Elizabeth Hornor Honored and New Vice Provost of Libraries and Museum Announced

Elizabeth Hornor to Receive International Outreach Award New Vice Provost of Libraries and Museum

The carlos museum is proud to announce that Elizabeth Hornor, the Ingram Senior Director of Education, has been awarded Emory’s prestigious International Outreach Award. This honor is given to outstanding Emory staff who have made significant contributions to Emory's internationalization.

This award is given by Emory University’s Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives (GSI) which is dedicated to the support, promotion, and expansion of Emory’s international engagement. The International Outreach Award was created in 2012 by GSI to recognize professional staff who have made significant contributions to Emory’s internationalization through the programs, schools, and units in which they serve, demonstrate initiative and creativity in establishing new programming, that foster international engagement, and devote significant time and energy to facilitating cultural exchange or international understanding. During her three-decade-long career at the Carlos Museum, Elizabeth has helped build the reputation of the museum and Emory with world-class programs that inspire the Emory and Atlanta community to learn more about world cultures, past and present.

Elizabeth and her department collaborate across the museum, and the campus, with other cultural and community organizations to develop interpretative programs for university and public audiences, including programs with nationally and internationally recognized scholars, writers, and artists. Through engaging programs like Student Studio, Carlos Reads book clubs, AntiquiTEA programs, In This Moment conversations, international artists-in-residency programs, teacher workshops, tours for K–12 students, museumbased Emory courses, and symposia, Elizabeth’s work has demonstrated a commitment to promoting a greater understanding of the ways in which the past speaks to the present, and how works of art provide an entry point for learning about cultures other than one’s own. She also works with Emory faculty to help facilitate the use of the museum across the campus, from developing specialized tours to semester-long courses. In addition, she serves as on-site curator for traveling exhibitions of Asian and Islamic art and recently worked with faculty to renovate the museum's gallery of South Asian art.

An alumna of Emory College and the Laney Graduate School, she has received numerous awards including National Art Education Association Museum Educator of the Year/ Southeast, Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries Museum Professional of the Year, and Emory’s Award of Distinction.

Congratulations to Elizabeth for receiving this well-deserved honor. Z Emory university’s Office of the Provost announced that Valeda F. Dent will serve as the University’s inaugural Vice Provost of Libraries and Museum. Dent last served as acting provost and vice president for academic affairs as well as vice president for student success and learning innovation at Hunter College of the City University of New York in New York City.

The Vice Provost of Libraries and Museum is a new position at Emory. Dent will oversee the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Emory Libraries in a new leadership structure, working through the Office of the Provost to provide support in planning for the future of both units. The Carlos staff looks forward to working with Valeda Dent to build upon the museum's extraordinary collections while continuing to expand access, programming, and community engagement. Z

The Senusret Collection Begins Its March Towards Spring 2023

As the carlos museum prepares for the 2023 exhibition, Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, work behind the scenes, fundraising, and even public programming continues. A winter lecture discussing the Egyptian afterlife and a successful Giving Tuesday campaign supporting the exhibition preparations both helped to build public excitement for what is sure to be a fantastic exhibition opening this time next year. Behind the scenes, Carlos Museum curators, conservators, and Emory faculty and students continue their research and conservation of objects from the Georges Ricard Foundation acquisition in preparation for display next spring.

Research of Senusret Items Continues

Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art Melinda Hartwig has spent much of this year researching objects and writing catalog entries for Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection with Emory and Oxford University professors, students, and Carlos Museum conservators.

The Senusret Collection bronze statuettes were examined by Metropolitan Museum of Art Conservator Emerita Deborah Schorsch, a specialist in ancient metalwork. Schorsch and Carlos Chief Conservator Renée Stein examined each piece for technique and condition, suggesting priorities for display. Their investigation identified a rare New Kingdom statuette of the goddess Mut, the consort of the god Amun-Re. The two metal tangs that anchored the goddess to a base, along with her body proportions, inlaid eyes, and fine details, make this statuette a unique example of a religious figure. Other statuettes have a ring attached at the back of the head, such as that of Nefertum.

The figurine is far too heavy and large to be worn as a pendant, suggesting another explanation. These bronzes were likely mounted on sacred boats using a rope or rod that passed through the ring to support the figurine. Animal bronzes slated for the exhibition attest to the popularity of animal cults in the 1st millennium BCE. The ancient Egyptians worshipped certain animals as the embodiments of a god’s power on earth. The Senusret collection contains statuettes

left Falcon Casket. Egypt. Late Period, 722–332 BCE. Copper alloy. Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation.

Photo by Bruce White.

below Seated Statuette of the Goddess Mut. Egypt. New Kingdom, 1539–1077 BcE. Copper alloy and inlay. Gift of the Georges Ricard

Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology.