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Publication Spotlight:One Hundred American Paintings

Volunteer Spotlight:Student Docents

Exhibitions:The Art of Hatch Show Print

BOARD OF ADVISORS Georgia Museum of Art

Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr.Dr. Amalia K. AmakiMrs. Frances Aronson-HealeyTurner I. Ball, M.D.Ms. Karen L. BensonMr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.Mr. Richard E. BerkowitzMrs. Devereux C. BurchMr. Robert E. BurtonMrs. Debbie C. CallawayMr. Randolph W. CampShannon I. Candler, past chairMrs. Faye S. ChambersMr. Harvey J. ColemanMrs. Martha T. DinosMrs. Annie Laurie DoddMs. Sally DorseyProfessor Marvin EisenbergMs. Carlyn F. FisherMr. James B. FleeceMr. Edgar J. Forio Jr.Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr.Mr. John M. GreeneMrs. Helen C. Griffith

Mrs. M. Smith Griffith Mrs. Marion E. JarrellProfessor John D. Kehoe Mrs. George-Ann KnoxMrs. Shell H. KnoxMr. David W. MathenyMs. Catherine A. MayMrs. Helen P. McConnell Mr. Mark G. McConnellMrs. Marilyn M. McMullanMrs. Marilyn D. McNeelyMrs. Berkeley S. MinorMr. C.L. Morehead Jr.Ms. Jane C. MullinsMr. Carl W. Mullis III, chairMr. Donald G. MyersMrs. Betty R. MyrtleJohn Nickerson, M.D.Mrs. Deborah L. O’KainMrs. Janet W. PattersonMs. Kathy B. PrescottDr. William F. Prokasy IV Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr.Ms. Margaret A. RolandoMr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr.Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush Mrs. Sarah P. Sams

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt Mr. Henry C. Schwob Mrs. Ann C. Scoggins Ms. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff Mr. S. Stephen Selig III Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner Mrs. Judith M. Taylor Dr. Brenda Taggart ThompsonMrs. Barbara Auxier Turner Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth Ms. Kathleen E. Walker Mr. G. Vincent WestDr. Carol V. Winthrop

Ex-officioMrs. Linda C. Chesnut Dr. William Underwood Eiland Mr. Tom Landrum Professor Jere W. Morehead Dr. Libby V. Morris Karen W. Prasse, M.D. Ms. Georgia Strange

From the Director

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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 W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation,

the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and

the Georgia Council for the Arts through the

appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

The Council is a partner agency of the National

Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations

and corporations provide additional 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.

Opening Phase II of the

Georgia Museum of Art was thrilling, a

grand occasion capping years of planning. For

helping to make it special, I need to express my gratitude

to a special group of our supporters, our Friends. They truly are

our public face—now a shiny, new one, thanks to our expansion. This

museum has outstanding patronage, evident both in the building and in

our programs. We are, in some respects, Janus-like, with one gaze inward

to the university and the other outward to our communities of service. As an

academic unit of the state’s flagship university and as a cultural cornerstone of

the region in which we are located, we are strongly committed to our town and

to our gown: we take our dual mission very seriously.

To acknowledge our Friends; their president, Karen Benson; and the board,

for their help in realizing our founder’s vision, for service to Athens, the

university and the region, and for unqualified commitment to our

mission, is a privilege and an honor.

William Underwood Eiland, Director

Eiland (right) with chief curator

and curator of American art

Paul Manoguerra (left) and

artist DeWain Valentine (center).

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Contents

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Exhibitions

Letter from the Director of Development

Volunteer Spotlight

Publication Spotlight

Collections

Calendar of Events

Museum Notes/Gifts

Event Photos

Exhibitions

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F E A T U R E S

Event Photos

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On the cover: Johnny Cash—Triple Johnny, Hatch Show Print.

On the back cover: Detail, It’s Better/Pure Coffee, Hatch Show Print.

Images courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

Exhibitions

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ache

r, ar

ts a

dmin

istr

ator

,

ad

voca

te a

nd a

rtis

t—re

built

and

revi

taliz

ed th

e

U

nive

rsity

of G

eorg

ia’s

art d

epar

tmen

t beg

inni

ng

in 19

37.

He

was

the

mos

t rec

ogni

zed

artis

t of h

is g

ener

atio

n

from

the

stat

e of

Geo

rgia

and

is c

onsi

dere

d th

e

“g

odfa

ther

” of t

he G

eorg

ia M

useu

m o

f Art

.

Intr

oduc

tion

to th

e Ce

nter

sA

ugus

t 15

–Nov

embe

r 20

One

of t

he k

ey e

lem

ents

in G

MO

A’s

expa

nsio

n w

as th

e co

nstr

uc-

tion

of it

s St

udy

Cen

ters

in th

e H

uman

ities

, fou

r na

med

uni

ts

cont

aini

ng a

rchi

ves

that

sup

plem

ent t

he m

useu

m’s

col

lect

ion

and

prom

ote

hand

s-on

res

earc

h. T

his

smal

l exh

ibiti

on s

erve

s as

an

intr

oduc

tion

to th

ree

of th

e fo

ur: t

he C

.L. M

oreh

ead

Jr. C

ente

r fo

r

the

Stud

y of

Am

eric

an A

rt, t

he J

acob

Bur

ns F

ound

atio

n C

ente

r

(dev

oted

to th

e st

udy

of p

rints

and

dra

win

gs)

and

the

Pie

rre

Dau

ra

Cen

ter.

Pai

ntin

gs, p

rints

and

dra

win

gs, a

s w

ell a

s ar

chiv

al m

ater

ials

incl

udin

g le

tter

s an

d ph

otos

rel

atin

g to

Pie

rre

Dau

ra a

nd A

lfred

Heb

er H

olbr

ook

(the

foun

der

and

first

dire

ctor

of G

MO

A)

will

be

on

view

. The

exh

ibiti

on w

ill b

e fo

llow

ed b

y an

intr

oduc

tion

to th

e fo

urth

cent

er, t

he H

enry

D. G

reen

Cen

ter

for

the

Stud

y of

the

Dec

orat

ive

Art

s, w

hich

will

be

on d

ispl

ay d

urin

g G

MO

A’s

bien

nial

Hen

ry D

.

Gre

en S

ympo

sium

of t

he D

ecor

ativ

e A

rts,

Feb

. 2–4

, 201

2.

Cura

tors

: Pau

l Man

ogue

rra,

chi

ef c

urat

or a

nd c

urat

or o

f Am

eric

an

art,

and

Lynn

Bol

and,

Pie

rre

Dau

ra C

urat

or

of E

urop

ean

Art

, Geo

rgia

Mus

eum

of A

rt

Galle

ries

: Dor

othy

Ale

xand

er R

oush

and

Mar

tha

Thom

pson

Din

os G

alle

ries

Spon

sors

: The

W. N

ewto

n M

orris

Cha

ritab

le F

ound

atio

n an

d th

e

Frie

nds

of th

e G

eorg

ia M

useu

m o

f Art

Hot M

etal

and

Coo

l Pap

er:

The

Blac

k Ar

t of M

akin

g Bo

oks

Aug

ust 2

7–N

ovem

ber

6

This

focu

sed

exhi

bitio

n pr

esen

ts w

orks

by

priv

ate

pres

ses,

incl

udin

g

book

s pr

inte

d by

LaN

ana

Cre

ek P

ress

(C

harle

s D

. Jon

es, S

teph

en F

.

Aus

tin S

tate

Uni

vers

ity, N

acog

doch

es, T

exas

), th

e P

ress

of t

he

Nig

htow

l (D

wig

ht A

gner

, Ath

ens,

Ga.

) an

d Ti

nhor

n P

ress

(C

huck

Rob

erts

on, A

tlant

a, G

a.).

The

se p

ress

es, r

un p

rimar

ily b

y so

lo

prop

rieto

rs, s

tand

as

anac

hron

istic

and

forc

eful

sta

tem

ents

of

pers

onal

ity in

the

mod

ern

wor

ld, a

nd th

ese

sele

cted

boo

ks d

emon

-

stra

te in

tere

stin

g in

stan

ces

of a

dapt

atio

n to

the

form

. Prin

ting

has

ofte

n be

en d

ubbe

d “t

he b

lack

art

,” fo

r a

num

ber

of r

easo

ns, i

nclu

ding

the

tend

ency

of i

nk to

sta

in, b

ut th

e pr

oduc

tion

of a

fini

shed

boo

k by

one

pers

on is

cer

tain

ly a

com

bina

tion

of w

ill a

nd m

agic

. The

exh

ibi-

tion

will

exa

min

e in

tera

ctio

ns a

mon

g ty

pe, a

rt a

nd te

xt.

Cura

tors

: Hill

ary

Bro

wn,

edi

tor,

and

Tod

d R

iver

s, c

hief

pre

para

tor,

Geo

rgia

Mus

eum

of A

rt

Galle

ries

: Boo

ne a

nd G

eorg

e-A

nn K

nox

Gal

lery

I

Spon

sors

: The

W. N

ewto

n M

orris

Cha

ritab

le F

ound

atio

n an

d th

e

Frie

nds

of th

e G

eorg

ia M

useu

m o

f Art

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Lam

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odd:

Pai

ntin

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nd D

rawi

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Lam

ar D

odd—

teac

her,

arts

adm

inis

trat

or, a

dvoc

ate

and

artis

t—

rebu

ilt a

nd r

evita

lized

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Geo

rgia

’s a

rt d

epar

tmen

t

begi

nnin

g in

193

7. H

e w

as th

e m

ost r

ecog

nize

d ar

tist o

f his

gene

ratio

n fr

om th

e st

ate

of G

eorg

ia a

nd is

con

side

red

the

“god

fath

er”

of th

e G

eorg

ia M

useu

m o

f Art

. Rea

red

in L

aGra

nge,

Dod

d w

as a

n im

pass

ione

d ex

pone

nt o

f the

loca

l sce

ne m

ovem

ent,

and

his

wor

ks o

f the

193

0s a

nd 1

940s

feat

ured

sou

ther

n

land

scap

es, h

isto

ry, p

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e an

d in

dust

ry. H

e al

so s

erve

d as

an

“am

bass

ador

of c

ultu

re”

for

the

U.S

. Sta

te D

epar

tmen

t, as

tw

o-te

rm

pres

iden

t of t

he C

olle

ge A

rt A

ssoc

iatio

n an

d as

a p

artic

ipan

t in

the

NA

SA A

rt P

rogr

am. B

elie

ving

that

dra

win

g w

as th

e “m

othe

r

of th

e ar

ts,”

Dod

d ut

ilize

d th

e pr

actic

e ev

en a

s he

mov

ed fr

om

real

ism

in th

e 19

30s

to C

ubis

m a

nd A

bstr

act E

xpre

ssio

nism

in th

e

late

194

0s a

nd 1

950s

and

late

r in

to a

mat

ure

styl

e. F

eatu

ring

100

imag

es, t

his

spec

ial e

xhib

ition

dur

ing

the

mus

eum

’s r

eope

ning

year

cel

ebra

tes

Dod

d’s

care

er a

nd ju

xtap

oses

his

dra

win

gs

with

man

y of

his

rel

ated

wat

erco

lors

and

pai

ntin

gs. R

angi

ng

from

the

late

192

0s, w

hen

he w

as a

t the

Art

Stu

dent

s Le

ague

in N

ew Y

ork,

to th

e 19

90s

, the

exh

ibiti

on a

lso

incl

udes

the

first

larg

e-sc

ale

disp

lay

of im

ages

from

Dod

d’s

sket

chbo

oks.

Cura

tor:

Pau

l Man

ogue

rra,

chi

ef c

urat

or a

nd c

urat

or

of A

mer

ican

art

, Geo

rgia

Mus

eum

of A

rt

Galle

ries

: Virg

inia

and

Alfr

ed K

enne

dy a

nd P

hilip

Hen

ry A

lsto

n Jr

. Gal

lerie

s

Spon

sors

: Hel

en C

. Grif

fith,

Cle

men

ti L-

B H

olde

r,

C.L

. Mor

ehea

d Jr

., D

orot

hy A

lexa

nder

Rou

sh, t

he W

. New

ton

Mor

ris C

harit

able

Fou

ndat

ion

and

the

Frie

nds

of th

e G

eorg

ia

Mus

eum

of A

rt

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DEA

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IEN

DS,

It is

wit

h gr

eat p

leas

ure

that

I w

rite

to y

ou fo

r the

firs

t tim

e.

As

man

y of

you

may

kno

w, I

am

the

new

dir

ecto

r of d

evel

opm

ent h

ere

at th

e m

useu

m. I

t is

a pr

ivile

ge a

nd a

n ho

nor t

o be

a p

art o

f thi

s dy

nam

ic in

stit

utio

n,

and

I am

fore

ver g

rate

ful f

or th

is o

ppor

tuni

ty. A

s a

Geo

rgia

nat

ive

and

patr

on o

f the

arts

, I fe

el v

ery

fort

unat

e to

be

able

to s

erve

in th

is p

ositi

on, c

ultiv

atin

g an

d st

ewar

ding

maj

or d

onor

s fo

r the

sta

te a

nd u

nive

rsity

art

mus

eum

.

I gra

duat

ed fr

om th

e U

nive

rsity

of G

eorg

ia w

ith d

egre

es in

art

his

tory

and

stu

dio

art,

then

mov

ed to

New

Yor

k to

stu

dy a

rt b

usin

ess

at S

othe

by’s

Inst

itute

of A

rt, a

ccre

dite

d by

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Man

ches

ter.

This

pro

gram

gav

e m

e a

broa

d un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e ar

t mar

ket

and

the

art w

orld

, and

my

diss

erta

tion

inve

stig

ated

the

effe

cts

of g

ende

r on

the

mar

ket v

alue

and

repr

esen

tatio

n of

con

tem

pora

ry fe

mal

e ar

tists

thro

ugh

the

lens

es o

f the

Whi

tney

Bie

nnia

l

exhi

bitio

n fr

om 19

89 to

200

8.

My

back

grou

nd in

dev

elop

men

t beg

an a

t the

Sol

omon

R. G

ugge

nhei

m M

useu

m in

New

York

. I re

ceiv

ed a

sch

olar

ship

from

Sot

heby

’s th

at p

rovi

ded

a su

mm

er in

tern

ship

at t

he

Gug

genh

eim

in c

orpo

rate

dev

elop

men

t. A

t the

end

of t

he in

tern

ship

, I w

as o

ffere

d a

posi

tion

as c

oord

inat

or o

f maj

or g

ifts

and

the

capi

tal c

ampa

ign,

in w

hich

I ex

peri

ence

d fir

st-h

and

how

an in

tern

atio

nal i

nstit

utio

n cu

ltiva

tes,

solic

its a

nd s

tew

ards

its

maj

or d

onor

s.

Des

pite

my

love

of N

ew Y

ork,

my

hear

t led

me

back

to G

eorg

ia. I

bec

ame

a de

velo

pmen

t

offic

er fo

r the

Fin

e an

d Pe

rfor

min

g A

rts

Div

isio

n of

Fra

nklin

Col

lege

, ser

ving

the

Lam

ar D

odd

Scho

ol o

f Art

, Hug

h H

odgs

on S

choo

l of M

usic

, dep

artm

ent o

f the

atre

and

film

stu

dies

and

the

danc

e de

part

men

t bef

ore

taki

ng th

is p

ositi

on a

t GM

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.

I am

so

exci

ted

to b

e a

part

of t

he m

useu

m te

am. W

ith th

e op

enin

g of

our

new

ly re

nova

ted

build

ing,

ther

e is

muc

h to

sha

re a

nd b

e pr

oud

of a

s w

e pr

ess

forw

ard

with

fund

rais

ing

effo

rts

that

will

con

trib

ute

to th

e he

alth

and

vita

lity

of o

ur m

useu

m. I

look

forw

ard

to m

eetin

g yo

u al

l

and

lear

ning

mor

e ab

out t

he G

eorg

ia M

useu

m o

f Art

and

its

loya

l fri

ends

.

Car

olin

e M

addo

x, D

irec

tor o

f Dev

elop

men

t

Imag

e co

urte

sy S

mith

soni

an In

stitu

tion

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OM

Car

olin

e M

addo

xD

irec

tor o

f Dev

elop

men

t

Amer

ican

Let

terp

ress

: Th

e Ar

t of H

atch

Sho

w Pr

int

Aug

ust 2

7–N

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ber

6 Th

is e

xhib

ition

illu

stra

tes

the

fasc

inat

ing

fusi

on o

f art

with

pop

ular

cul

ture

and

mus

ic

hist

ory.

Fea

turin

g th

e w

ork

of o

ne o

f the

nat

ion’

s ol

dest

and

con

tinuo

usly

prin

ting

shop

s—N

ashv

ille,

Ten

n.’s

, Hat

ch S

how

Prin

t—it

high

light

s th

e un

ique

ly A

mer

ican

post

ers

prod

uced

to a

dver

tise

ever

ythi

ng fr

om v

aude

ville

sho

ws,

sta

te fa

irs a

nd

stoc

k ca

r ra

ces

to th

e G

rand

Ole

Opr

y, E

lvis

Pre

sley

and

Her

bie

Han

cock

.

The

exhi

bitio

n, c

reat

ed b

y th

e Sm

ithso

nian

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IF YOU ATTENDED the Georgia Museum of Art’s inaugural student

night, “Reopening Remixed,” in early February, or its second, “Keepin’

It Surreal,” in late April, you would have witnessed the building, typically

a serene environment filled with quiet contemplation, brimming with

noise from bands performing live, students wandering through the

museum’s halls and student-led tours featuring highlights from the

permanent collection, like Elizabeth Jane Gardner’s “La Confidence.”

As an academic unit of the University of Georgia, GMOA provides many

opportunities for students to participate in conversation on the fine arts.

Since its reopening this spring, the museum has trained and employed

student docents for the first time in its history. While internships have

allowed UGA undergraduate and graduate students the chance to work

behind the scenes at the museum, only the student docent program

encourages a dialogue among students, educators and museum visitors.

CARISSA DICINDIO, curator of education, initiated the student docent

program this past fall before the museum reopened to the public. Her

goal was to create a program that would teach new visitors the nuances

of the museum’s collection while engaging UGA’s student body. The

inaugural student docent corps includes 18 students, both undergraduate

and graduate, who, in addition to 35 community docents, will give

museum tours. The training process teaches them good communication

and interpretive skills while introducing them to the museum’s collection

and the significance of specific works. The docents met twice a month

in the fall and then a few times in the early spring to prepare for the

museum’s reopening. The training introduced the docents to a method

of gallery teaching that focuses on a dialogic approach to talking about art.

Student docent Elizabeth Perry (right) poses with friends

during Student Night.

Sheena Varghese discusses Edwin B. Smith’s portrait

of Robert Ransome Billups in the museum’s permanent

collection galleries.

This approach instructs the docent to invite all visitors, young, old,

educated or novice, into the conversation about the work of art. Visitors

are encouraged to share with the group what they see. In this way, they

inject their own experience into understanding the meaning of the work.

By encouraging a dialogue, docents do not dictate “how to look” or

“what to look for” but focus on the possibilities of individual experience

to cultivate a burgeoning interest in the objects visitors see.

SINCE THE MUSEUM HAS REOPENED to the public, the

docents have been busy giving tours to audiences including school groups

and university classes. Sheena Varghese, a UGA senior in art history, is

part of the fledgling class of docents. Before she became a docent, she

had worked as an education intern with DiCindio. Varghese also recently

was assistant curator for an exhibition at ATHICA, Athens Institute for

Contemporary Art, entitled “Taking Part,” which featured different mediums

of participatory art. She decided to become a docent because she wanted

to learn more about GMOA’s collection. Varghese says she enjoys the

opportunity to share what she has learned with others. She has learned

more about how museums work and plans to use the fundamentals of

the dialogic teaching method in her future endeavors as a member of Teach

For America. She would suggest the docent program to anyone who has

time to make the commitment.

Docent-led tours by both student and community docents are scheduled

every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and one Sunday each month. The dates for

the tours can be found on page 12 of this newsletter or on the museum’s

website. The student docent program is open to undergraduate and

graduate students of all majors. If you are interested in becoming a docent

with the Georgia Museum of Art and have a year to devote to the process,

please apply! Applications will be taken in August and can be found at

www.georgiamuseum.org.

Kaitlin Springmier, Publications Intern

As an academic unit of the University of Georgia,

GMOA provides many opportunities for students

to participate in conversation on the fine arts.

Since its reopening this spring, the museum has

trained and employed student docents for the

first time in its history.

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Artist, art writer and critic,

presidential portraitist,

educator and wife of painter

Willem de Kooning, Elaine de Kooning

lived and worked within the so-called

New York School (known for its effort to

assimilate into visual representation,

often using abstraction, relatively new

knowledge and understanding about

human nature from psychology and

anthropology), and the Abstract Expres-

sionism movement in the late 1940s and

1950s. Years later, she served as the first

Publication Spotlight

Lamar Dodd Visiting Professor of Art at

the University of Georgia in Athens. Born

Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in Brooklyn,

New York, she studied at the Leonardo

da Vinci Art School and the American

Artists School in New York City. She met

Willem de Kooning in 1937 and they

were married at City Hall, New York, in

December 1943. Married for more than

forty-five years, they spent most of their

time apart, although Elaine championed

and promoted Willem’s work in the 1940s.

She worked as an editorial associate for

Art News in 1948 and wrote articles about

some of the major figures in the art world,

including painters Joseph Albers, Arshile

Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline and

Mark Rothko. Working at the center of

New York City’s cultural life, she became

friends with composer John Cage and

choreographer Merce Cunningham, who

were a couple. She was an active member

of the Eighth-Street Club, a site for artists

to meet, drink and socialize whose

regulars included Helen Frankenthaler,

Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Kline,

Lee Krasner, Milton Resnick, Larry Rivers

and Rothko. Although de Kooning used

the Abstract Expressionist form, with its

energetic strokes of intense color, her

entire life, she also executed numerous

portraits. Her most famous series of

these, painted on commission from the

White House, depicts President John

F. Kennedy. She traveled to West Palm

Beach, Fla., to make painted sketches

of the president and spent much of 1963

working on the portrait for the Truman

Library. Following his assassination in

November 1963, she stopped painting for

a year and devoted her time to teaching

and sculpture. Over the course of her

career, she taught at the University of

New Mexico, Albuquerque; the University

of California, Davis; Carnegie Mellon

University; Yale University Graduate

School; and the Parsons School of Design,

among others. Her paintings are in the

collections of major museums, including

the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,

the Metropolitan Museum of Art

and the National Portrait Gallery,

Washington, D.C.1

Elaine de Kooning (American, 1918–1989)

Bacchus #81, 1983

Acrylic on canvas

65 x 45 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University of

Georgia; Gift of Marjorie and Edmund

Luyckx, in honor of Lamar Dodd

GMOA 1988.9

(A detail of this image appears

on page 3 of this newsletter.)

An excerpt from “One Hundred American Paintings” by Paul Manoguerra

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1 Jane K. Bledsoe, Elaine de Kooning, exh. cat. (Athens: Georgia Museum of Art, 1992); Lee Hall, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage (New

York: HarperCollins, 1993); April Kingsley, The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art (New York:

Simon & Schuster, 1992); Elaine de Kooning, The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism: Selected Writings (New York: George Braziller, 1994);

Michael Leja, Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s (New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1993); and John

Taylor, “An Interview with Elaine de Kooning in Athens,” Contemporary Art/Southeast 1, no. 1 (April–May 1977): 16–22.

2 Bledsoe, 39.

3 Elaine de Kooning quoted in Hall, 299.

4 Rose Slivka, “Elaine de Kooning: The Bacchus Paintings,” Arts Magazine 57 (October 1982): 66–70, reprinted in a brochure for Fischbach

Gallery, New York, 1994. Other examples include Jill Rachelle Chancey, “Elaine de Kooning: Negotiating the Masculinity of Abstract Expression-

ism,” Ph.D. diss., The University of Kansas, 2006; Mary Lee Sullivan, “Questions of Gender and Subjectivity in Elaine de Kooning’s Bacchus

Paintings,” in Frances van Keuren, ed. Archaeologicia Transatlantica 16 (Providence, RI: Brown University, 1997); and Lisa Beth Strahl,

“Gender construction and manifestation in the art of Elaine de Kooning,” Ph.D. diss., Temple University, 2009.

Elaine de KooningUntitled study for Bacchus series, 1977

Watercolor on paper

10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University

of Georgia; Gift of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Lambert

GMOA 1988.12

De Kooning painted the first of her

immense canvases in the “Bacchus”

series in her studio on the University of

Georgia campus during her tenure as the

initial Dodd Visiting Professor. All are

based on a 19th-century sculpture—“one

of those wonderful exuberant statues you

see wherever you go”—she saw in the

Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris in the

summer of 1976.2 She spent several days

at the site, making sketches of the

sculpture by Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838–

1902), which features Silenus, the teacher

and faithful companion of Bacchus in

ancient mythology, as the central figure.

Over the next six years, de Kooning

created about 50 sketches and more than

60 paintings in the series. She writes, “I

always do my best painting when I’m . . .

totally obsessed with an image. When

every work seems to initiate a new work,

and when I can think of nothing else but

the possibilities of more and more images

in a series.”3 “Bacchus #81” was painted in

her East Hampton studio based upon her

on-site watercolor sketches. De Kooning

utilizes brash blocks and lyrical swipes of

blue, green and yellow to communicate the

confusion and motion of the drunken,

toppling Silenus, his stumbling donkey,

and the silens, satyrs and nymphs sur-

rounding him. In rich, bold brushstrokes,

she provides the feel of the jovial, “trium-

phant” Silenus’ beard. Most recent art

historical literature on the “Bacchus”

series argues that de Kooning was

metaphorically responding to her role in

the male-dominated New York art world

and the Abstract Expressionist movement.

Rose Slivka writes, for example, “The

artist is in a dilemma from which she

struggles to extricate herself; at the same

time she finds herself getting in deeper

in a labyrinth of meanings in which the

paintings become a track of the journey.”4

This study for deKooning’s “Bacchus” series is on view in the Lamar Dodd Gallery

as part of the exhibition “American Watercolors from

the Permanent Collection” through August 7.

“Bacchus #81” is on permanent display in the Byrnece Purcell

Knox Swanson Gallery. “One Hundred

American Paintings” is for sale in the Museum

Shop, located in the museum lobby and online.

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Collections: NEW ACQUISITIONSThe Ray-Brewster Family Bedspread and Bolster, ca. 1923

This pristine pair of textiles descended to Mr.

Charles Ray Brewster of Macon, and his wife,

Mrs. Ruth Brewster, provided for its care in

recent years. Their son, Bob Brewster of Athens, brought

the piece to the museum’s attention. The Brewster family

is donating this superb example of needlework to GMOA

in honor of the original recipient, Clarice Ray Brewster

(née Clarice Ethel Ray).

Brewster and her husband, Fred Hubert Brewster,

received the bedspread and bolster as a wedding gift in

1923 from its maker, Moselle Weldon Adams, wife of Dr.

Charles Adams, who performed their wedding ceremony.

Alternate panels of crochet and linen make up the

bedspread, which is embroidered with a flower-in-guil-

loche pattern and edged in handmade fringe. Similarly,

the bolster comprises lengths of linen and two panels of

crochet and features the initials CRB, for “Clarice Ray

Brewster,” in art deco style on its face. Both ends of the

bolster are open for the insertion of pillows.

Remarkably, a ball of string and a partially tatted or

crocheted panel, two crochet panels and two small

panels of linen showing in-stage creation survive. These

remains of manufacture present a rare and interesting

context for research and education.

Top and bottom right: A flower-in-guilloche pattern

embellishes the bedspread’s linen panels.

(A detail of this image appears on page 3 of this newsletter.)

Bottom left: This detail of the bolster shows the

art-deco styling of Clarice Brewster’s monogram.

Inset: A remnant of hand-made fringe for edging

and in-process crochet work.

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Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of Art

To schedule a class visit or student assignment at the Georgia Museum of Art, please call

us at 706.542.GMOA (4662) at least two weeks prior to the visit. Scheduling in advance

enables us to prepare for your visit whether it is a docent-led tour, a self-guided visit led by

an instructor or students who will be coming on their own to complete an assignment.

Calendar : Summer 2011 Special Events

After Hours at GMOAOpening Reception for “Lamar Dodd: Paintings and Drawings”Friday, August 19, 5–8 p.m.The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar

Dodd School of Art invite you to a reception celebrating

the work of Georgia’s most renowned artist of the 20th

century and the namesake of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School

of Art. For more information, call 706.542.0437.

UGA Student Day at GMOAThursday, September 15, 1–8 p.m.The Georgia Museum of Art invites university students

for a special day of programs and tours. Learn about

the many ways you can be involved at the museum.

At 2 p.m. come to the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium for

a discussion on museum jobs by a panel of GMOA

staff. Student docent-led tours, gallery talks and behind-

the-scenes tours will take place throughout the day.

Students will receive a 15% discount in the Museum

Shop. Sponsored by the GMOA Student Association.

Evening for EducatorsThursday, September 22, 4:15–6 p.m.Educators for grades K–12 are invited to join colleagues

for a wine and cheese reception. This is an excellent

time to preview exhibitions with curators and docents

and to sign up for guided tours and new teaching

packets. Please respond by Sept. 15 to 706.542.GMOA

(4662) or gmoaedu@uga.edu.

Tours

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Tour At Two: Decorative Arts from the Permanent CollectionWednesday, July 6, 2 p.m.Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for an

introductory tour of GMOA’s collection of decorative arts.

Tour At Two: The Life and Works of Pierre DauraWednesday, July 13, 2 p.m.Join Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art,

for a discussion of the life and works of Pierre Daura.

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionSunday, July 17, August 14 and September 11, 3 p.m.Join docents for a tour of highlights from the

permanent collection.

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionWednesday, July 20, July 27, August 10, August 17, August 31, September 7, September 14 and September 21, 2 p.m. Join docents for a tour of the most significant works

from the permanent collection.

Tour at Two: “Lamar Dodd: Paintings and Drawings”Wednesday, August 24, 2 p.m. Join Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of

American art, for a tour of this exhibition that includes

the first large-scale display of images from Dodd’s

sketchbooks.

Tour at Two: “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print”Wednesday, September 28, 2 p.m.Join Todd Rivers, chief preparator, for a tour of this

traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian

Institution Traveling Exhibition Services.

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Lectures & Gallery Talks

Workshops & Classes

Films

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Gallery Talk: “The Art of Disegno”Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 p.m.Join guest curator Dr. Robert Randolf Coleman, associate

professor, University of Notre Dame, for a discussion of

Italian prints and drawings from the museum’s collection.

Artful ConversationWednesday, August 3, 2 p.m.Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for a

discussion of Gregory Gillespie’s “Wheel of Life”

(1992) from the museum’s permanent collection.

The Kress CollectionSaturday, July 16, 10 a.m.–noonVisit the Samuel H. Kress Gallery to learn about GMOA’s

Kress Collection and the Kress Project. Then head to

the first-floor classroom to make Renaissance-inspired

picture frames for your own masterpiece!

Abstract AdventuresSaturday, August 13, 10 a.m.–noonWhat is abstract art? Visit GMOA’s permanent collection

to see some of the museum’s abstract paintings, then

head to the first-floor classroom to make an abstract work

of your own.

Drawing in the GalleriesThursday, July 14, July 28, August 11, August 25 and September 8, 5–8 p.m.Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during

these hours. No instruction provided. Pencils only.

UGA Faculty Lunch and LearnThursday, July 21, noonFirst-floor education spaceFaculty is invited to bring a lunch as GMOA curators

demonstrate how to utilize the permanent collection

as a teaching tool.

Film Series: Artist’s Biographies “Pierre Daura”Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumA documentary film by Agnes de Sacy. Pierre Daura

(1896–1976) divided his life between Catalonia,

France and the United States. His art—at times abstract,

more often figurative—reflects and is enriched by the

joys and sorrows of a life of active engagement in historic

events of his century. Introduced by Lynn Boland,

Pierre Daura Curator of European Art (28 minutes, NR).

Film Series: Artist Biographies“Mr. Dial Has Something to Say”Thursday, July 21, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumThornton Dial (b. 1928) is a self-taught artist who only

began seriously making art after his retirement, con-

structing figurative sculptures, then branched out to

painting and mixed-media assemblages. It wasn't very

long before he was discovered by the art world and

showing his “things” at galleries and museums, including

the New Museum in New York and the Whitney Biennial.

His art functions like folk tales, combining African and

American traditions to tell stories that are at once

personal, political and spiritual. Introduced by Carissa

DiCindio, curator of education (60 minutes, NR).

Film Series: Artist Biographies“Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet”Thursday, July 28, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumUsing more than 60 of Marsden Hartley’s paintings and

drawings, as well as many photographs from collections

around the world, director Michael Maglaras traces

Hartley’s life and work from its earliest beginnings in

Lewiston, Maine, through his travels in Europe and the

United States and ends with his secluded and lonely

life in a remote Maine fishing village. Special guest

Maglaras will speak about the film. Introduced by Paul

Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art

(65 minutes, NR).

Family Days

HIGHLIGHTS

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor

Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota, YellowBook USA and the Friends

of the Georgia Museum of Art and are free and open to the public. • •

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Georgia History TrunkThe Georgia History Trunk connects selected

works in the collection of the Georgia Museum

of Art with Georgia history. It contains lesson

plans for grades K–12, objects and media, and can

be borrowed by educators in Georgia. Please call

705.542.GMOA (4662) for more information.

Educators Visit our Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center or

our website for teaching packets,

lesson plans and supplemental information

for your students.

Art Adventures: Summer in the City This summer, the Georgia Museum of Art invites

day camps, daycare centers and community

centers for a special tour and art project related to this

year’s theme, “Summer in the City.” Call 706.542.

GMOA (4662) to schedule your visit. Sponsored by

Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher.

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943), Fruit Still Life,

ca. 1911–12. Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches.

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Eva

Underhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American

Art, gift of Alfred H. Holbrook, GMOA 1945.46

Master of the Loeser Madonna (Sienese, active ca. 1340)

St. Clare, ca. 1340. Tempera on panel. Georgia Museum

of Art, University of Georgia; Samuel H. Kress Study

Collection, GMOA 1961.1890

Films are generously sponsored by the

UGA Parents & Families Association

Check our website for the most recent information on events:

www.georgiamuseum.org

Check our website for information about the

Latin American Film Festival, which begins in September.

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Gifts

The popular Normaltown café and bakery is now serving fresh-made coffee,

sandwiches and baked goods in the new museum lobby.

Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Have breakfast, lunch or a snack, enjoy a spectacular view of the

Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden and support the museum.

Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art!

NOW OPEN!

(Ike & Jane generously donates 10 percent of profits from its GMOA location to the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art!)

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between February 5 and April 8, 2011:

ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETY

Mrs. M. Smith Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr.

Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.

BENEFACTORMr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Walker

PATRONMr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres

Mr. Howard Scott and Ms. Karen Benson

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEMs. Lucinda Samford Cannon

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellison

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Greene

BABIES

Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, and her

husband, Patrick Yaggy, welcomed Graham James

Yaggy on March 3, 2011. Baby Graham weighed 5 lbs.,

11 oz., and was 19 inches long. Congratulations,

Carissa and Patrick!

Graham James Yaggy

ETC.

GMOA was proud to co-host the 2011 Georgia Assembly

of Community Arts Agencies Annual conference May 1–3

in conjunction with the ACC Leisure Services Arts Division.

Public relations coordinator Jenny Williams co-presented

the “Turning Your Website into a Cash Register” session,

and director Bill Eiland and board of advisors chair Carl

Mullis presented a roundtable lunch discussion “How to

Create an Effective Board.”

Mr. Thomas Edward Kurtz

Mr. and Mrs. David Matheny

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Kain

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schoen

Mr. and Mrs. Billy S. Smith

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between February 16 and May 19, 2011:

In memory of Milner S. Ball by his family

In memory of Lamar Dodd by Robert L. Steed

In honor of Paula Arscott by an anonymous donor

In honor of Annelies Mondi by Marge Massey

In honor of Peg Wood by Mr. and Mrs. Ray P. Bush Jr.

In honor of the staff of the Georgia Museum of Art

by Bonnie Ramsey

FRIENDS NEWS

At their annual meeting on May 17, the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art thanked Karen Benson for

her year of service as Friends president and welcomed new president Karen Prasse and president-elect Michele

Turner. Loyal Friend David Matheny received the 2011 “Smitty,” the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award.

The museum staff and community deeply appreciate the support we receive from this amazing group of volunteers.

Thank you!

NEW DOCENTS

Docents of GMOA held their annual meeting and luncheon on Monday, May 9, at the Georgia Club. This event

recognizes docents for their generosity, hard work and accomplishments. Docents participate in a rigorous program

that requires studying the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions in preparation for giving personalized

tours to visitors of all ages. The next docent program begins in September. For applications and deadlines, visit

www.georgiamuseum.org.

Graduates of the docent class of 2011 (l to r): Kitty Donnan, Susan Glover, Mary Louise Stark, Peg Heckathorn,

Betty Myrtle, Patty Whitehead, Laura Nehf, Agnieszka Nickelson, Karen Montcrief and Melody Croft. Not pictured:

Nancy Clark and Patty Cloar Millstead.

NEW EMPLOYEES

The Staff at the Georgia Museum of Art would like

to welcome new employees Melissa Rackley, curatorial

assistant, and Caroline Maddox, director of development.

Rackley has a BFA in painting and drawing from Parsons

School of Design and an MAEd in art education from

UGA. She has studied abroad in Cortona and at the

American University in Paris, taught fifth-grade language

arts and social studies at St. Joseph’s Catholic School

in Athens and taught art at the Lyndon House Arts

Center. Maddox graduated from UGA with degrees in

studio art and art history and then moved to New York

to study art business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She

was coordinator of major gifts and the capital campaign

for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

(Read more about Maddox on page 6 of this newsletter.)

AWARDS

Curator of education Carissa DiCindio won the National Art Educa-

tion Association (NAEA) Southeastern Museum Educator of the Year award.

NAEA is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for

visual arts educators. GMOA intern Theresa Rodewald, who graduated

in May from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, won this year’s Louis T. Griffith

Student of the Year Award. Rodewald was president of the museum’s

student association and spearheaded the first GMOA student night, which

drew more than 2,000 visitors. Former intern and 2009 Louis T. Griffith

Student of the Year Sarah Quinn was selected as UGA’s amazing student

of the week beginning Monday, April 25. Quinn graduated in May from the

Lamar Dodd School of Art. Work-study student Wassim Mentouri, a 2011

UGA graduate in accounting, received the Deloitte Outstanding Community

Service Award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship, on April 21 at the

Classic Center. We are proud of our award-winning staff and interns!

Theresa Rodewald receives the Louis T.

Griffith Student of the Year Award

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JOIN THE NEW GMOA!

Not a member? Join the museum during one of the

most exciting moments in its history! Join on our website,

www.georgiamuseum.org, or call 706.542.0437.

JOINStudent Night

Family Day

Students channel Salvador Dalí at Student Night: Keepin’ It Surreal.

Members of UGA’s Community Music School Suzuki violin program

perform at Family Day: Make It Shine.

Outgoing Friends president Karen Benson and museum director

Bill Eiland.

David Matheny poses with the Smitty Award, created by Jack Kehoe.

Event Photos

Parking for the Georgia Museum of Art is available in the Performing Arts Center

(PAC) parking deck, which is located at the rear of lot E11 off River Road (see map).

There is no free visitor parking on campus during regular business hours. Parking in

the PAC deck is free on Saturdays and Sundays and after 5:30 p.m. on weeknights with

a valid UGA ID or permit, unless there is a special event. Free parking (that is, parking

without a permit) is available in surface lot E11 on Saturdays and Sundays and after

4 p.m. on weekdays.

Note: River Road will be under construction May 16–August 12.

Please call 706.542.GMOA (4662) when planning your visit this summer.For more event photos see www.flickr.com/gmoa

Friends Annual Meeting

Friends Annual Meeting

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