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Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is located in
Construction of the home in which the institute is housed was completed in 1818. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in the
Homepage for the Institute
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Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...
, in the home of former Augusta mayor and United States senator Nicholas Ware
Nicholas Ware (February 16, 1776September 7, 1824) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He ...
. Olivia Herbert founded the institute in 1937. The original name for the institute was the Augusta Art Club; it was later renamed in memorial to Olivia Herbert's daughter, Gertrude Herbert Dunn. The two primary missions of the institute are art education and visual arts exhibition.
Education activity
Facilitating the art education mission of the institute is a certification by the Georgia Council of Arts as a Teacher Professional Learning (TPL) provider current as of 2007. Among other certified providers isEmory University
Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...
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Ware's Folly: The building housing the institute
Construction of the home in which the institute is housed was completed in 1818. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in the Federal style
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of And ...
the house is notable for its three-story elliptical staircase. The building bears the nickname Ware's Folly, which derives from the high cost of the construction, $40,000 in 1818 or c. $12 million in 2007, and the extravagant interior detailing.
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Homepage for the Institute
{{Authority control 1937 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Augusta, Georgia Federal architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Houses completed in 1818 Art museums and galleries in Georgia (U.S. state) Art schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Arts centers in Georgia (U.S. state) Tourist attractions in Augusta, Georgia Education in Augusta, Georgia Buildings and structures in Augusta, Georgia