Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Within State Lines II - Philip Morsberger


Within State Lines II
Exhibition dates: October 9, 2010 - January 8, 2011
Featuring: Jennifer Onofrio Fornes (Augusta), Stefanie Jackson (Athens), Marcus Kenney (Savannah), Kwan Young Lee (Alpharetta) & Philip Morsberger (Augusta)

ABOUT Within State Lines II
To further MOCA GA's mission to support contemporary artists from the entire state of Georgia, Director, Annette Cone-Skelton traveled to four cities: Alpharetta, Athens, Augusta, & Savannah, in order to curate an exhibition of artists from those cities, most have never shown at MOCA GA. A number of these artists were recommended by arts leaders in their communities, including Bill Eiland at The Georgia Museum of Art in Athens; Kevin Grogan at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta; and Steven High, at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah.


ABOUT Philip Morsberger
Philip Morsberger is a painter working in Augusta, GA. He has previously held the William S. Morris Eminent Scholar Emeritus in Art, a prestigious appointment at August State University. Other appointment have included Harvard, Dartmouth, and Berkeley, as well as the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he was the President' Fellow in Painting and Drawing. Morsberger has also had a long association with Oxford University, where he studied in the mid 1950s and subsequently served as the Ruskin Master of Drawing (1971-1984). Morsberger's work is in major collections on both sides of the Atlantic.

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