The Muse - Spring 2021

The Columbus Museum Quarterly Magazine

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Spring 2021

Letter from the Director

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n my view, spring is the most beautiful season in Columbus. A highlight of it is visiting the Bradley Olmsted Garden when it is in full bloom, which is usually the last week of March and first week of April. It is breathtaking, and I hope you will find time to visit. Spring is the season of renewal, and this year that idea has special meaning with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. We look forward to the time when we can safely gather inside the Museum for events, tours, and larger indoor programs. In the meantime, we have some terrific new exhibitions and programs coming in the next three months.

In May 2019, Norman Easterbrook, Executive Director and CEO of The River Center for the Performing Arts, connected the Museum with Paul M. Goggans, whose maternal ancestors had a remarkable history of quilt-making in the Chattahoochee Valley. Goggans has generously donated 16 quilts to the Museum, all made by his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great aunt, who lived in Warm Springs and Upatoi. The Goggans family quilts reflect a high degree of artistry and technique and are in excellent condition.

Beginning this spring, the Museum will

The Columbus Museum brings American art and history to life for the communities of the Chattahoochee Valley.

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display quilts from the collection in two exhibitions in the Galleria cases. Part I opens on May 8.

The Chattahoochee Valley has a long tradition of talented visual artists—one that continues to this day—a number of whom have become more widely known. We should be proud of our strong community of artists as something that makes this region distinctive and special. I am happy to announce that this spring, the Museum is presenting the exhibition 7 + 7: Established and Emerging Artists of the Chattahoochee Valley, featuring work by seven established artists of the Chattahoochee Valley. In turn, these artists have chosen an emerging artist from our area for the exhibition. You will thus be able to see work by artists who are familiar to you and to get acquainted with the work of rising artists from our region.

In late May, Axis among Us: World War II POW Camps in the Chattahoochee Valley looks at the POW Camps at Fort Benning and near Opelika. The existence of these camps, containing primarily German and Italian POWs, is perhaps not so well known, but they were a key part of the war effort. The exhibition features folk art, postcards, and POW letters, as well as ob-

jects and images on loan from the National Infantry Museum and the Kentucky Historical Society.

We began holding in-person programs for limited audiences this past fall with outdoor tours and programs. Participants toured our outdoor sculpture collection and enjoyed glass-making and studio classes for youth and families. This spring, the Museum will continue to offer these programs, along with the continuation of virtual tours for schools, families, and adults, and the Museum PALS program, held in 16 classrooms in six schools in the Muscogee County School District. The Museum’s staff has done an outstanding job of finding new ways to continue to offer programs.

Even after we are able to hold larger onsite programs and events, we will continue to offer virtual programming so that we extend our reach to those who may not be able to visit in person.

I hope that you will find this spring a time of new beginnings, and I look forward to seeing you at the Museum.

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Beatrice Virginia Elizabeth Jenkins Phillips, 6-Point Star/ Star and Triangle quilt (detail), 1930s, cotton, Gift of Dr. Paul M. Goggans, The Columbus Museum G.2019.78.13

7 + 7: Established and Emerging Artists of the Chattahoochee Valley New Exhibition | March 20 - October 3, 2021 | Yarbrough Gallery

In collaboration with Curator of American Art Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D., seven established artists of the Chattahoochee Valley are each selecting an emerging artist from the region whose work they believe deserves more attention.

The installation will feature the work of each duo as well as artist statements from all involved. Displaying the submitted objects in pairs will foreground similarities and differences in style, materials, and philosophies.

Demonstrating The Columbus Museum’s commitment to local talent and contemporary practice, 7 + 7 showcases objects inflected by the challenges of 2020 and gives a well-deserved boost to some of the region’s up-and-coming creatives.

Bo Bartlett, Najee Dorsey, Betsy Eby, Renato Ferreira, Hannah Israel, Liz Lovin, and Bruno Zupan comprise the established artist roster.

Image: Established artist Hannah Israel has tapped emerging artist Dalton Newbend as her 7 + 7 collaborator.

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Quilts from the Collection of Paul M. Goggans, Part 1 New Exhibition | May 8 – December 5, 2021 | Galleria Cases This exhibition, the first of two planned installations, features quilts newly acquired from Paul M. Goggans. Goggans’ family lived in the Chattahoochee Valley for more than 150 years, and his maternal grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-greataunt produced dozens of quilts that the family lovingly preserved over the years. The quilts reflect popular patterns, colors, and fabrics of the 19th and early 20th centuries and present excellent aesthetic variety with strong levels of craftsmanship.

Spanning nearly 70 years, these beautiful objects also reflect their everyday use as household goods. This installation spotlights the work of sisters-in-law Isabella (Bell) Phillips Boyd

(1862-1953), who lived in the Upatoi area of Muscogee County, and Beatrice Virginia Elizabeth Jenkins Phillips (1864-1942), who grew up in Troup County and spent her adult life near Warm Springs in Meriwether County.

Images: 1. Beatrice Virginia Elizabeth Jenkins Phillips, String Pattern quilt, 1920s, cotton, Gift of Dr. Paul M. Goggans, The Columbus Museum G.2019.78.11 2. Isabella (Bell) Phillips Boyd, Pomegranate quilt, late 1800s, cotton, Gift of Dr. Paul M. Goggans, The Columbus Museum G.2019.78.3 3. Isabella (Bell) Phillips Boyd, Drunkard’s Path quilt, late 1800s, cotton, Gift of Dr. Paul M. Goggans, The Columbus Museum G.2019.78.1

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Axis Among Us: World War II POW Camps in the Chattahoochee Valley New Exhibition | May 22 – November 28, 2021 | Woodruff Gallery When the U.S. entered World War II, prisoners of war from the Axis Powers of Germany and Italy began to arrive in camps across the country. The need for camps to be located in relatively warm climates on land that could be purchased inexpensively led the military to locate many POW camps in the South, including near Columbus and Opelika. In 1943, Louisville, Ky., native Colonel George M. Chescheir assumed command of Fort Benning’s POW camp, built to house first Italian and then German prisoners.

Chescheir’s version of the War Department’s reeducation program, the “University of Democracy,” attracted national attention for its innovative efforts to instill an appreciation of the United States in the minds of German POWs. Almost all the camp’s German prisoners signed a pledge renouncing Nazism, and the program soon extended to 13 other POW camps across Georgia and Alabama.

In contrast to Fort Benning, the POW camp near Opelika was not connected to an existing military post but was purposely established in a relatively remote location. Camp Opelika first received German prisoners in 1943 from Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps and continued receiving prisoners through 1945. Prisoners labored in

area farmers’ fields of peanuts and cotton, while also writing letters to family and participating in occasional recreational activities.

This exhibition presents the seldom-told history of the Chattahoochee Valley’s World War II POW camps by spotlighting recent Museum acquisitions such as POW letters, postcards, and folk art, as well as objects and images from the National Infantry Museum and the Kentucky Historical Society.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by MetroPower

Images: 1. Wooden plate carved by German POWs at Camp Opelika, 1944, The Evelyn S. and H. Wayne Patterson Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2019.34 2. Wooden plate carved by German POW at Fort Benning, 1945, The Evelyn S. and H. Wayne Patterson Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2019.33.1 3. U.S. Army photo, Italian POWs at Fort Benning celebrating the end of hostilities with Italy, 1943, The Evelyn S. and H. Wayne Patterson Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.1 4. Camp Opelika POW camp chit, 1943-45, The General Acquisitions Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.46.1

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SPRING 2021 ART ACQUISITIONS

Side-Eye Redux

Since ancient times, artists have created physiognomic representations of specific individuals from head-on, three-quarters, and side views. Based in the visual need for legible authority during the Greek and Roman empires and the wider medieval world, the profile format has remained a vital, if less common, mode for portrait artists up through the contemporary moment. The Columbus Museum, like many collecting institutions, stewards a number of these likenesses, and a selection of them appeared in the exhibition Side-Eye: Portraits in Profile, on view June 3–October 1, 2017. Building on this strength, the Museum recently purchased three important examples in this aesthetic mode.

Artist E.J. Perry was born circa 1879 in Monroe, North Carolina, and went on to become a noted silhouettist in New York; he also worked in the Southeast. In 1904, a Coney Island reporter took note of Perry, writing, “The silhouettes and the artist are both black. He is surrounded by crowds all day. He will ‘cut you out’ an outline sketch of yourself for a quarter or for $1, according to your desires.” Perry gained attention that afforded him opportunities beyond the boardwalk. In 1904, he plied his craft at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. His presence drew so much attention that another vendor at the fair attempted to sue him, a claim that did not hold up in court. Instead, public officials praised the artist’s work, stating, “No one but an expert can cut [a silhouette] out of paper.” Perry also set up his stand at the Negro Building—the first federal commission awarded to an African American architect—at the 1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exhibition, where the silhouettist very likely met Booker T. Washington.

While the fair was overall deemed a flop, the Negro Building received high amounts of praise as the festival’s singular success.

Later, the Dolphin Hotel employed Perry during one of Harlem’s most prosperous moments, but he eventually returned to Coney Island to work. Alongside his creative practice, Perry was a community activist, volunteering with The Young Women’s and Young Men’s Christian As6 | THE MUSE SPRING 2021

sociations of New York. These cut-outs (figs. 2-3) are the first profile portraits by an African American maker to join the Museum’s holdings.

Marvin Cone was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he lived for the majority of his life. After attending Coe College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he traveled to France with his contemporary, Grant Wood, and studied at the École des Beaux Arts. Upon return to the U.S., Wood and Cone established the Stone City Art Colony in Stone City, Iowa. Cone also served as a professor at Coe College for more than 40 years. The artist’s work can be described as being situated within the Regionalist movement, an American

style that depicted realistic scenes with local resonance. However, Cone generally sought to replicate his inner vision of nature as opposed to reproducing realistic depictions. He once stated, “The purpose of art is not to reproduce life, but to present an editorial, a comment on life…. Art traces an abstraction and makes it audible or visual. It symbolizes the whole of life.

We believe in something we can see.” This charming profile portrait (fig. 1) was a gift from the artist to the sitter. The Museum already owns examples by the three most famous American Regionalists—Wood, John Steuart Curry, and Thomas Hart Benton—but this will be the first work by Cone to enter the collection.

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Images: 1. Marvin Cone, Profile of a Boy, 1940/1960, graphite on paper. The Art Acquisition and Restoration Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.35 | 2.-3. E.J. Perry, Silhouette of a Man and Silhouette of a Woman, 1921, cut paper glued to card, with letterpress additions. The Art Acquisition and Restoration Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.33.1–2

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SPRING 2021 HISTORY ACQUISITIONS

Carver in Columbus

The Museum recently acquired its first historic artifacts associated with Dr. George Washington Carver, a pioneering scientist and inventor who led Tuskegee Institute’s agricultural department to national prominence in the early 20th century. Born into slavery in Missouri near the end of the Civil War, Carver graduated from high school in Kansas before homesteading a farm, where he conducted biological experiments, then becoming the first Black student at Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University).

After Carver graduated in 1896, Booker T. Washington brought him to Tuskegee Institute, where his work soon became nationally renowned.

Using scientific principles, Carver advocated for crop rotation and diversification of crops. These efforts, meant to help poor African Americans best utilize the small plots of land they sharecropped, led Carver to his most famous experiments developing new uses for peanuts, proving that cotton need not be the South’s only widespread cash crop. The scientist eventually invented more than 300 peanut-based products, in addition to his work with sweet potatoes, soybeans, and pecans. Carver lived at Tuskegee until his death in 1943 and established a foundation at the school for future agricultural research.

Birmingham-based artist Felix Benjamin Gaines (1908-1991) likely based his 1946 portrait of Carver on a photograph made by Arthur Rothstein in 1942. Gaines’ initial pen-and-ink drawing was reproduced as a photo-lithograph that he termed a “psycho beautigraph etching.” He distributed his prints of Carver for free through Black churches and schools in the South with the goal of commemorating the scientist’s achievements while also encouraging African American youth to pursue higher education. The Museum’s print is framed with a placard noting that it was made available “[c]ourtesy of Gaston’s Grocery & Mkt.,” a grocery store in Selma, Ala. Gaines painted two murals depicting Black farmers for an African American community center in Selma funded by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. He may have established connections there then that later helped him distribute more of his Carver prints.

Gaines continued creating strikingly detailed portraits and maps, utilizing many fine lines, as lithographs through at least the 1960s.

Carver frequently collaborated with white Columbus food entrepreneur Tom Huston, founder of the Tom Huston Peanut Company, and visited the city several times between 1924 and 1939. The Museum recently acquired a letter from Carver to Grady Porter, a white manager at the Tom Huston Peanut Company. In the hand-written February 1935 letter on Tuskegee stationery, Carver trades personal news, discusses the implementation of a 1934 peanut tariff, and invites Porter for a visit, noting that “[m]y latch string always hangs on the outside for you here.”

The Museum is thrilled to add this unique portrait of Carver, as well as his correspondence with a landmark Columbus company, to its collection. This leading American innovator has long been remembered locally through Carver High School and the Carver Heights neighborhood, and his portrait is now on view in the Chattahoochee Legacy Gallery.

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Images: 1. Felix Benjamin Gaines, Dr. George Washington Carver, 1946, etching on paper, The Art Acquisition and Restoration Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.39.3 2. George Washington Carver letter to Grady Porter of the Tom Huston Peanut Company, 1935, The General Acquisitions Fund, The Columbus Museum G.2020.62.1

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Postcards and Pants Reunited In 1928, 22-year-old Juanita Carr (1906-2004) left Columbus for a summer of Western travel and classes at the University of California, Berkeley. She journeyed with fellow Columbus residents Angie Lena Taylor, Alice Mae Taylor, and Mary Adams on an extensive trek that included stops in New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso and Juarez, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, and Pike’s Peak. In 1930, she had moved to Wildwood in central Florida as a public school teacher, where she later married Mance Owen and had a daughter. After her husband’s death in 1939, Juanita moved first to Tallahassee and then back to Columbus, where she taught physics and mathematics. A 1945 Columbus High School yearbook notes that she held a M.S. degree. By 1951, she had remarried to George Brawner, an architectural engineer at Fort Benning. As Juanita Carr Owen Brawner, she worked with her brothers Grover and John at the civil engineering firm G.V.

Carr & Company. Her tombstone in Parkhill Cemetery marks her as “Georgia’s First Registered Lady Land Surveyor.”

In 2003, Juanita Brawner and her daughter Mary Blanche Owen gave the riding breeches worn by Brawner on her 1928 trip to the Museum. In late 2019, collector James Barrow discovered Brawner’s collection of 85 postcards from the same 1928 trip and gifted it to the Museum, reuniting mementoes of a memorable Westward trip. Selected postcards made their gallery debut along Brawner’s breeches in the recent exhibition And So She Did: Women of the Chattahoochee Valley.

Images: 3. Riding breeches worn by Juanita Carr, c. 1928, Gift of Juanita C. Brawner and Mary Blanche Owen, The Columbus Museum G.2003.27.4 4.-6. Postcards collected by Juanita Carr, 1928, Gift of James Barrow, The Columbus Museum G.2020.6

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SPRING 2021 EDUCATION

Education Department Launches Limited In-Person Programs, Continues Virtual Events The Columbus Museum’s Education Department, tasked with creating engaging programs and events for learners of all ages, has launched limited in-person programs.

The Museum held its first in-person education programs since March 2020 in November and December. Utilizing outdoor spaces, we were able to offer Open Studio classes for youth and families as well as guided tours of the Museum’s outdoor sculpture collection. Visitors and staff utilized social distancing and mask-wearing as safety precautions.

Adult programs A renewed focus on the offerings outside the Museum inspired Outdoor Sculpture tours. Two tours were held in November with limited attendance and both events filled quickly.

The Museum also hosted wonderful virtual programs including an artist talk with Lou Stovall to celebrate the exhibition, What’s Going Around: Lou Stovall and the Community Poster, 1967-1976. Stovall, Di Bagley Stovall, his wife and frequent collaborator, and their son Will, guest curator for the exhibition, participated in the program moderated by 10 | THE MUSE SPRING 2021

Curator of American Art Jonathan Frederick Walz, Ph.D. The Stovalls reflected on their decades of experience as working artists and community activists in Washington, D.C. as well as their connection to Columbus, which is Di Bagley Stovall’s hometown. A recording of this program in available on the Museum’s YouTube and Facebook pages.

In January, the Museum hosted a private tour of the exhibition for members of the Asheville Museum of Art also led

by Walz. The tour was streamed online from the Woodruff Gallery.

Family, Academic Programs Continue Scaled-down Open Studio classes were held outside in the Museum’s courtyard in December. Families reserved tables for the limited-capacity classes and wore face coverings for the duration of the class. Participants created handmade ornaments to either bring home or hang on our community holiday tree in the Galleria.

The popular Mini Makers online program, which allows participants to pick up an art activity kit from the Museum and participate in a Zoom story time, is helpful in engaging youngsters ages 2 to 4 at home.

Virtual programs also included online school tours for students and the Pre-K Art Literacy in Schools (PALS) program In the 2020-2021 school year, the Museum has expanded PALS to include 16 classrooms from six different schools in the Muscogee County School District. Every month, the Education Team has a virtual meeting with each class to discuss an object in the Museum’s collection and read a related story.

This is followed by a hands-on art making activity related to the discussion.

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SPRING 2021 EDUCATION

Revamped Traveling Trunks Bring the Museum to the Classroom Teachers who are looking for more options for students to take a trip without ever leaving school can now participate in The Columbus Museum’s updated Traveling Trunks program.

Teachers can reserve the trunks to use for up to two weeks in their classrooms, bringing the Museum directly to the students for an immersive experience in art and history.

“We revamped all of the trunks to make sure they are directly correlating with our collection,” said Rachel Vogt, Academic Programs Manager at The Columbus Museum. “Everything ties back to an object in the collection or was inspired by an object in the collection.”

Teachers in the Muscogee County School District can receive trunks through the district’s pony mail; teachers in other nearby districts can make arrangements to pick up the trunks at the Museum.

Currently, a STEAM trunk and a Historic Tribes of Georgia trunk are available. The majority of the objects in the Historic Tribes of Georgia trunk were created by contemporary Native

makers/artists from the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) tribes.

The themed trunks contain samples of objects, related books, and lesson plans mirroring state curriculum standards, Vogt said. Creating the trunks was a team effort, she added, noting that Gallery Teacher Brittany Merchant wrote the first draft of lesson plans for the trunks while an intern at the Museum.

“We make it very easy for teachers to figure out which standards are being met because we include a list with each lesson plan,” she explained. “[But] that doesn’t mean that lesson plan can only be used for that grade; we also created the lesson plans so they could easily be modified to accommodate a range of ages and abilities.”

For more information about reserving a Traveling Trunk, email: rvogt@columbusmuseum.com.

Images: Rachel Vogt, Academic Programs Manager at The Columbus Museum, displays objects found in the newly-revamped Historic Tribes of Georgia Traveling Trunk. The trunk includes objects related to the heritage and history of the Muscogee (Creek), Yuchi, and Cherokee Indians. Pictured: mortar and pestle, yarn belt, pottery sherds, and a pot created by Lucy Dean Reed.

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Museum Lights Up for the Holidays, Master Circle Event

The year 2020 was a year of firsts for The Columbus Museum, as staff worked to address challenges presented by the pandemic.

For the first time in 30 years, the Museum could not host the annual Master Circle Dinner, which is usually a night of food and fellowship for Circle-level members.

Instead, the Museum combined its first-ever Holiday Lights display with a live performance by The Columbus Ballet as a thank you for the generous support of members and donors this year. Two performances were held in early December, ensuring the audience

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was able to adequately social distance. Members watched the masked ballet dancers perform in socially distanced seating around the fountain in the Museum’s courtyard.

The magical night offered a unique way for the Ballet to perform, as its season was shuttered by the pandemic, and a safer way for Museum members to gather. As a token of appreciation, members also took home catalogues from the recent exhibition And So She Did: Women of the Chattahoochee Valley, goodie bags with sweet desserts, and wine sponsored by Georgia Crown.

Lights throughout the month of December

Holiday Lights at the Museum was on view through Dec. 31 and featured two public performances from local arts organizations.

During that time, The Columbus Ballet returned for another performance – this time, community members enjoyed it safely from their cars. The Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus also made an appearance later in the month. These partnerships showed how arts organizations in the Chattahoochee Valley collaborated creatively to allow audiences to safely enjoy live performances.

Staff at the Museum distributed winter activity kits to attendees of both performances, through a program made possible by generous support from Museum members.

Museum makes cameo in “Masked Nutcracker” broadcast

The Columbus Ballet took its beloved performance of The Nutcracker virtual in a broadcast of “The Masked Nutcracker” that aired on WXTX Fox 54 and streamed on the station’s Facebook page. The masked performers were filmed in cultural venues around Columbus, including The Columbus Museum. The last dance and final act of the performance was filmed in the Museum’s Galleria.

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MUSEUM SHOP NEWS

Be on the lookout for more information about our spring events!

DOCENT/VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY APRIL 12

*in lieu of a luncheon/bus trip

GLASS MAKER’S WORKSHOP APRIL 16-18

Our spring flowers class is back!

Stay tuned to our website for more information.

OUTDOOR SPRING MARKET April 24

NEW SHOP VOLUNTEERS We are happy to welcome two new shop volunteers!

SHERRY GLASS

Sherry is also a consignor and docent for the Museum.

BLYS BRINKLEY

Blys has volunteered for events in the past and now has joined the shop team.

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MEMBERS & CONTRIBUTIONS OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Columbus Museum is grateful to recognize our President, Director, Collector & Master Circle members. Those who joined or renewed within the last quarter are in bold print. **Continuous member for 20+ years *Continuous member for 10+ years

President Circle Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Amos** Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Henson, Jr.** Mr. & Mrs. John C. Martin II** Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie** Ms. Marleen De Bode Olivié & Mr. Marc Olivié* Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Ramsay, Jr.** D. Steven Sharp**

Director Circle Mrs. Lovick P. Corn** Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Crowley** Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Hecht** Dr. & Mrs. Thornton F. Jordan** Mr. & Mrs. Mason Houghland Lampton** Mrs. Jack S. Schiffman** Mr. & Mrs. Wright B. Waddell** Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Wilson**

Collector Circle Mrs. Donald F. Broda, Jr.** Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Butler** Mr. & Mrs. A. Comer Hobbs, Sr.** Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Robbins** Mr. & Mrs. Otis J. Scarborough** Dr. & Mrs. Otis E. Tillman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. Tomlinson III** Dr. Amandah S. & Mr. John T. Turner Mrs. Davis Ronald Watson** Ms. E. Worth Williams Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Yarbrough III**

Master Circle Dr. & Mrs. A. C. Alvarez** Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Amos II Catalina Aranas Dr. & Mrs. Champ Baker** Bo Bartlett & Betsy Eby* Cathy & Rennie Bickerstaff** Mrs. James J. W. Biggers** Zack and Amanda Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Wilson W. Blackmon** Mr. & Mrs. James H. Blanchard** Mr. & Mrs. Richard Y. Bradley** Mrs. Minnie R. Bradley** Dr. & Mrs. Philip L. Brewer** Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Brewer* Mr. & Mrs. Lance Brooks Ed & Suzanne Burdeshaw**

Patricia Butts Mrs. Forrest L. Champion, Jr.** Craig & Traci Courville* Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Elliott, Jr.** Mrs. Marion C. Feighner** Mr. & Mrs. John F. Flournoy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Flournoy** Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Flowers** Ms. Finn H. Fountain Mellie Fountain** Cindy & Spencer Garrard Mr. & Mrs. James E. Gates** Mrs. Ben M. Greenblatt** Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. Goldfrank** James E. & Kelli Hall Mrs. Richard Hallock Mr. & Mrs. Kerry W. Hand** Mr. Christopher R. Harman** Judye S. Harris** Dr. & Mrs. Ed P. Helton Darren & Becky Horne Mr. & Mrs. Randolph B. Jones III Dr. William P. Kendall** Mrs. Erwin D. Key** The Lee-Boulton Family Mrs. Donald M. Leebern, Jr.** Mr. & Mrs. David Lemieux* Mr. & Mrs. L. Pierce Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jerry B. Newman Dr. & Mrs. Eddie Obleton* Mr. & Mrs. Wilds M. Ogie Mr. & Mrs. John Hunter Peak Mr. & Mrs. William Roland Peek** Thom Pegg Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Philips** Dr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Pippas* Mrs. Robert S. Poydasheff, Jr. Dr. G. W. Richter † Ms. Marianne Richter Mr. & Mrs. Chandler Riley* Mrs. Kathy J. Riley** Mrs. Benno G. Rothschild** The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Rumer** Ms. Charlotte Alexander Saunders** Mr. & Mrs. James Kimbrough Sheek IV Ms. Melanie Slaton & Mr. Ben Holden Melissa Murray Smith Dr. & Mrs. J. Lacey Smith Dr. Eva Sperk Dr. Franklin Star** Ms. Rose H. Steiner* Clifford & Bobsie Swift** Ms. Jeanne R. Swift** Patty Kimbrough Taylor** Jim & Melissa Thomas Townsend Wealth Management Mr. & Mrs. Jack Turner* Mr. & Mrs. William B. Turner, Jr.** Bob Vardaman Events Management Dr. Thomas A. & Sherry F. Wade** Mr. & Mrs. John W. Walden, Jr.** Ms. Christine D. Weaver** Susan Smith Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wilensky** Mr. & Mrs. Joe V. Windsor**

Kay & Billy Winn** Mr. & Mrs. Joel O. Wooten*

Patron Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Adams Ms. Betty L. Auten* Mrs. Marjorie B. Bickerstaff** Mrs. Otis B. Burnham** Lacrecia Cade Dr. & Mrs. Hunter Champion Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Culpepper* Mrs. Frank S. Etheridge III** Mrs. Marion C. Feighner** Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Foley III** Mr. & Mrs. Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr.** Mr. & Mrs. Pace Halter Mr. & Mrs. John Hudgison Mrs. W. Lloyd Hudson, Jr.** Dr. & Mrs. Edward B. Kinner** Mr. & Mrs. Seth L. Knight III** Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Krieg* Ashok & Mary Kumar Mr. Patrick Martin Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Martin III** Mr. & Mrs. W. Fray McCormick Dr. & Mrs. Michael Metry Louise K. Miller** Mr. & Mrs. Richard Olson** Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Pahl Ms. Gwendolyn H. Ruff Mr. & Mrs. Claude G. Scarbrough III** Mr. & Mrs. Marvin R. Schuster** Kenneth A. Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Sam Singer Celia & Murray Solomon* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Swift** Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor** Mr. & Mrs. John P. Thayer Mr. & Mrs. Philip Tomlinson** Mr. & Mrs. James Trotter, Jr.** Mr. & Mrs. William Clark Turner* Mr. & Mrs. Joe V. Windsor** Mr. & Mrs. James D. Yancey** The Columbus Museum is grateful to recognize our Reciprocal, Supporting, & Civic members who joined or renewed within the last quarter. **Continuous member for 20+ years *Continuous member for 10+ years

Reciprocal Drs. Karin & Champ Baker III* Mr. & Mrs. John O. Barwick III Mr. & Mrs. Ronald V. Beck II* Scott & Alice Bryan* Mrs. Charles W. Burgin** Mr. & Mrs. William Burgin Mr. Bainbridge & Dr. Karen Cowell* Maj. (RET) & Mrs. Randall E. Craven**

Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Dakin* Mrs. Tamlin Fortner** Fred & Cathy Fussell* Mr. & Mrs. B. Seth Harp, Jr.** Dr. Susan Hrach Mrs. Carol C. Humes* Mr. & Mrs. Brock Jones** Dr. & Mrs. James Lopez** Col. (RET) & Mrs. Robert S. McGurk** Mr. & Mrs. Travis C. Miller, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Larry H. Mize** Ms. Judith M. Nail** Mr. & Mrs. Lowry Reid** Ms. Marnie S. Salter** Dr. & Mrs. Philip T. Schley** Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Smith, Sr.** Stephanie L. Sudduth Mrs. Lothar Tresp Mrs. Jessie G. Wright** Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Young*

Family Sandra Contreras Nico & Alvaro Herrara Brandon Langley Kathyrn Ward

Supporting Mr. Ray L. Allison** Mr. Robert Arnett* Jacob & Claire Beil** Mr. & Mrs. Jesse G. Bowles III** Ms. Patty H. Branch** Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Broda* Ms. Julia H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Mike H. Buckner** Virginia Causey Ms. Martha Cole** Tom & Myra Converse* Deanna & Shane Darrah Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Dolan** Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Fay, Sr.** Mr. David Fivecoat Ms. Lavonda W. Forbes** Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Goldsmith** Kenny Gray** Mr. Bruce Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Griffin** Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Hardagree, Jr.** Mr. Alan Harkness Mr. & Mrs. Dean Haulton** Reverend & Mrs. James R. Herring Sr.* Mrs. Stanley Hirsch** Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Johnson Ms. Connie Jones Miss Meredith L. King Mrs. James B. Knight** Mr. & Mrs. Martin Lyles Ms. Jeanette Marshall* (Continues on next page ...)

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Almeda Medlin** Ms. Anne Mims* Ms. Gail T. Newman** Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. Passailaigue, Jr.** Sharon & Grayson Penley Ms. Olivia L. Philips Emma Jo Jones Ploeger** Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Polleys, Jr.** Seth Pound Mike & Geri Regnier Martha Robert Rabbi Beth Schwartz Mrs. Agnes A. Shelton** Mr. & Mrs. John P. Stafford** Mr. & Mrs. Ed Tante Mr. & Mrs. Cleophus Thomas Jr. Mrs. Jack H. Tinkler* Mr. Cliff Tucker** Col. & Mrs. Ronald P. West**

Civic Mr. Bruce Armstrong** Mrs. Bette Barr Bucky Bowles** Ms. Jan Carter** Ms. Geraldine W. Goodman Mrs. Marie Hand** Ms. Helena G. Hunt Margaret L. Ingersoll* Mr. Phillip J. Linn Hariot R. Lippmann** Peggy K. Luker** Merlina E. Salamanca, LLB, Ed. S.*

The Columbus Museum is proud to recognize our active Affiliate Group Members who joined or renewed within the last quarter.

Alma Thomas Society Drs. Karin & Champ Baker III Cathy & Rennie Bickerstaff Mrs. Donald F. Broda, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Butler Mr. & Mrs. James E. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Henson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Thornton F. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Cleophus Thomas Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Otis E. Tillman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William B. Turner, Jr.

Young Art Patrons Mr. & Mrs. James E. Gates Seth Pound Stephanie L. Sudduth

The Columbus Museum gratefully acknowledges the following contributions in honor or in memory of special friends.

In memory of George Fussell Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Pegi H. Williams for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Jeani Illges Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Dorothy H. Noriea for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Dorothy Vardaman Mr. F. Clayson Kyle

In honor of Betsy Norman for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In honor of Patty Taylor Margaret Gardzina

In honor of Laura S. Patrick for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Joe Pope Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Marlene De Bode Olivié Ms. Robbie Keith Holt

In honor of Anne W. Pattison for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Katherine Kimbrough Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Mrs. Mary Alice Humes Judge & Mrs. John T. Laney III

In Honor of Tina P. Thompson for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Margaret O. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Louise M. Dillard for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Sally Foley Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Hazel R. Fox for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Lloyd Hudson Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Barbara L. Houser for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In honor of Patricia Butts and her retirement from The Columbus Museum Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Amos Ms. Robbie Keith Holt Mrs. Ben M. Hudson II Dr. Thomas A. & Sherry F. Wade

In memory of Flo Jean Sears Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Ogie

In honor of Ann F. Hughston for Christmas Ms. Elizabeth A. Taylor

In memory of Dr. G. W. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Ronald V. Beck II Ms. Robbie Keith Holt Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Yarbrough III In memory of Col. (Ret) Robert S. Poydasheff Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Amos Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Graham Mr. & Mrs. T. Christopher Shadburn II

The Columbus Museum gratefully acknowledges the following friends for their contributions.

Donation of African American artwork Gift of Black Art in America and Seteria and Najee Dorsey Donation of artwork by Laquita Thomson Gift of Kathleen Fetters Donation of artwork by Ernest Fokes Gift of the artist Donation of artwork by John McKee Gift of Gerald and Jean Kent in memory of Raye and Victor Kirafly Donation of artwork by Marc Norberg Gift of Marilyn Laufer & Tom Butler in honor of Patricia Butts’ 40-Year Tenure at The Columbus Museum Donation of artwork by Andrea Deszö Gift of The Columbus Museum Staff in appreciation of Patricia Butts and her more than 40 years of service Donation of artwork by Lou Stovall and Jacob Lawrence Gift of Lou and Di Stovall Donation of Fort Benning sweetheart pillow cover, 1942 Gift of Dr. Saundra Overstake Donation of quilts Gift of Andy and Matthew Moye in memory of Sue M. Moye

Donation for future Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful exhibition Aflac Yale University Donation for Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful exhibition catalogue And in honor of Dr. Jonathan Frederick Walz’ groundbreaking work Donald Bacigalupi Mary J. Early Reggie Govan Linnea Hegarty Barbara J. Kraft Donation for African American Art Fund Kaziah Clayton Barbara J. Turner Donation for Art Acquisition and Restoration Fund Mrs. Lovick P. Corn Sponsorship of education programs Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Butler Columbus Office of Crime Prevention Friends of the Museum Sponsorship of POW Camps exhibition MetroPower Grant for Philips Museums and Communities Program Association of Art Museum Directors Grant for COVID-19 Relief National Endowment for the Arts

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2020 Year End Gifts Mr. & Mrs. James R. Ballengee Carol & Tom Boers Mr. John F. Greenman & Dr. Mary A. Budge Ms. Martha Cole Mr. & Mrs. William Consoletti Maj. (RET) & Mrs. Randall E. Craven Creek Stand Partners, LP Mr. William J. Cunningham, Jr. Jean Dyer Mr. James B. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Griffin Mrs. Sally S. Hall Ms. Connie Jones Sandra Kidd Beverly J. Kinner Mr. & Mrs. Seth L. Knight III Drs. Francye & Joseph Largeman Ms. Patricia W. Layfield Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Link Ms. Gail T. Newman Mr. & Mrs. Jerry B. Newman Dr. Edwin L. Page & Pamela Harmann Page Mr. & Mrs. Jack J. Pease III Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Ramsay, Jr. Mrs. Bridgette Russell Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd Sampson Rabbi Beth Schwartz Celia & Murray Solomon Dr. Franklin Star Synovus Trust Company, N.A. Patty Kimbrough Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Wallace The Willcox-Lumpkin Foundation Ray M. & Jane R. Wright Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Zanga

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2020 –21 D. Steven Sharp, President Chris Henson, Vice President Thomas A. Wade, Jr., Corresponding Secretary Marianne Richter, Museum Director/Recording Secretary Tyler A. Townsend, Treasurer Carolynn Obleton, Immediate Past President Daniel P. Amos, Kathelen V. Amos, Eliza Brewer, Zack Bishop, Kay Broda, Lance Brooks, Lark Champion, J. Robert Elliott, Jr., Gail B. Greenblatt, James E. Hall, Pace Halter, Robert Hecht, Helen Hobbs, Thornton F. Jordan, Dori Jones, Billy Kendall, Tricia Llewellyn Konan, Mary Lu Lampton, Martin Lyles,

MUSEUM STAFF Marianne Richter, Director Lacey Yeend, Assistant to the Director

COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS

Jonathan Frederick Walz, Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of American Art Rebecca Bush, Curator of History/Exhibitions Manager

Sallie Martin, W. Fray McCormick, Becky Miller, Elizabeth C. Ogie, Deani Pahl, Rebecca Rumer, Gwendolyn H. Ruff, Otis J. Scarborough, Melanie Slaton, Melissa Murray Smith, Otis E. Tillman, E. Worth Williams

LIFE TRUSTEES:

Philip L. Brewer, Elizabeth T. Corn, Evelyn T. Crowley, Ethel W. Foley, Judye S. Harris, F. Clason Kyle, Betsy T. Leebern, Jerry B. Newman, Thelma M. Robinson, Rebecca K. Yarbrough

HONORARY TRUSTEES:

James H. Blanchard, Representative Calvin Smyre, J. Barrington Vaught

Marcolm Tatum, Graphic Designer

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Kimberly Beck, Deputy Director for Operations Brooke Starling, Gift Shop Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Jori Kent, Museum Shop Associate

Keith Smith, Lead Preparator/Art & Artifacts Handler

Andrea Hayes, Visitor Services Representative

Yun Nye, Preparator/Art & Artifacts Handler

Rosaline Anderson, Visitor Services Representative

EDUCATION

Rick McGowan, Security Chief

Rachel Vogt, Academic Programs Manager Imani Jones-Pugh, Community Outreach Coordinator Brittany Merchant, Gallery Teacher

DEVELOPMENT

J. Hunter Peak, Director of Development Kelly Cargill, Event Sales Manager Morgan Wilson, Campaign Coordinator Shivkumar Desai, Membership & Grants Coordinator

As The Columbus Museum’s new Community Outreach Coordinator, Imani is excited about bridging the gaps between the community, art, and education.

Imani is an M.P.A. candidate at Columbus State University and earned a B.A. in Sociology from Spelman College.

Bridgette Russell, Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Miles Kirkpatrick, Assistant Collections Manager

Jessamy South, Youth & Family Programs Manager

Shiv joins The Columbus Museum as the new Membership and Grants Coordinator. The aspiring trivia expert and die-hard Liverpool Football fan enjoys spending time with family and friends. He holds a B.A. in History from Birmingham-Southern College and an M.A. in Museum Studies, SUNY Oneonta-Cooperstown Graduate Program.

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Paula Evans, Accounting Specialist

Lucy Kacir, Director of Education & Engagement

SHIVKUMAR DESAI

IMANI JONES-PUGH

Aimee Brooks, Collections Manager Cameron Faucette, Exhibition Coordinator & Designer

NEW EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHTS

BRITTANY MERCHANT

Brittany is excited to engage with the community as The Columbus Museum’s new Gallery Teacher. In her spare time, she loves to go to FAMU Rattler football games, spend time with family, and visit every museum she can! Brittany has a B.S. in History from Florida A&M University.

Larry Hunter, Security Deputy Al Johnson, Security Deputy Edward Diamond, Maintenance Engineer Sam Willis, Maintenance Technician Custodians: Martha Culp, Alice Holmes, Dorothy James Bill Consoletti, Gardener

LACEY YEEND

Lacey is looking forward to seeing how exhibitions come together behind the scenes and is excited that there is always something new to see at The Columbus Museum. She joins the Museum as the Assistant to the Director and has a B.A. from Georgia Southwestern State University in English and a teacher certification.

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