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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.
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.
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:
1. Increase the use of the museum as a laboratory for teaching and learning by advancing collaborative interdisciplinary research and experiential learning initiatives.
2. Pursue rational growth in collections, facility and infrastructure.
3. Establish financial stability and manage resources to sustain the museum’s exhibitions, programs, collections and operations and to rationalize staff salaries.
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
Georgia Museum of Art
University of Georgia
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Mission Statement
The Georgia Museum of Art shares the
mission of the University of Georgia to
support and to promote teaching,
research and service. Specifically, as a
repository and educational instrument of
the visual arts, the museum exists to
collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret
significant works of art.
Partial support for the exhibitions and programs
at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the
Georgia Council for the Arts through the
appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.
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.
Board of Advisors B. Heyward Allen Jr.*
Rinne Allen
Amalia K. Amaki
June M. Ball
Linda N. Beard
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***
John M. Greene**
Helen C. Griffith**
Barbara Guillaume
Judith F. Hernstadt
Marion E. Jarrell**
Jane Compton Johnson*
George-Ann Knox*
Shell H. Knox*
D. Hamilton Magill III
David W. Matheny
Catherine A. May**
Mark G. McConnell
Marilyn M. McMullan
Marilyn D. McNeely
Ibby Mills
Berkeley S. Minor
C.L. Morehead Jr.*
David Mulkey
Carl W. Mullis III*
Betty R. Myrtle
Gloria Norris***
Deborah L. O’Kain
Randall S. Ott
Gordhan L. Patel, chair-elect
Janet W. Patterson
Christopher R. Peterson
Kathy B. Prescott
Bill Prokasy*
Rowland A. Radford Jr.*
Margaret A. Rolando*
Alan F. Rothschild Jr., immediate past chair
Jan E. Roush
Sarah P. Sams**
D. Jack Sawyer Jr.*
Helen H. Scheidt**
Henry C. Schwob**
Ronald K. Shelp
Margaret R. Spalding
Dudley R. Stevens
Carolyn W. Tanner
Susan Tarver
Anne Wall Thomas***
Brenda A. Thompson, chair
C. Noel Wadsworth*
Larry Willson
Carol V. Winthrop
Gregory Ann Woodruff
Ex-OfficioLinda Bigelow
Linda C. Chesnut
William Underwood Eiland
Chris Garvin
Kelly Kerner
Russell Mumper
Pamela Whitten
*Lifetime member
**Emeritus member
***Honorary member
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Museum director William U. Eiland receives a Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities from Gov. Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal.
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The Art of Giving
New Acquisitions
The Ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
Calendar
Museum Notes
Gifts
In the Shop
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On the small cover:
Unidentified photographer
Robert Ebendorf working on the UGA president’s medallion, April 1968
Courtesy of Robert Ebendorf
On the big cover:
Clinton Hill (American, 1922–2003)
Untitled, 1988
Oil and wood on canvas
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift from
the Clinton Hill / Allen Tran Foundation
GMOA 2012.368
In the Shop
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Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of GeorgiaFebruary 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
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.
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
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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
This exhibition gathers a range of early Georgia
firearms and related accessories from both private
collections and other museums. For example, it
includes a flintlock long rifle made ca. 1830 by Georgia
gunsmith Wiley Grover Higgins and decorated with
a gamecock motif. Like many of the decorative and
applied arts in the state, gunsmithing in Georgia
has been overlooked except by a devoted group of
collector-scholars. As recently as this year, a major
collector of material culture in the mid-Atlantic referred
publicly to the longrifle forms that were “made as far
South as Charlotte, N.C.”
The Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the
Decorative Arts attempts to identify and make
accessible art forms that have received less attention
in our region. Gunsmithing incorporated many crafts,
such as silversmithing, casting and woodworking. Rifles
represent the quintessence of craft in 19th-century
Georgia, and the objects in this exhibition are some
of the finest artistic achievements in the state at the
time. The exhibition is on view during the ninth Henry
D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts (Feb.
1–3, 2018) and is accompanied by a fully illustrated
exhibition catalogue published by the museum.
Curators: Sam Thomas, curator, T.R.R. Cobb House,
and Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts
Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha
Thompson Dinos Galleries
Sponsors: Community Foundation for Northern Virginia/
the MOTSTA Fund, the Watson-Brown Foundation,
the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the
Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art
Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their CraftDecember 2, 2017–February 25, 2018
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
William T. Fluker Jr.
Gunsmith sign, ca. 1867–95
Painted tin
24 x 39 inches
Collection of W. Henry Harris Jr.
Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum CollectionJanuary 27– April 22, 2018
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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 ribbon-
like 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 HillJanuary 6–March 18, 2018
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
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
Images of Awakening: Buddhist Sculpture from Pakistan and AfghanistanMarch 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
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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, better-funded 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.
Brenda ThompsonChair, Board of Advisors
NewtoN Morris society MeMbers($10,000 aNd above)Buddy & Lucy AllenAnonymousLarry & Linda BeardEdward & Faye ChambersHarry Dawley & Dennis DickersonJudith A. EllisTodd EmilyJerry & Paula GottesmanHolcombe & Nancy GreenGregory & Jennifer HolcombGeorge-Ann KnoxJohn & Nancy LudwigD. Hamilton & Brenda MagillDavid & Becky MathenyJohn & Marilyn McMullanGeorge Morton & Karol HowardGary C. MotleyBeau Ott & Anna BogatinKathy Prescott & Grady ThrasherShaye RembaPaul RichelsonDavid & Nancy SkierMyron & Bonnie StoneLarry & Brenda ThompsonSteinnun ThórarinsdottirD. Jack Sawyer & William E. TorresJames & Barbara TurnerAlex & Julie WallaceRobert & Carol Winthrop
beNefactor MeMbers($5,000 – $9,999)AnonymousJeanne BerryPeter & Shannon CandlerJoan B. CraveyDeidre HammerJudith HernstadtAnthony & Jackie MontagDavid R. Mulkey
Carol & Roy RagleMichael T. RickerDudley StevensNorm & Mary Wood
Patron MeMbers($2,500 – $4,999)AnonymousPaul BienvenuE. Davison & Devereux BurchWilliam & Susan BurchKnox & Amanda CulpepperJohn & Helen DiLelloJames & Karen FleeceEleanor B. MillerCarl & Marian MullisGordhan & Virginia PatelAlex & Janet PattersonChris & Sarah PetersonRowland & Leititia RadfordMargaret A. RolandoAlan & Jewett RothschildMichael & Aimee SiegelRichard & Hildegard TimberlakeTommy Timberlake
directors circle MeMbers($1,000 – $2,499)AnonymousJune M. BallLynn & Dick BerkowitzRobert & Ann BretscherSamuel & Elaine CarletonRobert & Claire ClementsPatricia DeitzBlair & Betsy DormineyHoward & Helen ElkinsAndrew & Karen GhertnerJohn M. GreeneRichard & Anne HathawayLucy C. HicksMargaret & Eugene HowardTheodora Johnson
Bruce & Jane KingWyckliffe & Shell KnoxDonald & Kaye KoleErika C. LewisMichael & Heather MalcomSue W. MannMark & Marjorie McConnellM. Elizabeth McGheeMarilyn Delong McNeelySandra G. MenendezVan & Libby MorrisEdgar & Betty MyrtleGloria & Edman NorrisStephen & Sherrie OlejnikDennis & Deborah O’KainRandall & Sheila OttClifton & Sylvia PannellJane M. PayneEdward & Beverly PharesKaren W. PrasseWilliam & Pamela ProkasyIra & Julie RothLarry & Missy SanchezCaroline StrobelPeggy Hoard SuddrethBen & Nancy TarbuttonCharles & Susan TarverTony & Kendell TurnerMarty WalkerDavid & Cecelia WarnerW. Thomas WilfongChris & Elizabeth WillettLarry & Beverly Willson
corporatioNs, fouNdatioNs, & ageNciesAndrew Ghertner Philanthropic FundAnonymousAthens Area Community FoundationAthens Printing CompanyAyco Charitable Foundation
Barron’s Rental CenterBNY Mellon Wealth ManagementChaparral FoundationThe Community Foundation for Greater AtlantaThe Community Foundation for Northern Virginia – MOTSTA FundDaura FoundationThe Dot and Lam Hardman Family FoundationEpting EventsFidelity Charitable Gift FundFoothills Community FoundationThe Fort Trustee Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee ValleyForward Arts FoundationFoundation for the CarolinasFraser-Parker FoundationFriends of Coastal Georgia HistoryGuide 2 AthensHemera FoundationJewish Community FoundationJewish Federation of Greater AtlantaJ.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.The Knox FoundationLongleaf Charitable FundMildred Miller Fort Foundation, Inc.MixografiaPiedmont Charitable FoundationOrange County Community FoundationSamuel H. Kress FoundationSchwab Charitable FundThe Turner Family Foundation, Inc.UGA Parents & Families AssociationW. Newton Morris Charitable FoundationThe Winn Fund
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T 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 18th-century 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.
NEW YOrk COrNEr CHAIr
Joseph LittsBeard Scholar and curatorial assistant
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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English essayist Samuel Johnson de-scribed 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 success-ful. This year, Dale Couch, the museum’s curator of decora-tive 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.
Speakers from major institutions across North America, including Alexandra Kirtley of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Janine E. Skerry from the Colonial Williams-burg 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.
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-cura-tors 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
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 inextrica-bly part of the national experience, and its decorative arts cannot be understood in isolation.
This year’s symposium will highlight the diversity of mate-rial 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 regis-ter, visit the museum’s website at georgiamuseum.org.
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
Georgia and Region in the National Fabric
The NiNTh heNry D. GreeN SympoSium of The DecoraTive arTS
Joseph LittsBeard Scholar and curatorial assistant
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 [email protected] 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.
reGiSTer at http://bit.ly/green2018-online by January 24.
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Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of ArtTo 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 WeatherThe 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. An-nouncements 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.
special events
Third ThursdayThursday, January 18, February 15 and March 15, 6 – 9 p.m.Seven of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold this evening event devoted to art on the third Thursday of every month, to showcase their programming. Details at 3thurs.org.
Belonging: Georgia and region in the National FabricThursday – Saturday, February 1 – 3Classic CenterThe 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 ArtsThursday, 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.
90 Carlton: WinterThursday, February 1, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.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 [email protected] or by calling 706.542.4199. Register at http://bit.ly/90c-winter2018.
Student NightThursday, February 8, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of music, food, fun and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhibitions. Student Night is gener-ously sponsored by UGA Parents Leadership Council.
Black History Month DinnerFriday, February 16, 5:30 – 9 p.m.This dinner and awards ceremony feature the presenta-tion 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.
Make It an EveningThursday, 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 PartyFriday, 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 ShowSaturday, 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. Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-ThonSaturday, March 3, 1 – 4 p.m.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 OperaThursday, 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.
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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 24Speakers 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.
Lecture: Namita WiggersWednesday, March 21, noonNamita 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 Contempo-rary Craft from 2004 to 2014. Presented in collaboration with the Lamar Dodd School of Art and in conjunction with the exhibition “Crafting History.”
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
Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
Toddler Tuesday: Clinton HillTuesday, January 9, 10 a.m.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 [email protected] or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot. Family Day: Opera PostersSaturday, January 27, 10 a.m. – noonCheck 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. Toddler Tuesday: Crafting HistoryTuesday, February 6, 10 a.m.This program will focus on the exhibition “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia.” Space is limited; please email [email protected] or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot. Family Day: Lunar New YearSaturday, February 10, 10 a.m. – noonCelebrate 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.
Family Day: The Materials of CraftSaturday, March 10, 10 a.m. – noonDiscover 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. Toddler Tuesday: Permanent CollectionTuesday, March 27, 10 a.m.Space is limited; please email [email protected] 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.
Films are generously sponsored by
tours
Artful Conversation: Joan MitchellWednesday, 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 CollectionSunday, January 7, February 4 and March 4, 3 p.m.Led by docents.
Tour at Two: “Clinton Hill”Wednesday, January 10, 2 p.m.Join William U. Eiland, museum director and curator of the exhibition, for a special tour.
Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionWednesday, January 17, February 7 and 28, March 21 and 28, 2 p.m.Led by docents.
Twilight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionThursday, 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.
Tour at Two: African American ArtistsWednesday, 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 FriesekeWednesday, 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).”
Tour at Two: “Opera in Print: Fin-de-siècle Posters from the Blum Collection”Wednesday, February 21, 2 p.m.Join Abigail Kosberg, art history graduate student and Daura Center Graduate Intern, for a special tour of the exhibition.
Tour at Two: Women Artists in “Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia”Wednesday, March 7, 2 p.m.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.
Artful Conversation: Homer Dodge MartinWednesday, March 14, 2 p.m.Join Sage Kincaid, assistant curator of education, for a closer look and conversation on Homer Dodge Martin’s painting “The Old Mill.”
Workshops & Classes
Studio Workshop: AbstractionThursday, January 4, 11 and 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.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 [email protected] to register.
Morning MindfulnessFriday, 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 [email protected]. Teen Studio: American Studio CraftThursday, February 22, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.Teens ages 13 – 18 are invited to this studio-based workshop led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. The group will learn about 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 process-es to make their own work in the studio classroom. Includes a pizza dinner. This program is free, but space is limited. Please email [email protected] or call 706.542.0448 to reserve a spot. 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 experi-enced 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.
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AWArDS 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.
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.
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!
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.”
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.
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.
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
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
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between June 25 and September 25, 2017:
IN THE SHOP
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
design through multiple mediums while creating their
own unique masterpieces.
Mindware Paint Your Own Porcelain Bowls or Tea Set $35.95 & $28.00
kid Made Modern Jewelry Jam$28.00
Mindware Color Your Own Porcelain Vases$28.00
Mad Mattr Ultimate Brick Maker set$28.50
Craft Crush Paper Bowl, Felt Succulent, and Macrame Necklace kits$10.99 – $24.99
kid Made Modern Arts and Crafts Library suitcase$44.00
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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 [email protected] or call 706.542.0830.
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