Andalusia

Using watercolors, charcoals, paintbrushes, easels and canvasses—students from Central Georgia will craft impromptu art during Georgia College & State University’s first “Artober Celebration at Andalusia: Home of Flannery O’Connor.”It’ll be a day of “En Plein Air” painting 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. The term refers to artists leaving the confinements of four walls for an open-air experience. Rain or shine, students from Georgia College and other local schools like Mercer University...

Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Take a trip back in time and head over to Andalusia, once home to one of America's most famed authors, Flannery O'Connor, '45, to check out its new augmented reality grounds tour.Simply stop by the Interpretive Center to scan the QR code with your smart phone to begin the narrated, 3D tour. You'll get a feel for O'Connor's homestead the way it once was with panoramic views, videos and sound effects. Once you return home, your Andalusia...

The great Southern author Mary “Flannery” O’Connor, ’45, would’ve turned 99 on Monday, March 25. Georgia College & State University celebrates her birthday Saturday, March 23. The university will hold free tours at Andalusia from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and a cake cutting at noon. A new exhibit at the Andalusia Interpretive Center will also debut that day. As part of the birthday festivities, the folk group Colin Cutler & Hot Pepper Jam will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Andalusia’s...

Are you interested in oral history? Are you interested in starting your own oral history project? Join Dr. Stephanie Opperman at Andalusia: The Home of Flannery O’Connor as she leads a workshop on oral history and how to get started on your own project. This one-hour workshop will take place Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in Andalusia’s Interpretive Center. Please sign up for this workshop using the google link below if you are planning on coming. https://forms.gle/Ud2rngek4Xk5LjceA