Keynote speaker Yu Kai Lin said he felt “honored” to be included in the annual STMA Founders Day event. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)
Lisa Thomas Conner, daughter of artist Steffen Thomas (left), presented a Charlie Bonner Award for Advancing Art Education to retired MCES art teacher Laura Rice. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)
Retired MCMS art teacher Marjean Meadow (right) received a Charlie Bonner Award for Advancing Art Education from Lisa Thomas Conner. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)
The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art hosted its annual Founder’s Day event Sunday evening at its gallery in rural Buckhead. Attendees celebrated the life of Sara Douglass Thomas (1907-2009), the artist’s wife and muse who took it upon herself to create a permanent home for her husband’s life’s work following his death in 1990.Sara opened STMA in 1997, and it remains among...