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Department of Publications Hillary Brown and Stella Tran Board of Advisors

Communications Interns

B. Heyward Allen Jr.,* executive committee

Jinsui Li

Rinne Allen

Stephanie Motter

Amalia K. Amaki

Martha Wilde

Frances Aronson-Healey June M. Ball Linda N. Beard Karen L. Benson

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Fred D. Bentley Sr.* Richard E. Berkowitz Jeanne L. Berry Devereux C. Burch Robert E. Burton** Debra C. Callaway** Randolph W. Camp Shannon I. Candler,* executive committee Faye S. Chambers Harvey J. Coleman Sharon Cooper Martha R. Daura*** Martha T. Dinos** Annie Laurie Dodd*** Sally Dorsey Howard F. Elkins Judith A. Ellis Todd Emily, executive committee

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James B. Fleece Phoebe G. Forio*** John M. Greene** Helen C. Griffith**

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Judith F. Hernstadt

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Marion E. Jarrell Jane Compton Johnson*

Annelies Mondi, Lynn Boland, Stella Tran, Ed Tant (retiring from security staff), Carissa DiCindio and William U. Eiland

George-Ann Knox*

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Shell H. Knox

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Over its history, the museum has been blessed with a stable and productive staff. Because of the hectic schedule of our programming, I have depended particularly on the creativity and high energy of our educators. It is, then, with regret, that I and the staff see the departure this summer of Carissa DiCindio, our curator of education, for other, decidedly not green, pastures in the desert of southern Arizona. In some ways, it is not an unexpected departure, given our salary structure and the enticements of a tenure-track position. Nor is it a happy occasion for me to tell you that we are also losing Lynn Boland, our Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, again to the West; he is to become the director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. Lynn, as our curator, has made great strides in developing the Center into a nationally known venue for research, publications and exhibitions.

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If that were not bad enough, we are also losing Stella Tran, our assistant editor, who is moving to Toronto, where we know some smart Canadian museum will have her in a professional position in short order. Stella has been stalwart in the department of communication’s activities; as well as editing and preparing Facet, she worked on our catalogues and various other publications and was rewarded, as we all were, with numerous awards. I regret the loss of such talented and creative professionals. The Georgia Museum of Art’s extended family and staff, boards and patrons will miss them and regret their departure, as will I.

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The Georgia Museum of Art shares the

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the visual arts, the museum exists to

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collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret

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significant works of art.

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Partial support for the exhibitions and programs at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the

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EXHIBITIONS FEATURES

Exhibitions

Thompson Award Winner

Black Belt Color

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Exhibitions

Thompson Award Winner of 2017

Recipient of the 2017 Lillian C. Lynch Citation

University of Georgia scarf by Frankie Welch

Black Belt Color: Photographs by Jerry Siegel

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Giò Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979)

Superleggera chair, model 699, Cassina S.p.A., 1957

Display cabinet, model 2140, M. Singer & Sons, 1951

Ebonized ash and cane

Italian walnut, lacquered wood, and brass

32 3/8 x 15 7/8 x 18 inches

81 x 78 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Lent by Denver Art Museum

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum purchase

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funded by the John R. Eckel Jr. Foundation, 2016.145.A,B

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Giò Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979) Chest of drawers, ca. 1955 Painted wood, mahogany-veneered wood, rosewood, walnut-veneered wood, oak, and brass 35 1/4 x 72 7/8 x 20 3/4 inches Collection of Robert Munch

Giò Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979) Side chair model 676, Figli di Amedeo Cassina, Italy, ca. 1955 Walnut and fabric 33 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches Both courtesy of Casati Gallery, Chicago

Giò Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979) Desk/vanity, Giordano Chiesa, Italy, ca. 1953 Walnut and brass 27 1/2 x 37 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches Giò Ponti (Italian, 1891–1979) Display cabinet, model 2140, M. Singer & Sons, 1951 Italian walnut, lacquered wood, and brass 81 x 78 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum purchase funded by the John R. Eckel Jr. Foundation 2016.145.A,B

the Georgia Museum of Art

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

Sponsors: Casati Gallery, Dudley Stevens, Furthermore: a program of the J.M.

Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber

Guest Curator: Perri Lee Roberts, University of Miami

private collections.

career in the 1920s through the 1950s, borrowed from American museums and

outstanding pieces of furniture and decorative objects from the beginning of his

This exhibition presents more than 50 objects, representing some of Ponti’s most

United States.

examples of his own work and that of his contemporaries in Europe and the

he promoted new concepts of modern living and improved public taste through

frequent contributor to the magazines Domus and Stile. Through these venues,

in Italian and other international design exhibitions and served as editor of and

using both traditional and modern materials and techniques. He participated

the first skyscraper in Italy), furniture, decorative art and industrial products,

career of nearly 60 years, Ponti created important works of architecture (including

as the father of modern Italian design. Over the span of a remarkably prolific

In the history of 20th-century design, Giò Ponti (1891–1979) is widely recognized

Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design June 10 – September 17, 2017

E X H I B I T I O N S Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904) The Stranded Boat, 1863 Oil on canvas 22 7/8 x 36 7/8 inches Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865

In-house Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries Sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Felchlin in honor of Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch, George-Ann Knox, Carol and Rob Winthrop, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

The Genius of Martin Johnson Heade June 3 – September 10, 2017

Mrs. Deen Day Sanders, a noted art collector, gardener,

have never been shown in this context. His seascapes

philanthropist and Georgian, has also agreed to lend

are displayed with those by earlier artists including

Heade’s painting of two Cherokee Roses, the official

Washington Allston and Thomas Doughty to establish

state flower, to the museum, along with four other works

the tradition of that genre, as well as with work by

Largely forgotten by scholars and collectors after his

by Heade. Mrs. Sanders’s paintings make up a small

Heade’s peers, including John Frederick Kensett and

death, Martin Johnson Heade was one of the most

supplementary exhibition titled “Local Color: Martin

Fitz Henry Lane. His marshes and tropical views are

varied and inventive painters of the 19th century. He is

Johnson Heade Paintings from the Collection of Deen

featured alongside landscapes by Alvan Fisher, Albert

now recognized as one of the most important American

Day Sanders,” on view the same dates as “The Genius

Bierstadt, Asher B. Durand and Frederic Church.

artists of his generation and unique in devoting equal

of Martin Johnson Heade.”

Similarly, ornithological and botanical illustrations

time to landscape, marine and still-life subjects. Heade Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from its

Audubon and George Lambdin, among others, are

of dramatic thunderstorms at sea that established him

collection of Heade’s work, this exhibition presents the

shown with Heade’s magnolias and hummingbird and

as a landscapist.

artist’s great creative range in examples from an early

orchid compositions. The conversations among these

folk portrait to a late magnolia still life. It underscores

works demonstrate the artist’s originality and highlight

At the same time, he produced scintillating Victorian

Heade’s innovative approach by juxtaposing these

his genius.

flower still lifes and exquisite studies of South American

paintings with related subjects by his predecessors

hummingbirds, explorations that would culminate in the

and his contemporaries. While there have been

extraordinary, wholly original combination of jewel-like

monographic shows spanning his lifetime or focusing

birds with lush, tropical orchids.

on a specific aspect of his career, Heade’s paintings

Modern Masters from the Giuliano Ceseri Collection August 19 – November 12, 2017 This selection of 19th- and 20th-century works on paper from the private collection of Giuliano Ceseri, on long-term loan to the Georgia Museum of Art, includes renderings by masters including William Zorach, André Lhote, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Umberto Boccioni, Pierre Bonnard, Giorgio de Chirico and

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Luigi Russolo.

and traditional still lifes by John Gould, John James

created evocative marsh scenes and powerful canvases

Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (American, 1871–1954) Industrial Landscape, 1920 Charcoal, watercolor, white gouache on tan paper 7 1/16 x 7 13/16 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Extended loan from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri GMOA 1995.73E

The Past Is Never Dead: Kristin Casaletto May 6 – July 30, 2017 This exhibition shows the work of contemporary Georgia-based artist Kristin Casaletto, primarily her prints and one three-dimensional object. Casaletto’s work addresses issues of history and how it is interpreted as well as questions related to identity and race. A relative newcomer to the South, she approaches its complex history from the perspective of an outsider without marginalizing its culture. The title of the exhibition comes from William Faulkner’s famous statement “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Casaletto similarly focuses on the importance and influence of history in shaping present mindsets. Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Kristin Casaletto (American, b. 1964) Death Plans a Meeting with Emmett Till, 2010–12 Intaglio and relief with encaustic on paper 32 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (framed) Collection of the artist

Avocation to Vocation: Prints by F. Townsend Morgan June 17 – September 10, 2017 The artist F. Townsend Morgan (1883–1965) wrote

prints for his own enjoyment and for hire in places

Guest Curator: Stephen Goldfarb, independent scholar

that he had pursued art as an avocation (or hobby)

including Philadelphia, the US Virgin Islands and

Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II

from 1915 to 1934, before turning professional.

Key West, Florida. This exhibition is the first to focus

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable

He was born in Brooklyn, into a family that fell on

entirely on his work since his death and includes

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum

hard times during the Great Depression. He found

about 30 prints of sailboats (one of his favorite

of Art

employment with various New Deal art programs from

subjects), architecture and natural beauty.

1934 to 1942. Morgan also traveled widely, making

F. Townsend Morgan (American, 1883–1965) Untitled (harbor scene), 1935 Etching on paper, 22 of 25 11 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (sheet) Private collection

F. Townsend Morgan (American, 1883–1965) Louisville, n.d. Etching on cream paper, numbered 126 10 3/8 x 12 5/8 inches (sheet) Private collection

coming this autumn Louise Blair Daura: A Virginian in Paris September 30 – December 10, 2017

The first solo museum exhibition to focus on the Virginia-born painter’s work, collecting all her known

Martha Odum: Art Intersects Ecology October 7 – December 31, 2017

This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of UGA’s Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology through selections of Martha Odum’s watercolor paintings and silver, as well as supplementary works from the permanent collection that relate to ecology as a discipline. An exhibition of more than 40 works by acclaimed contemporary African American artist Mickalene Thomas. A selection of works by artists who inspired her will also be shown.

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Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête October 14, 2017 – January 7, 2018

paintings, drawings and prints.

L A R R Y

W A L K E R

THOMPSON AWARD WINNER OF 2017

alker is an esteemed professor emeritus and former director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University. An artist and an educator born in Franklin, Georgia, he has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions and more than 40 solo exhibitions, which featured his abstract paintings, drawings and mixedmedia works. One of his mixed-media works has been on display in the Georgia Museum of Art’s permanent collection galleries. Walker is also a recipient of Atlanta Contemporary’s Nexus Award.

Artist Larry Walker received the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award this year. The annual prize honors a living African American visual artist with a significant Georgia connection.

At the awards ceremony, curator Shawnya Harris discussed Walker’s importance as an artist and a lifelong educator before presenting him with the award in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 200 attendees. Walker then delivered remarks in which he addressed the power of art and said “the arts are about learning to live,” receiving a standing ovation. Shawnya Harris and Larry Walker

“ the arts are about learning to live. ”

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The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award is named for the couple who donated 100 works by African American artists from their collection to the museum and endowed a curatorial position (held by Harris) to focus on art by African American and African artists. Larry Thompson teaches at the University of Georgia School of Law and is a UGA Foundation Trustee. Brenda Thompson is the chair of the museum’s Board of Advisors. Previous recipients of the Thompson award include artists Emma Amos, Harold Rittenberry, Charles Pinckney and Amalia Amaki.

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RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 LILLIAN C. LYNCH CITATION Each year, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia presents the Lillian C. Lynch Citation to an African American leader for his or her contributions to African American cultural education and service.

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his year, at the annual Black History Month Dinner, the award was given to Althea Sumpter for her work as a professor, artist, Emmy-nominated producer and ethnographer.

Sumpter, a native of St. Helena Island, South Carolina, uses digital media technology to combine stories of her own Gullah Geechee culture with traditional historical, genealogical and documentary research. She is a Althea Sumpter and Dale Couch

founding member of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and has served as its vice-chair and chair. She holds a doctoral degree (with concentrations in African/African American Studies and New Media Technology) from Clark Atlanta University, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina. Formerly the director of media services and production at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Sumpter has also taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and Clark Atlanta University. At the awards ceremony, Dale Couch, the museum’s curator of decorative arts and longtime friend of Sumpter, had the

privilege of presenting her with the award. In her acceptance speech, Sumpter urged the audience to listen to their elders and record the stories they tell to create continuity between generations and document underrepresented cultures. The late Ms. Lynch was a charter member of the Athens chapter of The Links, Incorporated and was dedicated to the arts as an advocate for cultural education in the Athens community. The Links, Incorporated, is a national volunteer service organization for African American women that focuses on the arts as one of its five key areas of service. Previous recipients of the Lynch citation include Natasha Trethewey, Jeanne Cyriaque, Rudolph Byrd and Michael Thurmond.

N E W A C Q U I S I T I O N UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCARF BY FRANKIE WELCH

Frankie Welch was born in Rome, Georgia, and spent her career as a fashion designer in Washington, D.C.

Her prolific work was the subject of independent scholar Ashley Callahan’s research, which was published in the essay “Scarf and Dress Designs by Frankie Welch: Highlighting Georgia through Her Americana” in “Connections: Georgia in the World” (Proceedings of the Seventh Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts). Welch studied at the University of Georgia during 1946–47, and her work in Washington often drew on Georgia imagery, such as peanuts, the official state crop, and the UGA arch.

Frankie Welch (b. 1923) University of Georgia scarf, ca. 1980s Polyester Georgia Museum of Art; Gift of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz GMOA 2016.242

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Frankie Welch wearing a Cherokee Alphabet dress standing in front of her shop, ca. 1970. Unidentified photographer. Frankie Welch Collection, Rome Area History Museum

Promise Land BBQ Woodstock, Alabama 2009

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Interviewer Hillary Brown Artist Jerry Siegel

When did you start shooting [the Black Belt] and thinking of it as a series?

“Black Belt Color: Photographs by Jerry Siegel,” published by the Georgia Museum of Art, features an interview with the artist and represents a project that started decades ago. Born and raised in Selma, Alabama, Jerry Siegel has spent years documenting his hometown and the surrounding area. Below is an excerpt of the interview. “Black Belt Color” is available in the Museum Shop or by phone at 706.542.0450.

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I bought a new camera — a Fuji Panorama TX-1 film camera — and I started shooting panoramas. I think the earliest images are around 2002 — the deer heads and the birds. I bought the camera and went to Selma, shot some images and a friend of mine said, “You know, you’ve really got a cool series started.” I noticed buildings around Selma had started disappearing, so I was like, I’m going to use this camera and shoot some of these things before they disappear. For the longest time, I just shot pictures of anything and everything. I’ve only been doing the “fine art” thing since 2004. So the idea of bodies of work or series didn’t mean anything to me then. I didn’t understand it. All of a sudden, I started thinking, “Well, this could be like [portrait series] ‘Facing South.’ This could be something I could work on.” I started thinking about what were the iconic places in Selma, so I shot the Temple where I grew up. I shot the old YMCA where I spent so many days. I went to my uncle’s house and shot his chairlift. I started thinking about the Edmund Pettus Bridge. I started thinking about what was iconic. I was shooting with the Fuji panorama, and then I started shooting with the 8 x 10 camera. There are a great many large-format images as well as panoramas. The series evolved from the panorama and my documenting some of what was disappearing, and it kind of grew from there.

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So, talk to me about growing up in Selma and what that was like on a day-to-day basis.

It was perfect. It was a great place to grow up. I was born in 1958, so in 1965 I was seven. That was the heart of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King coming to Selma. And all this stuff was going on, but I was completely oblivious to it. We lived out in the country, three miles from town. I think it was just the way we were raised. Our mama and daddy did a good job of insulating us from it all.

How do you think the town has changed over the years? What’s it like now? It’s a little sad. ArtsRevive is there. It’s a great organization and doing really good things. They’ve got a gallery there now, and they’re making strides helping local artists. The movie “Selma” shone a light on the city and brought more tourists, but

Menorah Selma, Alabama 2007

overall Selma has been slow to change. I can remember at one time there being 28,000 people, and I think now there’s like 18,000. You drive downtown, and there’s a couple of new restaurants and there are a few new businesses. There are some people who are trying really hard, so we’re hopeful. When the Air Force base closed in 1977, Selma really felt it.

Where else did you take these photographs? Primarily Selma and Dallas County, Marion and Perry County. My best friend Mary Ward Brown, a writer, lived in Browns, right outside Marion. So whenever I went home I would go see her. Many of the panoramas, the birds were a couple tenths of a mile from her house. She took me over to Newbern to see the Rural Studio. That’s where [William] Christenberry’s green warehouse is. She was the only person since I was in school who’s ever ridden with me while I shoot. It’s not unusual for it to take me two hours to go on a normal half-hour trip. Some days the light is good, and you see things. You go down a road, you stop, you back up, you spin around, you go back a tenth of a mile, you walk around for a minute, and nobody else wants to do that. But Mary did. She liked to ride with me, and she would say, “Oh, let’s pull over here and look at that. You should take a picture of it.”

So would she say, “Let’s go ride around and shoot”? Not usually. There were days where we did that, but most of the time we would just be together, grabbing some lunch. I would go to the grocery store with her. She might want to show me something like the Rural Studio. But mostly we were just hanging around together and grabbing lunch and then just ride around and talk.

Right, just ride around. There were a couple of times that she’d say, “I want to show you some stuff,” and that’d be good. The [photograph of the] two Jesuses in the cage, she took me to that guy’s place, but mostly it was us just hanging out and doing things together.

Do you always keep your camera with you in case you see something interesting? Yeah. Always.

How do you see something like that photograph of all the lunchmeat and decide that’s going to make a good photograph? It’s just instinctive. Sometimes it’s the light. In that case, I think it was the repetition of pattern, the repetition of all the different sandwich meats and the 99-cent stickers. Sometimes it’s as simple as the light. Light is so important. It’s just things that are real to me, feel comfortable, make me feel at home. I’m not into what someone might refer to as the ruins and remembrances of the South. Kudzu-covered barns and rusted signs are not my thing, although there are a number of shots of signage. It’s just whatever I respond to — whatever feels familiar to me. I think some days I probably go out looking for something in particular. But mostly I am trying to be open and aware. Maybe I’ve seen something recently and said, “Oh. That’s an interesting way to look at it,” but mostly I just go out and ride. I just get in the car and go, and stop and walk a lot.

Do you like driving? I don’t mind it at all. I drove to Montgomery [Alabama] and back to pick up some pieces at the State Council for the Arts — it’s 160 miles there. I stopped, put the pieces in my car, I was there for 15 minutes, and I got in the car and drove straight back. Do I want to just get in the car and drive for the sake of driving? No, but I’m always going to see something. Instead of taking the interstate, I take the back roads and try to give myself enough time that if I see something I can take the time to stop and shoot. That’s probably the biggest thing. I always wish I had more time. I don’t do as well as I used to at stopping. You have to be willing to hit the brakes, pull over, make a U-turn on the road, go back, pull over on the side of the road, get out and spend some time as cars go by. It seems too often I see great stuff that I don’t stop for, and I regret it a lot. Sometimes you just have to stop because the light is just right. I have gone back to places the next day at the same time and it’s not the same. It’s just not. I don’t know why. It might even be a sunny day both days, but there’s something. The light changes, and the mood changes, so when you see it and feel it, you gotta do it.

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The Black Belt is the southern portion of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region’s rich, black topsoil.

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All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. The museum will be closed on July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

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90 Carlton: Summer Friday, July 28, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a reception featuring the summer 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 and Epting Events. $5, free for members. Midcentury dress encouraged. Become a member of the museum at the event for complimentary admission. RSVP to gmoarsvp@uga.edu or by calling 706.542.4199. Register at http://bit.ly/90c-summer17.

Annual Meeting and Reception of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art Thursday, August 17, 5:30 p.m. The annual meeting of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art will include highlights from the group’s activities and the presentation of the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. RSVP to gmoarsvp@uga.edu or 706.542.4199. To receive an advance copy of agenda items or bylaw revisions, email jointhemuseum@uga.edu or call 706.542.0830.

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Museum Mix Thursday, July 20, 8 – 11 p.m.

The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art is an association of individuals, companies and corporations who share interest in the visual arts and a desire to contribute to the growth of the Georgia Museum of Art and the University of Georgia. The Friends board of directors will hold its first meeting of the academic year; all members of the museum are welcome to attend. RSVP to gmoarsvp@ uga.edu or 706.542.4199.

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Seven of Athens’ established venues for visual art (the Georgia Museum of Art, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, Ciné, the Classic Center and ATHICA) hold this evening event devoted to art on the third Thursday of every month, to showcase their programming. Details posted at 3thurs.org.

Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art board meeting Thursday, August 24, 5:30 p.m.

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Special Events

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.

Student Night Thursday, September 14, 6:30 – 8:30 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 current exhibitions. Student Night is generously sponsored by the UGA Parents Leadership Council and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.

The Collectors host Spalding Nix’s Culture Club in Athens Thursday, September 21, 6 p.m. In 2003, Spalding Nix founded Spalding Nix Fine Art upon returning to his native Atlanta after working at Sotheby’s in New York. Nix established Culture Club to give Atlantans the opportunity to experience presentations by world-class experts on all things cultural. Nix will join us for a special edition of Culture Club in Athens and will speak about the art of collecting and appraising private collections. The Collectors focus on connoisseurship and raise funds for museum acquisitions. If you are interested in becoming a member of the museum or joining the Collectors please visit georgiamuseum.org/join or call 706.542.4662.

Apply to Become a Docent The Georgia Museum of Art’s docent corps is a specially trained group of volunteers who lead tours of the museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. The next community docent education session will start in autumn of 2017. Apply online at http://georgiamuseum.org/give/volunteer.

Gallery Conversation: Kristin Casaletto and Sarah Kate Gillespie Friday, July 21, 2 p.m. Join artist Kristin Casaletto and curator of American art Sarah Kate Gillespie for a special conversation about Casaletto’s work in the exhibition “The Past Is Never Dead: Kristin Casaletto.”

Gallery Talk: Perri Lee Roberts Friday, July 28, 2 p.m. Join Perri Lee Roberts, professor of art history at the University of Miami and curator of the exhibition, for a special gallery talk in “Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.”

Gallery Talk: Janice Simon Friday, August 18, 3 p.m. Join Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Georgia, for a special tour of “The Genius of Martin Johnson Heade.”

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.

Family Day: Giò Ponti and Italian Design Saturday, July 22, 10 a.m. – noon First check out examples of sleek, chic Italian midcentury design in the exhibition “Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.” Then put your own design skills to the test with a Ponti-inspired art activity.

Toddler Tuesday Tuesday, August 8, 10 a.m. Join us for a special tour, story time in the galleries and art activity just for little ones. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years, and will focus on the art of Martin Johnson Heade. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 after July 1 to reserve a spot.

Family Day: The Science of Art Saturday, August 19, 10 a.m. – noon Celebrate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) and explore the relationship between science and art in this special back-to-school family program. Try out hands-on gallery stations in the permanent collection wing, fun activities in a special makerspace, artmaking projects and more.

Toddler Tuesday Tuesday, September 12, 10 a.m. Join us for a special tour, story time in the galleries and art activity just for little ones. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years, and will focus on the design of Giò Ponti. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 after August 1 to reserve a spot.

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 speaker and short conversations about the film following the screening.

FILMS IN KEY WEST Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Avocation to Vocation: Prints by F. Townsend Morgan.”

“Matinee” Thursday, July 6, 7 p.m. A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1993, PG. 99 min.

FILM SERIES: ITALIANS AND DESIGN Presented in conjunction with “Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.”

“Amare Giò Ponti” Thursday, August 24, 7 p.m. A picture of the man, the architect, aspiring painter and Italian designer who, over 50 years, tried it all with untiring energy — from the design of a door handle to the formulation of a town plan. 2015, NR. 34 min. Followed by a tour of the exhibition.

“La Strada” Thursday, August 31, 7 p.m. Federico Fellini drew on his own circus background for “La Strada.” Set in a seedy travelling carnival, this symbolism-laden drama was the winner of the first official Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film. 1954, NR. 108 min.

“Design is One: The Vignellis” Thursday, September 7, 7 p.m. “If you can’t find it, design it” is the motto of Italian designers the Vignellis, whose renowned work ranges ”from the spoon to the city.” 2013, NR. 86 min.

“La Dolce Vita” Thursday, September 14, 7 p.m. One of Fellini’s most celebrated films, “La Dolce Vita” presents a series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome. 1960, NR. 180 min.

Thursday Twilight Tour: Giò Ponti Thursday, August 17, 7 p.m. Led by docents.

Tour at Two: “Avocation to Vocation: Prints by F. Townsend Morgan” Wednesday, August 23, 2 p.m. Hillary Brown, director of communications, will lead a tour.

Tour at Two: Giò Ponti Wednesday, September 6, 2 p.m. Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, will lead a gallery talk in the exhibition.

Sunday Spotlight Tour: “Avocation to Vocation: Prints by F. Townsend Morgan” Sunday, September 10, 3 p.m. Join Georgia Museum of Art docents for a special tour of the exhibition.

Artful Conversation: John Linton Chapman Wednesday, September 20, 2 p.m. Join Sage Kincaid, assistant curator of education, for an in-depth group conversation focusing on John Linton Chapman’s painting “Via Appia.”

Tour at Two: “Modern Masters from the Giuliano Ceseri Collection” Wednesday, September 27, 2 p.m. Join docents for a tour of the exhibition.

Workshops & Classes Teen Studio: Modern Stenciling Thursday, July 20, 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 learn about midcentury modern design and draw inspiration from a special tour of the exhibition “Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design.” Then they’ll experiment with stenciling and printmaking techniques to create their own modernist masterpiece. Includes a pizza dinner. This program is free, but space is limited. Please email callan@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863 to reserve a spot.

Morning Mindfulness Friday, August 25 and September 8 and 22, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

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Tours Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, July 5, 12 and 26, August 2, 16 and 30, and September 13, 2 p.m. Led by docents.

Sunday Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, July 9 and August 13, 3 p.m.

Family Day: Ceseri Drawings Saturday, September 30, 10 a.m. – noon

Led by docents.

Check out 19th- and 20th-century drawings from the Ceseri Collection, then try out different drawings, materials and techniques to create your own work of art in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom.

Tour at Two: “The Genius of Martin Johnson Heade” Wednesday, July 19, 2 p.m. Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, will lead a special tour of the exhibition.

Thursday Twilight Tour: Highlights of the Permanent Collection Thursday, July 20 and September 21, 7 p.m.

The Georgia Museum of Art invites you into the galleries to participate in free guided mindfulness meditation. Sessions include instructor-led meditation, reflection and mindfulness techniques. No experience is necessary. Stools (without backs) are provided; please bring a cushion if desired. Reservations are encouraged, please contact 706.542.0448 or sagekincaid@uga.edu. Sponsored by the Hemera Foundation.

Studio Workshop: Drawing Thursday, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Join Athens-based artist and educator Brian Hitselberger for a four-part drawing course. Both enthusiastic beginners and more seasoned practitioners are welcome. Topics to be covered include contour, value, simplification and detail, drawing on-the-fly and more focused, detailed methods of mark-making. All sessions will use the museum’s collection as source material, including works not regularly on display. Participants will be introduced to brush and ink washes, ink pen, colored pencil and hard and soft graphite. The cost of the course is a $15 materials fee, which will cover all necessary supplies for the four sessions. Space is limited; call 706.542.8863 or email callan@uga.edu to register.

Led by docents.

Artful Conversation: Paul Cadmus Wednesday, August 9, 2 p.m. Join Callan Steinmann, associate curator of education, for a slow, contemplative conversation focusing on Paul Cadmus’ painting “Playground.”

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TRAVELING SOON: More adventures are on the horizon for one of

N O T E S DEPARTING FACULTY AND STAFF: It is with heavy hearts that we say good-bye to curators Carissa DiCindio and Lynn Boland. Carissa is the newest assistant professor of art education at the University of Arizona, and Lynn has been appointed director and chief curator at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Carissa started with us as an intern in 2003, transitioning into a full-time position in 2005 and becoming our curator of education in 2011. Lynn also held an internship with the museum as an undergraduate at UGA and became our Pierre Daura Curator of European Art in 2009. We are indebted to them both — Carissa for making our museum programming second to none in the region, and Lynn for his leadership in the Pierre Daura Center and in the study of European art at the museum. We wish them both the best of luck!

Left to right: Ed Tant, Carissa DiCindio, Stella Tran and Lynn Boland in front of “La Confidence” by Elizabeth Jane Gardner

We also bid farewell this summer to assistant editor Stella Tran, who relocated with her family to Toronto, Canada, and long-time security guard Ed Tant, who retired after 17 years of “protecting the art from the art lovers” at the museum.

our most popular works, “La Confidence” by Elizabeth Jane Gardner. After being featured prominently in 2013 at Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green in Greenville, South Carolina, the painting was selected this year during Women’s History Month as one of 16 works created by women for a national March Madness–style social-media tournament. In October, “La Confidence” leaves Athens again, this time for a three-venue tour as part of the traveling exhibition “Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900,” organized by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition will visit the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It will be a year before “La Confidence” returns to the Georgia Museum of Art, so we invite you to stop by and have one more slow look before it heads out of town.

REST IN PEACE:

Before this issue of Facet went to press, we learned of the death of our former long-time head of the security department here at the museum. Lawrence Cross was with us for the construction of this building and helped with the transition to better training and more sophisticated — and complex — equipment to provide a safe and secure environment for our collections, the staff and our audiences. Those are the facts of his time with us, but they do not describe his civility, decency and goodness. All of us will miss Lawrence.

G I F T S The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between January 23 and March 24, 2017: In honor of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz by Robert and Marcy Nader and Larry and Missy Sanchez In honor of Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch’s 50th wedding anniversary by Fritz and Gayle Felchlin In honor of Ashley Callahan by Dale Couch

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In honor of Sarah Kate Gillespie by Jeanne Berry

In memory of Jack Kehoe by Carol and Rob Winthrop

In memory of Ms. Beverly Hart Bremer by Agora, John and Gayle Alston, Todd Bellochio, David and Charlotte Beltrami, David and Christine Betts, Caplan Cobb LLP, Grady and Margaret Clinkscales, Thomas and Emily Followill, Peggy and Denny Galis, Mary Margaret Harris, George S. and Penny Hart, Sally W. Hawkins, Frances R. Huber, Rene O. and Mary C. Eustace Lerer, Joanne Lincoln, Jack and Juanita Markwalter, Anthony and Jackie Montag, Sallie J. Patterson, Pickens, Inc. Jewelers, Daniel B. Rather, Jan E. Roush, Anne C. Symes, Betsy E. Walker and White House Advertising & Design

In memory of Eva Rothschild by John and Mildred Spalding

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“The Genius of Martin Johnson Heade” celebrates the powerful landscapes and lush floral still lifes of this previously forgotten 19th-century artist. The Museum Shop joins in the celebration with items featuring Heade’s jewellike hummingbirds and sumptuous blooms. From notecards to jewelry to gifts for the garden, we offer an assortment of unique and beautiful pieces to echo the colorful subjects of Heade and his contemporaries displayed in our galleries.

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Orchid and hummingbird bookmark

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Still-life boxed cards

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Hummingbird windchime

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Bronze earrings

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Carnelian, copper and turquoise ring

Pastel glass bulb vases & plant misters $20/ea Members’ price

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Copper bird necklace

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