June 19, 2025

Fernbank in the News - June 2025

Turtles, Spirit Guides, and an Architectural Legacy

Fernbank News

New York Times: Graham Gund, Playful Architect Who Mixed Past and Present, Dies at 84

Fernbank is saddened by this news but grateful to be a part of Graham Gund's architectural legacy. The museum is proud to invite guests into an iconic building that Fernbank calls home, allowing us to fill an architectural work of art with remarkable STEAM experiences for guests of all ages to engage in science, nature and culture.

Turtles

• Rough Draft: Be shell-bound by Turtles this summer at Fernbank Museum
• Rome News-Tribune: 'Turtles' exhibition at Fernbank Museum promises to be a 'shell-abration'
• Creative Loafing: Turtles at Fernbank Museum
  
• AJC: It’s time to shell-ebrate turtles at new Fernbank Museum exhibition
  
• Gwinnett Magazine: It’s Turtle Time! Fernbank’s Slow and Steady Exhibit!

L: Jacobo and María Ángeles, "Jaguar-Eagle," fiberglass and acrylic paint, 2024. R; Jacobo and María Ángeles, "Camel-Eagle," fiberglass and acrylic paint, 2024.

Spirit Guides

• WABE/NPR Podcast - City Lights with Lois Reitzes: Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures from the Workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles/Gulch Magazine

See these exhibits and more at these After-Hours events!

• Fernbank...but LATER: Grand Slam Science - Friday, June 27
• Fernbank After Dark: Survivor (21+) - Friday, July 11
• Teen Takeover - Saturday, July 12