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Department of Publications Hillary Brown Board of Advisors
Publications Intern
B. Heyward Allen Jr.*
Benjamin Thrash
Rinne Allen Amalia K. Amaki June M. Ball
Design
Linda N. Beard
The Adsmith
Karen L. Benson Fred D. Bentley Sr.* Richard E. Berkowitz Jeanne L. Berry Devereux C. Burch* Robert E. Burton** Debra C. Callaway** Shannon I. Candler* Faye S. Chambers Harvey J. Coleman Sharon Cooper Martha Randolph Daura*** Martha T. Dinos** Annie Laurie Dodd*** Sally Dorsey** Howard F. Elkins Judith A. Ellis Todd Emily James B. Fleece Phoebe G. Forio***
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John M. Greene** Helen C. Griffith** Barbara Guillaume Judith F. Hernstadt Marion E. Jarrell** Jane Compton Johnson* Museum director William U. Eiland receives a Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities from Gov. Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal.
George-Ann Knox*
University of Georgia
Shell H. Knox*
90 Carlton Street
D. Hamilton Magill III David W. Matheny
For the past two years, we have been working on our strategic plan. Nowadays, for some museum professionals, “strategic planning” is considered old-school or passé in favor of the notion of “operational plans.” We decided, therefore, to create a plan that would be both strategic in furthering the mission of the museum and operational in envisioning specific means—financial, staffing, administrative—that propel the museum to meet its various objectives. In preparing the plan, which has been approved by the Provost’s office, we were careful to gather comment and advice from our Board of Advisors, our Board of the Friends and the Decorative Arts Advisory Committee in addition to consulting with various groups from our communities of service, both academic and lay.
Georgia Museum of Art
Catherine A. May** Mark G. McConnell Marilyn M. McMullan
Athens, GA 30602-1502 www.georgiamuseum.org Admission: Free
Marilyn D. McNeely Ibby Mills
HOURS
Berkeley S. Minor
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
C.L. Morehead Jr.* David Mulkey
Saturday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Carl W. Mullis III*
Thursday: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Betty R. Myrtle
Sunday: 1–5 p.m.
Gloria Norris*** Deborah L. O’Kain
Closed Mondays. Museum Shop closes
Randall S. Ott
15 minutes prior. (Museum members
Gordhan L. Patel, chair-elect
receive 10% off all regularly priced items.)
Janet W. Patterson Christopher R. Peterson
The Friends, under the able oversight of then-president Cyndy Harbold, wrote a thoughtful, considered plan for their own growth, financial stability and even greater service to our audiences. From the beginning of our deliberations, the staff helped to direct the process as well as to furnish goals and the means to achieve them. Our community groups, representing the diversity of Athens and the university, let us know directly and unabashedly through their representatives how they wanted and expected the museum to be a force for change as well as a forum where all are welcome, where discourse is encouraged, where the visual arts advance education for all and for each person’s lifetime.
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In developing this plan for our future, we decided to preface it with a vision: The purpose of this strategic plan is to ensure that the Georgia Museum of Art will be recognized among the best academic museums in North America through fulfilling its stated mission and through achieving the five goals that follow:
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Kathy B. Prescott
Museum Café
Bill Prokasy*
Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Rowland A. Radford Jr.* Margaret A. Rolando* Alan F. Rothschild Jr., immediate past chair
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Jan E. Roush
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Sarah P. Sams**
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D. Jack Sawyer Jr.* Helen H. Scheidt** Henry C. Schwob** Ronald K. Shelp Margaret R. Spalding Dudley R. Stevens Carolyn W. Tanner
Mission Statement
Susan Tarver
The Georgia Museum of Art shares the
Anne Wall Thomas***
mission of the University of Georgia to
Brenda A. Thompson, chair C. Noel Wadsworth*
support and to promote teaching,
Larry Willson
research and service. Specifically, as a
Carol V. Winthrop
repository and educational instrument of
1. Increase the use of the museum as a laboratory for teaching and learning by advancing collaborative interdisciplinary research and experiential learning initiatives.
Gregory Ann Woodruff
the visual arts, the museum exists to
2. Pursue rational growth in collections, facility and infrastructure.
Linda C. Chesnut
3. Establish financial stability and manage resources to sustain the museum’s exhibitions, programs, collections and operations and to rationalize staff salaries.
Chris Garvin
4. Increase community engagement and accessibility to foster lifelong learning and diversity among audiences. 5. Raise the museum’s profile through marketing its achievements, fostering and disseminating research, developing traveling exhibitions and improving programming. We hope to get the plan on our website soon, but, in the meantime, if you would like to see a copy or offer any observations or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
William Underwood Eiland, Director
Ex-Officio Linda Bigelow
collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art.
William Underwood Eiland Kelly Kerner Russell Mumper Pamela Whitten *Lifetime member
Partial support for the exhibitions and programs at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the
**Emeritus member
appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.
***Honorary member
The Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations and corporations provide additional museum support through their gifts to the University of Georgia Foundation. The Georgia Museum of Art is ADA compliant; the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium is equipped for the hearing impaired.
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On the big cover:
On the small cover:
Clinton Hill (American, 1922–2003)
Unidentified photographer
Untitled, 1988
Robert Ebendorf working on the UGA president’s medallion, April 1968
Oil and wood on canvas
Courtesy of Robert Ebendorf
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Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia February 1–April 29, 2018 Since the late 1920s, the University of Georgia has offered instruction in ceramics, textiles and jewelry/metalwork. Through the individual visions, careers and craftsmanship of more than two dozen professors, UGA’s craft areas have thrived. This exhibition and its accompanying book (to be published by the museum) will be the first to document the craft areas at UGA. In addition to celebrating this local heritage, the project will investigate the history of American studio craft through the lens of a public university. Artists represented include Earl McCutchen, Frances Stewart Higgins, Wiley Sanderson, Glen Kaufman, Robert Ebendorf and Gary Noffke. Curators: Ashley Callahan, independent scholar; Annelies Mondi, deputy director; and Mary Hallam Pearse, associate professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries: Lamar Dodd, Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family and Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Galleries Sponsors: The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Aurum Studios Ltd., the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Guy Hayes, cover of Atlanta Journal Magazine showing Gwyneth Oliver from Atlanta working on a pot, April 24, 1949. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
Glen Kaufman Japanese brocade glove, n.d. 8 ½ x 6 ½ inches Collection of the artsist
Mary Hallam Pearse (American, b. 1969) Feeding Desire, 2008 Sterling silver, aluminum, pearls and glass 3 ½ x 2 ½ x ½ inches Collection of the artist Production still of Earl McCutchen and Shirley Slater for About Ceramics, WGTV, March 1960. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection January 27– April 22, 2018
Opera is considered by many to be the ultimate combination of all art forms: a symphony orchestra in the pit, multiple solo singers and a full choir on stage, theater and drama in the acting and action, period dance and ballet, architecture in the sets, music composition, fashion in the costumes, literature in the libretto and storyline and graphic arts in the set painting and advertising. The Belle Epoque opera posters in this exhibition were intended to draw an audience into the opera house with a “taste” of what would be seen and heard there. All of the posters in this exhibition come from a large gift by Murray and Nancy Ann Blum to the museum’s collection. Curator: Abigail Kosberg, Pierre Daura Center Graduate Intern Gallery: George Ann and Boone Knox Gallery II Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Emile Bertrand (French, 1856–1927) Cendrillon, 1899 Lithograph on paper 31 3/8 x 23 3/8 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Murray and Nancy Ann Blum GMOA 2017.54
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Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Craft December 2, 2017–February 25, 2018
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This exhibition gathers a range of early Georgia
The Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the
Curators: Sam Thomas, curator, T.R.R. Cobb House,
firearms and related accessories from both private
Decorative Arts attempts to identify and make
and Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts
collections and other museums. For example, it
accessible art forms that have received less attention
Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha
includes a flintlock long rifle made ca. 1830 by Georgia
in our region. Gunsmithing incorporated many crafts,
Thompson Dinos Galleries
gunsmith Wiley Grover Higgins and decorated with
such as silversmithing, casting and woodworking. Rifles
Sponsors: Community Foundation for Northern Virginia/
a gamecock motif. Like many of the decorative and
represent the quintessence of craft in 19th-century
the MOTSTA Fund, the Watson-Brown Foundation,
applied arts in the state, gunsmithing in Georgia
Georgia, and the objects in this exhibition are some
the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the
has been overlooked except by a devoted group of
of the finest artistic achievements in the state at the
Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
collector-scholars. As recently as this year, a major
time. The exhibition is on view during the ninth Henry
collector of material culture in the mid-Atlantic referred
D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts (Feb.
publicly to the longrifle forms that were “made as far
1–3, 2018) and is accompanied by a fully illustrated
South as Charlotte, N.C.”
exhibition catalogue published by the museum.
William T. Fluker Jr. Gunsmith sign, ca. 1867–95 Painted tin 24 x 39 inches Collection of W. Henry Harris Jr.
Clinton Hill January 6–March 18, 2018 This exhibition presents the works of a multitalented artist who was a Renaissance man of the abstract. Neither cubist, futurist, minimalist, abstractionist or constructivist, he was all at once. The exhibition constitutes a survey of his career, from printmaker to painter, from pulp-paper pioneer to lyrical wall constructions. He tried to marry plane and solid geometry through surface texture and color harmonies and was a determined abstractionist. If necessary, he shaved paper to give the illusion of absence or added paper pulp to produce ribbonlike curves, rigorous line and suggestive arcs. Hill’s biographer Susan Larsen referred to his “effortless fluency” of craft, from which his distinctive visual vocabulary takes voice and which the works on view demonstrate. This exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue published by the museum. Curator: William U. Eiland, director Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries Sponsors: Clinton Hill/Allen Tran Foundation, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Clinton Hill (American, 1922–2003) Untitled, 1981 Handmade paper construction Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift from the Clinton Hill / Allen Tran Foundation GMOA 2012.366
Images of Awakening: Buddhist Sculpture from Pakistan and Afghanistan March 24–June 17, 2018 This exhibition highlights the Buddhist artistic heritage of ancient Gandhara, a region once heralded as the Crossroads of Asia and now located in present-day northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. Following the conquest of Alexander the Great during the 4th century BCE, the region of Gandhara became a nexus point of diverse and evolving cultural influences. This remarkable cultural milieu led to the fusion of Hellenistic and later Roman cultural traditions with the artistic expression and religious worldview of the Indian subcontinent. The result was what is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive schools of ancient and early medieval Buddhist art, a product of this unprecedented encounter between the Eastern and Western worlds. Included in this exhibition are examples of sculpted imagery from early-period Gandharan Buddhist art (1st – 3rd centuries CE), a rare assemblage of stucco images representing the later cosmopolitan stucco style of Hadda school of sculpture (4th – 5th century CE) and select examples of early medieval sculptures (6th – 7th century CE) reflecting the new trajectories in Buddhist sculpture and the enduring legacy of the classical Gandharan style. Guest Curator: Nicolas Morrissey, associate professor of art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Head of Buddha, 5th century CE (Hadda, present-day Afghanistan) Stucco Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift in memory of Ambassador John M. Steeves by his family, including his grandson UGA Professor John C. Bergstrom GMOA 2016.154
Unidentified maker Powder horn, 19th century Horn Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne T. Elliott
As the University of Georgia continues its billion-dollar capital campaign, I am excited to help the museum’s Board of Advisors contribute to that effort. We come to the board with wonderful personal artistic passions, but as a board we are united on one mission: we believe in the power of this museum to inspire students to make art a central part of their lives, no matter what their major. To help us fulfill that mission, we also need to see what other museums are doing, in order to learn how to do things better at our own institution. As part of that process, we often hold board meetings at museums in other cities. Our summer
2018 meeting will take place in the North Carolina’s Research Triangle, where we will visit several museums. As chair of the board, one of my goals for the next few years is to support and implement the museum’s new strategic plan, which director Bill Eiland discusses in his column at the beginning of this newsletter. How can our board members bring their passions to support the plan? How can we help make its lofty ambitions reality? I have asked the board to participate in a facilitated visioning process to help us figure out how to get there. The board’s executive
committee has already begun preliminary meetings with the facilitator, and the full board will have a chance to give input this January. Although the museum’s attendance figures are excellent considering the relatively small size of Athens and in comparison to many other university museums, we need to be better known, especially in Atlanta. We need to reach UGA students even more than we do now. We need to grow our numbers, both the number of visitors who walk through the door and our financials.
UGA’s Commit to Georgia campaign can help us with all of these aims, not least through building strong endowments that will free up money for operating expenses. Currently, the museum has no money for advertising, which makes it difficult for it to compete against bigger, betterfunded institutions in Atlanta. If we truly want to remove barriers and open doors for UGA students, the museum must be part of that, and I encourage you not only to contribute your time and your advocacy, but also to use the envelope in this issue of Facet to commit to the Georgia Museum of Art.
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Newton Morris Society Members ($10,000 and above) Buddy & Lucy Allen Anonymous Larry & Linda Beard Edward & Faye Chambers Harry Dawley & Dennis Dickerson Judith A. Ellis Todd Emily Jerry & Paula Gottesman Holcombe & Nancy Green Gregory & Jennifer Holcomb George-Ann Knox John & Nancy Ludwig D. Hamilton & Brenda Magill David & Becky Matheny John & Marilyn McMullan George Morton & Karol Howard Gary C. Motley Beau Ott & Anna Bogatin Kathy Prescott & Grady Thrasher Shaye Remba Paul Richelson David & Nancy Skier Myron & Bonnie Stone Larry & Brenda Thompson Steinnun Thórarinsdottir D. Jack Sawyer & William E. Torres James & Barbara Turner Alex & Julie Wallace Robert & Carol Winthrop Benefactor Members ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous Jeanne Berry Peter & Shannon Candler Joan B. Cravey Deidre Hammer Judith Hernstadt Anthony & Jackie Montag David R. Mulkey
Carol & Roy Ragle Michael T. Ricker Dudley Stevens Norm & Mary Wood Patron Members ($2,500 – $4,999) Anonymous Paul Bienvenu E. Davison & Devereux Burch William & Susan Burch Knox & Amanda Culpepper John & Helen DiLello James & Karen Fleece Eleanor B. Miller Carl & Marian Mullis Gordhan & Virginia Patel Alex & Janet Patterson Chris & Sarah Peterson Rowland & Leititia Radford Margaret A. Rolando Alan & Jewett Rothschild Michael & Aimee Siegel Richard & Hildegard Timberlake Tommy Timberlake Directors Circle Members ($1,000 – $2,499) Anonymous June M. Ball Lynn & Dick Berkowitz Robert & Ann Bretscher Samuel & Elaine Carleton Robert & Claire Clements Patricia Deitz Blair & Betsy Dorminey Howard & Helen Elkins Andrew & Karen Ghertner John M. Greene Richard & Anne Hathaway Lucy C. Hicks Margaret & Eugene Howard Theodora Johnson
Bruce & Jane King Wyckliffe & Shell Knox Donald & Kaye Kole Erika C. Lewis Michael & Heather Malcom Sue W. Mann Mark & Marjorie McConnell M. Elizabeth McGhee Marilyn Delong McNeely Sandra G. Menendez Van & Libby Morris Edgar & Betty Myrtle Gloria & Edman Norris Stephen & Sherrie Olejnik Dennis & Deborah O’Kain Randall & Sheila Ott Clifton & Sylvia Pannell Jane M. Payne Edward & Beverly Phares Karen W. Prasse William & Pamela Prokasy Ira & Julie Roth Larry & Missy Sanchez Caroline Strobel Peggy Hoard Suddreth Ben & Nancy Tarbutton Charles & Susan Tarver Tony & Kendell Turner Marty Walker David & Cecelia Warner W. Thomas Wilfong Chris & Elizabeth Willett Larry & Beverly Willson Corporations, Foundations, & Agencies Andrew Ghertner Philanthropic Fund Anonymous Athens Area Community Foundation Athens Printing Company Ayco Charitable Foundation
Barron’s Rental Center BNY Mellon Wealth Management Chaparral Foundation The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia – MOTSTA Fund Daura Foundation The Dot and Lam Hardman Family Foundation Epting Events Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Foothills Community Foundation The Fort Trustee Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Forward Arts Foundation Foundation for the Carolinas Fraser-Parker Foundation Friends of Coastal Georgia History Guide 2 Athens Hemera Foundation Jewish Community Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. The Knox Foundation Longleaf Charitable Fund Mildred Miller Fort Foundation, Inc. Mixografia Piedmont Charitable Foundation Orange County Community Foundation Samuel H. Kress Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund The Turner Family Foundation, Inc. UGA Parents & Families Association W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation The Winn Fund
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he important corner chair that recently entered the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art is a superlative expression of the Rococo style in colonial New York. A recent gift from Harry Dawley, this chair is sculptural in the quality of its serpentine lines and is an exemplification of the Rococo aesthetic conceived by British artist and draftsman William Hogarth. It attests to the sophistication of colonial New York’s cabinetmaking trade. At some point in the late 18th or early 19th century, the chair was converted to a commode chair, with an integral wooden platform designed to support a chamber pot. This conversion
was common, particularly in New York, as the original owner aged and his or her needs changed. The design of the back splat and the carved ball-and-claw feet relate to an example signed by Gilbert Ash in the collections of Winterthur Museum. Based on these stylistic similarities and recovery history, a provisional attribution to Ash is plausible. Clearly, the chair had been cherished and arrived in excellent condition with mid-20th-century Colonial Revival upholstery. The decision was made to take the upholstery back to an 18thcentury aesthetic. We worked with Kate Smith of Eaton Hill Textile Works to select an appropriate
fabric and color. The company specializes in 17th- and 18th-century reproduction textiles, as well as teaching historical weaving processes. We decided, based on reviewing period New York inventories and chairs with their original upholstery campaigns intact, to select a watered wool moreen in a butter yellow. “Watered” refers to the fabric’s decorative texture: lustrous with a rippled pattern produced by intentional embossing under heat and pressure. The chair greatly enhances our decorative arts holdings by filling a significant gap and is a wonderful didactic tool for exploring both Rococo aesthetics and colonial New York.
Joseph Litts Beard Scholar and curatorial assistant
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Unidentified maker (possibly Gilbert Ash) New York roundabout corner chair, ca. 1765 Mahogany and upholstery with later alterations 33 1/4 × 32 1/2 × 27 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Harry Dawley and Dennis Dickerson GMOA 2017.15
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The Ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
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nglish essayist Samuel Johnson described fabric as “Any body formed by the conjunction of dissimilar parts,” a definition that helps illuminate the character and scholarly goals of the ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, to be held February 1–3, 2018, at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. Held every other year, the symposium welcomes new findings from established scholars as well as new voices. It also facilitates networking for professionals and scholars, particularly young scholars and interns in the decorative arts. The symposium is the second largest event of its kind on the East Coast and has been overwhelmingly successful. This year, Dale Couch, the museum’s curator of decorative arts, worked with Joseph Litts and Victoria Ramsey, the 2017–18 Beard Scholars, to organize it. The Beard Scholarship is a new paid internship in the decorative arts at the museum, established by decorative arts patrons Drs. Linda and Larry Beard.
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Speakers from major institutions across North America, including Alexandra Kirtley of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Janine E. Skerry from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, as well as independent scholars, will present research at this year’s symposium. Their topics include a wide range of fine and decorative arts, from southern-made porcelain and Georgia imports of Duncan Phyfe’s furniture to “vernacular” southern silver and the Romanov connection to local diplomatic families. On Thursday evening, Peter M. Kenny, co-president of the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, will deliver the keynote lecture, which is free and open to the public thanks to Georgia Humanities.
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Ashley Callahan, former curator of decorative arts at the museum and current independent curator, will speak on the history of craft at UGA, the subject of the exhibition “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia.” Callahan is one of three co-curators of that exhibition. Asen Kirin, professor of art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art, will discuss diplomacy and the Romanovs in South Carolina. Mel Hankla, independent scholar from Hitchins, Kentucky, will speak on southern longrifles, the topic of the concurrent exhibition “Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Craft,” on view at the museum during the symposium. The South in general and Southern decorative arts in particular are more often seen through the lens of their distinctiveness rather than as an expression of American culture and character. The symposium strives to integrate
Georgia and Region in the National Fabric Register at http://bit.ly/green2018-online by January 24. Full Symposium Package $300 (includes breaks, lunches and all evening events; $200 for full-time museum professionals) Lectures Only $100 (includes breaks but not lunches or evening events), Student Registration free (includes breaks but not lunches or evening events; you will need to present a valid student ID at registration). All events take place at the Classic Center in downtown Athens, unless otherwise specified. Schedule is subject to change. In the event of severe weather, the museum will post last-minute updates to times and speakers through its main Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as on georgiamuseum.org. Please contact Betty Alice Fowler at 706.542.1461 or bafowler@uga.edu to become a sponsor or receive more information.
Lead sponsor: Forward Arts Foundation Keynote lecture sponsor: Georgia Humanities [can use logo] Other sponsors: Buddy and Lucy Allen, Drs. Larry H. Beard and Linda N. Beard, Brunk Auctions, Dave and Devereux Burch, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Burdell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William S. Burdell III, Betsey and Ricky Chastain, Beverley A. and Jeffrey S. Evans, Deanne Deavours and Sally Hawkins, Epting Events, Sylvia M. Gibson, Kathryn and Henry Green, Fran G. Hilsman, Gregory and Jennifer Holcomb, Christopher Howard and Carey Pickard, Julie G. Jenkins, Jackie and Tony Montag, Marian and Carl Mullis, Anne and Bill Newton, Letitia and Rowland Radford, Jane Royal (Madison Markets), Mr. and Mrs. Tim Satterfield, T. Marion Slaton, Claire and Boone Smith, Margie Spalding, William Dunn Wansley and Professor and Mrs. John C. Waters.
the South into broader national and global scholarship by parsing the ways its supposed differences express national trends. However unique the South may be, it is inextricably part of the national experience, and its decorative arts cannot be understood in isolation. This year’s symposium will highlight the diversity of material culture in Georgia and region and situate Georgia in a broader dialogue. The 18th- and 19th-century residents of Georgia neither lived nor migrated in a vacuum. Their world was rich and diverse, and their aesthetic legacy reflects this broad engagement. To understand both the whole and the parts, it is necessary to consider them both equally. This is the goal of the ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts. For a complete list of speakers and information on how to register, visit the museum’s website at georgiamuseum.org.
Joseph Litts Beard Scholar and curatorial assistant
Richard Allen Longrifle, 1815 Maple and iron
Unidentified maker Powder horn and double pocket bag, 19th century All collection of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne T. Elliott
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Belonging: Georgia and Region in the National Fabric Thursday – Saturday, February 1 – 3 Classic Center The ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts. See elsewhere in this issue for full details. $300 full registration package, $100 lectures only, free for students (registration required). Register at http://bit.ly/green2018-online.
Keynote: Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts Thursday, February 1, 5:30 p.m. The ninth symposium commences with a keynote speech by Peter M. Kenny, co-president, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust. Registration not required.
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Black History Month Dinner Friday, February 16, 5:30 – 9 p.m. This dinner and awards ceremony feature the presentation of the Larry D. and Brenda A Thompson Award. Visit http:// bit.ly/gmoa-bhma18 to sponsor and receive guaranteed tickets. Individual tickets available January 8 for members, $60. Tickets, if available, February 2 for nonmembers, $80. Call 706.542.4199 for additional ticket inquiries.
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The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present this reception featuring the winter 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. RSVP to gmoarsvp@uga.edu or by calling 706.542.4199. Register at http://bit.ly/90c-winter2018.
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Make It an Evening Thursday, March 1, 6 – 8 p.m. Enjoy coffee, dessert and a gallery tour prior to the performance in Hodgson Hall by Franc D’Ambrosio and Glory Crampton. Jittery Joe’s Coffee and Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes. Purchase tickets for the concert at pac.uga.edu.
Junior Ladies Garden Club Flower Show Preview Party Friday, March 2, 6 – 9 p.m. Co-hosted by the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. More information at georgiamuseum.org.
Junior Ladies Garden Club Flower Show Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Designers compete to create floral arrangements inspired by works of art in the museum’s permanent collection.
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Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Saturday, March 3, 1 – 4 p.m.
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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. 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.
Following a gallery talk at the museum, come to the Lamar Dodd School of Art Library (room N201) for an afternoon of communal updating of Wikipedia entries on art and feminism.
Concert of French Opera Thursday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. The UGA Opera Theatre will present a concert of French opera in coordination with the exhibition “Opera in Print” Followed by a tour of the exhibition by Abigail Kosberg, Pierre Daura Center Graduate Intern.
Speakers from Europe and across the United States will present a series of lectures engaging the early history and development of the Buddha image in South Asia. Lectures will include presentations by some of the foremost historians in the field of South Asian art. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
Lectures & Gallery Talks Aralee Strange Lecture: Shirley Brice Heath Thursday, February 22, 5:30 p.m. Dr. Heath holds the Marjorie Bailey Professorship in English and Dramatic Literature and is a professor of linguistics, emerita, at Stanford University. Her talk, “The Arts as Brick and Mortar of Community Building,” will discuss how arts are building community togetherness, communication and, sometimes, solace and comfort. This program is made possible by the Aralee Strange Fund for Art and Poetry.
Gallery Talk: Art + Feminism Saturday, March 3, 12:30 p.m. Join Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, and Nell Andrew, associate professor of art history, UGA, for a special gallery talk.
Family Day: The Materials of Craft Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. – noon Discover the wonderful works from UGA’s studio craft history since the 1920s in the exhibition “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia,” then head to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to craft your own masterpiece.
Join Abigail Kosberg, art history graduate student and Daura Center Graduate Intern, for a special tour of the exhibition.
Toddler Tuesday: Permanent Collection Tuesday, March 27, 10 a.m.
Tour at Two: Women Artists in “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia” Wednesday, March 7, 2 p.m.
Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 after February 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 speakers and short conversations about the film following the screening.
“Craft in America: Memory” Thursday, February 15, 7 p.m. The first episode in the PBS series Craft in America, “Memory” takes a personal tour through craft’s history in the United States. (NR, 53 minutes). A tour of the exhibition follows.
Panel Discussion: “Crafting History: Beyond the Object” Thursday, March 22, 5:30 p.m. Join us for a conversation with leading scholars, curators and educators in a dialogue on the scholarship and narrative of craft history and material culture.
Family Programs
Tours Artful Conversation: Joan Mitchell Wednesday, January 3, 2 p.m. Assistant curator of education Sage Kincaid will lead a special slow-looking program and dialogue focused on Mitchell’s painting “Close.”
Sunday Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, January 7, February 4 and March 4, 3 p.m.
This program will focus on the exhibition “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia.” Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot.
Family Day: Lunar New Year Saturday, February 10, 10 a.m. – noon Celebrate the Lunar New Year at this special Year of the Dog–themed Family Day. Explore selected works of art in the permanent collection, then make your own work of art in the Michael and Mary Erlanger studio classroom.
Studio Workshop: Abstraction Thursday, January 4, 11 and 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Morning Mindfulness Friday, January 12 and 26, February 9 and 23 and March 9 and 23, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. 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, and meditation pillows or yoga mats are provided. Reservations are encouraged, please contact 706.542.0448 or sagekincaid@uga.edu.
Teens ages 13 – 18 are invited to this studio-based workshop led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. The group will learn about different craft materials and techniques with a special tour of the exhibition “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia” then experiment with various media and processes to make their own work in the studio classroom. Includes a pizza dinner. This program is free, but space is limited. Please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot.
Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, January 17, February 7 and 28, March 21 and 28, 2 p.m.
Toddler Tuesday: Crafting History Tuesday, February 6, 10 a.m.
Workshops & Classes
Tour at Two: “Clinton Hill” Wednesday, January 10, 2 p.m.
Toddler Tuesday: Clinton Hill Tuesday, January 9, 10 a.m.
Check out beautiful opera posters from Europe made at the end of the 1800s in the exhibition “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection,” then head to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to make your own posters.
Join Sage Kincaid, assistant curator of education, for a closer look and conversation on Homer Dodge Martin’s painting “The Old Mill.”
Teen Studio: American Studio Craft Thursday, February 22, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Join William U. Eiland, museum director and curator of the exhibition, for a special tour.
Family Day: Opera Posters Saturday, January 27, 10 a.m. – noon
Artful Conversation: Homer Dodge Martin Wednesday, March 14, 2 p.m.
Led by docents.
Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
Join us for a special tour, story time in the galleries and art activities 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 Clinton Hill exhibition. Space is limited; please email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot.
For this special Women’s History Month tour, the three co-curators of “Crafting History” (Ashley Callahan, Annelies Mondi and Mary Hallam Pearse) will give a tour featuring works by women artists in the exhibition.
Join Athens-based artist and educator Brian Hitselberger for a three-part studio-based course examining abstraction and non-representational art through various techniques and materials. A $15 materials fee covers all supplies. Call 706.542.8863 or email callan@uga.edu to register.
Films are generously sponsored by
Lecture: Namita Wiggers Wednesday, March 21, noon Namita Wiggers is an American crafts curator, educator, and writer based in Portland, Oregon. She served as the director and chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Craft from 2004 to 2014. Presented in collaboration with the Lamar Dodd School of Art and in conjunction with the exhibition “Crafting History.”
Tour at Two: “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection” Wednesday, February 21, 2 p.m.
Led by docents.
Twilight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Thursday, January 18, February 15 and March 15, 7 p.m. Led by docents.
Tour at Two: “Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Crafts” Wednesday, January 24, 2 p.m. Sam Thomas, curator of the T.R.R. Cobb House and guest curator of the exhibition, will give a special tour.
Yoga in the Galleries Thursday, January 18, February 15 and March 15, 6 – 7 p.m. 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 p.m. Yoga mats provided.
Tour at Two: African American Artists Wednesday, January 31, 2 p.m. Join Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, for a special tour of works by African American artists in the permanent collection.
Artful Conversation: Frederick Carl Frieseke Wednesday, February 14, 2 p.m. Join Callan Steinmann, associate curator of education, for an in-depth gallery conversation focusing on the painting “Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe).”
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Scholarly Symposium: “The Image of the Buddha in South Asia: Trans-Regional Diversity, Localized Idioms and Iconographic Innovation” Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24
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AWARDS
At the Friends Annual Meeting, in August, Mae Castenell received the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award. This much-coveted honor goes to a museum volunteer who has given generously of his or her time over the years and made a positive impact. There’s no question that describes Mae, who has served on the board of the Friends, helped build its Black History Month Dinner into the hugely successful event it is today and strengthened the museum’s ties to local African American service organizations (such as The Links, Inc.). Congratulations, Mae!
In case you missed it, our fearless director, William U. Eiland, received a Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities from Gov. Nathan Deal and first lady Sandra Deal. The sixth annual awards were presented in a ceremony at the Georgia Capitol on October 4 and are a partnership with Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia Humanities. Eiland has been director of the museum since 1992, during which time its permanent collection has tripled in size and it has both moved to a new facility on UGA’s East Campus and then expanded that facility. Instead of relying on state funds, he has made fundraising an integral part of the operations of the museum, enabling its growth during his tenure even during tough economic times. The museum’s present facility, built in two phases, was paid for completely by money raised from external sources.
Mae Castenell, recipient of the 2017 M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award (Smitty Award), center, with Kathy B. Prescott, Dr. Louis Castenell Jr., Louis Castenell and Georgia Museum of Art director William U. Eiland.
The museum itself also received several awards for its exhibitions and publications. In September, the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) presented it with a silver award in book and catalogue design for “Black Belt Color: Photographs by Jerry Siegel” (designed by Almanac) and an honorable mention in the same category for “Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design” (designed by Fold Four). The curatorial competitions awarded it two golds for the exhibitions “Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883– 1950” and “Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects.”
Eiland is perhaps even better known outside of Georgia than within it, due to his participation at a high level in many peer and professional groups, such as his service as a site visitor for the American Alliance of Museums accreditation program. In addition, he has consistently kept in mind the museum’s role as the official state museum of art, striving to keep admission free and developing outreach programs that span the state. Linda Chesnut and Peggy Galis, of the museum’s Decorative Arts Advisory Committee, wrote in their nomination letter, “His welcoming spirit has opened [the museum] to all ages, all races, ALL Georgians,” and referred him as a “franchise player” for the state of Georgia. We couldn’t agree more.
Then, in October, the Southeastern College Art Conference named it the recipient of both awards for both Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue of Contemporary Materials (“Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana”) and
Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue of Historical Materials (“Icon of Modernism”).
Curator of American art Sarah Kate Gillespie was on hand at the SECAC conference in Columbus, Ohio, to accept the awards.
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between June 25 and September 25, 2017: In honor of Ms. Elizabeth Dunn Wansley by William and Stevi Wansley In honor of Stevi S. Wansley by William Dunn Wansley In memory of Stanley H. Henderson by William Underwood Eiland
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In memory of Michael P. Montesani by Cynthia S. Harbold In memory of Gerald Nicholson by Susan A. Eckert In memory of Louise D. Wansley by William and Stevi Wansley
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The Museum Shop is always proud to offer kids’ books, toys, and art supplies that promote imaginative play and hands-on creativity. No matter their age, you’re sure to find exactly the right thing to enthrall your budding visionary! These comprehensive kits offer everything they’ll need to explore craft and
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design through multiple mediums while creating their own unique masterpieces.
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Mindware Paint Your Own Porcelain Bowls or Tea Set $35.95 & $28.00
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Kid Made Modern Jewelry Jam
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Mindware Color Your Own Porcelain Vases
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$28.00
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Mad Mattr Ultimate Brick Maker set $28.50
Craft Crush Paper Bowl, Felt Succulent, and Macrame Necklace kits $10.99 – $24.99
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Kid Made Modern Arts and Crafts Library suitcase $44.00
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Friends Annual Meeting
Halloween
STEAM Family Day
The Collectors will hold A Collectors Road Show: Art, Heirlooms and Treasures on May 11 and 12. Sponsors are invited to a preview party on May 11. The general public may bring up to three items each for appraisal by Bonhams experts on May 12. For more details about becoming a sponsor, email jointhemuseum@uga.edu or call 706.542.0830.
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Craft at UGA
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Opera Posters
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