 Courageous Conversations About Race Returns Nov 11 with a College SessionAs the holiday season looms, the Albany Museum of Art has a busy schedule for November that includes the AMA’s annual fall art festival, a race discussion session for college students, a three-part art lecture series, and programming for children, students, and adults.
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 High school and college writers who placed in the Albany Museum of Art’s 8th annual "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words" essay competition are, from left, Westover High School student Jaria Ware, Dougherty High School student Dontrell Marton, Albany State University student Jamara Hall Shipp, ASU student Jeaunice Tribue Burnette, and Georgia Southwestern State College Student Maggie Cox. (Photo: Albany Museum of Art/Jim Hendricks) Eight High School and College Essayists Recognized in Art-Inspired Writing ContestEight high school and college students were recognized for their winning essays in the 8th annual A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words competition at the Albany Museum of Art.
Clara Lee, a Georgia Southwestern State University student, won the $250 first-place award in the College Division for her essay Changing for the Better. Taking top honor in the High School Division was Westover High School student Jaria Ware for her essay Ethiopia: A Second Utopia.  Art educators from Georgia and Alabama tour the Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice exhibition during the Art Ed. Connect professional development day on Oct 13 at the Albany Museum of Art. Johnson’s art will be discussed at three AMA fall lectures led by art historians and artists. (Photo: Albany Museum of Art) Art History Experts and Artists Featured at Albany Museum of Art LecturesA series of lectures designed to illuminate the works of William H. Johnson, one of America’s leading African-American artists of the 20th century, will get underway in November at the Albany Museum of Art. All are free and open to the public.
 Georgia Southwestern State University art student Sheridon Lambert works molten glass at an event. GSW glassblowers will demonstrate their skills at the Albany Museum of Art ChalkFest on Saturday, Nov 19 in downtown Albany. (Photo courtesy of Sheridon Lambert) Albany Museum of Art Fall Art Festival Is Saturday, Nov 19 in Downtown AlbanyGlassblowing will be the hot new thing at Albany Museum of Art ChalkFest on Saturday, Nov 19, 2022, in downtown Albany.
Art students from Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus will demonstrate their glassblowing skills as they form glass art objects by inflating molten glass into a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe. The glassblowing demonstration area is the latest art addition to the 5th annual festival. Presented by Publix, AMA ChalkFest will be 10 am-5 pm on South Front Street and at Veterans Park Amphitheatre. Admission is free for everyone.  Tasmyn McCauley, a Southwest Georgia State University student, reads her first-place essay, "Sharp Edges," at the 2021 awards reception for the Albany Museum of Art essay contest, "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words." High School and College Students Can Win Up to $250 in Writing Competition The final week has arrived for high school and college students in Southwest Georgia to submit essays for the 8th annual A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words essay contest at the Albany Museum of Art.
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