Professor of Art Donna May Hatcher will be featured in an art exhibition from 4-6:30 p.m. on March 26 in the Bowen Hall 121 Gallery at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Titled “Another Woman’s Treasure: A Retrospective,” the event is open to the public at no charge.  Dr. Susan Kirby Roe, Head of the ABAC Department of Fine Arts, said refreshments will be provided.

A native of Lester, Hatcher graduated from Westwood Schools before receiving a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Georgia. She also earned a master’s degree in painting from Cornell University.

Hatcher’s installations of sculptures, paintings, drawings, glass, and mixed media works have been shown in Europe, New York, and extensively in Georgia.  Her works are in private collections throughout the United States.

“Communication is the magic of art and life,” Hatcher said.   “My most sacred moments are in that space between myself and art, because that is true communication, transcendental or not. This also happens in the classroom with my students. In some ways, my students are the most profound works of art, and sometimes, I have been a part of what they are actualizing. I absolutely love it.”

For the past 19 years Hatcher has served as an ABAC faculty member and creates at studios in Tifton and Lester.  She also enjoys painting on the shores of Lake Eufaula.  For the past five years, she has focused primarily on the historic preservation and renovation of the Bessie Tift Chapel in Tifton where she plans to utilize the Carpenter’s Gothic architecture as an art studio and gallery.