Inside SEMC Summer 2016

INSIDE S E MC summer 2016 | www.semcdirect.net The Newsletter of the Southeastern Museums Conference

ON THE COVER School of the Americas, 2010, by Bo Bartlett (American, b. 1955), oil on panel, collection of Stacy and Jay

Underwood, at the Gibbes Museum of Art.

22 Executive Director’s Notes Susan Perry

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Where Tradition & Innovation Meet: SEMC Annual Meeting 2016 Charlotte, North Carolina

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Important Dates, Keynote Speaker, Scholarships and Competitions, Annual Awards, Get Involved at the Annual Meeting, Director-Trustee Day, and Special Session Tracks

Announcing JIMI 2017

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SEMC Tea at AAM 2016 Washington SEMC Endowment Gift Challenge

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“The Legacy of the William T. and Sylvia S. Alderson Endowment” by Graig D. Shaak “Remembering William T. Alderson” by Harry S. Warren

2016 Williamsburg Antiques Forum

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55 Southeastern Museum Recipients of National Medal for Museum and Library Services A Special Thanks Endowment and Membership Contributions

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42 Congratulations 44 Construction 48 Exhibitions 50 Innovations 58 People and Places 60 What’s Happening 61 Important Dates 62 SEMC Job Forum 62 Get Social with SEMC 62 SEMC Membership Form 63 Acquisitions

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semc Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi

North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico

staff Susan S. Perry Executive Director Mary S. Miller Manager of Communications and Member Services

contact semc SEMC | P.O. Box 550746 Atlanta, GA 30355-3246 T: 404.814.2048 or 404.814.2047 F: 404.814.2031 W: www.SEMCdirect.net E: membershipservices@SEMCdirect.net

semc officers David Butler President 865.524.1260 dbutler@knoxart.org Executive Director, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN Darcie MacMahon Vice President 352.273.2053 dmacmahon@flmnh.ufl.edu Exhibits Director, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL Robin Seage Person Secretary 601.442.2901 rsperson@bellsouth.net Branch Director, Historic Jefferson College, Washington, MS Robin Reed Treasurer

Inside SEMC is published four times a year by SEMC. Annual subscription is included in membership dues.

757.690.8962 rreed@fmauthority.com Director, Casemate Museum, Fort Monroe, VA

Design: Nathan Moehlmann, Goosepen Studio & Press

Mike Hudson Past President 502.899.2356 mhudson@aph.org

The deadline for the Fall 2016 newsletter is August 15, 2016.

To submit information for the newsletter, please contact the Council Director in your state.

Director, Museum of the American Printing House of the Blind, Louisville, KY

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semc directors Priscilla Cooper

Elise LeCompte

205.328.9696

352.273.1925 | lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu

pcooper@bcri.org

Registrar & Asst. Dept. Chair,

Interim President & CEO, Birmingham Civil

Florida Museum of Natural History,

Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL

Gainesville, FL 32611

Dawn Hammatt

Deborah Mack

504.568.6972

202.633.4513 | mackdlynn@si.edu

dhammatt@crt.la.gov

Assoc. Dir. Community & Constituent Services

Dir. of Cultural Services, Louisiana

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African

State Museum, New Orleans, LA

American History and Culture, Wash., D.C.

Julie Harris

Catherine Pears

270.575.9958

318.443.0545

jharris@riverdiscoverycenter.org

cpears@lsua.edu

Executive Director, River Discovery

Executive Director, Alexandria Museum

Center, Paducah, KY

of Art Alexandria, LA 71301

Brian Hicks

Deitrah J. Taylor

662.429.8852

478.320.4010 | dtaylorhistorian@gmail.com

director@desotomuseum.org

Cultural Center Coordinator, The Cultural

Director, Desoto County Museum,

Center, Georgia College and State

Hernando, MS

University, Milledgeville, GA

Kathleen Hutton

Zinnia Willits

336.758.5394

843.722.2706 ext. 32

khutton@wfu.edu

zwillits@gibbesmuseum.org

Dir. of Education, Reynolda House Museum

Dir. of Collections Admin., Gibbes Museum

of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC

of Art, Charleston, SC 29401

Jenny Lamb

Heather Marie Wells

616.356.0501

479.418.5700

jenny.lamb@bellemeadeplantation.com

heathermarie.wells@crystalbridges.org

Dir. of Interpretation & Education,

Digital Media Specialist, Crystal Bridges

Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville, TN

Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

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Measure wonder. Stand up as museum leaders and confront challenging social and political issues to inspire change in our communities.

Ignite innovative creativity, engage our diverse communities, and renew your vision for the future of museums. Integrate STEAM curriculum, impact new audiences and transform fundraising into philanthropy. Connect with museum colleagues networking at SEMC 2016.

Tag your social media post with #SEMC2016!

executive director’s notes Susan Perry

Get energized by Charlotte’s art, culture, and history at the SEMC 2016 Annual Meeting!

Celebrate high-energy racing as well as cosmopolitan art, culture, and history in Charlotte. Experience Charlotte’s Uptown at SEMC evening events. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Where Tradition & Innovation Meet.”

Ignite new ideas for innovative technologies, institutional identity, digital strategy, and transformative experiences.

The Charlotte Local Arrangements Committee has worked hard to plan three fun evening events, off-site tours, and programs. In the keynote address “A Glimpse of the Future,” Elizabeth Merritt, director of AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums, will highlight themes of this year’s TrendsWatch report. Join us to explore the social, technological and economic forces shaping labor, virtual and augmented reality, happiness as a measure of success and the struggle over identity and representation.

Get excited about the future of museums.

Museum leaders will gather for SEMC Director-Trustee Day in Charlotte. In partnership with Museum Trustee Association, keynote speaker Paul Schervish, Professor Emeritus and retired Director of Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, Boston College, will share with directors and trustees a new vision of philanthropy.

Get connected, transformed, and ignited. Join us to explore “Where Tradition & Innovation Meet” at SEMC 2016 Annual Meeting October 10–12 in Charlotte!

— Susan Perry, Executive Director 6

where TRADITION & INNOVATION meet 2016 SEMC October 10–12, Charlotte, NC

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where IGNITION

& MOTIVATION meet 2016 SEMC Fun Run, Charlotte, NC

Celebrate high-energy racing as well as cosmopolitan art, culture, and history in Charlotte, NC. Experience Charlotte’s Uptown at SEMC evening events on South Tryon Street with the Mint Museum of Art, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, NASCAR Hall of Fame, and Harvey B. Gantt Center, and on North Tryon Street with Discovery Place, McColl Center for Art & Innovation, and Levine Museum of the New South. Charlotte Museum of History, Historic Rosedale, Latta Plantation, and Carolina Raptor Center invite explorations from the city center.

The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Where Tradition & Innovation Meet.” Ignite new ideas for innovative technologies, institutional identity, digital strategy, immersive experiences, transformative experiences. Measure wonder. Get energized with innovative creativity and connect with our communities. Integrate STEAM curriculum, engage new audiences and transform fundraising into philanthropy. SEMC’s Program Committee invites you to meet us in Charlotte to share creative ideas and success stories, explore new directions and emerging trends in museums, and network with the most congenial and supportive group of museum professionals in the nation.

We promise you’ll be energized, enlightened, and entertained. Experience the energy of uptown Charlotte. Join us to discover Where Tradition & Innovation Meet at SEMC 2016 Annual Meeting October 10–12 in Charlotte!

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PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEMC 2016 ANNUAL MEETING IN CHARLOTTE WILL EXPERIENCE

• Over 54 sessions and workshops on transforming learning in the information age, engaging diverse communities, evolving thoughtful leaders, developing strategic partners, tagging new audiences with open access, democratizing the museum, discovering museum storage solutions, emerging museum professionals, surviving a mid-career crisis, developing STEAM programs, reimagining the traveling exhibit, overcoming disaster, fundraising super hero, taking it to the streets, using 3D printing, inspiring the creative age, measuring wonder, and igniting passion for museums • Space for over 68 exhibitors in the Resource Expo • Uptown evening events on South Tryon Street at Mint Museum, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and Harvey B. Gantt Center; and on North Tryon Street with Discovery Place, McColl Center for Art & Innovation, and Levine Museum of the New South • Private walking tours of uptown Charlotte’s history and public art, Segway and running tours • Keynote speaker Elizabeth Merritt, Vice President, Strategic Foresight and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums, American Alliance of Museums • A pre-conference munching tour in Charlotte’s international east side (tour already filled) and fun evening at Charlotte Museum of History • Behind-the-Scenes tours of Mint Museum and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Bank of American STEM Center for Career Development, historic Rosedale, and NASCAR Hall of Fame • A Silent Auction to raise funds for scholarships to SEMC’s 2017 Annual Meeting • Extensive networking with your southeastern museum colleagues

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER where IGNITION

Elizabeth Merritt, Vice President, Strategic Foresight, and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums at the American Alliance of Museums.

& MOTIVATION meet 2016 SEMC Fun Run, Charlotte, NC

IMPORTANT DATES

July 15: Annual Meeting Early Registration deadline July 15: SEMC Exhibition Competition deadline July 15: SEMC Publication Competition deadline July 15: SEMC Technology Competition deadline July 15: SEMC Scholarship Applications deadline July 15: Resource Expo Early Registration deadline August 5: SEMC Awards Nomination deadline September 9: Hotel Room Block deadline September 28: Annual Meeting Regular Registration deadline 10

We’re excited to welcome Elizabeth Merritt, one of the foremost experts on the challenges and opportunities facing museums today, as the SEMC 2016 keynote speaker.

Her talk, “A Glimpse of the Future,” will take us on a guided tour of some the themes of this year’s TrendsWatch report. She’ll explore how these trends are playing out in our communities, which ones will likely have the greatest effect on our institutions, and how our museums can best take advantage of the opportunities (or avoid the risks) these trends present.

Elizabeth Merritt’s areas of expertise include strategic foresight, museum standards and best practices, ethics, collections management and planning, and assessment of nonprofit performance. Her books include National Standards and Best Practices for U.S. Museums and the AAM Guide to Collections Planning. She blogs for CFM at futureofmuseums.blogspot.com and tweets as @ futureofmuseums.

The Alliance’s Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) helps museums explore the cultural, political and economic challenges facing society and devise strategies to shape a better tomorrow. CFM is a think tank and R&D lab for fostering creativity and helping museums transcend traditional boundaries to serve society in new ways.

ANNUAL MEETING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SEMC is pleased to offer a number of Annual Conference Travel Scholarships. The SEMC Scholarships are valued at $750 and include the Conference registration ($250) plus a $500 travel stipend. Those eligible for SEMC Travel Scholarships are: • Students • Emerging Museum Professionals • Seasoned Museum Professionals • Historic House Professionals • African American Museum Professionals (AAAM members are encouraged to apply) • Small Museum Professionals (annual operating budgets less than $500,000)

The scholarship application deadline is Friday, July 15, 2016. Visit SEMCdirect.net for details and application.

ANNUAL MEETING COMPETITIONS SEMC will recognize the winners of its annual competitions at the Annual Awards Luncheon in Charlotte.

Complete competition details and rules, as well as how to submit an entry, can be found at SEMCdirect.net.

Entries are due July 15, 2016

SEMC PUBLICATION COMPETITION The SEMC Publication Design Competition began in 1988 to recognize and reward excellence in graphic design in Southeastern museum publications. The competition encourages communication, effective design, creativity and pride of work, and recognition of institutional image and identity. Winning entries will be displayed at SEMC’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC, and featured in the winter issue of Inside SEMC. CURCOM EXHIBITION COMPETITION The SEMC Curators’ Committee is committed to promoting excellence and professionalism in museums within the region. The Exhibition Competition focuses attention on exhibitions of merit that are well designed, have educational value and treat objects with care and respect. The competition showcases the best in our profession and provides benchmarks for regional exhibition efforts in southeastern museums. Winning exhibitions are announced at the SEMC 2016 Annual Awards Luncheon on October 12 in Charlotte and featured in the winter issue of Inside SEMC. The competition has four categories: Exhibits with budgets under $10,000, under $25,000, over $25,000, over $100,000; and $1,000,000 or more. Inquiries should be addressed to Denise Drury Homewood at ddrury@wcu. edu.

TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION The SEMC Technology Competition began to recognize and reward excellence in the use of technology by Southeastern museums. The competition encourages innovation, effective design, accessibility, creativity and pride of work, and recognition of institutional identity.

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Winning entries will be displayed at SEMC’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Charlotte (October 10–12, 2016) and featured on the SEMC website.

SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION This serves as a showcase for student work and a way for students to network with experienced museum professionals and other students. Proposals are now being solicited for 10-minute presentations that will be part of a 75-minute session at SEMC’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Charlotte. The proposal must present work done by the student for a museum as part of an internship, employment (paid or unpaid), or class project. Candidates or recent graduates of a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D program are eligible to submit proposals. Selected presenters will receive a free SEMC student membership, but will be responsible for their own Annual Meeting registration fees and travel costs. Students may apply for SEMC travel scholarships at SEMCdirect.net for more information.

SEMC ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM Deadline August 5, 2016 Creativity, innovation, and leadership proliferate in museum professionals throughout the southeast. The SEMC Awards Committee needs your help to identify and honor outstanding colleagues who have helped shape the world of museums. The awards will be presented as part of the Annual Business Meeting/Awards Luncheon in Charlotte on October 12, 2016. Awards Committee Coordinator Allison Reid urges all SEMC members to take a few moments to consider those worthy friends, colleagues and mentors who, through their work with museums and their activities in museum associations, have provided exemplary service to the Southeastern museum community. It’s easy to submit your entry online at SEMCdirect.net.

To nominate someone for an SEMC Award, please include: • Nominee name & contact information • Nominator name & contact information • Name of the award • Summary of the nominee’s accomplishments • Two support letters

• Support materials such as the nominee’s current CV, honors, etc.

JAMES R. SHORT AWARD — SEMC’s highest honor.

Recognizes individuals who have given a lifetime (20+ years) of distinguished service to the museum profession.

MUSEUM LEADERSHIP AWARD — recognizes midcareer museum professionals (10+ years) who have shown significant advancement within the profession by leadership in museum activities.

EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AWARD — recognizes emerging professionals (2-10 years) who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in museum activities at his or her institution.

OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE MUSEUM PROFESSION AWARD — recognizes a leader with 10 years or more of service to an allied or affiliated professional organization.

DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTOR AWARD — recognizes a non-museum professional who has contributed his or her leadership expertise, financial support or collections support over a period of 20 years or more to a museum or the museum field in the SEMC region.

GET INVOLVED AT THE SEMC 2016 ANNUAL MEETING CAREER CENTER RESUME REVIEWER Experienced museum professionals are needed to review and critique job-seekers’ resumes at the Annual Meeting Career Center. For more information, contact Career Center Coordinator Elise LeCompte, 352.273.1925, lecompte@flmnh.ufl.edu.

SEMC SILENT AUCTION Showcase your museum or share your hobby and support SEMC by donating an item for our Silent Auction!

All proceeds will be used to fund 2016 Annual Meeting Scholarships. Download a donation form at www.

SEMCdirect.net or contact Silent Auction Coordinator Jenny Lamb, 615.356.0501, interpretation@bellemeadeplantation.com.

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DIRECTOR-TRUSTEE DAY

Join us for Director-Trustee Day on Monday, October 10, 2016 in Charlotte. In partnership with the Museum Trustee Association (MTA), SEMC 2016 Annual Conference will offer a Director-Trustee track of programs that explore issues that matter to museum leaders.

SEMC Director-Trustee Day opens with a Director-Trustee luncheon and programs at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel followed by a private roof-top reception at the uptown Mint Museum. The Director-Trustee Luncheon will feature the keynote speaker Paul G. Schervish, former director of Center on Wealth & Philanthropy, Boston College.

Paul Schervish will discuss Classical Wisdom for the Avant-Garde Museum: The Meaning, Moral Biography, Mobilizing Experiences, and Methods Of Philanthropy. Schervish will explain philanthropy as a moral biography of philia, defined as care, friendship, love, and mutual nourishment. How does going beyond conventional categories of motivation to the arena of mobilizing experience better capture what animates charitable giving? These insights provide the basis for engaging in biographical conversations with donors about their contributions as identity investments rather than transitory expenditures.

Learn from leaders in the field about the following topics: • Creating a Culture of Philanthropy • Legal Compliance and Oversight: Is Your Museum “Up-To-Date”?

• The Little County That Could: How an All-Volunteer Band Raised More Than $8 Million and Did It During the Great Recession Single Day registration ($75) for museum trustees includes the Director-Trustee Luncheon, programs, and private reception. Registration online now! SEMC thanks our sponsors, Travelers and Alexander Haas, and partner Museum Trustee Association for Director-Trustee Day. 13

SPECIAL SESSION TRACKS

We’ve organized our sessions into tracks to make it easier to organize your SEMC 2016 experience. Complete session tracks will be posted on our website, SEMCdirect. net, but here are some of the highlights.

SOCIAL ISSUES SEMC is tackling today’s complicated social issues with Museums Stand Up, Talking OUT LOUD: Creating Programming and Safe Space for the LGBTIQ Communities, and A Conversation on Museums and Race.

EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS Jump-start your career with SEMC 2016 networking opportunities and sessions like Skills that Emerging Museum Professionals Should Acquire. There’s a special EMP meet up and don’t forget to submit your research for the Spotlight on Student Research in Museums session (deadline is July 15).

EDUCATION We’ve planned a host of sessions geared to museum educators, no matter what type of museum you’re involved with. Successes and Failures in Museum Education, Engaging Adults and Making it Meaningful, Do You Speak Visual: A Practical Guide to Promoting Visual Literacy, and Characters and Conversations are just some of the on-site sessions. Or go off-site to the President James K. Polk State Historic Site for Smoke and Fire: Hands On Engagement in the 21st Century.

And don’t miss the EdCom luncheon where you can network with your peers and enjoy a program on Developing STEAM Programming in Museum Education.

CURATORIAL Curators won’t want to miss on-site sessions such as Embracing Traditional Curatorial Roles While Collaboratively Facilitating Innovation and Visitor-Centered Exhibitions: Creating/Curating/ Collaborating. Head off-site to the Exhibit Review at the Levine Museum of the New South and catch up with your colleagues at the CurCom luncheon.

Exhibitions: Creating/Curating/Collaborating and The Art of Captivating Audiences in the Information Age. And don’t miss the annual Exhibits Networking Meet-Up sponsored by NAME. COLLECTIONS/REGISTRAR Learn about Untangling the Challenge of Deaccessioning as well as Museum Storage Planning or the hands-on Basic Condition Reporting. Go Behind the Scenes with SERA at the Mint Museum of Art and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. And relax with your peers at the annual SERA Registrars Respite.

HISTORIC HOUSES Kick off the conference with HHMAG’s annual Hands-On Help Project. This year they’re headed to Historic Rosedale and the Latta Plantation. On-site sessions include Rethinking Historic House Museums, Characters and Conversations, and A Time Forgotten: Addressing Difficult Topics at Your Historical Site. Head off-site to Historic Rosedale for Going Green and Growing Gr$$n. Meet up with your colleagues at the House Museum Social and the HHMAG Business Meeting.

TECHNOLOGY Want to add more technology to your museum? Discover the latest innovations with A Space Odyssey: Pushing the Boundaries of Digital Mobile Media, the annual Technology Showcase, and A Space Odyssey: Pushing the Boundaries of Digital Mobile Media.

PHILANTHROPY/FUNDRAISING Looking for new ideas to amp up your fundraising and development efforts? Consider How to be a Fundraising Super Hero for Your Museum, Museum Events: A Positive Impact, or Creating a Culture of Philanthropy.

MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS Your institution’s brand has never been more important. Explore the latest in marketing and communications with Brand 360: Developing Your Institutional Identity, Tackling Complex Web Projects, or Tailoring Your Social Media Plan.

EXHIBIT DESIGN The popular Mistakes Were Made: Exhibition Failures returns this year. We’ve also added Visitor Centered 14

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JIMI 2016 Class: front row, l-r: Amy Beisel, Kathie Thurman, LaNesha DeBardelaben, Rebecca Wade, Melina Ludwig, Holly Brown, Allison Hiblong. second row: Danielle Petrak, Lisa Nicoletti, Melissa Parris, Jessica Shillingsford, Ashley Oswald, Kendall Chew, Claire Gwaltney, Debra Watkins. third row: Timothy Barber, Richard Harker, Gary Spencer, Christian Cotz, Ashley Mann.

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ANNOUNCING JIMI 2017

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) proudly announces the 17th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI 2017). Scheduled for January 17–24, 2017, JIMI is specifically designed for administrators from new and emerging museums and for museum professionals with subject area expertise desiring knowledge of general museum administration and operations. The deadline for JIMI 2017 applications is October 28, 2016.

Located on historic Jekyll Island, GA, this highly successful training program provides a unique eight-day immersion for museum professionals seeking the opportunity to learn management, personnel and interpretive skills from leading experts. Sessions include leadership and management styles, administration and trusteeship, strategic planning, fundraising and marketing, financial management, developing exhibits, public relations, collections

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management, disaster preparedness, interpretation, volunteer management, and museum ethics.

Through the generosity of friends and colleagues of the late Peter S. LaPaglia, the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) and the Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI) are pleased to offer the Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship to cover the cost of tuition. In past years, several state associations, including the Arkansas Museums Association, North Carolina Museums Council, Mississippi Museums Association, and South Carolina Federation of Museums, offered scholarship and/or travel assistance to its members. In addition, John and Cynthia Lancaster offer scholarship assistance to a member of the Tennessee Association of Museums.

Thanks to the generosity of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is pleased to offer the John Kinard Scholarship Fund for two staff members of AAAM institutional museums or individual AAAM members to attend SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI). The two annual scholarships of $1,625 each will cover the tuition for JIMI and travel expenses. The John Kinard Scholarship Fund is established in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Created by an Act of Congress in 2003, the Museum is scheduled to open on the National

Mall in Washington, D.C. in fall 2016. For information on the Museum’s current programs and exhibitions visit www. nmaahc.si.edu or call 202.633.4751. Please note AAAM membership on your JIMI application.

Applications for JIMI and the Peter S. LaPaglia JIMI Scholarship are currently available at the website address shown below, with an October 28, 2016 deadline for submitting applications. JIMI is a SEMC program sponsored by Goosepen Studio & Press, Inc., Jekyll Island Museum and Historic Preservation, LaPaglia Companies, Satilla Computer Solutions, and North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties.

We gratefully acknowledge support from Gaylord Brothers and Goosepen Studio & Press for additional JIMI 2016 scholarships.

JIMI alumni will have a reunion meeting at the annual SEMC meeting in Charlotte, NC, October 10–12, 2016. In addition, members of the JIMI Class of 2016 will lead a session to discuss their experiences and answer questions about the JIMI program.

For additional information, contact Martha Battle Jackson, JIMI Administrator, 919. 733.7862, ext. 236, martha.jackson@ncdcr.gov; John Lancaster, 615.210.7933, jsl2d@me.com; or, Susan Perry, Executive Director, SEMC, 404.814.2048, sperry@semcdirect.net or, download an application at www.semcdirect.net.

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SEMC ENDOWMENT GIFT CHALLENGE Consider a contribution to the SEMC William T. and Sylvia F. Alderson Endowment Fund. Join us at the SEMC 2016 Annual Meeting for the launch of the Endowment Gift Campaign to reach $350,000 and recognition of our donors. A donation of $100 contributes to the financial stability of SEMC in the future. The growth of SEMC’s endowment is essential to ensure that our

organization will be able to provide scholarships and educational programs in the Southeast. Please make your check payable to SEMC and send to: SEMC Endowment, PO Box 550746 Atlanta, GA 30355-3246. If you would prefer to use a charge card you can donate from the “Support SEMC” page of our website, www.semcdirect.net. Thank you for your consideration.

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The Legacy of William T. and Sylvia S. Alderson Endowment The William T. and Sylvia S. Alderson Endowment has had a profound impact on the financial stability of the SEMC. To date, the SEMC is the only regional museum association with an endowment. The endowment was started in 1995 after the SEMC Council, then chaired by Tom Butler, determined that although the timing wasn’t ideal because of a sluggish economy, we should proceed with alternate funding plans. It was felt that we should begin the process with the hope that we would tempt our members as well as other friends in the museum field to contribute a little now and more later when the economy improved. I met several times with Sylvia Alderson to convince her that she and Bill, who recently had passed away, would be terrific figure heads for the endowment as Bill had been so active in both SEMC and AASLH. She responded back with a plan to match gifts to the endowment up to $20,000. The spirit of giving was there as they already had established the Dr. William T. Alderson Society within the AASLH recognizing gifts of $50,000 or greater, including gifts from Sylvia herself as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities. This incredible name recognition gave the SEMC the credibility to pursue gifts to fund the endowment.

It took many years and many trips with hand out around the Council table at the mid-year and annual Council meetings to build the fund as the Council primarily was responsible for generating the cash and pledges to be matched by Mrs. Alderson. The first $20,000 raised by the Council and Sylvia’s matching gift formed the corpus of the endowment, which has grown and continues to grow today. The endowment began as an unrestricted fund. SEMC Council recently made the wise decision to protect the fund with an Investment Policy to restrict and discipline spending from the endowment. The William T and Sylvia S. Alderson Endowment is safe and sound and will remain so. I personally am so proud that the endowment now exceeds $310,000, that’s right, $310,000 and it continues to grow.

We should not rest on our successes. We collectively need to make new gifts to grow the endowment even if we just round up our membership each year to the next $20 dollar level designating it to the endowment. Help support the finest regional museum association in the country.

Remember, it keeps giving back to you!

Best wishes, Graig D. Shaak, PhD Past President

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It was at the Seminar for Historical Administration where I met William T. Alderson in 1993. Dapper in a bow tie, Bill, as he was known to all, exuded the perfect profile of what it means to be a museum professional. Positive, relaxed, and accessible, Bill easily conveyed a lifetime of knowledge and experience to students.

Yet his biggest contribution to those mid-career museum professionals was reassurance. Bill demonstrated the profession to be a worthy one and that it should be fun. Once he told of a time when a patron passed away in a receiving line for an exhibit opening. I knew, by the gleam in his eye, this most awkward situation was handled with confident finesse and delicate wisdom.

Bill Alderson passed away in his sleep in 1996. His charming wife, Sylvia, still survives him.

Remembering William T. Alderson When we become director our primary duty is stewardship for an institution that serves the people of today and the generations yet unborn.

— William T. Anderson*

However, even though deceased for twenty years, his influence still looms large in the field of museum work. It was my fortunate privilege to have known Bill Alderson personally. Many others will, unbeknownst to them, know him through the museum profession he helped create.

Musicologically Submitted, Harry S. Warren *Quote taken from Leadership for the Future: Changing Directorial Roles in American History Museums and Historical Societies, 1991.

Who was William T. Alderson? His name is bantered about museum circles with respect and graces the title of museum awards. Yet the substance of this New York native, born in 1926, is largely unknown.

He enjoyed a varied and expansive career. His professional positions included executive secretary for the Tennessee Historical Society, director for The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), director of museum studies at the University of Delaware, director of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, and president of Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A museum man until the end, he was named director of the AASLH Seminar for Historical Administration during the first year of “retirement” in 1992.

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2016 WILLIAMSBURG ANTIQUES FORUM Every year since 1948, museum professionals, Americana enthusiasts, and scholars of the decorative arts have congregated in Virginia for the legendary Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. Since the very beginning, the combination of top-notch scholarship and robust attendance has put the conference at the center of some of the key developments in the growth and evolution of the field.

For this year’s Forum, Creating an American Identity: A Revolution in Decorative Arts, 1776–1826, twenty-four speakers gave lectures on topics ranging from the architectural symbolism of the great houses of the Founding Fathers to the history of rural craftsmen, such as Massachusetts cabinetmaker Nathan Lombard.

The Decorative Art Trust has sponsored a trio of short lectures the past two years by emerging scholars in the field.

Laura Conte of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Virginia; Mark Farnsworth, Director of Historic Bethania in North Carolina; and Katie McKinney of Sotheby’s, New York, all gave presentations focused on a single object.

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honoring four martyrs of the American Revolution, this particular artifact was a product of the American melting pot. It belongs to a small group of needlework depicting similar patriotic subjects that was created by the daughters of German immigrants to Charleston. Though produced by descendants still navigating the path between their German heritage and American nationality, it speaks to their desire to acculturate — to fit in — during the Early Republic.

Katie’s lecture on The Smith Family, an unusual group portrait in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, stemmed from her thesis for the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and a further internship at Colonial Williamsburg. The unique conversation piece depicts nine family members through a variety of techniques: in perspective, profile, and through portrait miniatures incorporated in the scene. Attributed to Captain James Smith, a Scottish immigrant to Virginia, the picture speaks to his

desire to highlight family ties and business ventures in his newfound American home — although all his financial speculations ultimately proved spectacularly unsuccessful.

For participants, the Forum is a time to catch up on scholarly developments, catch up with old friends, and make new ones during the legendary afternoon breaks for tea and scones, and many evening events. Since the preservation and restoration of the town began ninety years ago, Colonial Williamsburg has been at the forefront of scholarship on American history, archaeology, and material culture.

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SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUM RECIPIENTS OF THE NATIONAL MEDAL FOR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES CONGRATULATIONS to the four Southeastern recipients of the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Services: Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children, Gulfport, MS Mid-America Science Museum, Hot Springs, AK North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC Almost half of this year’s ten recipients, selected from 30

finalists from across the country, were from the Southeast.

This is a testament to the innovative and impactful community outreach programs and services that our region’s institutions are developing and implementing, as well as the vital role they play within the communities they serve.

“This year’s National Medal recipients show the transforming role of museums and libraries from educational destinations to full-fledged community partners and anchors,” said Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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SEMC Council Director Deborah Mack, Associate Director of Community & Constituent Services, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, were honored to attend the event.

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Recently, the museum instituted the CMA Creativity Club, helping to increase literacy for preschoolers and their adult companions in the rural, high-minority areas of Fairfield County. The program partners with county libraries, engaging participants with stories read by librarians followed by hands-on art experiments.

Recognizing the healing power of arts with children on the Autism spectrum, the museum developed a pilot outreach program “Arts and Autism.” The program provides these children opportunities to explore the museum in a nurturing environment and prepares them to visit the museum on their own, as the program builds confidence in their ability to participate in the museum’s age-appropriate programs.

“This incredible recognition as a National Medal winner is a testament to our investment in South Carolina and our dedication to reaching students who have historically been left behind or had little access to learning through the arts,” says Columbia Museum of Art Executive Director Karen Brosius.

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Mississippi is the state consistently ranked last in educational performance, and arts education is constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets.

The museum works to ensure that no child is ever turned away because of their inability to pay for the museum’s special educational opportunities, so it offers grants to fund field trips, scholarship opportunities for summer camp programs, and participants with Museums for All. Through the WINGS Performing Arts Program, the museum provides the student enrollees comprehensive arts, community service, and leadership opportunities.

The program offers students from pre-K to high school the chance to participate in all aspects of theatrical productions. WINGS works to keep every child engaged throughout childhood and adolescence, nurturing their educational growth and emotional well-being.

Mid-America Science Museum As the first interactive, informal learning environment in Arkansas, the Mid-America Museum, established in 1979, continues its mission of stimulating interest in science, promoting public understanding of the sciences, and encouraging lifelong science education through interactive exhibits and programs. Located in an area of the country that is plagued by high poverty, low achievement scores, and dwindling resources, 70 percent of the museum’s student visitors are statistically impoverished, underserved

and underperforming. Multi-generational visitor groups are prevalent, as are older learners who have retired in Hot Springs, and the museum has long-standing partnerships with local organizations that work with special needs individuals.

A successful new initiative, Science Matters, has become a cornerstone of Mid-America’s outreach programs to provide better educational materials and experiences for teachers and students. The multi-faceted program combines hands-on, inquiry based science activities with one-on-one professional development training for teachers.

Capitalizing on its pioneering nature, the museum instituted the Tinkering Studio, a place for open-ended, material-rich exploration where participants use real tools coupled with imagination to ignite curiosity. An offshoot of the studio is TinkerFest, the museum’s family-friendly, hands-on science and art education festival.

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A SPECIAL THANKS SEMC Endowment Contributions Many thanks to our endowment contributors for investing in the future of SEMC! When you are thinking of honoring or remembering someone, please consider a contribution to the SEMC endowment. For more information, contact Executive Director Susan Perry at 404.814.2048 or sperry@semcdirect.net.

David Butler Priscilla Hancock Cooper Matthew S. Davis Dawn Deano Hammatt Julie Harris Micheal Hudson Kathleen F. G. Hutton Dana-Marie Lemmer Deborah Lynn Mack Darcie MacMahon R. Andrew Maass Nathan Moehlmann Heather Nowak Heather Marie Wells Zinnia Willits

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Members of the Past Presidents Circle contribute $150 annually for at least two years to the endowment fund:

Medallion Alderson Fellows (minimum $2,500) George Bassi Sharon Bennett Tamra Sindler Carboni Martha Battle Jackson Pamela Meister Richard Waterhouse

George Bassi Sharon Bennett Tom Butler Tamra Sindler Carboni Micheal A. Hudson Douglas Noble Robert Rathburn Graig D. Shaak Robert Sullivan Kristin Miller Zohn

THE WILLIAM T. AND SYLVIA F. ALDERSON ENDOWMENT FELLOWS Thirty members of SEMC have made commitments of distinction as Alderson Fellows. Their investment of at least $1,000 each is a significant leadership gift, reflective of a personal commitment to the professional association that has meant so much to each of them.

Platinum Alderson Fellows (minimum $5,000) Sylvia F. Alderson Bob Rathburn

Our Current Alderson Fellows (minimum $1,000) T. Patrick Brennan Michael Brothers W. James Burns David Butler William U. Eiland Horace Harmon Brian Hicks Pamela Hisey Micheal Hudson Rick Jackson Andrew Ladis Elise LeCompte Allyn Lord Michael Anne Lynn R. Andrew Maass Darcie MacMahon Robin Seage Person Allison Reid Steve Rucker Kristin Miller Zohn

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THE PETER S. LAPAGLIA JIMI SCHOLARSHIP FUND Established in 2008 to honor Pete LaPaglia’s dedication to the museum field and recognize his inspirational leadership of SEMC’s Jekyll Island Management Institute, this fund helps endow an annual JIMI scholarship. 2016 marks JIMI’s 16th anniversary, and SEMC has brought the fund’s total to over $17,575.

Kathleen F. G. Hutton Martha Battle Jackson Elise V. LeCompte

OTHER SEMC CONTRIBUTIONS These funds contribute to the annual meeting or to the general operating funds for SEMC: Brenda Baratto (JIMI) Martha Battle Jackson (JIMI) John S. Lancaster (JIMI) Odyssey Merchant Services (SEMC/AAM Tea Event) Keith F. Post (JIMI)

New or Renewal Memberships Received SEMC thanks those who have renewed or joined our organization for the first time between February and April 2016.

Without your support and participation we could not provide region wide services such as our Mentor, Awards, and Scholarship programs, as well as our outstanding Annual Meetings and nationally acclaimed Jekyll Island Management Institute.

If you are an individual member and your museum is not an institutional member, please encourage them to join. To learn more about SEMC memberships and benefits, or to join online, visit semcdirect.net. For information on memberships and benefits contact Mary Miller, Manager of Communications and Member Services, at mmiller@ semcdirect.net or 404.814.2047. For your convenience, the last page of this newsletter is a membership application.

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counterclockwise from top: Twilight descends upon festival-goers as they visit vendors and listen to the R&B and Funk band, Brick, during their show at the 20th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia. An estimated 6,000 people attended this Saturday evening concert on the Cherry Street Plaza. Grammy Award-winning R&B and gospel sensation, Regina Belle, mesmerizes the crowd during her performance at the 20th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia. The audience eyes the stage while enjoying the live entertainment in front of the Tubman Museum during the 20th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia.

GEORGIA The Tubman Museum in Macon celebrated its first full year in their new museum building at the 20th annual Pan African Festival (April 22–24). The turnout for this year’s festival enjoyed a much greater turnout than last year’s Grand Opening, which illustrates how quickly

the Macon community has embraced the new Tubman Museum. An estimated 6,000 people packed the plaza on Saturday night for a free concert by the 70s soul and funk bands Lakeside and Brick. Thousands more joined them the next day for a concert on the plaza by Regina Belle. Between 16,000 to 18,000 people attended the free Festival performances, marketplace and activities on the Plaza that weekend.

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The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia with its Excellence in Preservation Service award for the museum’s Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts and Symposium. The award was presented at the 39th Annual Preservation Awards ceremony on April 22 in Marietta, Georgia. The Green Center was recognized for promoting the preservation and study of material culture in Georgia and the South since its establishment in 2000. Named in honor of Henry D. Green, the foremost scholar of Georgia’s early regional styles, the center is a valuable resource for object-based learning in the humanities and has become a national leader in research. The Trust also recognized Athenian Bonnie Ramsey as the driving force behind the decorative arts program and the formation of the Green Center. The center organizes the biennial Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which has become one of the largest events of its kind, hosting presentations by numerous scholars from Georgia and beyond.

NORTH CAROLINA Discovery Place KIDS-Huntersville welcomed its 1,000,000th visitor to the museum on May 31. Yolanda Zheng, age 3, and her parents Jiangxia Sun and Yuan Qin Zheng, of Charlotte, were the lucky visitors who became

Georgia Museum of Art Decorative Arts Advisory Committee member Marion Slaton (center) accepts the award from Georgia Trust president and CEO Mark C. McDonald (left) and Georgia Trust chair Bill Peard (right).

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Students from Donelson Christian Academy participate in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Words & Music program. Photo by Drew Maynard.

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Workers restore windows in the space that will become the Asheville Art Museum’s library once construction is complete.

NORTH CAROLINA The Asheville Art Museum’s construction and expansion is underway, and work this spring focused on the renovation and preservation of the Museum’s North Wing.

In April, the team completed exterior renovation of the North Wing, as well as the preservation and reopening of the historic windows that look out onto Pack Square.

The building that houses the Museum’s North Wing was built in 1925 as Pack Memorial Library and served the community as a library from its opening until a new library was built in 1978. The building remained mostly vacant until it was renovated for the Asheville Art Museum in 1992 as part of the Pack Place Education, Arts & Science Center. Designed by architect Edward L. Tilton (18611933). The North Wing building is an excellent rendition of the Second Renaissance Revival style, perhaps the most articulate example of a neo-classical institutional building in Western North Carolina. ¶ When the Museum’s construction and expansion project is complete in 2018, the North Wing will not only be renovated and restored with respect to its architectural history, the building will also

A rendering of the historic Pack Memorial Library built in 1925.

The building now houses the North Wing of the Asheville Art Museum.

have a function that honors its previous role as a library.

The new North Wing will house the Museum’s library, education studio, board room and administrative offices; creating a community gathering space that fosters learning and growth.

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The Gibbes Museum of Art’s refinished Tiffany-style rotunda dome and (below) exterior.

SOUTH CAROLINA After closing for an extensive two-year, multimillion-dollar renovation, the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, reopened its doors to the public on May 28, 2016. In addition to an innovative new layout with free ground floor admission, the museum unveiled a new logo that features a fresh take on the Gibbes name and its landmark architectural feature — the centuryold Tiffany-style rotunda dome. ¶ Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the Gibbes Museum of Art opened its doors to the public in 1905 in historic Charleston, S.C. The Gibbes houses one of the foremost collections of American Art from the 18th century to the present. ¶ “The museum’s renovation will completely elevate the visitor experience,” said Angela Mack, executive director of the Gibbes. “Not only will the updated space better showcase our collection, it will provide visitors the opportunity to see artists at work, all aimed at delivering on our mission of enhancing lives through art.”

Ground Floor Transformation In renovating the museum, the development teams took inspiration from the original blueprints discovered in the City of Charleston archives to return the building to its 1905 Beaux Arts style layout. The renovation of the first floor will feature a creative education center that will engage the public through classrooms, artist studios, lecture and event spaces, a café and a museum store. The rear reception area will open to the garden, part of Charleston’s historic Gateway Walk founded by the

Garden Club of Charleston. The museum will feature a new glass curtain wall connecting the interior and garden.

Serving as a creative gathering place for the community, the entire ground floor of the museum will be admission free. “I think there is a second cultural renaissance taking place in Charleston, and certainly a major part of that is the transformation of the Gibbes Museum of Art,” said Jill Almeida, vice chair of the Gibbes Museum of Art Board of Directors. “I have always felt that art is a cornerstone of Charleston’s cultural identity, and I believe this community will be very proud of their Gibbes.”

Gallery Space The newly expanded and renovated galleries on the second and third floors will provide a 30 percent increase in gallery space to showcase more than 600 works of art from the permanent collection. State-of-the-art storage facilities will feature a closely connected research room to provide ample space for scholars to more easily access and study works from the collection. Observation windows will offer visitors a behind-the-scenes view of the work of curators and conservators. The Gibbes’ renowned collection of more than 300 miniature portraits will be housed in innovative display cases and open storage cabinetry to allow an up-close view for visitors.

Special Reopening Exhibitions In addition to the museum’s permanent exhibitions, the Gibbes will showcase two special exhibitions upon its opening: The Things We Carry: Contemporary Art in the South and Beyond Catfish Row: The Art of Porgy and Bess.

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Dress worn by Margaret Mitchell from Fashion in Good Taste at the Atlanta History Center’s Swan House.

A cocktail dress representing the 1960s in the exhibit Fashion in Good Taste.

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Fashion in Good Taste features Atlanta designers Clyde Ingram, Thelma Swafford and Ann Moore; Atlanta milliners Loretta Bonta and Lillian B. Head; and North Georgia weaver Mary Crovatt Hambidge.

The elegant Swan House at Atlanta History Center provides a unique backdrop for Fashion in Good Taste: Women in Atlanta, 1920-1969, an exhibition that showcases examples from the History Center’s extensive textile collection. Each main room of the 1928 mansion, designed by acclaimed Atlanta architect Philip Shutze, presents examples of the defining clothing of a particular decade. Spanning the 1920s through the 1960s, Fashion in Good Taste will explore Atlanta’s past through fashion for each of the decades that Swan House was occupied by the Inman family. On view through Oct. 10, 2016,

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta is partnering with the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat (Bottrop, Germany) and the Vancouver Art Gallery to present a major touring retrospective of the work of Walker Evans, one of the most influential documentary photographers of the 20th century. The High will be the only U.S. venue for Walker Evans: Depth of Field, which places Evans’ most recognized photographs within the larger context of his 50-year career.

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Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975), Street Scene, New Orleans, 1936, gelatin silver print. Collection of Marian and Benjamin Hill. © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The exhibition is among the most thorough examinations ever presented of the photographer’s work and the most comprehensive Evans retrospective to be mounted in Europe, Canada, and the southeastern United States.

The High’s presentation will feature more than 120 blackand-white and color prints from the 1920s through the 1970s, including photographs from the Museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition and its companion publication explore the transatlantic roots and repercussions of Evans’ contributions to the field of photography and examine his pioneering of the lyric documentary style,

which fuses a powerful personal perspective with the objective record of time and place. Walker Evans: Depth of Field will be on view through September 11, 2016.

The High Museum of Art will also present The Rise of Sneaker Culture, the first museum exhibition in the United States to examine the complex and fascinating social history and design evolution of the sneaker, from its origins in the mid-19th century to its role in the present day as a symbol of urban culture and marker of masculine identity. The Rise of Sneaker Culture features more than 150 51

sneakers, including iconic and incredibly rare shoes from the 1830s to today, some of which have never been publicly exhibited. The touring exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) in collaboration with the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto (BSM), and will be on view at the High from June 11 through Aug. 14, 2016.

The Woodruff Arts Center’s Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza will come alive this summer and fall with the High Museum of Art’s exhibition Tiovivo: Whimsical Sculptures by Jaime Hayon. The site-specific installation by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon continues an innovative multiyear initiative to animate the outdoor space by engaging visitors in an interactive art experience. On view through Nov. 27, 2016, Hayon’s four large-scale wooden sculptures whimsically interpret the familiar shapes of animals or objects, such as a pig or a bell, in ways that inspire playfulness and joy.

Each structure features a colorful pattern, ranging from polka dots to stripes, and sets of stairs and slides with openings specifically sized for children that encourage guests to interact with the sculptures. Transforming the piazza into an outdoor art gallery, playground and summer refuge, the sculptures create an atmosphere for socializing and recreation. Tiovivo will also become the stage for

Pierre Hardy, Poworama, 2011. Collection of the Bata Shoe Museum, gift of Pierre Hardy. Photo: Ron Wood. Courtesy American Federation of Arts/Bata Shoe Museum.

Rendering of Tiovivo: Whimsical Sculptures by Jaime Hayon on the Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza. Courtesy of Jaime Hayon.

performances, art-making activities and special events co-organized with local partner institutions.

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A. B. Clement was a B-24 bomber top gunner and flew 50 missions in the Mediterranean Theatre in WWII. He survived the war and settled in Charleston, SC. His nephew, a corporate pilot, kindly lent the jacket to be photographed for the book.

Atlanta-based photographer John Slemp of Aerographs is developing a traveling exhibition of WWII jackets, as well as an accompanying book. The “bomber jacket” as they have become known, is Americana at its finest and is indicative of an age when Americans had an indomitable spirit. First adopted as a standard issue military garment in 1931, they were coveted by servicemen of all branches during WWII. Originally issued to officers upon completion of basic flight training, they eventually were worn by all members of a flight crew. During the war it became extremely popular to decorate the jackets with unit patches on the front, and elaborate handpainted artwork on the back. Mr. Slemp welcomes jacket contributions to the show. More information can be found at aerographs.com The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana, an exhibition featuring three-dimensional paper prints from 60 artists, through August 21, 2016. The exhibition will take over an entire wing of the museum’s galleries and provide inspiration for the bulk of its summer programming. ¶ Paper in Profile, organized

by Lynn Boland, the museum’s Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, encompasses more than 130 works on paper, copper casts and sculpture from the Mixografia Workshop. Each print is a fine-art paper relief created by hand, some as deep as three inches, incorporating

From the Georgia Museum of Art’s exhibition Paper in Profile: Dario Escobar (Guatemalan, b. 1971), Untitled, 2013. Mixografia print on handmade paper, 4 x 24 1/2 inches. On loan from Mixografia. Courtesy of the artist and Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York.

previously unheard-of detail and sculptural form in a traditionally two-dimensional format. Artists with work in the exhibition include John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Burri, Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Ruscha, Rufino Tamayo and Rachel Whiteread.

LOUISIANA The Hite Art Institute presents Summer Breaks: Labor, Leisure, Lust through August 5, 2016. Featuring prints from the permanent collection, this exhibition explores 20th Century depictions of American consumption in relation 53

The Origins of Animation: A Hands-On Exhibit at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum.

From the Georgia Museum of Art’s exhibition Paper in Profile: Ed Paschke (American, 1939–2004), Countdown, 1995. Photo intaglio, freepoint and linocut on handmade paper, 23 x 15 inches.

On loan from Mixografia. © Ed Paschke.

to traditional codes of viewership. Breaks — whether from work, to the beach, or into a good book — diverge from the quotidian into the unconventional and even the erotic.

Yet, as the prints in this exhibition reveal, such departures are only possible due to other forms of labor or exploitation. Summer Breaks demonstrates how popular motifs can be recoded to break from or maintain dominant ideologies, distorting the line between who is at work and who is at play.

This summer, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum is presenting The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons. on view through July 24, it explores the elaborate process that went into the making of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, considered to be among the finest, funniest, and

Huey Long and the Noble Experiment: Prohibition in Louisiana will be on display at the West Baton Rouge Museum.

most inventive animated shorts ever made. In addition to showings of the cartoons themselves, over 100 original drawings, paintings, “cels,” and related artworks from the 1930s to the 1960s demonstrate the step-by-step development of such beloved characters as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweet, Yosemite Sam, The Road Runner, and many others.

Also on view this summer at The Louisiana Art & Science Museum is The Origins of Animation: A Hands-On Exhibit. Technology has enabled us to achieve amazing visual effects. Yet the earliest of animations were simple optical illusions. This display explores various historical and current devices used to achieve the appearance of movement, including the Magic Lantern, the Zoetrope, 54

Untitled from the Passage on the Underground Railroad Series, 2002, by Stephen Marc (American, b. 1954), archival pigment inkjet print, museum purchase and partial gift of the artist.

the Thaumatrope, cartoons, and even Flip Books made by local artists. Materials are provided for visitors to make their own animations. The Origins of Animation will be on view through August 7, 2016.

The exhibition, Huey Long and the Noble Experiment: Prohibition in Louisiana will be on display at the West Baton Rouge Museum through September 4, 2016. This exhibit will complement the National Endowment for the Humanities On the Road exhibit, Spirited: Prohibition in America, which will be at the West Baton Rouge Museum this summer.

On January 29, 1919, the U.S. Congress ratified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the United States. Prohibition became the law of the land the following January 1920. This “Noble Experiment” had unexpected consequences and found little support in Louisiana. Although Huey Long was not the first Louisiana governor to contend with Prohibition, alcohol consumption was rampant in and out of the state house during his tenure. In fact, when questioned on what he was doing to enforce Prohibition in Louisiana, Huey replied, “Not a damn thing!” Tales of the governor himself enjoying a drink, or a few, are not hard to come by.

This exhibit explores what happened during those “dry” years in the “wettest” state in the U.S.

SOUTH CAROLINA To celebrate its re-opening, The Gibbes Museum of Art is presenting two special exhibitions this summer.

The Things We Carry: Contemporary Art in the South features paintings, sculpture, photography, and mixed media works by a diverse group of nationally-known contemporary artists. Together, these artists address the troubled history of the American South and the many ways that history is represented today, including artistic responses to the tragic shooting of nine parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015. The exhibition provides a venue where the Charleston community and visitors alike can come together in the spirit of understanding and unity, inspired by the art on view. Participating artists include Bo Bartlett, William Christenberry, Sonya Clark, Andrea Keys Connell, Lonnie Holley, Deborah Luster, Sally Mann, Stephen Marc, Mike Smith, Damian Stamer, and Stacy Lynn Waddell, The Things We Carry will be on view through October 9, 2016.

Also on view through October 9 at The Gibbes Museum of Art is Beyond Catfish Row: The Art of Porgy and Bess, which celebrates George Gershwin’s famed opera, as interpreted by visual artists since its creation. The exhibition includes a number of paintings from the 1930s era, including works by American regionalist George Biddle, who illustrated the original Porgy and Bess libretto in 1935.

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School of the Americas, 2010, by Bo Bartlett (American, b. 1955), oil on panel, collection of Stacy and Jay Underwood.

The Battery, Evening, 1931, by George Biddle (American, 1885–1973), oil on canvas, museum purchase.

himself and works by American modernist Henry Botkin, who accompanied the composer to Charleston while he wrote the opera. The 1930s works are paired with more recent interpretations by contemporary artists Kara Walker and Jonathan Green. One of the foremost artists addressing issues of race, class, and gender in America, Walker created a suite of twenty lithographs as illustrations for the Porgy and Bess libretto published in 2013.

Green served as the visual designer contributing to costume and set design for the 2016 Spoleto Festival USA production of Porgy and Bess.

This summer, Historic Columbia, Palmetto Curatorial Exchange, and Connelly & Light present Route to (re)settlement, the first installment of an exhibition series examining the stories of African American communities in South Carolina. This exhibition features works by acclaimed artists Rashid Johnson and Henry Taylor, alongside up-andcoming artists Michi Meko, Victoria-Idongesit Udondian and Fletcher Williams, III. By honoring Southern black oral histories and stories in music, food, textiles, spiritualism, and other cultural customs, the works in this exhibit illustrate the development of how these stories have been told through the past to present. Route to (re)settlement will be on view through August 1, 2016.

Porgy and Bess with George, Near Folly Island, 1935,

by Henry Botkin (American, 1896–1983), watercolor and ink on paper, museum purchase.

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Curated by Augusta Shepard, the exhibition is compiled from the museum’s photography collections and uniquely documents events and the aftermath of that fateful day.

View the exhibition at www.augustamuseum.org.

On April 14, 2016, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia became the first museum in the state to commit officially to serving low-income families through the Museums for All program. Organized by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Museums for All encourages families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. Museums with an admission charge offer reduced or free admission to visitors who present an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. As part of the state’s flagship land-grant university, the Georgia Museum of Art has a strong commitment to service and outreach, which is

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The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) named Robert J. Stein its new executive vice president & chief program officer. In this newly created position reporting to the president & CEO, Stein will lead the many U.S. and global Alliance programs, which serve the membership and nurture excellence in the field. He will help lead the implementation of a strategic plan, as well as the development and implementation of programs and partnerships to strengthen the Alliance’s position as a thought leader and content provider. Stein will also oversee the Alliance’s global strategy to connect US museums to the international community. ¶ “Rob’s experience, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep knowledge of museums will be key to the success of the Alliance’s new strategic plan and extensive member programs and services,” said AAM President and CEO Laura L. Lott. “He has demonstrated

leadership in areas that are crucial for the museum field, including innovation, new business models, and strategic use of technology and data.” ¶ Stein brings a wealth of museum field experience to his new role at AAM, serving most recently as deputy director of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), where he led the staff and the Museum’s programs in education, conservation, marketing, and technology. In that role, Stein led the effort to transition from paid to free general admission and to launch an innovative free membership program — the first of its kind in the cultural sector. As a result, the DMA increased its attendance by 50 percent in just three years and dramatically boosted audience participation among first-time visitors, minorities and millennials.

LOUISIANA Julia Rose, Director of the West Baton Rouge Museum has a new book that tackles the extraordinary challenges of interpreting histories of slavery, war, genocide and mass oppression. Published by Rowman and Littlefield in May 2016, Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites opens with a foreword

by Jonathan Holloway, Dean of Yale College, titled “What We Risk.” ¶ Difficult histories pose significant resistances and challenges for museum workers and visitors. Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites offers public historians, museums, and educators a much needed resource to interpret

histories of slavery, war and trauma.

How do we engage visitors in histories that are traumatic, controversial, and shocking? With the rise of social history since the mid-20th century, history workers and educators are grappling with how to engage learners and museum visitors in histories that can be too much to bear. ¶ The new book provides a sensitive strategy, which is based in learning theories that are clearly described.

Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by education psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public historians and museum visitors as learners. Through this lens, history workers and educators can develop compelling and ethical representations of historic individuals, communities and populations who have suffered.

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what’s happening Send information for What’s Happening to Mary Miller at mmiller@semcdirect.net.

The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) Conference is August 3-6, 2016, in Riverside, CA. For more information visit blackmuseums.org.

The American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) annual meeting will take place in Detroit, Michigan. The conference will run September 14–17, 2016. For more information visit aaslh.org.

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membership Name _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Position_______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Institution _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________ City__________ State_______ Zip ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone _____________________________ Fax ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Email Address __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Individual Membership  Individual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 $_______  Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 $_______  Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 $_______  Benefactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75 $_______ Institutional Membership (based on annual budget)  Below $100,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 $_______  $100,000 - $249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150 $_______  $250,000 - $499,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250 $_______  $500,000 - $1 million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350 $_______  $1 million - $5 million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450 $_______  Over $5 million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $550 $_______  Academic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250 $_______ Corporate Membership  Business Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350 $_______  Corporate Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 $_______  Corporate Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100 $_______ A special gift of $_________ is enclosed to help support SEMC’s endowment. ___ Check enclosed (payable to SEMC) ___ I wish to pay with a credit card MasterCard  Visa  AMEX Credit Card #_____________________________________ Exp. Date ___________ | Signature (required for all credit card charges): _____________________________________________ mail to: SEMC/PO Box 550746/Atlanta, GA 30355 | or fax to: 404.814.2031 | SEMC FEIN #54-1042825

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