The Morris Museum of Art announces the death of artist Philip Morsberger
Jerry Siegel, Philip Morsberger, Georgia, 2006, printed 2012. Digital C-print. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. Courtesy of the artist.
AUGUSTA, GA
.- The world lost a great artist with the death of Philip Morsberger on Sunday, January 3, 2021, of complications due to COVID-19.
Philip Morsberger was blessed with many giftshis extraordinary curiosity and creativity, both of which sustained his skills as an artist, were only the most obvious, so, naturally, they are the immediate focus whenever his name comes up. But his interests were protean and encompassing, said Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art. He could speak with the same knowledgeability and enthusiasm about the film scores of Alfred Newman (only the greatest film composer who ever lived!) and the novels of Charles Dickens, which he read over and over again with devotional rapture. Old movies, radio dramas from
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In this rendering provided by the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, an area of the new museum is seen in New Orleans. (Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience via AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of life they struggled to maintain while seeking acceptance in the home of the Bible Belt.
With multimedia interactive exhibits and a collection of more than 7,000 artifacts, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will illustrate the ways Southern and Jewish cultures influenced each another’s families, businesses, religions, politics and food habits as Jewish staples like potato latkes and matzo ball soup were met with Southern grits and gumbo.
From matzo to gumbo: Museum explores Southern Jewish life
A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews to the American South By STACEY PLAISANCE, Associated Press
Published: December 19, 2020, 6:02am
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NEW ORLEANS A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of life they struggled to maintain while seeking acceptance in the home of the Bible Belt.
Dec 19, 2020
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of life they struggled to maintain while seeking acceptance in the home of the Bible Belt.
With multimedia interactive exhibits and a collection of more than 7,000 artifacts, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will illustrate the ways Southern and Jewish cultures influenced each another’s families, businesses, religions, politics and food habits as Jewish staples like potato latkes and matzo ball soup were met with Southern grits and gumbo.
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