Third Thursday events and exhibitions for October 19

The next Third Thursday - the monthly evening of art in Athens, Georgia - is scheduled for Thursday, October 19, from 6 to 9 p.m. All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

This Third Thursday will offer four events in addition to the exhibitions. 

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
Museum Mix, 8 – 11 p.m. - The museum's thrice-annual late-night art party features a live deejay, free refreshments and galleries open until 11 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Reindeer Games and WesdaRuler. Free admission.

On view: 

• "Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête" - This exhibition, organized by Aperture Foundation, New York, includes works by acclaimed contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas as well as works by artists who inspired her.
• "Modern Masters from the Giuliano Ceseri Collection" - 19th- and 20th-century drawings from the private collection of Giuliano Ceseri.
• "Louise Blair Daura: A Virginian in Paris" - This exhibition showcases all known works of Louise Blair Daura, a skilled portraitist form Virginia. It is the first attempt by a museum to examine her short career as an artist.
• "Martha Odum: Art Intersects Ecology" - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of UGA's Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, this exhibition features landscape paintings by Martha Odum, Eugene Odum's wife, as well as other works related to ecology.

Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, University of Georgia
Safety Second, a flute and percussion duo dedicated to the performance of new music, will perform in the Lupin Gallery at 8 p.m.

On view:

• "Rosemary Mayer: Beware of All Definitions" - Rosemary Mayer, an underrepresented post-minimalist and feminist artist who died in 2014, is the focus of this small survey. "Beware of All Definitions" covers a rich period in Mayer's career in which she moved from making geometric paintings on shaped canvases to drawings to sculptural works featuring dyed and draped fabrics.
• "SEWW" - Inspired by the League of Lady Wrestlers that originated in Dawson City, Canada, the South East Women Wrestlers was formed in Athens, Georgia, in the summer of 2017 to continue the tradition of subverting patriarchal oppression and the male gaze through spectacle. The exhibition, organized by MFA candidate Kaleena Stasiak, presents more of an art performance than an actual wrestling league.
• "To Be Black and Female: Reflecting on Black Feminism and African American Women's Art in Museums" - Amber Coleman curated this exhibition in conjunction with her applied project for her master's of art education at the Dodd. The purpose of this project is to critically examine and artistically reflect on how Black feminist theory can be utilized to educate art museum visitors and curate African American women's art in museums.
• "Undermined" - Undermined is a collaborative conversation between three MFA candidates in Textile Design and two MFA candidates in ceramics. Yeonsoo Kim and Esther Mech created ceramic and pottery pieces that Amanda Britton, Erin Geagon and Johanna Norry responded to and manipulated using traditional textile materials and techniques, seeking to undermine the function of the original object, thus reframing the way the object could be engaged with and viewed. 

Lyndon House Arts Center
Gallery Talk with artist Thom Houser, 6 – 8 p.m. - Thom Houser has created a unique installation using photographs, video and light sculpture. Selected from exhibition proposal applications, this exhibition explores stairways as a metaphor for transformation and connections on multiple levels. 

On view:

• Timothy Adams' exhibition of colorful, bold abstractions will also be on view in the Lounge Gallery.
• Collections from Our Community. "ZIG DOT ZAG:" Featuring works by the Athens Fibercraft Guild.
• Captured in Time: ACHF 50th Anniversary Program, "Unidentified House of Athens"

ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
[Note location of this event] Cranial Offerings: A Benefit for ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art at Live Wire, 7 – 9:30 p.m. - Artist-Made Headpiece Performance & Brown Bag Auction. Win headpieces perfect for Halloween and Wild Rumpus, featuring art celebrity MC's Didi Dunphy and Jaime Bull. Bites by home.made and Marti's at Midday. Headpiece Artists: Nancy Barbosa, Lucy Calhoun, cap man, Sue Custance, Lauren Fancher, Lisa Freeman, Mike Harboldt, Laura Hull, Crystal Kim, Mike Landers, Devon Mellor, Kerstin "Juma" Ruthberg, Susan Sellew, Ashley Sobhani, Jenn Strevig, Vickie Suplee and Chris Taylor.

• ATHICA's gallery will be closed due to this off-site event. The 2017 Juried Exhibition will be on view there through Nov. 10.

Ciné
Schlocktoberfest film for Third Thursday: "Re-animator" (1985)

On view:

• Schlocktoberfest Art Show featuring works by local artists influenced by this year's selection of horror films, as well as their personal favorites and horror in general. A portion of each sale contributes directly toward our capital campaign, the effort to purchase our building. Pieces will be on display through October 31. Featuring works by: Ashley Anderson, Grant Beecher, Jared Brown, Alexei Gural, Mina Orion-Atlas Kim, Missy Kulik, Dan Litzinger, Alex Murawski, Stephanie Rivers, Terry Rowlett, Graham Shirley, Jessica Smith, Lindsay Troutman, Tatiana Veneruso, Klon Waldrip, and Christy Wooke.

Hotel Indigo, Athens

• "Magical Mystery Tour" – Your dream come true or your worst nightmare, this exhibition toys with surreal psychedelia featuring Dana Haugaard's reflective hypnotic swirls, Jourdan Joly's towering ice cream scoops, the dystopian dreamscapes of Orion Wertz, Jaime Bull's strange celestial spaces, Brian Hitselberger's graphic musings on dreaming and Jacob Wenska's newest illustrations for good evening read. This new exhibition is on view for Third Thursday but make sure to mark your calendars for the opening reception on October 26, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 
• The GlassCube Gallery has a site-specific installation entitled "Rainbow Cube" by artist team Candice Greathouse and Curtis Ames. On view through October, this 24/7 art exhibition space is transformed into a holographic experience looking at the nature of color, light and rainbows.

The Classic Center

• "Warm Days, Cool Nights" in Gallery I features Ariel Lockshaw's hot, hot pool paintings, Frances Berry's minimal golden hour photos, Wade Sheldon's refreshing nautical night skies and Hannah Ehrlich's dreamy cloud paintings.
• Jackie Dorsey has a solo exhibition in Gallery II. Her watercolor portraits of familiar faces of musicians, artists and chefs of Athens are not to be missed. Dorsey's work will be on view until December.  

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Third Thursday was established in 2012 to encourage attendance at Athens' established art venues through coordination and co-promotion by the organizing entities. Rack cards promoting Third Thursday and visual art in Athens are available upon request. This schedule and venue locations and regular hours can be found at 3thurs.org.