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We at the Georgia Museum of Art

are proud to be part of the University of Georgia’s Arts Council. Along with 12 other units on campus, we encourage the participation in and appreciation of the arts within our communities. We are especially honored to participate in the council as we plan for the 2018 Spotlight on the Arts festival, to be held November 1 to 11. Now in its seventh year, the festival holds dozens of events for the Athens community to enjoy. One event in particular to note is that, this year, the university will be hosting the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) consortium from November 1 to 3 in conjunction with Spotlight on the Arts. More than 40 research-intensive universities will be represented at this event, with the central theme of Arts Environments: Design, Resilience and Sustainability. The museum will host the opening event for the consortium, on November 1. We look forward to fostering and celebrating arts-based research, both through this event and generally, as we create and disseminate new research in the arts.

Selected Spotlight Events at the Georgia Museum of Art: Music of Appalachia Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m. The Athens Chamber Singers will present a special program of choral and instrumental pieces from Appalachia, including folksongs, spirituals, blues and coal mining songs. Stick around after the music for a special tour of “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann” led by curator of American art Sarah Kate Gillespie. Tour at Two: “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection” Wednesday, November 7, 2 p.m. Join Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, for a special tour of the exhibition.

William Underwood Eiland, Director

Student Night Thursday, November 8, 6:30 p.m. Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of music, food, fun and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhibitions.

Athens, GA 30602-1502 www.georgiamuseum.org Admission: Free

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items.)

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Now more than ever, we need your support of the arts and humanities; never have they been more important to the mission of the museum and the university. We look forward to seeing you at a2ru and Spotlight on the Arts in November, and I hope that you will return to see us many times after. Some highlights from this year’s Spotlight schedule appear below, and I hope you will join us at any or all of the events.

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collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art.

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Lecture: Elizabeth Catte Thursday, November 8, 5 p.m. In her talk entitled “Seeing Appalachia,” writer and public historian Elizabeth Catte will take a critical look at representations of the region in contemporary writing, photography and reporting, underscoring how the visual archive of Appalachia often renders a diverse and complicated place into a series of problems that threaten the nation’s progress.

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Exhibitions

Out of the Darkness: Light in the

Elegant Salute XVI

Camera Roll

Depths of the Sea of Cortez

Exhibitions

Rebecca Rutstein

Elegant Salute XVI

The Art of Giving

2017–2018 Donors

New Acquisitions

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Museum Notes

Gifts

In the Shop

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On the big cover:

On the small cover:

Doris Ulmann

Richard Hunt

Mrs. Bonnie H. Logan Hensley and Son John,

Torso Hybrid, 1986

ca. 1933.

Welded steel, 36 x 22 x 26 inches

Platinum print, approx. 8 x 6 inches.

Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Acquired with

Collection of the University of Oregon Special

funds provided by the Humana Foundation Endowment

Collections, Knight Library, Gift of Doris

for American Art, 2015.048.

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(Top) Richard Hunt Study for Iceberg, 1982 (Adams Park, Atlanta, Georgia, now destroyed) Welded steel, approx. 20 x 30 x 12 inches Collection of the artist; Photo by Tim Schroeder

the Georgia Museum of Art

(Bottom) Richard Hunt Extending Form, 1959 Welded steel, 22 x 41 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 inches Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; Acquired with funds provided by Judith H. Kinney, 2011.025

Family Fund, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of

Sponsors: The National Endowment for the Arts, the Irwin and Hannah Harvey

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries

American and African Diasporic Art

Curator: Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African

conceptual basis for his complex sense of design.

that provides the foundation for many of his three-dimensional works and the

works on paper will illustrate the artist’s consistent fascination with linear forms

to large-scale public commissions in the late 1960s. Lithographs and other

dating from the 1950s to the present and models he made after his transition

the various phases of Hunt’s career, including welded and cast sculpture

The exhibition will feature several sculptures and works on paper that trace

essential aspect of his later success.

methods and formal considerations, but has been underexplored critically as an

His parallel studio career shows his experimentation with a variety of media,

in redefining the role of public sculpture in the late 20th and early 21st century.

whose career has spanned six decades, has also been a formidable presence

made him a legendary figure in modern and contemporary sculpture. Hunt,

Richard Hunt, whose 130-plus public commissions in more than 24 states have

This exhibition will focus on formative periods in the career of American sculptor

Richard Hunt: Synthesis October 20, 2018 – February 3, 2019

(Bottom) Richard Hunt Model for And They Went Down Both in the Water, ca. 2002 (Springfield Village Park, Augusta, Georgia) Cast bronze model, approx. 4 x 4 x 4 inches Collection of the artist; Photo by Tim Schroeder

(Top) Richard Hunt Model for Tower of Aspirations, ca. 2002 (Springfield Village Park, Augusta, Georgia) Cast bronze model with circular base Approx. 18 x 8 x 10 inches Collection of the artist; Photo by Tim Schroeder

Richard Hunt, pictured with his sculpture Construction D, Art Institute of Chicago, 1956 Photo courtesy of Richard Hunt

[ exh i b i t i o n s ] The Reluctant Autocrat: Tsar Nicholas II December 22, 2018 – March 17, 2019 This exhibition focuses on the reigns of the last two Romanov rulers: Alexander III (1881– 1894) and his son and successor Nicholas II (1894–1917). It marks three closely linked anniversaries: the centenaries of the Bolshevik Revolution, the execution of the last Russian emperor and his family and the end of World War I. This exhibition draws attention to the incongruity of divinely inspired autocracy and modern life while highlighting human fragility against the mighty flow of history. It includes several delicate textile objects, among them an officer’s parade uniform made for Nicholas II; the official costume of the Lord Chamberlain at the Imperial Court of Saint Petersburg, which most likely belonged to Prince Alexander Sergeevich Dolgorukov (1841–1912); and two children’s costumes, a Cossack robe (chokha/cherkeska) and a gold-embroidered Caucasian outfit for a boy. The exhibition will also include two goldembroidered hussar sabretaches (flat satchels with long strips worn by cavalry officers), a silk hand-painted military standard, silver-gilt and silk epaulettes and silk brocade shoulder straps, as well as icons dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several of them presented to and used by the family of the tsar, original photographic prints from Nicholas II’s coronation and Russian imperial-era porcelain. Curator: Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Unidentified artist Ceremonial costume for a Chamberlain of the Imperial Court in Saint Petersburg, late 19th century Black wool cloth with silver-gilt embroidery, gilded brass buttons and silk lining

Ted Kincaid: Even If I Lose Everything November 17, 2018 – January 13, 2019 The exhibition focuses on a series of Kincaid’s digital dissections of skyscapes from his own photographs, as well as skies from the paintings of historical artists, which he uses as base elements to stitch together an entirely new pixelbased rendition of the firmaments. Nothing has been added nor taken away, but instead radically reordered. Curator: William U. Eiland, director Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox This is the first solo museum exhibition for Texas-based artist Ted Kincaid. For the past 30 years, Kincaid has used the medium and history of photography to subvert

Gallery II Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

systematically the notion of an objective photographic record. His art continues to investigate the play between painting and photography and creates a new painting informed Unidentified artist Prince George Alexandrovich Iurevskii wearing Cossack uniform, ca. 1878 Photographic print

by photo-imagery and a new photography influenced by painting.

Hudson Valley Cloud 41317, 2017 Pigment on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 500 gsm Edition of 3, 36 x 36 inches Courtesy of the artist and Talley Dunn Gallery

One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection July 21, 2018 – February 10, 2019 This exhibition introduces to the public a

the collection traveled to Paris, then to London,

collection of both fine and decorative arts

where it survived the bombing during World

dating from ca. 1660 to 1952. These objects

War II. Finally, in 1951, the entire assembly of

were passed from one generation to the next in

works of art and historic documents crossed the

the family of the Russian Princes Belosselsky-

Atlantic to be deposited in its American home

Belozersky, who trace their origins to the

in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on the grounds of

legendary founder of the medieval state of Kievan

the large coastal estate established by Richard

Rus’, the Viking Prince Rurik of Jutland (reign

Teller Crane (1832 – 1912), the founder of

862 – 879). In 862, Rurik bestowed on one of

Crane Industries. This exhibition announces to

his two brothers the vast Belozersky (“White

the international scholarly community and to

Lake”) domain in northeastern Europe, hence

audiences around the world the survival of the

the dynastic name. For centuries, the family crest

paintings that had been thought lost and the

has included a motto referring to an honorable

existence of other highly significant, hitherto

singleness of mind and action, a quote from

unknown works of art belonging to the same

Jeremiah 32:39: “One heart, one way.”

collection.

The Belosselsky-Belozersky Collection was

Curator: Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian

formed originally in the second half of the

Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art

18th century by one of the most notable

Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha

collectors during the era of the Enlightenment,

Thompson Dinos Galleries

the philosopher and poet Prince Alexander

Sponsors: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices,

Mikhailovich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1752 –

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Felchlin, Mrs. Carolyn

1809). German art historian Heinrich Christoph

Vigtel, the W. Newton Morris Charitable

von Reimers (1768 – 1812) was the first to

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia

describe Prince Alexander’s collection, in 1805,

Museum of Art

and considered it one of the most distinguished

have never been published or seen outside their owners’ home. In contrast, some of the portrait paintings gained fame through publications in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but had been considered lost in the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The journey of this collection commenced exactly one century ago. In 1917, after the start of the Revolution, Prince Konstantin Esperovich

This exhibition is the first complete retrospective of the work of photographer Doris Ulmann, treating the full scope of her production, including her early pictorialist photographs, her studio portrait production, her focus on the rural craftsmen and women of Appalachia and her work on the African American and Gullah communities of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. It is accompanied by a catalogue published by the museum. Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley

displays of art in St. Petersburg. Several of the works that are now at the Georgia Museum of Art

Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann August 25 – November 18, 2018

Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries (Top) Unidentified artist Miniature portrait in a medallion showing the infant Prince Sergei Sergeevich, 1898 Watercolor on ivory, 14k yellow gold, blue guilloche enamel, ivory back, 1 1/2 (diameter) x 1/4 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Promised gift of Marina Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda

Sponsors: The Henry Luce Foundation; LUBO Fund, Inc.; the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and Top: of Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) the Friends the Georgia Museum of Art Two Girls on a Hillside, 1879 Watercolor over pencil on paper 7 x 10 inches

Unidentified artist Miniature portrait of Princess Anna Grigorievna BelosselskyBelozersky, 1795 Watercolor on ivory, gold mount, hair, 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Promised gift of Marina Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda

Belosselsky-Belozersky (1842 – 1920) moved the contents of his palace in St. Petersburg to a family country estate in Finland. Subsequently,

(Bottom) Adrien Barrière (French, 1874–1931) Francois-Joseph L’Imputrescible, Empereur des Vautours, 1915 Lithograph on paper, 31 x 23 5/8 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Murray and Nancy Ann Blum. GMOA 2017.190

don’t miss For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection August 18 – November 11, 2018 This collection of posters, selected from a gift by Murray and Nancy Ann Blum, includes examples from the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany, showing how different countries and opposing sides of the war used posters as weapons of mass communication in the first half of the 20th century.

(Top) Doris Ulmann John Jacob Niles and Mercer Scroggs, Brasstown, North Carolina, ca. 1933 Gelatin silver print, approx. 8 x 6 inches Collection of the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Purchase: The Robert C. May Photography Fund, 2000.1.49.

Curators: William U. Eiland, director, and Todd Rivers, head preparator Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

(Bottom) Doris Ulmann Little Girl, ca. 1929–31 Photogravure for Roll, Jordan, Roll, approx. 8 x 6 inches Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

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[ ou t of t he d ar k n ess ] Starting November 1, visitors to the Georgia Museum of Art can experience the work of Rebecca Rutstein in a new exhibition titled “Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez.” Comprising of two types of installations, sculptural and painting, Rutstein’s show is connected to her upcoming expedition at sea to Mexico’s Guaymas Basin Spreading Center to study thermal vents with Mandy Joye, a University of Georgia professor in the department of marine sciences. Rutstein has described her work as connecting her many interests, saying, “Working with sonar maps and other oceanic data in collaboration with scientists, much of my recent work and upcoming projects focus on shedding light on a world hidden from view. These visual experiences are meant to deepen one’s connection to these unseen places in the spirit of fostering understanding, empathy and conservancy of our oceans in the face of climate change.”

Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez

The sculptural installation, on view November 1, 2018, through October 27, 2019, spans 11 x 64 feet, and is consists of 11 powder-coated carbon steel elements and an LED interactive lighting program. The molecular forms within the sculpture are related to the structure of hydrocarbon, which Rutstein and others are studying in the Guaymas Basin. The LED interactive lighting component represents the two forms of bioluminescence present at Guaymas. The second half of her exhibition, will include four tiled canvases, stretching to approximately 22 x 9 feet across the north wall in the main lobby of the museum. Each canvas is unique, but they are related to the other works through, among other things, line, color, layering and pattern. This portion of the exhibition will be on view November 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019.

Rebecca Rutstein Progenitor I, 2018 Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 108 inches

Comprising of two types of installations, sculptural and painting, Rutstein’s show is connected to her upcoming expedition at sea

Deputy director Annelies Mondi is the curator for this exhibition, and related programming for the show includes 90 Carlton: Winter on February 8, 2019. Additionally, Rutstein is serving as the upcoming Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding through the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

[ elega n t salu t e x v i ] Our team of committed volunteers is hard at work planning Elegant Salute XVI: An Imperial Evening, which will take place January 26, 2019. Held every other year, Elegant Salute is the museum’s single most important fundraiser, supplying crucial funds for educational programming and exhibitions that let us fulfill our mission to bring art to the people of our state. This year’s gala takes the exhibition “The Reluctant Autocrat: Tsar Nicholas II” as its inspiration and is chaired by Sarah Kraft Peterson and Isobel “Ibby” Parker Mills. Parker Curator of Russian Art Asen Kirin is organizing the exhibition, which focuses on the last two Romanov rulers: Nicholas II and his father, Alexander III. Only the second dynasty to rule Russia, the House of Romanov maintained power for some 300 years, until the Russian Revolution, in 1917.

“The Reluctant Autocrat” will include many works from the Parker Collection at the museum (rare books, vintage photographs, elaborate silver objects, medals, portraits, militaria, porcelain and costumes) as well as supplementary objects from Bob Jones University Museum of Art and Gallery and from the promised gift of Marina BelosselskyBelozersky Kasarda (see page 9 in this issue for more information). Highly ornamented and rich with meaning, these works of fine and decorative art are already supplying the décor and flowers committee, headed up by past Elegant Salute chair Maggie Hancock, with plenty of ideas. Ham Magill, Gordhan Patel and David Matheny are in charge of fundraising this time around, with a goal of $200,000 in sponsorships. We know you can help them get there. Devereux Burch is in charge of the social committee, Airee Edwards is chair of the after-party publicity committee, Bree Hayes is having fun planning the menu with her compatriots, Mike Landers is running the entertainment committee, Evelyn Dukes is once again ably handling logistics, and Maggie Hancock and Ligia Alexander are once again imagining exquisite decor and flowers.

The evening will begin with cocktails at 6, in a heated tent in the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, followed by dinner in the M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall. Attendees will partake of a Russian-inspired meal, then return to the tent for the after-party: From Russia with . Guests can dance the evening away in a James Bond–themed environment while they enjoy dessert. Sponsorships are available at levels from Order of St. Andrew ($25,000) to Order of St. Vladimir ($1,000), with benefits that include tickets, logo/ name recognition in all materials, reserved parking spaces, invitation to the Patrons Party, a private event with museum director William U. Eiland and a complimentary facility rental at the museum, as well as a tax deduction. More information on tickets and sponsorships is available at bit.ly/ elegant-salute-2019. Tickets are $300 for members, $350 for nonmembers. Tickets to the after-party only are $50 for members, $65 for nonmembers and include entry to the after-party.

A History of Philanthropy

[ ar t of g i v i n g ] In mid-July, the University of Georgia announced that, for the fifth consecutive year, UGA donors set a record in fundraising, contributing a total of $242 million in new gifts and pledges to the Commit to Georgia Campaign. This was the second consecutive year that the total surpassed $200 million. The museum has a goal of raising $22.5 million by the conclusion of the campaign, which includes works of art. One of the most exciting gifts we have received during the campaign is the one that makes up the current exhibition “One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection” (on view through February 10). Organized by Parker Curator of Russian Art Asen Kirin, it introduces our audiences to the art collection of the Belossersky-Belozersky family, a collection that has not been seen for decades and that now belongs to the people of the state of Georgia. A little over a year ago, Princess Marina Sergeevna Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda was looking for a museum that could house her family’s collection of paintings and decorative arts dating back to 1660. Her father, Sergei Sergeevich, had previously donated items from the family archive, manuscripts and works of art to Harvard and Columbia universities, Hillwood Museum and Gardens and the Walters Art Museum, and she hoped to follow in his tradition of philanthropy. Marina and her husband, Vladislav Kasarda, contacted experts affiliated with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University — two noted sources with considerable expertise on Russian culture and art — for advice on the matter, and both of them recommended the Georgia Museum of Art. The museum had worked with Hoover and Harriman previously on scholarly exhibitions of Russian art, and they knew we were well suited to manage, exhibit and study such a gift due to our experience with the Parker Collection. “One Heart, One Way” is only the first step in our process of doing so, and we look forward to discovering more about each object from this collection as well as making connections between it and others.

For Mrs. Kasarda to trust us with her family’s heirlooms that have been through so much is a profoundly moving expression of confidence in our abilities.

The Belosselsky-Belozersky family traces its roots back to Rurik of Jutland, the 9th-century Viking chieftan and founder of the medieval state of Kievan Rus’ (the predecessor of Russia). The Beloye (white) Lake in northern Russia gave the family its name and was famous for its sturgeons, two of which appear on the Belosserky-Belozersky crest. The family played an important role in the history of Eastern Europe. In the 18th century, starting in the reign of Peter the Great, its members took part in European political, diplomatic and intellectual life. Prince Alexander Mikhailovich corresponded with the philosophers Immanuel Kant and Voltaire. Portraits of these aristocratic intellectuals and objects they owned are part of the collection, including paintings by renowned portraitists Anton Graff, Pietro Benvenuti and Christina Robertson. With the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the Belosselsky-Belozersky family emigrated to its estate in Finland; a chartered train carried the collection to safety there. At this point in the art historical record, experts considered several famed paintings in the collection as lost, but happily their assumptions were incorrect. From Finland, the family moved to London, England, where the collection survived World War II, and finally to Ipswich, Massachusetts, when Prince Sergei Sergeevich Belossselsky married Florence Crane, of the family that owned the Crane Company. The Russian program at the Georgia Museum of Art has grown steadily since its inception and is now widely respected. For Mrs. Kasarda to trust us with her family’s heirlooms that have been through so much is a profoundly moving expression of confidence in our abilities. The art of giving consists, in part, of being able to make just such a magnanimous gesture. We will do our very best to live up to our end of the bargain.

(Top) Unidentified photographer Prince Sergey S. Belosselsky-Belozersky and Florence Crane, possibly at Ipswich Bay, ca. 1944

(Bottom) Unidentified photographer Princess Marina S. Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda on the day of her baptism, 1945

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The Georgia Museum of Art has impressive holdings of 20th- and 21st-century wood art thanks to the expansive gift of Jane and Arthur Mason a few years back. Despite its wide variety of craft, the museum did not have an example from prominent artist Douglas Finkel until a recent gift by the Center for Art in Wood. Finkel is known, in part, for a series of benches, of which he has created 42 since 1997. French designer Pierre-Emile Legrain (1889–1929), who introduced these African forms to Western culture in the 1920s, is a noted influence of Finkel. According to the artist, “[Source bench’s] form and surface detail are inspired by Japanese architecture and, in particular, Samurai helmets.” The example recently added to the collection is an exemplary expression of this series. The recently acquired work has legs that are painted and carved, with a wire-brushed, painted and inlayed seat with kente cloth. Finkel has been both a woodworking artist and teacher for the past 21 years, and his work can be found in a number of collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. We sincerely thank our friends at the Center for Art in Wood as well as the original donors, Bruce and Marina Kaiser, for this gift. It serves as a wonderful addition to our decorative arts holdings, filling an important gap in our collection.

Despite its wide variety of craft, the museum did not have an example from prominent artist Douglas Finkel until a recent gift by the Center for Art in Wood.

Dale Couch Curator of Decorative Arts, Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts

Source bench, 2000 Walnut, maple, poplar, paint, and fabric Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Center for Art in Wood, gift of Bruce and Marina Kaiser GMOA 2018.48

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90 Carlton: Autumn Friday, October 19, 5:30 p.m.

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The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a reception featuring the autumn exhibitions. Enjoy light refreshments, gallery activities, door prizes and “Ask the Experts” from 7 to 8 p.m. Event Partners: Athens Printing Company, Barron’s Rental Center, Epting Events and Guide2Athens. $5, free for members. Become a member of the museum at the event for complimentary admission. RSVP to gmoarsvp@uga.edu or by calling 706.542.4199. For more information, go to bit.ly/90c-autumn2018.

Music of Appalachia Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m.

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The Athens Chamber Singers will present a special program of choral and instrumental pieces from Appalachia, including folksongs, spirituals, blues and coal mining songs. The concert will feature a bluegrass band. Stick around after the music for a special tour of “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann” led by curator of American art Sarah Kate Gillespie.

Student Night Thursday, November 8, 6:30 p.m. Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of music, food, fun and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhibitions. Student Night is generously sponsored by UGA Parents Leadership Council.

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Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of Art To schedule a class visit or student assignment at the Georgia Museum of Art, please call us at 706.542.4662 at least two weeks prior to the visit. Scheduling in advance enables us to prepare for your visit, whether it is a self-guided tour led by an instructor, a docent-led tour or students coming on their own to complete an assignment.

Lecture: Ellen Handy Friday, October 12, 3 p.m. Ellen Handy is an associate professor of art history at City College of New York, CUNY. Her talk “Soft Focus Ethnography and Vernacular Modernism,” is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.”

Lecture: David Lubin Thursday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.

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Lectures & Gallery Talks

David Lubin, the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University and Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professor at Oxford University, will give a lecture entitled “Oh Say Can You See: American Art, Propaganda and the First World War,” presented in conjunction with the exhibition “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the from the Blum Collection.” Lubin considers how patriotism, religion, gender, banking and pacifism were all called into play visually as the First World War drew the United States into its vortex.

Public Conversation with Richard Hunt Friday, October 19, 4:30 p.m. Join artist Richard Hunt for a public conversation about his work with Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Richard Hunt: Synthesis,” on view October 20, 2018 – February 3, 2019. Co-sponsored by the College of Environment and Design.

Inclement Weather The Georgia Museum of Art follows the inclement weather policies of the University of Georgia. When the university is closed due to inclement weather, the museum is closed as well. Announcements are posted to the UGA homepage (uga.edu), Twitter (@universityofga and @UGAEVENTS) and Facebook (facebook.com/uga.edu and facebook.com/UgaToday). Up-to-date information is provided to Athens radio stations and will be provided through the museum’s website and social media outlets.

In her talk entitled “Seeing Appalachia,” writer and public historian Elizabeth Catte will take a critical look at representations of the region in contemporary writing, photography and reporting, underscoring how the visual archive of Appalachia often renders a diverse and complicated place into a series of problems that threaten the nation’s progress. Catte is author of “What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia,” and is currently co-editing “55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike.”

Family Programs Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.

Toddler Tuesday: Globetrotters Tuesday, October 16, 10 a.m. Join us for a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Inspired by the exhibition “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection” this program will take us around the globe and explore the idea of travel. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863 after September 1 to reserve a spot.

Family Day: WWI Posters from Around the World Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m. – noon Join us for the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Works of art from countries all around the globe are included in the exhibition “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection,” After exploring the galleries, make your own poster in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom for a masterpiece you can take home.

Family Day: Transforming Metal Saturday, November 3, 10 a.m. – noon Explore impressive sculptures and linear prints by the legendary Richard Hunt, a contemporary African American artist at this free, drop-in program. After drawing inspiration from gallery activities and the exhibition “Richard Hunt: Synthesis,” create your own metal sculpture in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom.

Conversations in Film Join the Georgia Museum of Art for films discussed by scholars, filmmakers and students. Each film will include a 15-minute introduction by a guest speakers and short conversations about the film following the screening.

“A Lasting Thing for the World: The Photography of Doris Ulmann” Thursday, October 4, 7 p.m. Doris Ulmann, a noted New York photographer, spent the last several years of her life traveling through the southern Appalachian mountains in search of people whose way of life moved or intrigued her. Using Ulmann’s photographs and correspondence, archival film and interviews with historians and individuals photographed by Ulmann, award-winning Kentucky filmmaker Heather Lyons explores the life and work of one of America’s most important and prolific photographers. Produced with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production. NR, runtime 58 min.

“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Thursday, October 11, 7 p.m. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro). With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey of awesome experiences and colorful characters. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. 2000, PG-13, runtime 108 min. Presented in conjunction with the Doris Ulmann exhibition.

“Richard Hunt Sculptor” Thursday, November 29, 7 p.m.

Family Day: Geometric Holiday Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. – noon Rebecca Rutstein’s works of art are inspired by her interest in geology, marine science and undercurrents. Join us to explore her beautiful creations and make your own holiday-inspired geometric ornament. This free, drop-in program always includes gallery activities, and an art project in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Enjoy refreshments and a special holiday performance by Meridian Women’s Choir in the lobby.

Toddler Tuesday: Winter Shapes and Colors Tuesday, December 4, 10 a.m. Join us for a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Discover the geometric creations of artist Rebecca Rutstein, and then make your own winter-inspired decorations. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863 after November 1 to reserve a spot.

Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian art, will lead a tour of the exhibition.

Tour at Two: “Richard Hunt: Synthesis” Wednesday, October 31, 2 p.m. Join Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, for a tour of the exhibition.

Tour at Two: For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection Wednesday, November 7, 2 p.m. Join Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, for a special tour of the exhibition.

Artful Conversation: Homer Dodge Martin Wednesday, November 14, 2 p.m. Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education, will lead a group conversation about “The Old Mill.”

Artful Conversation: Richard Hunt Wednesday, December 5, 2 p.m. Callan Steinmann, curator of education, will lead a session of slow looking and dialogue focused on selected works from the exhibition “Richard Hunt: Synthesis.”

Workshops & Classes Morning Mindfulness Fridays October 12 and 26, November 9 and 30 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Charlie Ahearn’s documentary on Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, featuring Kerry James Marshall, as well as rare archival footage from a 1971 film made about Hunt for the Museum of Modern Art. Directed, produced and edited by Charlie Ahearn, music by TJ Anderson, co-produced by Alitash Kebebe. 2010, NR, runtime 44 min. Followed by a tour of “Richard Hunt: Synthesis” with Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art.

The Georgia Museum of Art invites you into the galleries to participate in free-guided mindfulness meditation sessions, held every other Friday during the school year. Sessions include a variety of instructor-led meditation, movement and mindfulness techniques. No experience or special clothing is necessary. Meditation pillows or stools are provided. Reservations are encouraged; please contact 706.542.8863 or sagekincaid@uga.edu.

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Yoga in the Galleries Thursdays October 18, November 15, December 20 6 – 7 p.m.

Toddler Tuesday: 2D or 3D? Tuesday, November 13, 10 a.m. Join us for a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Inspired by the exhibition “Richard Hunt: Synthesis,” toddlers will learn about two- and three-dimensional works of art and then make their own 3D sculpture. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga. edu or call 706.542.8863 after October 1 to reserve a spot.

Tour at Two: “One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection” Wednesday, October 24, 2 p.m.

Tours Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesdays October 3, November 28, December 12 and 19, 2 p.m. Led by docents.

Artful Conversation: Gerald Brockhurst Wednesday, October 10, 2 p.m. Callan Steinmann, curator of education, will lead a group conversation on Brockhurst’s painting “Portrait of Jeanne Laib (Levin).”

Sunday Spotlight Tour Sundays October 14, November 11, and December 9, 3 p.m. Highlights from the permanent collection; led by docents.

Tour at Two: “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann” Wednesday, October 17, 2 p.m. Join Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art and the exhibition, for a special tour.

Join us for a yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries. Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is free and open to both beginner and experienced yogis. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis; tickets are available at the front desk starting at 5:15. Yoga mats provided.

Teen Studio: Doris Ulmann Thursday, November 8, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Teens ages 13 – 18 are invited to this studio-based workshop led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. The group will draw inspiration from special gallery activities that focus on works of art from “Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.” Teens will then create their own photography-based work of art. Includes a pizza dinner. This program is free, but space is limited. Please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863 to reserve a spot.

Events marked with a red dot [ ] are part of the 2018 Spotlight on the Arts festival. www.georgiamuseum.org

Lecture: Elizabeth Catte Thursday, November 8, 5 p.m.

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In honor of Kelly Blanton by Spitzmiller & Norris, Inc. In honor of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz by Michael and Rose Haber

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The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between March 23, 2018 and June 23, 2018:

In memory of George Richard Barnard Sr. by Norman and Margaret Wood In memory of Verner Chaffin by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Barry Harwood by William Underwood Eiland

In honor of Martha Daura and Thomas Mapp by Betty and Edgar Myrtle

In memory of Marty Karlin by William Underwood Eiland

In honor of Eleanor and Hal Holtz by Betty and Edgar Myrtle In honor of Vince and Judy Masters by Betty and Edgar Myrtle In honor of Berkeley and Dan Minor by Betty and Edgar Myrtle In memory of Virginia Appleton by William Underwood Eiland

Sage Kincaid has been promoted to associate curator of education. Kincaid has been at the museum since 2012, previously serving as the assistant curator of education and the special event coordinator.

In honor of Ed and Faye Chambers by Betty and Edgar Myrtle

In honor of Peggy and Denny Galis by Carroll B. Hart Jr. and Carroll B. Hart Sr.

staff notes

Nelda Damiano has been hired as the Pierre Daura Curator of European Art. Damiano was most recently the associate curator at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida.

The museum has been awarded two honors at the Southeast Museums Conference (SEMC). The 2018 SEMC Publication Competition jury awarded Clinton Hill a gold medal in the Books & Catalogues category. Additionally, Facet was awarded a gold medal in the Newsletter & Calendar of Events category.

In memory of Berkeley Minor by Scott and Mabel Atkinson, June Ball, Julius and Anna Bentley, Ron and Svea Bogue, the Brody Family, Kathy Castellion, Ed and Faye Chambers, Alan and Katherine Chamlee, Anne Chamlee, Classic Center Cultural Foundation, Ronald and Margaret Cole, Donald Cornett, Dwight and Lorrie Coulter, Richard and Julie Crawford, John and Ann Crowley, Richard and Carol Dolson, Katherine Donnan, Donna and Charles Emerson, Chad Erwin, Alexander and Anne Evans, Ellen Gibson, John and Laurel Halper, Cynthia Harbold, Cecil and Sandra Hudson, Robert and Nancy Hunt, Tyrus and Catherine Ivey, Cindy Karp, Barbara Laughlin, Delores

Leslie, Charles Lyon, Brenda and David Minor, Alice Mohor, John Nix, Susan Noble, Gloria and Ed Norris, Stephen and Sherrie Olejnik, Alex and Janet Patterson, Gordhan and Jinx Patel, Dianne Penny and Smith Martin Wilson III, Valdis and Jean Petrovs, Amburn and Will Power, John and Elizabeth Prescott, Charles and Dana Pritchett, Robert and Shirley Reinert, Lee and Linda Schramm, Carl and Patricia Sciple, James and Martha Shehane, Dudley Stevens, Hiram Thurmond, Joseph and June Turnell, Michael and Brenda Wade, Debbie Wagner, Ruthann Walton, Cecelia Warner, Frances Williams, Geraldine Williams, Norman and Margaret Wood In memory of Ann Scoggins by John Scoggins In memory of Tom Taylor by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Amanda Thompson by William Underwood Eiland

You already know that the Museum Shop is the place to find catalogues, jewelry and gifts that feature our exhibitions, but did you know we’re also a great kids’ store? We’ve got an exceptional selection of unique items for every young artist and art lover on your holiday list, including these amazing kits. Unlock their creativity with the tools to explore drawing & painting, crafting, building – the possibilities are limitless. 1.

Xonex Big Art Set

$32.95 $29.66 for members 2.

$22.95 $20.66 for members

Kid Made Modern Arts & Craft Library

$44.00 $39.60 for members

Mindware Paint Your Own Porcelain Christmas Ornaments

Mad Mattr Tool Box (price pending)

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