Steffen Thomas Museum of Art

Film director Jesse Thomas Conner will host a Q&A after the screening of his documentary Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel at Athen Ciné. CONTRIBUTED

Film director Jesse Thomas Conner will host a Q&A after the screening of his documentary Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel at Athen Ciné. CONTRIBUTED

Steffen Thomas film to show at Athens Ciné

The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art announced that Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel, a documentary on the life of noted artist Steffen Thomas, will screen at 7:45 p.m., Oct. 18 at Athens Ciné, following a 6:30 p.m. reception in the Ciné LAB.
IAN TOCHER/Staff

IAN TOCHER/Staff

Steffen Thomas Museum remains in good hands

Officials of the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art (STMA) delivered the organization’s annual financial report Aug. 19 to a small group of patrons and benefactors attending a meeting at the museum in rural Buckhead, near Madison.
Literally surrounded by the artist’s work, patrons gathered to honor his wife, Sara Douglass Thomas, during Founder’s Day at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in Buckhead.

Literally surrounded by the artist’s work, patrons gathered to honor his wife, Sara Douglass Thomas, during Founder’s Day at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in Buckhead.

Steffen Thomas Museum Founder’s Day celebrated

The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in rural Buckhead celebrated its Founder’s Day on July 1, honoring the artist’s late wife and lifelong muse, Sara Douglass Thomas.
Lisa Thomas-Conner and filmmaker Jesse Stephen Freeman answered questions from the audience following last Thursday’s screening of “Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel,” at The Plaza Arts Center. IAN TOCHER/ Staff

Lisa Thomas-Conner and filmmaker Jesse Stephen Freeman answered questions from the audience following last Thursday’s screening of “Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel,” at The Plaza Arts Center. IAN TOCHER/ Staff

The Plaza screens ‘Steffen Thomas: Rock & Chisel’

“Art is dynamite.” Those were the first words to flash across the screen last Thursday night at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton, to start a one-time presentation of “Rock & Chisel,” a bio-documentary of famed sculptor and painter Steffen Thomas.