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Elegant Salute XIIGMOA TimelineArt Expands

Board of Advisors Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr.Dr. Amalia K. AmakiMrs. Frances Aronson-HealeyTurner I. Ball, M.D.Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.Mr. Richard E. BerkowitzMrs. Devereux C. BurchMr. Robert E. BurtonMrs. Debbie C. CallawayMr. Randolph W. CampMrs. Shannon I. Candler, past chair Mrs. Faye S. ChambersMr. Harvey J. ColemanMrs. Martha T. DinosMrs. Annie Laurie DoddMs. Sally DorseyProfessor Marvin EisenbergMs. Carlyn F. Fisher Mr. James B. FleeceMr. Edgar J. Forio Jr.Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr.Mr. John M. GreeneMrs. Helen C. GriffithMrs. M. Smith GriffithMrs. Marion E. JarrellProfessor John D. KehoeMrs. George-Ann KnoxMrs. Shell H. KnoxMr. David W. MathenyMs. Catherine A. MayMrs. Helen P. McConnellMr. Mark G. McConnellMrs. Marilyn 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. MyrtleDr. John NickersonMrs. Deborah L. O’KainMrs. Janet W. PattersonMs. Kathy B. PrescottDr. William F. Prokasy IVMr. Rowland A. Radford Jr. Ms. Margaret A. RolandoMr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr.Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush Mrs. Sarah P. SamsMr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr.Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt Mr. Henry C. SchwobMrs. Ann C. ScogginsMs. Cathy Selig-KuranoffMr. S. Stephen Selig IIIMrs. Dudley R. StevensMrs. Carolyn W. TannerMrs. Judith M. TaylorMrs. Barbara Auxier TurnerMr. C. Noel WadsworthMs. Kathleen E. WalkerMr. G. Vincent West

Ex-officioMs. Karen L. BensonMrs. Linda C. ChesnutDr. William U. EilandMr. Tom LandrumProfessor Jere W. MoreheadDr. Libby V. MorrisMs. Georgia Strange

From the Director

Georgia Museum of Art

University of Georgia

90 Carlton Street

Athens, GA 30602

Admission: Free

Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday,

Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed on Mondays and

state holidays.

706.542.GMOA

Fax: 706.542.1051

Exhibition Line: 706.542.3254

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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 appropria-

tions 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 Arch Foundation and the

University of Georgia Foundation.The

Georgia Museum of Art is ADA compliant;

the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium is

equipped for the hearing-impaired.

Whew . . .Thank you to all of our Phase II donors:

Francis L. Abreu Charitable Trust • Dr. and Mrs. Warren K. Agee • Ms. Margaret G. Agner • Dr. Christine Albright and Mr.

Peter Appel • Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr. • All-Safe Storage Company • Dr. Amalia K. Amaki • Drs. Wyatt and Margaret

Anderson • Anonymous • Mr. and Mrs. Milton Applefield • Reverend and Mrs. Jon Appleton • Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Arnold •

Aurum Studios, Ltd. • Turner I. Ball, M.D. • Ms. Peggy Barnett • Dr. and Mrs. Gary Barrett • Ms. Elizabeth S. Barton • Ms. Karen

Benson and Mr. Howard Scott • Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Bentley Sr. • Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz • Drs. Edward and Jenny

Best • Ms. Elena Bianchelli • Dr. and Mrs. James W. Bland Jr. • BNY Mellon Wealth Management • Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bolton

Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. Nash Boney • Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bowen • Ms. Katrina Little Bowers • Dr. and Mrs. Jose Boza • Mr. and

Mrs. Barney Lee Brannen • Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brinning • Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Brown Jr. • Mr. Timothy David Brown • Mr.

James S. Browne • Ms. Candle Brumby • Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch • Ms. Monica Burke • Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton •

Dr. Ronald E. Butchart • Dr. and Mrs. W. Harvey Cabaniss Jr. • Callaway Foundation, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Camp •

Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Candler • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Capton • Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carlson

• Dr. Paige Carmichael and Mr. John Ahee • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter • Casa Interiors & Exteriors • Mr. and Mrs. Harry T.

Catchpole • Mr .William C. Cato • Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Chambers • Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Chambers Jr. • Mr. and Mrs.

Woody Chastain • Mr. and Mrs. David Chesnut • Dr. and Mrs. William O. Chittick • Mr. Sanford A. Cohn • Mr. and Mrs. Harvey

J. Coleman • Ms. Elaine C. Commins • The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conant •

Ms. Rachel Cosby Conway • Mr. Glenn Willard Cook • Mr. and Mrs. Joel Coolik • Ms. Patricia Irwin Cooper • Mr. and Mrs. Roy

L. Bell • Dr. Betty Jean Craige • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crain • Ms. Kaye Crane • Mr. and Mrs. Zack D. Cravey Jr. • Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Cross • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cruise • Mrs. Ruth W. Curtis • Dr. and Mrs. Horace G. Cutler • Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Lee

Daniel Jr. • Mr. Gregory John Daniels • Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett L. Davis, III • Ms. Martha Randolph Daura • Ms. Karen Day • Ms.

Deanne Deavours • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dekle • Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Dempsey • Mr. Thomas B. DePriest • Dr. and Mrs. Louis

DeVorsey • Dr. George Stanic and Ms. Irene Diamond • Mr. Patrick and Dr. Carissa DiCindio • Ms. Martha T. Dinos • Mrs.

Annie Laurie Dodd • Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Dorminey • Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Durham • Mr and Mrs. Robert G. Edge • William U.

Eiland and Andrew Ladis • Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellis • Dr. Mary Arnold Erlanger • Dr. and Mrs. Goodloe Yancey Erwin • Dr.

Grace Jones Eubank • ExxonMobil Foundation • Mr. Abbott L. Ferriss • Dr. and Mrs. Giancarlo Fiorenza • Ms. Lisa Ellis Fiscus •

Dr. and Mrs. William P. Flatt • Dr. and Mrs. James B. Fleece • Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Forio Jr. • Mr. Lawrence Forte • Ms. Betty

Alice Fowler • Dr. and Mrs. William J. Free • Dr. and Mrs. Coburn Freer • Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art • Mr. and Mrs.

James R. Gabrielsen • Mr. and Mrs. Denny C. Galis • Dr. and Mrs. Leon Galis • Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gayeski • Ms. Marie Gayeski

• Dr. and Mrs. George M. Gazda • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Gibson III • Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr. • Dr. and Mrs.

Claiborne Glover III • Dr. Stephen Goldfarb • Mr. and Mrs. John A. Graffius • Mrs. Henry D. Green • Mr. and Mrs. Henry D.

Green Jr. • Mrs. Gwen W. Griffin • Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Griffin Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Ben Griffith • Mr. Louis T. Griffith Jr. • Mrs. M.

Smith Griffith • Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale in honor of Mrs. Marion Ellis Jarrell • Mr. and Mrs. Sanders F. Hale • Mr. Edward S.

Hallman • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Harden • Mr. Doug Harman and Ms. Michele Turner • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Harper • Mr.

and Mrs. Jonathan M. Harvey • Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hawkins • Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hebblethwaite • Mrs. Marguerite Moss

Heery • Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Henderson • Drs. Lawrence and Mary Hepburn • Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hill • Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph H. Hilsman III • Ms. Cecelia B. Hinton • Clementi L-B Holder • Dr. and Mrs. Irwin L. Honigberg • Mr. John Peter Hooten

• Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Howard • Dr. Kathryn N. Howell • Dr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Hudson • Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hughes • John P. and

Dorothy S. Illges Foundation • Norman and Emmy Lou Illges Foundation • Mrs. Irwin Harvey • Mrs. Elizabeth Amis Jackson •

Jacob Burns Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jarrell • Ms. Qiu Jing • Mr. Gregory Johnson • Norman E. Johnson M.D. • Mr.

Paul R. Jones • Ms. Shireen M. Jones • Mrs. Millicent M. Jowdy • Dr. Doris Y. Kadish • Despy Karlas and Lars Ljungdahl •

Professor and Mrs. John D. Kehoe • Mr. and Mrs. Cole H. Kelly • Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy Jr. • Mrs. Teresa Kesler • Mr. Stephen P.

Key • Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce King • Dr. and Mrs. Scott Kleiner • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knappenberger • Dr. John C. Knowlton Jr. •

Mr. and Mrs. Boone A. Knox • Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Knox • Mr. and Mrs. Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. William C. Koch Jr.

• Mr. and Mrs. David E. Krischer • Kudzu Graphics • Ms. Joyce B. LaGore • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Landrum • Mrs. Barbara W.

Laughlin • Mr. John M. Lee • Ms. Nancy Lendved • Mr. and Mrs. George R. Lichter • Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Loef • Lorberbaum

Family Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum • Mr. and Mrs. Beynon Lynch • Dr. and Mrs. Arnett C. Mace Jr. • Mrs.

Sue Weems Mann • Dr. and Mrs. Paul Manoguerra • Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Martin • Ms. Marguerite Massey • Mr. and Mrs. David

E. Matheny • Ms. Catherine May and Dr. Paul Irvine • Mrs. Earl McCutchen • Ms. M. Elizabeth McGhee • Mr. Michael McGovern

• John and Marilyn McMullan • McNeely Foundation • Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely • Mrs. Sandra G. Menendez • Mercury Art

Works • Mr. and Mrs. Herb Miller • Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniels Minor • Ms. Joy G. Moncrief • Ms. Annelies Mondi • Mr. and Mrs.

James A. Moore • Mr. C. L. Morehead Jr. • Mr. John Morrison and Ms. Cindy Karp • Mr. William Darrell Moseley • Ms. Jane C.

Mullins • Mr. and Mrs. Carl W.Mullis III • Susan and Don Myers • Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Myrtle • Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Nalley III •

National Endowment for the Humanities • Mr. and Mrs. James L. Newland • Mrs. Sea Willow Nichols • Ms. Susanna Rives

Nicholson • Dr. and Mrs. John Nickerson • Dr. and Mrs. Felix A. Nigro • Mr. and Mrs. Edman Norris • Dr. and Mrs. Edward S.

Novey • Estate of Eugene P. Odum • Mr. Kenneth Dean Ogletree • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Kain • Mr. and Mrs. Sanford H. Orkin

• Judge and Mrs. J. Carlisle Overstreet • Estate of Patsy Dudley Pate • Drs. Gordhan and Virginia Patel • Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.

Patterson • Mrs. Christine Pavlak • Dr. Cynthia Anne Payne • Mr. William M. Perry • Mr. and Mrs. Valdis I. Petrovs • Mr. Carey

Pickard • Ms. Lanora Pierce • Dr. Charles Platter and Dr. Alice Kinman • Mr. and Mrs. Hubert A. Pless III • Mrs. Virginia Voss

Pope • Karen Prasse, M.D. • Ms. Kathy B. Prescott amd Mr. Grady Thrasher • Family of Charles B. Presley • Dr. and Mrs. William

F. Prokasy IV • Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Ramsey • Ms. Nancy C. Ramsey • Raymond James

Charitable Endowment Fund • Dr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves • Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Repass • Dr. and Mrs. Marion J. Rice •

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Rivers • Robert W. Woodruff Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. John E. Robertson • Ms. Joan Roeber-Jones • Ms.

Margaret A. Rolando • Mr. and Mrs. Alex Roush • Mr. Chester A. Roush Jr. • Ms. Jan Roush • Ms. Sarina Rousso • Mr. James E.

Routh III • Mrs. Katherine Rowan • Mrs. Lucy M. Rowland • Dr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Ruppersburg • Mrs. Alison M. Ruzicka •

Ms. Melissa Ryder • Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sams III • Capt. and Mrs. Leonard J. Sapera • Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and William E.

Torres M.D. • Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Scheidt • Scheidt Family Foundation • Schwab Charitable Fund • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scoggins

• Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal • Ms. Swann Seiler • Selig Foundation • Mrs. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff • Mr. and Mrs. S. Stephen

Selig III • Dr. Elizabeth T. Sheerer • Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sheftall • Mrs. Virginia Shields • Ms. Michelle Taylor Shutzer • Mr. T.

Marion Slaton • Mr. Lee Smith and Ms. Rinne Allen • Dr. and Mrs. H. McCord Smith Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. Milton Snyder • Mr. and

Mrs. James A. Sommerville • Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding • Dr. Henry King Stanford • State Farm Companies Foundation • Mrs.

Betty Blount Stephens • Mrs. Dudley Stevens • Estate of Bernard Stevens • Mr. and Mrs. W. Hawley Stevens II • Mr. and Mrs.

David Stone • Mr. and Mrs. James Straehla • Mrs. Caroline Strobel • Ms. Peggy H. Suddreth • Mrs. James Campbell Symmes •

Mr.and Mrs. W. Rhett Tanner • Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Taylor • Mrs. Elinor T. Terrell • Mr. and Mrs. John H. Terrell Jr. • Ms. Anita

Morrison Thomas • Mrs. Ramon C. Thompson • Ms. Mary Jo Thompson • Mr. Peter Thompson and Ms. Deborah Dietzler •

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Thornton • Mrs. Bettijo Hogan Trawick • Mrs. Elizabeth Peters Turner • Mr. and Mrs. H. Jack Turner • Mr.

and Mrs. James Cooper Turner • Ms. Sandi Turner and Mr. Chris Wyrick • United States Department of Housing and Urban

Development • Dr. and Mrs. Philip G. Van Dyck • Vanguard Charitable Endowment • Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Wade • Mr. and

Mrs. Ian Walker • Ms. Pauline Walters • Mrs. Ruthann B. Walton • Mr. William D. Wansley in honor of Mrs. Stevi Smith Wansley

• Mr. David Warner • Ms. Mary Warren • Professor and Mrs. John C. Waters • West Foundation, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.

West • Mr. and Mrs. G. Vincent West • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westmacott • Mr. Hoyt Henry Whelchel Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Leonard

G. Whitworth • Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wiley III • Dr. Thomas Wilfong • Ms. Carla Ann Williams • Mr. Thomas Wiliams • Mrs. Jane

S. Willson • Frances Wood Wilson Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Smith Wilson • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop II • Dr. Raymond

Woller • Mr. Lamar Wood • Drs. Norman and Margaret Wood • Mrs. Patricia Wright

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From the Director

Art Expands: GMOA’s Grand Reopening

GMOA Timeline

GMOA’s Permanent Collection: Always on View

Exhibitions

Preview: Elegant Salute XII

Collections

Calendar of Events

Museum Notes

Gifts

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Art Expands: The New GMOA

The new galleries are devoted to the long-term

display of the permanent collection. Light bars,

structural vertical openings that extend through the

building from top to bottom, allow natural light to

illuminate the interior spaces. Black terrazzo marble

covers the floor of the Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony,

which connects the original building to the addition.

The existing galleries in the C.L. Morehead Jr. Wing

will continue to house temporary and traveling

exhibitions.

The M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall, expanded

lobby space that connects the new wing to the

existing building on the ground floor, also serves as

a reception venue and can seat as many as 300

people. The museum’s west facade, created entirely

of glass, stretches along the back of the lobby and

provides a breathtaking view of the new Jane and

Harry Willson Sculpture Garden. A café cart will

provide coffee drinks, breakfast items and lunch

in this area, where patrons can sit at tables inside

overlooking the garden or on benches outside.

Falling water and a collection pool are accessible by

a winding path of gradually inclining terraces, and

giant white pavers trimmed with lush grass create

a patio, making this a perfect venue for quiet

meditation or for outdoor events and receptions.

Icelandic artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir’s installation

“Horizons” will christen the cloistered garden,

which is dedicated to female sculptors.

Another major addition to GMOA is the third-floor

Study Centers in the Humanities, partly funded

by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The

Pierre Daura Center; the Jacob Burns Foundation

Center; the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of

the Decorative Arts; and the C.L. Morehead Jr.

Center for the Study of American Art contain

archives from the museum’s collections and

promote study and research in the humanities.

Additional teaching, classroom and work areas will

increase and enhance the museum’s service to the

university and to the community at large. In addition

to the newly expanded Louis T. Griffith Library, the

third floor is also home to a new education suite,

the gift of Dudley and Bernie Stevens, including a

new classroom. The Shannon and Peter Candler

Collection Study Room, formerly the Prints and

Drawings Study Room, has moved to the second

floor and is always available by appointment.

Beverly Pepper’s large-scale sculpture “Ascen-

sione,” permanently installed outside the museum’s

expanded entrance on the east side of the building,

symbolizes the completion of Phase II. Like the

hill on which the Performing and Visual Arts

Complex sits, “Ascensione” sweeps upward,

symbolizing the union of the vita activa, represented

by UGA’s Ramsey Center at the bottom of the hill,

which houses the department of recreational sports,

and the vita contemplativa, represented by the fine

and performing arts housed in the museum, the

Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the Performing Arts

Center and the Lamar Dodd School of Art. In its

very title, at its apex “Ascensione” communes with

the spiritual and invites the viewer to take part in the

journey from one realm to the next, both out of doors

and in the galleries inside.

Jenny Williams, Public Relations Coordinator

G MOA broke ground March 3, 2009, on its Phase II

expansion, designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects

(New York), after raising $20 million in external

support to fund the construction. The addition to the

existing facility includes more than 16,000 square feet in new galleries,

an outdoor sculpture garden, an expanded lobby and additional storage

space. The entire project has increased the building’s area by 29,970

square feet.

Beverly Pepper (American, b. 1922) Ascensione, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by Don and Susan Myers and the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

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Three additional galleries are added.

Lamar Dodd retires as head of UGA’s School of Art. Dodd and Holbrook worked closely together for many years.

Alfred H. Holbrook (18??–1974) dies.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Bentley Sr. Collection established.

The museum opens a new 52,000-square-foot building within the university’s Performing and Visual Arts Complex.

As the collections and the demands of exhibitions and programs grow, the museum embarks upon a successful capital campaign as part of Archway to Excellence, raising $20 million for a renovation and expansion project.

GMOA breaks ground on its expansion and renovation.

The museum reopens.

Illustration by Barbara Worth Ratner.

With a donation of 100 American paintings, the Georgia Museum of Art is founded when Alfred Heber Holbrook, a retired New York lawyer, chooses the University of Georgia in Athens as the site for a museum in memory of his late wife, Eva Underhill Holbrook.

GMOA Timeline: Past and Present

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GMOA’s Permanent Collection: Always on View

The Samuel H. Kress Gallery

features 12 Italian paintings from the

Trecento and Baroque periods given to

the museum in 1961 by the Kress

Foundation. Founded by Samuel H.

Kress (of the eponymous chain of

five-and-dime stores) in 1929 to see

that his collection of more than 3,000

works of European art would be

distributed to smaller museums across

the nation, the Kress Foundation strives

to provide greater access to these works

outside of major urban centers. Among

the permanently installed paintings will

be the popular “Madonna and Child”

(ca. 1510) by Marco Basaiti. According

to Pierre Daura Curator of European Art

Lynn Boland, “The establishment of our

Kress Gallery allows us to showcase

much of the research already under-

taken on this study collection and marks

an exciting era of further scholarship.”

The H. Randolph Holder Gallery is dedicated to European works of the

19th and 20th centuries, including

many by Pierre Daura. GMOA holds

more than 600 of the Catalan-American

Albert Coles & Company (New York, 1835–1877). Pitcher, 1869.

T he pangs of our collective separation anxiety over the museum’s closing in 2009 were worth it. Thirteen new galleries now house a significantly larger portion of GMOA’s vast permanent collection, including many of the 100 American paint-

ings that made up Alfred Heber Holbrook’s founding gift, with which the museum first opened its doors in November 1948. Holbrook’s vision of permanently exhibiting trea-sures from the museum’s collection is, at last, realized.

Marco Basaiti (Venetian, ca. 1480–1530), Madonna and Child, ca. 1510.

Exactly 50 years ago, the Samuel H.

Kress Foundation gave a small collection

of Italian Renaissance paintings to

the Georgia Museum of Art. Now, in

celebration of that anniversary and

to further the foundation’s mission to

promote interaction with great works

of art, the Georgia Museum of Art

announces the Kress Project. Beginning

February 1, 2011, with the reopening

of GMOA and the reinstallation of the

Kress Collection, and continuing until

February 1, 2012, the museum is

soliciting responses to these paintings.

All ages and all levels of education

may participate. Want to write a scholarly

essay discussing the trompe l’oeil wall

at the bottom of Marco Basaiti’s

“Madonna and Child”? Want to create a

recipe based on Giusto de’ Menabuoi’s

depictions of saints? Want to paint a

picture, write a song, compose a

poem, choreograph a dance or draft

a short story inspired one or all of

the paintings? It’s all a possibility.

Further details on how to submit,

submission forms, images of the

paintings and information on them

will be available on a dedicated website

that you can access through our

homepage (www.georgia museum.org).

Responses will be posted on that site

throughout the year and, at the end

of it, judged by a panel who will choose

up to 24 winners to be published in

a book and awarded a $500 prize each.

Look for more information to come,

including events throughout 2011,

and stop by the new Kress Gallery for

inspiration.

Marco Basaiti (Venetian, ca. 1480–1530)

Madonna and Child, ca. 1510

Tempera on panel

25 1/4 x 20 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University

of Georgia; The Samuel H. Kress

Study Collection

GMOA 1961.1897

Albert Coles & Company

(New York, 1835–1877)

Retailer: Lewis H. Wing (American,

ca. 1837–unknown; active Macon,

Georgia, dates unknown)

Pitcher, 1869

Coin silver

3 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 4 inches

Promised gift of Sally Hawkins

in memory of Paul Hawkins

Carl Holty (American, 1900–1973)

Two Women Bathing, ca. 1948–1950

Oil on masonite

55 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University

of Georgia; Gift of Charles B.

Johnston, Seattle, Washington

GMOA 1950.330

(A detail of this image appears on the back cover of this newsletter and on page 3.)

John Francis Murphy

(American, 1853–1921)

The Passing Storm, 1897

Oil on canvas

22 x 32 1/8 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University

of Georgia; Eva Underhill Holbrook

Memorial Collection of American Art,

gift of Alfred H. Holbrook

GMOA 1949.220

artist’s paintings, giving it the most

extensive collection of Daura’s work in

the world. An artist of growing reputa-

tion, Daura was an assistant to Émile

Bernard and later cofounded the group

Cercle et Carré to promote abstract art

in opposition to the Surrealist move-

ment. Alongside these works by Daura

are such treasures as small bronzes

by the likes of Auguste Rodin, Henri

Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries

typically will house exhibitions based on

research done in the four study centers

focusing on European art (Pierre Daura

Center), American art (C.L. Morehead

Jr. Center), the decorative arts (Henry D.

Green Center) and graphic art (Jacob

Burns Foundation Center). During the

first months after the museum’s

reopening, however, these galleries will

host an exhibition of small works in

stone and steel by Beverly Pepper,

whose large sculpture “Ascension” will

be on view permanently in the Perform-

ing and Visual Arts Complex quad.

The Letitia and Rowland Radford Gallery, one of six galleries

dedicated to American art, displays

works dated before ca. 1850, including

Benjamin West’s “Portrait of Captain

Christopher Codrington Bethell” (1769),

the earliest American painting in the

museum’s collection. Other galleries of

American art include the Nancy Cooper

Turner Gallery (works dated ca. 1850–

1880), the Marilyn Overstreet Nalley

Gallery North (Depression- and WWII-

era works), the Marilyn Overstreet Nalley

Gallery South (American Impressionism

and modernism), the Byrnece Purcell

Knox Swanson Gallery (works by Lamar

Dodd, paintings by such contemporaries

as Carl Holty and various works of

southern folk art) and, finally, the

Barbara and Sanford Orkin Gallery and

the Boone and George-Ann Knox II

Gallery (works on paper).

Curator of American art Paul

Manoguerra explains that “with the

permanent exhibition of these

works, people will be able to see their

current favorites, develop new favorites

and look forward to seeing them all

again the next time they visit.” Some of

the highlights of the American collection

that may be among your new favorites

include such works as Elaine de

Kooning’s “Bacchus #81” (1983),

Joan Mitchell’s “Close” (1973), Paul

Cadmus’s “Playground” (1948) and

Alice Neel’s “Portrait of William D.

Paul Jr.” (1979), as well as a host of

19th-century American landscape

paintings. These works will be perma-

nently displayed alongside such

perennial favorites as Elizabeth Jane

Gardner’s “La Confidence” (ca. 1880)

and Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Red Barn,

Lake George, New York” (1921).

Circling around to the Phoebe and Ed

Forio Gallery and the Martha and

Eugene Odum Gallery, both dedicated

to the decorative arts, brings us back

to the South. Dale Couch, curator of

decorative arts, is especially thrilled that

GMOA’s growing collection of silver

will now be on permanent display. This

part of the collection focuses on

southern-crafted and -collected silver

but is expanding to include northern

and even European works, including

spoons made by Paul Revere and a

British cup dated to 1768. Couch

expressed how gratifying it is “to see

some of these exemplary objects

from our decorative-arts collection

displayed along with our equally fine

works of painting and sculpture.”

GMOA’s collection of decorative arts

also includes examples of pottery,

quilts and textiles and furniture ranging

from slat-back chairs to simply

crafted and painted pieces. Come

find your favorite!

Michael Tod Edgerton

Publications Intern

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Works of Art left to right

John Francis Murphy (American, 1853–1921), The Passing Storm, 1897.

Carl Holty (American, 1900–1973), Two Women Bathing, ca. 1948–1950.

The American Scene on Paper Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection JANUARY 30–MAY 2, 2011

Designed as a parallel exhibition to “Coming Home:

American Paintings, 1930–1950, from the Schoen

Collection,” which the Georgia Museum of Art organized

with the Mobile Museum of Art in 2003, “The American

Scene on Paper” includes works by many of the same

artists and addresses much of the same subject matter,

from portrayals of the plight of the American farm laborer

to the development of industry and the growth of the

urban environment. Smaller versions of this exhibition

traveled to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C.,

and to the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ga., in

2009. All 153 works featured in the companion exhibition

catalogue, for sale in the museum gift shop, will be on

view, for the first time, at GMOA.

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox, Rachel Cosby

Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley

Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries

Sponsors: BNY Wealth Management, the Landon Family

Foundation, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation,

the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and Alfred

Heber Holbrook Society Members Mrs. M. Smith Griffith,

Boone and George-Ann Knox and Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr.

and Dr. William E. Torres

Tradition Redefined The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American ArtJANUARY 30–MARCH 27, 2011

Seventy-two works by 67 black artists who typically

have not been recognized in the traditional narratives of

African American art make up “Tradition Redefined,” an

exhibition organized by the David C. Driskell Center for

the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African

Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of

Maryland, College Park. Larry and Brenda Thompson

have collected the work of both celebrated artists and

work by artists who have been considered emerging,

regional or less known. Artists featured in the exhibition

include Amiri Baraka, Romare Bearden, Camille Billops,

Joseph Delaney, Norman Lewis, Charles E. Porter,

William T. Williams and Hale Woodruff. The companion

catalogue illustrates all 72 works in full color and will be

available for sale in the museum’s gift shop.

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and

Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries

Sponsors: Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William

E. Torres, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914–1998), Strawberry Pickers, 1960.

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Exhibitions

Radcliffe Bailey (American, b. 1968), Untitled, 1996.

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Anthony Goicolea JANUARY 30, 2011

Anthony Goicolea was born in 1971 in Atlanta, Ga., and is currently based

in Brooklyn, N.Y. He obtained a BA in art history and a BFA in painting from

the University of Georgia and an MFA from the Pratt Institute. He was

accepted into the “AIM” program at the Bronx Museum of Art and has been

awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, the 2005 BMW Photo

Paris Award and the 2006 CINTAS Fellowship. His work is in the collections

of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the

Guggenheim Museum, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography,

the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the North Carolina Museum

of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and many more. Twin Palms

Press has published three books of Goicolea’s work and a collection of

videos. As part of the Georgia Museum of Art’s reopening, he is creating an

original work of installation art that depicts a snowscape.

Gallery: Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the

Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Emmy Lou Packard(American, 1914–1998)

Strawberry Pickers, 1960

Color woodcut on paper

22 1/2 x 16 7/8 inches

Schoen Collection,

Miami, Florida

Beverly Pepper(American, b. 1922)

Curved Visions, 2009

Carrara marble

15 3/8 x 24 x 6 3/3 inches

Radcliffe Bailey (American, b. 1968)

Untitled, 1996

Acrylic on paper and photo

30 x 22 1/2 inches

The Larry and Brenda Thompson

Collection of African American Art

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (Icelandic, b. 1955)

Horizons, 2005–2007

Cast iron and glass

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (Icelandic, b. 1955), Horizons, 2005–2007.

Beverly Pepper (American, b. 1922), Curved Visions, 2009.

Horizons

JANUARY 30–JUNE 30, 2011

An installation of “Horizons,” by the Icelandic artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir

(pronounced Stay-nun Thorens-daughter), will inaugurate GMOA’s Jane and

Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, which is dedicated to female sculptors.

Þórarinsdóttir has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan and Australia over the

last 30 years, as well as in the United States, where “Horizons” has been

traveling for the past three years. Previously installed in such contexts as

fields, forests, galleries and gardens, 12 androgynous, life-sized, cast-iron

figures are connected as a group by a polished glass band inserted across

each figure’s chest.

Gallery: Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden

Sponsors: Deborah and Dennis O’Kain, the W. Newton Morris Charitable

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Stone and SteelSmall Works by Beverly PepperJANUARY 30–JULY 2011

This exhibition will display approximately 20 small works

in steel and such materials as onyx, porphyry, marble and

granite by American sculptor Beverly Pepper as well as

small-scale models of her site-specific work “Ascensione,”

which will be permanently installed in the Performing and

Visual Arts Complex quad.

Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha

Thompson Dinos Galleries

Sponsors: Helen C. Griffith, Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr.

William E. Torres, the Willson Center for Humanities and

Arts, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the

Friends of the Georgia Museum of ArtWorks of Art view left to right, top to bottom

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

Preview

Elegant Salute XII: M E T A M O R P H O S I Sis the reopening celebration of the Georgia Museum of Art and will include the official UGA ribbon-cutting ceremony

with President Michael F. Adams and GMOA director William U. Eiland. For the first time, guests will dine in our

spectacular new lobby, which is now large enough to accommodate up to 300 people seated.

The event will begin with cocktails at 7 followed by dinner, with dancing in the magnificent Jane and Harry Willson

sculpture garden until midnight. Throughout the evening, guests can explore the new Georgia Museum of Art.

Metamorphosis is catered by Epting Events, with music provided by Grogus.

January 29, 2011. Tickets for Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis are $250 per person. Please call 706.542.0437 for reservations.

Decorations committee co-chairs Wendy Hanson and Lucy Gillis fold Origami for Elegant Salute XII.

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Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis Sponsors

HOLBROOK SOCIETY

Mrs. M. Smith Griffith

George-Ann and Boone Knox

Mr. C. L. Morehead Jr. and

Flowers, Inc. Wholesale

Ms. Kathy B. Prescott and

Mr. Grady Thrasher

BENEFACTOR

Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Candler

Mrs. Helen C. Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O'Kain

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Patterson

Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush

Mrs. Dudley Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Walker

PATRON

Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr.

Chris and Hillary Bilheimer

Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Camp

(Walton Media Services)

Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Chambers

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellis

John and Martha Ezzard

(Tiger Mountain Vineyards)

Heyward Allen Motor Company

Mrs. Lidwina Kelly

Mr. Matt Kendall

(The Kendall Collection)

Mr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Magill

Mr. and Mrs. David Matheny

John F. and Marilyn M. McMullan

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Mullis III

CommitteesRinne Allen, event co-chair

Betsy Dorminey, event co-chair

Fundraising CommitteeDavid Matheny (chair)

Buddy Allen

Karen Benson

Devereux Burch

Sally Dorsey

Doris Ramsey

Chris Peterson

Ann Scoggins

Carolyn Tanner

Carol Winthrop

Decorations CommitteeLucy Gillis (co-chair)

Wendy Hanson (co-chair)

Hillary Bilheimer

Amy Flurry

Cameron Garrard

Gena Knox

Hollis McFadden

Michael Montesani

Lori Paluck

Tami Ramsay

Allyn Rippin

Tabatha Tucker

SeatingAnn Scoggins (chair)

Ms. Doris Ramsey

Jack Sawyer and Bill Torres

Mr. Howard Scott and

Ms. Karen Benson

Stanley Beaman & Sears

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop II

Drs. Norman J. and Mary M. Wood

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz

Bernstein Funeral Home

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Cabaniss

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton

Chastain and Associates

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Cooper Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Dorminey

Mr. and Mrs. Bertis E. Downs IV

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Dyer

Mr. Todd Emily

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Felchlin

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Forio Jr.

Col. and Mrs. Thomas N. Gibson III

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hathaway

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jarrell

Ms. Marylin Johnson

Mr. Thomas Edward Kurtz

Mr. Mark McConnell

Marilyn DeLong McNeely

Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniels Minor

Susan and Don Myers

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Myrtle

Dr. and Mrs. Randall Ott

Dr. and Mrs. William L. Power

Dr. and Mrs. William F. Prokasy IV

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Jr.

R.E.M./Athens LLC

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scoggins

Mr. and Mrs. Billy S. Smith

Mr. Lee Smith and Ms. Rinne Allen

Honorable and Mrs. Homer M. Stark

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Strater

UGA Alumni Association

The Urology Clininc

Mr. David L. Warner

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Whitworth

Wimberly, Lawson Steckel

Schneider and Stine PC

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THIS CHEST OF DRAWERS descended in the Blair family of Virginia and is attributable to the south

side of the state or possibly the area of Milton, N.C. Comprising walnut, poplar and yellow pine, the chest

displays numerous aspects of fine craftsmanship and probably dates to around 1825–60. For its time

and region, important stylistic features include ring-turned feet, cross-hatched inlay characteristic of

furniture from the Roanoke River valley, large inlaid circles and ovals and, especially, carved masks placed

in the upper stiles beneath the top. Referred to in the 19th century as “mummies,” the masks reference

long-standing classical examples. GMOA curator of decorative arts Dale Couch is exploring a possible

attribution to or influences from African American cabinetmaker Thomas Day. Similar masks are found in

his architectural woodwork from that region.

According to Couch, “The Blair-Daura chest is exciting for a number of reasons, but especially since

aspects of its design, in particular its cross-hatched inlay, migrated with settlers from Georgia in the lower

southern piedmont. Such pieces serve not only as remarkable specimens of American decorative art but

also as important reference points for evaluating Georgia examples. The chest will provide numerous

ongoing research projects for a long time to come. Tom Knapp and Martha Daura’s names are well known

to the museum community, and it is well known that she is the daughter of internationally important

Catalan artist Pierre Daura. We forget that she is also a Virginian, and her family heirlooms have now

become an important part of our decorative arts holdings.”

Blair-Daura Chest

Unknown maker (American, Southside Virginia)

Chest of drawers, n.d.

Walnut, poplar and yellow pine

48 x 41 x 21 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia;

Gift of Martha Randolph Daura

GMOA 2010.246

Blair-Daura chest detail

New Acquisitions

Blair-Daura Chest

Collections

The chest will provide numerous ongoing research projects for a long time to come.”

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To schedule a class visit or student assignment at

the Georgia Museum of Art, please call us at (706)

542.4662 at least two weeks prior to the visit.

Scheduling in advance enables us to prepare for your

visit whether it is a docent-led tour, a self-guided

visit led by an instructor or students who will be

coming on their own to complete an assignment.

Inclement weather

The Georgia Museum of Art follows the inclement

weather policies of the University of Georgia. When

the university is closed, the museum is closed as

well. Announcements are posted to www.uga.edu and

www.uga.edu/news, appear on Athens Charter cable

channel 15 and can be heard on Athens radio stations

880, 960 and 1340 (AM) and 88.9, 90.5, 91.7,

97.9, 102.1, 103.7 and 106.1 (FM)

All events are free and open to the public unless

otherwise noted.

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.

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Grand Reopening Events

Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis and Ribbon-Cutting CeremonySaturday, January 29, 7 p.m.Dine and dance the night away as we celebrate the

museum’s transformation and support its future at the

most unforgettable gala event in its history, Elegant

Salute XII: Metamorphosis. The ribbon-cutting ceremony

with UGA President Michael Adams, GMOA director

William U. Eiland and our family of supporters will take

place during the gala. Tickets are limited, so reserve

yours today! Call 706.542.0437 for reservations.

Friends Preview Sunday, January 30, 1–3 p.m.Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art enjoy exclusive

access at this private reception before the public

reopening. Docents and curators will offer tours of the

galleries. Not a member? Join any time before the

reopening at www.georgiamuseum.org and receive 20

percent off up to and including the family level. Join

at the door at the regular rate. For more information or

to RSVP, call 706.542.0437.

Open to the Public and UGA Faculty and Staff Day Monday, January 31, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Be one of the first to see the new GMOA. Curators and

docents will be available in the galleries for tours

throughout the day. UGA faculty and staff will receive

shop and membership discounts with a UGA Card.

UGA Faculty Lunch and Learn Monday, January 31, noon Bring a brown-bag lunch or reserve a box lunch ahead

of time and learn how to use the museum’s collection as

an education tool in your classes. Email gmoae@uga.edu

to reserve your lunch.

UGA Physical Plant Staff Appreciation Reception Monday, January 31, 3:30 p.m.All UGA support staff are invited to join us for a special

reception in their honor as we formally recognize

those who keep the university running and beautiful.

Now Open to the Public Tuesday, February 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Welcome one and all!

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Gallery Talk: Anthony Goicolea Tuesday, February 1, 2 p.m. Join photographer and UGA graduate Anthony Goicolea

in the galleries to learn about his new installation created

specifically for the Georgia Museum of Art.

GMOA Special Reopening Lecture with Artist Beverly Pepper Wednesday, February 2, 6 p.m.Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts CenterThis lecture by distinguished guest and world-renowned

sculptor Beverly Pepper in honor of the museum’s

grand reopening will officially recognize her sculpture

“Ascensione” as a new addition to its permanent

collection. Details to be announced.

UGA Student Day Thursday, February 3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.UGA students will receive shop and membership

discounts with a UGA Card. Docents and curators

will be available in the galleries for tours.

Gallery Talk: Beverly Pepper Thursday, February 3, 2 p.m.Take this opportunity to meet Beverly Pepper in the

galleries and learn about her work and her sculpture

“Ascensione,” a new addition to the museum’s

permanent collection.

Up Late at GMOAThursday, February 3, 7 p.m.–midnightAll students are invited to GMOA’s college night, a GMOA

Student Association–sponsored event. The evening will

include music, refreshments, door prizes and tours of the

galleries. For more information, call 706.542.0437.

Young at Art Presents Modern SkirtsFriday, February 4, 6 p.m.Join us for Athens’ own Modern Skirts live in concert!

Friends members $15, non-members $20. Join at the

Young at Art membership level in advance or at the door

and enter the concert FREE.

Family Day: Reopening Celebration Saturday, February 5, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.Join the Georgia Museum of Art in a celebration of its

reopening during this super-sized Family Day extrava-

ganza! Visit the galleries for docent-led tours and

activities, and come to the first floor to create art based

on works from the museum’s collection. Picasso People,

an interactive program for children that includes music,

mime and puppetry, will be featured in the M. Smith

Griffith Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Refresh-

ments will be served.

Family Days

Tours

Lectures & Gallery Talks

Special Events

Tour at Two Wednesday, February 9, 2 p.m.Join docents for a tour of highlights from the permanent

collection.

Tour at Two Wednesday, February 16, 2 p.m.Join Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of

American art, for a tour of “Tradition Redefined: The

Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African

American Art.”

Spotlight Tour Sunday, February 20, 3 p.m.Join museum docents for a tour of highlights from the

permanent collection.

The Collectors Visit Thursday, February 24, 5:30–9 p.m.The Collectors will visit a private collection in Greensboro,

Ga. Among many other works, this private collection

includes works of the Hoosier school and native African

art. $60 per person. For more information or to RSVP,

call 706.542.0437.

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 2, 2 p.m.Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for an

introductory tour of GMOA’s collection of decorative arts.

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 9, 2 p.m.Join Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European

Art, for an introduction to the museum’s Kress Collection.

Spotlight Tour Sunday, March 20, 3 p.m.Join museum docents for a tour of “Tradition Redefined:

The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African

American Art.”

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 23, 2 p.m.Join Paul Manoguerra for a tour of “The American

Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen

Collection.”

Film

Workshops & Classes

Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, February 24, 5–8 p.m.Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during

these hours. No instruction provided. Graphite pencils

and colored pencils only.

Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, March 10, 5–8 p.m.Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during

these hours. No instruction provided. Graphite pencils

and colored pencils only.Lecture and Book SigningThursday, February 24, 5 p.m.“Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer’s Civil War,”

Peter Wood’s newest book, is based on his 2009

Huggins Lectures at Harvard University. Dr. Wood studied

at Harvard and Oxford and was a Humanities Officer for

the Rockefeller Foundation before teaching colonial

American history at Duke University from 1975 to 2008.

Organized by the Department of History, UGA, and

co-sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art.

Artful Conversation Friday, February 25, 2 p.m.Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for a

discussion focusing on Elizabeth Jane Gardner’s

“La Confidence.”

Family Day: People and Places Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m.–noonVisit the galleries of the Georgia Museum of Art to see the

exhibitions “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda

Thompson Collection of African American Art” and “The

American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the

Schoen Collection” with tours and activities by docents.

Next, come to the first floor to create your own works of art

based on the people and places you see every day in your

community. Refreshments will be served.

Film and Filmmaker Talk: Frank CantorThursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m.Come to the museum to see Frank Cantor’s films

“Horizons: The Art of Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir” and

an excerpt from the documentaries in the "Art of

Collaboration" series featuring Roy Lichtenstein, Jim

Rosenquist and Frank Stella. At 6:15 p.m., Cantor

will speak about the films and his work with artists.

Visit our website for more information.

Georgia Museum of Art/Willson Center for the Humanities Annual Lecture Tuesday, March 1, 4 p.m. “Strike!: A Look at 20th-Century American Printmaking,”

by Dr. William U. Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum

of Art

Panel Discussion: The Artists of Tradition RedefinedThursday, March 24, 5:30 p.m.Artists from around the country and featured in the

exhibition Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda

Thompson Collection of African American Art will

discuss their process and work. Moderated by Adrienne

L. Childs, Ph.D., Shelia Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow,

W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American

Research, Harvard University, and former curator at the

David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland. Visit

our website for more details.

Artist’s Talk: Steinunn ÞórarinsdóttirTuesday March 29, 5:30 p.m. Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir will discuss

her installation “Horizons,” on view in the Jane and

Harry Willson Sculpture Garden.

Evening for Educators Thursday, February 10, 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. RSVP

by February 4 to 706.542.4662 or gmoaedu@uga.edu.

Black History Month Dinner and Closing Event for UGA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of Desegregation Monday, February 28, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.In conjunction with UGA, the Friends of the Georgia

Museum of Art will hold their annual Black History Month

dinner honoring leaders of the local African American

community. The event includes the closing lecture for

UGA’s two-month celebration of the 50th anniversary of

desegregation on campus. The lecture begins at 3 p.m.

and is free and open to the public. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

and is $50 per person. To reserve call 706.542.0437.

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Gifts The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 7 and October 22, 2010:

ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETYAudrey Love Charitable FoundationMr. C.L. Morehead Jr.Ms. Kathy B. Prescott and Mr. H. Grady Thrasher III Mrs. Dudley Stevens

PATRONMr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Myrtle

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEDr. Paul J. Irvine and Ms. Catherine A. MayDr. and Mrs. Scott A. Kleiner

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 2 and December 13, 2010:

In memory of Florence “Pete” Cooper by J.R. ToddIn memory of Clara Daniel by William U. EilandIn memory of Steven Lee DeArmoun by William U. Eiland In memory of Roderick Neal Eiland by Devereux and Dave Burch, Betty Alice Fowler, Mrs. M. Smith Griffith, Gloria and Ed Norris and Lucy M. RowlandIn memory of Ann Mullin Fowler by Jenny and Edward Best and W. Thomas WilfongIn memory of Margaret Palmer Guerard by William U. Eiland

In memory of Andrew Ladis by Paul Richelson, Shelley Zuraw and anonymous donorsIn memory of Morris Overton Phelps by Mrs. M. Smith GriffithIn honor of Matthew and Peter Candler Jr. by Shannon and Peter CandlerIn honor of William U. Eiland by Mrs. M. Smith Griffith, Paul Richelson and Saint Elizabeth’s Guild of the Cathedral of Saint PhilipIn honor of Phoebe and Ed Forio by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. BowenIn honor of the staff of the Georgia Museum of Art by Phoebe and Ed Forio

Museum Notes

(left to right): Alexandra Bathon, Maria Kelly, Theresa Rodewald, Eva Berlin, Stephanie Fiddler and Annie Wren

NEW ARRIVALS

GMOA babies continue to arrive! Tricia Miller, head registrar, and

Scott Miller welcomed Warren Clifford (1), 7 lbs., 6 oz., on August 18; Lynn Boland,

Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, and Katherine McQueen welcomed Lute

Edward (2), 7 lbs., 13 oz., on August 28; and Todd Rivers, chief preparator, and

Jennifer Rivers welcomed Howell Hodgskin “Hodge” (3), 8 lbs., 11 oz., on

September 29. Congratulations!

AWARDS

Even while closed for construction, GMOA continued to pick up awards.

The museum won nine at the Southeastern Museums Conference annual meeting in

Baton Rouge, La., including an Award of Excellence for the exhibition “Lord Love

You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection” and a Gold for that exhibition’s

catalogue. Golds were also awarded for the exhibition’s rack card and poster, and

the opening reception invitation received an Honorable Mention. The “Lord Love You”

exhibition collateral materials won Best in Show. Other publication awards included

a Silver for “The South in Black and White: The Graphic Works of James E. Routh Jr.,

1939–1946” and an Honorable Mention for the “Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in

the North American Public Collections: The South.” An Honorable Mention was also

given to the museum’s 2008–2009 Annual Report. GMOA publications and posters

are for sale in the Museum Shop or on our website.

Director Bill Eiland received a Distinguished Alumni award from his undergraduate

alma mater, Birmingham Southern, in October.

WELCOME

We are happy to welcome

Laura Rhicard, who officially joined the

museum staff as an administrative

associate in October. Rhicard has a

degree in English from UGA and worked

most recently as a copywriter for Sliced

Bread, an Athens-based advertising

agency. She provides support for the

Pierre Daura Center and for Annelies

Mondi, deputy director.

GMOA STUDENT ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD

We are pleased to announce the formation of our new GMOA Student Association, organized to give students an influential voice

in museum events and programming. Members of the executive board are GMOA intern Theresa Rodewald (president), Alexan-

dra Bathon (vice-president), Maria Kelly (co-secretary), Eva Berlin (co-secretary), Annie Wren (treasurer) and Stephanie Fiddler

(public-relations manager).

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Attend our free reception, exclusively for Friends

of the Georgia Museum of Art, on Sunday, January

30, from 1 to 3 p.m. and get a sneak preview before

the public reopening.

Not a member? Join before January 30 and receive a 20 percent

discount on memberships up to and including the Family level.

Students join for only $10! New members will receive a 20 percent

discount in the Museum Shop through February 5, 2011. Join on

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The garden at Julia and Nigel Widowson’s home, Millbrook, N.Y. The Collectors outside the Library Reading Room, Saratoga, N.Y.

COLLECTORS’ TRIP TO ATLANTA, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

BE AMONG THE FIRST TO SEE THE NEW GMOA!

COLLECTORS’ TRIP TO TO THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY, AUGUST 24-29, 2010

Event Photos

Collectors group posing after lunch at Empire State South

For more event photos see www.flickr.com/gmoa

(Left to right) LaTrelle Brewster and GMOA grants writer Betty Alice Fowler

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