Museum Mix

Despite the fact that it happens three times a year, the Georgia Museum of Art’s Museum Mix never fails to send a buzz through the office. This season’s incarnation was no exception (knowing DJ YaTuSabes and D:RC (aka Darcy Reenis) are setting up on the floor below makes it difficult to concentrate), but the excitement is never just ours.

Keep 'em dancing, D:RC!

Last week, nearly 400 Athenians and visitors of all ages joined us at the free event on Thursday night for a full evening of drinks and dancing, helping us get through several cases of PBR and break in a makeshift dance floor after we were forced inside due to the rain. Coinciding with our exhibition of the 20th-century Mexican printmaking of El Taller de Gráfica Popular, the museum’s entire downstairs was mobilized with the aid of salsa dip and salsa music, and we got some great feedback on the opportunity to see this fascinating show in such a special way – late at night and with a glass of wine in hand.

As always, the museum is proud to be at the center of such a fun and engaged community. We love to see both young and old experiencing the museum in such a variety of ways and share our space for such lively events.

Museum Mix continues later this year – we hope to see you at the next one (hopefully rain-free) on October 1.

P(art)y the Night Away at Museum Mix

William Cullen Hart, Black Foliage.

If you've ever secretly dreamed of a late-night rendezvous in a museum, a la the children's novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler or Ben Stiller film Night at the Museum, look no further than Museum Mix at the Georgia Museum of Art. The thrice-yearly art party, which will be held on Oct. 16 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight, will spotlight the theme of the exhibition "The ... of E6," the Athens-based recording collective Elephant 6.

Attendees can visit the art galleries during these special hours, which follow the museum's Student Night event that takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event will also feature some special guests—Jamey Huggins, John Fernandes, Dottie Alexander, and Bryan Poole—who were members of the E6 movement and will serve as DJs. Refreshments will be provided and drinks will be available to guests 21 and up who have valid identification. Earth Fare will provide snacks for Museum Mix.

Attendees can post about Museum Mix on social media using the hashtag #museummix! Search the hashtag to see what other late night art-partiers are up to.

Museum Mix!

If you remember July 12, then you probably remember spending at least part of the night at the Georgia Museum of Art, and I don’t mean as part of a gallery tour. We call it Museum Mix, and we’ve got another one on the night of Oct. 24!

The party starts at 8 pm and will finish up at midnight, although we do have another event at 7 if you would like to attend: Interview in the Galleries, where you can join special guests Julie Martin and Robert Whitman for a discussion of Experiment in Art and Technology (E.A.T) and “The New York Collection for Stockholm.”

 Entrance, music and the drinks are free (although we must remind you that we can only serve alcohol to people 21 years of age or older—you’ll need to get a wristband at the registration table to get cleared). The sponsors for the evening are Full Circle Realty, Earth Fare, Terrapin Beer Company, Greg Hall and Company, Fast Signs, United Distribution and Allagash Brewing/Victory Brewing/Innis & Gunn Brewing/Reed’s Ginger Ale. We also have a co-promoting sponsor, Athens Fashion Collective.

The music will be provided by DJ Black Dominoes of Atlanta, so get ready to dance the night away, but if you want to take a break from the dance floor, you’re also free to go upstairs and have a look in the galleries—along with our permanent collection, you can see the Orpheus relief, our exhibition of Belleek porcelain, the documentary on De Wain Valentine’s “Gray Column,” “The Look of Love” and everything else we have on display.

             If you’d like more information, you can follow us on Tumblr or join the event on our Facebook page. We can’t wait to see you there!