman: Love Stories” featuring mixed media on wood opens today and concludes October 12th. Opened just three years ago, the Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery, on Gertrude Herbert’s third floor, features the work of our own local artists. Call 706-722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org.

Moonlight Music Cruise Series: Jazz by Dr. Rob Foster
6:30 p.m.
Enterprise Mill departure
Tonight’s Moonlight Music Cruise features a jazz performance by Rob Foster, A.S.U. professor of music. Bring aboard your refreshments of choice. For more information, call 706-823-0440 or visit www.augustacanal.com.

Saturday, September 15th
Friends of the Library Book Sale
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Appleby Branch Library and Diamond Lake Branch Library The Friends of the Library program helps to encourage state and local officials to better fund our libraries and bring public attention to the importance of our libraries. For more information about the book sale, call Appleby at 706-736-6244, Diamond Lake at 706-722-2432, or visit www.ecgrl.org.

Sunday, September 16th
Last day for Strange Fruit noon-5:00 p.m.
Morris Museum of Art
Strange Fruit: Lithographs by Joseph Norman is on display at the Morris through today. Call 706-724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org

Music at the Morris
2:00 p.m.
Morris Museum of Art
Soprano Laquita Mitchell shows off her operatic voice on the Morris stage. For more information on the free event, call 706-724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org You Might Also Like: