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Art Exhibits

Lyndon House Art Exhibitions
All exhibitions are free and open to the public during regular gallery hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from Noon - 9:00 p.m., and Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Lyndon House Arts Center is closed on Saturdays when there is University of Georgia home football game.

Lyndon House Arts Center, located at 293 Hoyt Street, is a facility of the Athens-Clarke County Department of Leisure Services and is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriation of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

ART FOR ATHENS KIDS
An art project for Pinewoods Library and Learning Center in Athens, Georgia
Made possible by a Georgia Council for the Arts Grassroots Art Project Grant
(July 1- August 28)
The exhibition ART FOR ATHENS KIDS is open to the public at Lyndon House Arts Center. Nine children from Pinewoods Learning Center worked with Toni Carlucci, Juana Gnecco, Karina Lopez and Beatris Ramirez to create a series of beautiful pictorial ceramic tiles that may be seen in the Lyndon House lobby.

The students, ages 8-10, received drawing and painting lessons, covering basic drawing and watercolor techniques, and had group discussions to stimulate thoughts and feelings about their lives. Using this as a starting point, they created images to illustrate scenes from their life stories, transfer their basic designs to clay, and paint their tiles using underglazes.

The goal of this project is to foster an appreciation for Hispanic folk art and to develop skills in clay, drawing, design and painting. It is an opportunity for children to be able to tell an aspect of their life stories through art, and develop a sense of place and belonging.

The exhibition is on display through August 28.

Hours of operation are Tuesday & Thursday from 12 noon until 9 pm and Wednesday, Friday & Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm.

This program is supported in part by Grassroots Arts Program of the Georgia Council for the Arts through an appropriation of the Georgia General Assembly in partnership with the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center.

Full House 2010 (June 1 - September 18)
Full House 2010, is an exhibition of visual arts in the Athens-Clarke County community encompassing a wide range of media, styles, and traditions.

The exhibiting artists are members of the fifteen arts organizations which call Lyndon House Arts Center home: Athens Art Association, Athens Fibercraft Guild, Cotton Patch Quilters, Lyndon House Arts Foundation, Visual Arts Guild of Athens, Ware-Lyndon House Advisory Committee, Athens Area Arts Council, Athens Area Porcelain Artists, Casa de la Cultura, Athens Photography Guild, Athens Lacemakers, Classic City Woodturners, Printmakers Cooperative, Ladies' Garden Club, and Teen Cartoon Illustrators Club. The participating artists are small business owners, teachers, healthcare workers, homemakers, UGA faculty, staff and students, public servants, scientists, professional artists, and retirees.

They range in age from thirteen to eighty-something, each involved in his or her own way with self-expression and the enjoyment of creativity.

Full House 2010 is free and open to the public.

Full House 2010 Reception Thursday, July 29 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Ages: All ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Date and Time: June 1-September 18, Tuesday and Thursday; Noon-9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fee: Free

Anniversary Scrapbook: Then and Now 10/35
Lyndon House Arts Center is celebrating a dual anniversary this year: 35 years since the arts program was founded and 10 years since the grand opening. This display presents clippings, printed material and photographs from past years.

Ages: All ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Dates and Times: March 9-June 30, Tuesday and Thursday; Noon-9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fee: Free

Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840-1890) and Athens History Museum
Ongoing during Lyndon House Arts Center operating hours.

The Ware-Lyndon House (c. 1850's) is a Late Greek Revival home with Italianate influence listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The interior has been restored and arranged with decorative arts and furnishings of the period. The historic display room features artifacts related to the historic house and to the history of Athens.

Hands That Can Do: African American Quilters of Northeast Georgia
An exhibition of quilts from northeast Georgia which celebrates the tradition of quilting in the African American community and honors women who found joy and community around the quilting frame.
Ages: All ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Program Date: October 5� January 19
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, Noon�9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fee: Free
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Location: Lyndon House Arts Center, (706) 613-3623

Floating Fetching Fowling
An exhibition by local artists Nancy Lloyd, Carolyn Montague and Ouida Williams. Works in painting, drawing, mixed media, and three dimensions are accompanied by insights into each artist�s individual creative process.
Ages: All ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Program Date: October 26�January 19
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, Noon�9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fee: Free
Location: Lyndon House Arts Center, (706) 613-3623

Chinese Brush Painted Scrolls, Paintings and Caligraphy
I-Hsiung Ju is considered one of few Chinese artists able to blend two worlds of style, technique and idiom to produce a unique form of brush painting, which is both modern and traditionally Oriental. In addition to his 16-scroll Yangtze River Mural, Prof. Ju exhibits his Huang Shan scrolls. Virginia Lloyd-Davies and Egbert Ennulat exhibit brush paintings of various subjects and calligraphy.
Ages: All ages, children must be accompanied by an adult
Program Date: October 26- January 19
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, Noon�9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fee: Free
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 23
Location: Lyndon House Arts Center, (706) 613-3623