New Fine Arts Museum Opens
As part of the Homecoming and Alumni Weekend festivities, President Dorothy Leland hosted the opening of a new fine arts museum on the Georgia College campus. The museum is located in the historic Milledgeville home designed by renowned Atlanta architect Phillip Trammell Shutze in 1935. In 1939, the building was selected for a House & Garden Award in architecture.
"We are fortunate to be able to house the university's permanent art collection in this historic home which is art in itself," says President Leland. "We look forward to both preserving this notable home created by one of America's greatest architects and providing the university and community with an important venue for art exhibition."
The Georgia College Foundation acquired the historic Milledgeville home in 2008 from Lucy Underwood, a former faculty member of the university's music department. The foundation then gifted the property to the university.
The museum opened with three exhibitions that included art created by Georgia College alumni; drawings created by Ken Procter, Dean of the university's College of Arts & Sciences; and the senior thesis work of the late Carol Chaklos, a Georgia College student who completed her coursework after being seriously injured in a car crash. She was awarded her degree posthumously in 2007 after succumbing to her injuries before graduation.