Flannery O’Connor

Movies are viewed on the lawn next to the interpretive center at Andalusia in Baldwin County. TYLER KARRAKER/Staff

Movies are viewed on the lawn next to the interpretive center at Andalusia in Baldwin County. TYLER KARRAKER/Staff

Andalusia celebrates 101st birthday of O’Connor

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
The people of Milledgeville shared a night under the stars on March 25 in the warm spring heat as the community celebrated the 101st birthday of novelist Flannery O’Connor.The celebration was held at Andalusia Farm, the former home of O’Connor.
Colin Cutler and Hot Pepper Jam, of GCSU’s Music Department, Sally Jaye, and special guest Rob Sumowski played throughout the day on the stage set up in front of Andalusia Farm’s Interpretive Center. Attendees brought tents, blankets, and chairs to enjoy the day's festivities. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

Colin Cutler and Hot Pepper Jam, of GCSU’s Music Department, Sally Jaye, and special guest Rob Sumowski played throughout the day on the stage set up in front of Andalusia Farm’s Interpretive Center. Attendees brought tents, blankets, and chairs to enjoy the day's festivities. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

GCSU hosts celebration of O’Connor’s 100th birthday

Bailey McCully
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Georgia College & State University celebrated Flannery O’Connor’s 100th birthday March 26-29 with various events.Flannery O’Connor was an American novelist, born on March 25, 1925, most famous for her work in short stories. Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, GA, served as her home from 1951-1964.
An oil painting by Flannery O’Connor of an unidentified woman featured in Andalusia’s gallery. CONTRIBUTED

An oil painting by Flannery O’Connor of an unidentified woman featured in Andalusia’s gallery. CONTRIBUTED

O’Connor’s unseen visual art revealed on 100th birthday

Jackson Gallagher
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
One hundred years after her birth, over 60 largely unknown pieces of art by Flannery O’Connor were revealed at the opening reception of a new art gallery exhibit, “Flannery at 100: Hidden Treasures.”
Flannery O’Connor is an American author. During the years O’Connor lived at Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, she completed two novels and 32 short stories centered around the American Southern gothic genre. CONTRIBUTED

Flannery O’Connor is an American author. During the years O’Connor lived at Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, she completed two novels and 32 short stories centered around the American Southern gothic genre. CONTRIBUTED

GWM to present at GCSU O’Connor conference

News Staff
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
The Flannery O’Connor Institute for the Humanities will host Sept. 12-15, Flannery O’Connor’s Second Century: Looking Forward, Looking Back, a comprehensive conference at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville.
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