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Dear Colleagues,

I am saddened to share the news that Philip Morsberger, professor emeritus
and valued member of the CCA community, passed away of complications due to
COVID=E2=80=9319 on January 3 in Augusta, Georgia. He was 87.

Over his long career as a painter, Philip exhibited around the world, and
his work is held in the permanent collections of many museums, including
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Jos=C3=A9 Museum of Art, th=
e
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Ashmolean Museum at University of
Oxford, where he both studied and taught.

Philip joined the CCAC faculty in 1987, when he was appointed President=E2=
=80=99s
Council Fellow by President Neil Hoffman, and taught in the Fine Arts
Painting program for a decade. He brought a wealth of expertise as both an
artist and teacher to the college, having taught previously on the
faculties of Oxford (where he created the first accredited BFA degree
program at the Ruskin School of Drawing in 1978), Harvard, Dartmouth, the
San Francisco Art Institute, and the University of California, Berkeley.

In 1997 Philip took a leave of absence from CCAC to accept an appointment
as William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta State University in
Georgia, a position he held until his retirement five years later. He
continued to live and work in Augusta for the remainder of his life.

CCA Libraries=E2=80=99 Jennine Scarboro, who studied with Philip, remembers=
 him as
an artist and teacher =E2=80=9Cdevoted to the work of painting, insistent t=
hat to
make great work we needed to =E2=80=98show up.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D She recall=
s him telling his
students =E2=80=9Cthat we should be in the studio painting every day . . . =
 that we
had to be constantly working at painting. That stayed with me, and I
believed that he devoted that constant effort to his painting as well.=E2=
=80=9D

My thoughts are with Philip=E2=80=99s family and friends. The CCA community=
 feels
his loss.

Sincerely,

Steve

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"gmail-docs-internal-guid-69f140bb-7fff-a529-ea=
6a-6e26343125bd"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma=
rgin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-n=
umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-=
space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"" color=3D"#00000=
0">Dear Colleagues,</font></span></p><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=
=3D"#000000"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top=
:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-va=
riant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline=
;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000">I=
 am saddened to share the news that Philip Morsberger, professor emeritus a=
nd valued member of the CCA community, passed away of complications due to =
COVID=E2=80=9319 on January 3 in Augusta, Georgia. He was 87.</font></span>=
</p><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><br></font><p dir=3D=
"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font fac=
e=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><span style=3D"background-color:t=
ransparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;verti=
cal-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Over his long career as a painter,=
 Philip exhibited around the world, and his work is held in the permanent c=
ollections of many museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Ar=
t, the San Jos</span><span style=3D"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian=
t-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=C3=A9</s=
pan><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal=
;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p"> Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Ashmolean Mus=
eum at University of Oxford, where he both studied and taught.=C2=A0</span>=
</font></p><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><br></font><p=
 dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><s=
pan style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-=
variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><fo=
nt face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000">Philip joined the CCAC facu=
lty in 1987, when he was appointed President=E2=80=99s Council Fellow by Pr=
esident Neil Hoffman, and taught in the Fine Arts Painting program for a de=
cade. He brought a wealth of expertise as both an artist and teacher to the=
 college, having taught previously on the faculties of Oxford (where he cre=
ated the first accredited BFA degree program at the Ruskin School of Drawin=
g in 1978), Harvard, Dartmouth, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Un=
iversity of California, Berkeley.=C2=A0</font></span></p><font face=3D"aria=
l, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-he=
ight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color=
:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;ver=
tical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"=
 color=3D"#000000">In 1997 Philip took a leave of absence from CCAC to acce=
pt an appointment as William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta St=
ate University in Georgia, a position he held until his retirement five yea=
rs later. He continued to live and work in Augusta for the remainder of his=
 life.</font></span></p><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000">=
<br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-b=
ottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric=
:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:=
pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000">CCA Libraries=
=E2=80=99 Jennine Scarboro, who studied with Philip, remembers him as an ar=
tist and teacher =E2=80=9Cdevoted to the work of painting, insistent that t=
o make great work we needed to =E2=80=98show up.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D She reca=
lls him telling his students =E2=80=9Cthat we should be in the studio paint=
ing every day . . .=C2=A0 that we had to be constantly working at painting.=
 That stayed with me, and I believed that he devoted that constant effort t=
o his painting as well.=E2=80=9D</font></span></p><font face=3D"arial, sans=
-serif" color=3D"#000000"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.=
38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transp=
arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-a=
lign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=
=3D"#000000">My thoughts are with Philip=E2=80=99s family and friends. The =
CCA community feels his loss.</font></span></p><font face=3D"arial, sans-se=
rif" color=3D"#000000"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;=
margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transpare=
nt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-alig=
n:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" color=3D"=
#000000">Sincerely,</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.=
38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transp=
arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-a=
lign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=
=3D"" color=3D"#000000">Steve </font></span></p></span></div>

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