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New in the Shop: Donor Spotlight: Fashion Merchandise Linda Chesnut

Art Interrupted

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From the Director

Board of Advisors

Department of Publications

Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr., chair

Hillary Brown

Dr. Amalia K. Amaki Mrs. Frances Aronson-Healey

Publications Interns

Mrs. June M. Ball

Kate Douds

Dr. Linda N. Beard Ms. Karen L. Benson

November 3, 2013

Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.* Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz

Design

Dear Readers,

Mrs. Jeanne L. Berry

The Adsmith

Yesterday, at the museum, we concluded the symposium “The Enlightened Gaze: Gender, Power and Visual Culture in 18th-Century Russia,” held in conjunction with the exhibition “Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762–1796).” Presenting papers were scholars from throughout the nation and world, with notable figures in the museum and university life of Russia. It followed another symposium, actually a true colloquium with a lively panel discussion at the end, that we held earlier that month in furthering the research engendered and developed for the exhibition “Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art,” projects from our Pierre Daura Center.

Moreover, we published the scholarship of Professor Perri Lee Roberts of the University of Miami in a beautifully designed “chapbook”: “The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection.”

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All three exhibitions and the concurrent symposia and publications reflect our continuing belief that service to our publics and the extension of teaching opportunities are dependent on research. I hope that you will take note of such proceedings in the future and will join us for in-depth studies of issues in the history of art. These occasions allow us to disseminate new knowledge, and, thus, to ensure that, through the visual arts, we encourage life-long learning. Most important, I hope you see the exhibitions that occasioned these projects. An alert for those of you who regularly attend our biennial Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: the next one, our seventh, Connections: Georgia in the World, occurs Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, and I urge you to sign up early. These gatherings are normally at capacity.

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Elizabeth Fontaine

Some 26 of our patrons and collectors have just returned from an invigorating tour of sites and museums in Virginia and Washington, D.C. The group had the remarkable privilege of visiting two private houses in Virginia’s lovely countryside, as well as Mount Vernon. In Washington, our traveling Collectors visited special exhibitions and installations in the great public museums of our nation’s capital. Moreover, we enjoyed an eye-opening tour of the U.S. Capitol.

Dining was a daily treat as were our rather sumptuous accommodations. As always, we experienced unexpected adventures: please ask any of the group about our encounters with the secret service and their bomb-sniffing dogs (!) at the Willard Hotel. Better yet, sign up early for future trips to Charleston with the Collectors and to Buenos Aires and Canada with the Patrons’ Group. Watch your mail, if you are members, for notification of these and other trips and special events. Michele Turner, who has returned as our special events coordinator, will be glad to answer any questions about future trips.

Mrs. Devereux C. Burch Mr. Robert E. Burton** Mrs. Debbie C. Callaway** Mr. Randolph W. Camp Mrs. Shannon I. Candler,* executive committee, past chair Mrs. Faye S. Chambers Mr. Harvey J. Coleman Mrs. Martha T. Dinos** Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd*** Ms. Sally Dorsey Professor Marvin Eisenberg* Mr. Howard F. Elkins Mr. Todd Emily

University of Georgia

Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher*

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Mr. James B. Fleece

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Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr.

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Mr. John M. Greene** Mrs. Helen C. Griffith Mrs. M. Smith Griffith* Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell

It is with sadness that I remark the deaths of three supporters from the museum’s extended family. Ed Forio (above), a former chair of our Board of Advisors, was a firm and outspoken advocate on our behalf. He and his beloved wife, Phoebe, have been stalwart supporters of our decorative arts initiatives, and Ed was instrumental in our development efforts both before and after our move into the East Campus building in 1996. Vocal in articulating our mission, especially in Atlanta, Ed brought new members into the fold. Ever a gentleman, always a friend, Ed leaves a distinctive mark on our history. On a personal note, I am especially sorrowful at his demise. Ed and I grew close over the years of working and traveling together, and I shall sorely miss him.

Helen McConnell, a member of our Board of Advisors for many years, also succumbed to an extended illness in October 2013.

Helen and her late husband, Ed, parents of present-day board member Mark McConnell, were committed collectors of American paintings and sculpture, art glass and pottery and Tiffany lamps. Their passion for the collections they developed was matched by the assiduous research and painstaking care with which they studied and cared for those objects. Forthright and direct, honest and perceptive, Helen was a true daughter of north Georgia. She and I had annual luncheons during the holidays, and I shall especially miss her blunt counsel and her refreshing company.

Mrs. Jane Compton Johnson*

The staff join me in sincere condolences to the families of Ed Forio, Helen McConnell and Tom Dyer.

William Underwood Eiland, Director

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The Georgia Museum of Art shares the

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Mrs. W. Harry Willson

at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the

Dr. Carol V. Winthrop

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and

Ex-Officio Mrs. Linda C. Chesnut

The University of Georgia and the city of Athens, not to speak of the museum, suffered a grievous loss with the death of Tom Dyer. Fittingly, his memorial service was packed with mourners, and I wondered then what I would have said on the occasion had I been eulogizing someone so important to our joint history. It came to me at the end of one of the homilies, a simple remembrance that is also a prayer: Tom Dyer was a good man.

Georgia Museum of Art

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the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. Individuals, foundations and corporations provide additional support through their gifts to the University of Georgia Foundation. The

Mrs. Julie Roth

Georgia Museum of Art is ADA compliant; the

Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg

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Professor Gene Wright

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Contents FEATURES

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Exhibitions

Henry Green Symposium

Calendar of Events

Event Photos

Exhibitions

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Donor Spotlight

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Henry D. Green Symposium

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Calendar of Events

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Museum Notes

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Event Photos

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On the front cover:

On the back cover:

O. Louis Guglielmi (American, b. Egypt, 1906–1956)

Kazak, West Caucasus, Armenia, 1849

Subway Exit, 1946

Rug

Oil on canvas

Wool on wool

29 7/8 x 28 inches

92 x 60 inches

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn

Private collection

University; Advancing American Art Collection

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1948.1.17

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Department chose to recall the exhibitions and the paintings were soon sold at auction.

Congress with the prospect of losing all funding for its cultural programs abroad, the State

collection, by design, largely avoided representational styles. Facing intense disapproval by

un-American and subversive. Several of the artists had left-leaning political views, and the

observers lambasted the paintings selected for the project, and the artists themselves, as

program erupted in the American media, government forums and public discourse. Many

Within months after Advancing American Art began its exhibition tours, controversy over the

democracy while demonstrating America’s artistic coming of age.

Europe and Asia. Its objective was to exemplify the freedom of expression enjoyed by artists in a

artists with the intention of traveling the art through the Latin American republics, Eastern

Art. The program called for the acquisition of modernist paintings by contemporary American

cultural diplomacy. At the heart of this initiative was a project known as Advancing American

Union after World War II, the Department of State embarked on an innovative program of

In 1946, amid a “Cold War” conflict that emerged between the United States and the Soviet

Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy January 25–April 20, 2014

exhibitions

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Anton Refregier (American, b. Russia, 1905–1979) End of the Conference, 1945 Oil on canvas 32 x 15 1/2 inches Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma; purchase, U.S. State Department Collection 1948.1730

National Endowment for the Arts

Ralston Crawford (American, b. Canada, 1906–1978) Plane Production, ca. 1946 Oil on canvas 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University; Advancing American Art Collection 1948.1.08 Courtesy Ralston Crawford Estate

Sponsors: Henry Luce Foundation and the

Lamar Dodd Galleries

Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family and

Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I,

curator of European art

In-House Curator: Laura Valeri, associate

Visit artinterrupted.org for more information.

exhibition that demonstrates again the great worth in freedom and diversity.

Interrupted” reunites all but 10 paintings, for which there are no known locations, in an

their due. From a checklist of 117 oils and watercolors sold as war surplus in 1948, “Art

have worked together to give the artists and the original State Department organizers

University of Oklahoma and the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia)

Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the

paintings were first assembled, the organizers of this exhibition (the Jule Collins Smith

addressed issues that are still worthy of discussion today. Nearly 70 years after the

government’s role in art patronage and what constitutes a truly American art form—

World War II. The public debate the project engendered—on the value of modern art,

better understanding of the unsettled period in American history immediately following

of foreign policy. The story of Advancing American Art offers important clues to a

examines the development and swift demise of this ambitious but ill-fated instrument

“Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy”

exhibitions

John Greenman Photographs January 25–March 30, 2014 Georgia artist John Greenman (Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Professor of Journalism at the University of Georgia) utilizes digital technologies to create exquisitely detailed and unmanipulated images of landscapes.

The exhibition comprises two series of photographs: black-and-white images seen from a car window along Georgia’s backroads and vivid color images from all over the world. Greenman’s interest in shape, tonal range and detail inspires both sets of photographs. Using these formal elements as the starting point, Greenman strives to be open to seeing beyond mere appearances. He thinks of the photograph as a two-layered document, one that records a fact but at the same time evokes something deeper and more contemplative.

Curator: Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art Gallery: Philip Henry Alston Jr. Gallery Sponsors: YellowBook USA, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

It’s Not Polite to Stare January 7–March 20, 2014 The nature of film and video as a medium often compels artists to focus on the idea of seeing and being seen. In this exhibition, Charles Atlas, VALIE EXPORT and Shelly Silver all address the “rules of looking” and how they are affected by gender roles. All three videos take place in a public space, which leads the viewer to question the existence of privacy in the public realm. Is it acceptable or even expected to stare simply because the environment is no longer explicitly private? Each artist takes a humorous approach to these issues in a range of scenarios: a woman allowing the public to touch her chest through a mini curtained theater constructed on her torso; a man dressed in an outlandish “Mrs. Peanut” costume strutting down the street in Lucite heels; and a woman stalking men

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through the streets of Paris as they try to evade her.

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Curator: Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art Gallery: Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

The Silent Cities of Peru: Archaeological Photographs by Fernando La Rosa January 25–March 30, 2014 Fernando La Rosa brings a deep array of

Huántar, Sechín and Machu Picchu has allowed

Curator: Paul Richelson, Mobile Museum of Art

perspectives to his portraits of the awesome

him access no longer available to the casual visitor.

In-House Curator: Laura Valeri, associate curator of

stones and vistas of the Silent Cities of his native

As a result of overnight stays, he records elemental

European art

Peru. He has visited these sites over many

events such the arrival of the sun into interior

Gallery: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy Gallery

years, during which time his photography has

sacred spaces. La Rosa captures the mystery of

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable

been grounded in a rigorous questioning of the

these amazing, massive stones, which inspire

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia

image. This questioning advances the tradition of

a sense of disbelief at the skills and labor that

Museum of Art

archaeological photography into one of ontology.

brought these cities into being.

Rosa’s long relationship with the sites of Chavín

Selections in the Decorative Arts January 30–June 29, 2014 This focused exhibition of decorative arts coincides with the seventh biennial Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts and will highlight new acquisitions and other objects of importance in furniture, silver and other mediums.

Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

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Curator: Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts

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exhibitions

Rugs of the Caucasus January 30–April 27, 2014

imported into the United States, including Georgia, throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Don’t Miss

This exhibition includes several dated examples of

Curators: Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, and

Caucasian rugs from 1805 to the early 20th century.

James A. Verbrugge

A selection of 11 examples provides the opportunity to

Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II

discuss the evolution of design as well as the indigenous

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

use and wear patterns. Caucasian rugs were regularly

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

In the Shop

The Georgia Museum of Art is well known for its award-winning publications. These full-color catalogues are as beautiful as they are informative and will allow you to relive your museum experience for years to come. The only place you can browse our complete collection is in the Museum Shop! Our newest titles include “Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art” ($40, $36 members of the Friends), “Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762–1796)” ($50, $45 members) and “The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection” ($20, $18 members), with “Homecoming,” the publication of the papers of the sixth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, arriving in January.

Works of Art Page 8 Page 6 (top) Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art On view through January 5

(top) John Greenman Storage Facility, 2003 (detail) Inkjet print from scanned black-and-white negative 14 x 14 inches Collection of the artist

L’Objet en mouvement: Early Abstract Film On view through January 5 Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762–1796)

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On view through January 5

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(bottom) The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South On view through January 5 The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection On view through January 12

(bottom) Charles Atlas, “Mrs. Peanut Visits New York,” 1999.

Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

Page 7 (top) Fernando La Rosa Machu Picchu, Temple of the Three Windows, Cusco, Peru, 1975 Carbon inkjet print on premium paper 17 x 22 inches TL2013.20.23 (bottom) Unidentified maker (active Staffordshire, England) Teapot, ca. 1810 Earthenware Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Extended loan from Laree Benton GMOA 2013.112E

(top) Moghan, Plains of Southeast Caucasus, Azerbaijan, third quarter, 19th century Rug Wool on wool 94 x 59 inches Private collection (middle) Fillia (Italian, 1904–1936) Composition with “T”, n.d.

Ink on wove paper 7 15 ⁄ 16 x 8 11 ⁄ 16 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Pierre Daura Center fund GMOA 2013.111 (bottom) Carroll Cloar (American, 1913–1993) Halloween, 1960 Casein tempera on Masonite Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. Charles Griffin 66.12 ©Estate of Carroll Cloar

donor spotlight

Linda Chesnut

Linda Crowe Chesnut has spent countless hours working for the betterment of the Georgia Museum of Art and Georgia’s decorative arts, and, with the seventh biennial Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts coming up January 30, she and her efforts deserve to be in the spotlight.

From left: Karen Paty, director, Georgia Council for the Arts; Linda Chesnut; Jamil Zainaldin, president, Georgia Humanities Council.

to studying Georgia’s material culture. Former director of communications Bonnie Ramsey invited Linda to join the formative committee in 1999.

the decorative arts—Georgia’s in particular—that has been a driving force in her life and in her work. In 1981, Linda attended the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts’ (MESDA) summer Institute for Southern Material Culture. The institute is widely seen as a rite of passage for professionals and participants in the field of southern decorative arts, and in just three years, Linda became the first student to graduate from all three of the themes of the institute. Her time in these programs covered studies on the Low Country of South Carolina and Georgia, the Chesapeake Bay area and the backcountry of the Piedmont. She seized her chance to learn as much as possible about the field, and her fierce passion and intellect have allowed her to make a true difference in the field of Georgia’s decorative arts.

Linda has used her knowledge to promote the understanding of Georgia material, not only at the museum, but across the state. She is devoted to her cause and has played a role in every major exhibition of Georgia’s decorative arts since Henry D. Green’s landmark exhibition “Furniture of the Georgia Piedmont Before 1830,” in 1976. Through her work in the decorative arts, Linda has made and will continue to make enduring and substantial contributions to Georgia’s cultural heritage. Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts at the museum, said, “The landscape of Georgia decorative arts would be very different today had Linda Chesnut not been a participant in the field. She has functioned as a liaison between the curator and academic staff and private collectors and aficionados. Her very broad grasp of regional decorative arts provides her with the ability to contextualize Georgia

As chair of the Decorative Arts Advisory Committee, Linda has worked tirelessly to improve the museum’s collection, program, library and regional profile. Because of her leadership, the Georgia Museum of Art and Georgia’s decorative arts are known across Georgia, across the United States and around the world.

Linda Chesnut has been described as the unsung hero of Georgia culture, a citizen scholar and much more. She never seeks credit for what she does and only dutifully accepts public attention—as she had to in early October, when she was granted the Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities. Director William Underwood Eiland described Linda and her work best when he wrote her nomination for the award:

It is impossible to overstate Linda Chesnut’s impact on Georgia’s cultural heritage. She has been transformative in the field of Georgia’s decorative arts, and has worked tirelessly to contribute to the success of others who have followed the call. She has enriched countless lives through her support of and love for the arts and humanities as they pertain to the state of Georgia and to the study and preservation of our unique heritage. She is an explorer who has found a green oasis in the “Sahara of the Bozarts,” wherein the hopes and goals of our forebears are revealed through the tangible evidence of their sense of style and beauty.

Linda Chesnut has received honors and awards, but her

material instantly.”

worth is truly measured in what she has given, and what she

She spends her weekends at a farm in Wilkes County with

and a teacher, a volunteer and a leader. She has given of

her husband, J. David Chesnut, often in the company of their daughter and granddaughter. They have restored a

continues to give, time and again. She has been a student herself and her time—and her service has been above and beyond the call of duty.

significant antebellum Georgia house replete with Georgia plain-style furniture. Linda has given a number of objects to the museum, including a very rare ornamental needlework sampler from south Georgia. She has also given much of her time to the museum and its Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, a research center committed

Elizabeth Fontaine Intern, Department of Communications

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Linda is a Clarke County native, and her roots lie deep in the Georgia soil. She holds a love for

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SEVENTH BIENNIAL

Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts

This year will mark the seventh time the museum has presented the Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which has grown to become the second largest event of its kind on the East Coast.

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he symposium is scheduled for January 30 through February 1, with a full slate of presentations of original scholarship on this year’s theme: Connections: Georgia in the World. As previously, the UGA Hotel and Conference Center (Georgia Center) will be handling registration through its website.

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The full symposium package is $250 and includes Friday and Saturday lunch, Friday evening supper, breaks and admission to all lectures. Those who wish to register for academic events only (attendance at the lectures and breaks, plus all activities free and open to the public) will pay $75. Students may attend for free but must register. Registration will be confirmed by mail or email.

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On the afternoon of January 30, from 1 to 4 p.m., the Church-Waddel-Brumby House, the Taylor Grady House, the T.R.R. Cobb House and the Ware-Lyndon House will be offering open houses. At 6 p.m., Ronald L. Hurst, Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections, Con-

servation, and Museums, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, will deliver the keynote lecture, “Southern Furniture Studies: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going,” in the Georgia Center’s Mahler Hall. Both Hurst’s lecture and the opening reception that follows, at the Georgia Museum of Art from 7:30 to 9 p.m., are free and open to the public, thanks to the sponsorship of the Georgia Humanities Council. Hurst came to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 1983 as curator of furniture and was named to his current position in 1998. He has organized a wide array of exhibitions and written numerous articles, as well as coauthoring “Southern Furniture, 1680–1830: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection,” winner of the Charles Montgomery Prize for best American decorative arts book of 1997.

Lectures for the symposium will take place in Mahler Hall on January 31 and February 1. Margaret Beck Pritchard, senior curator and curator of prints, maps and wallpaper, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, will present “Revealing Georgia: Viewing the Cultural Landscape through Prints and Maps” (sponsored by the International

Keynote speaker Ronald L. Hurst

Fine Print Dealers Association).

Kathleen Staples, independent scholar and textile expert, will speak on William Verelst’s painting “The Common Council of Georgia Receiving the Indian Chiefs,” which hung in London for many years before being purchased by the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Andrea Feeser, associate professor of art history at Clemson University, will present “South Carolina Blues: Colonial Indigo Culture,” a subject on which she has recently published a book. Daniel T. Elliott, president of LAMAR Institute, an archaeological research nonprofit, will discuss “Utilitarian Earthenwares in the Ebenezer Settlement, Effingham County, Georgia.”

Julia N. Jackson, current programs and marketing director of Historic Augusta, Inc., will present “Sumptuous Goods: The McKinney-Whitehead-Rowland Collection at the Georgia Museum of Art.” Prior to joining Historic Augusta, Inc., a nonprofit historic preservation organization that owns and operates the Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, Jackson worked at Sotheby’s New York office and specializes in ceramics.

Maryellen Higginbotham, former curator of the Root House Museum & Garden, Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society and a previous presenter, will deliver the talk “Valley View: Reflecting on a Place, Its

Ed Forio’s death in October deserves special mention here. He and his wife, Phoebe, have been especially devoted to the decorative arts at the Georgia Museum of Art, and one of the two galleries that host our permanent display of such objects from our collection bears their names. Ed also donated, among many other objects, the Gorham footed berry bowl seen here, which appeared on our holiday card last year. Ed was a former chair of the museum’s Board of Advisors, and we will miss his advocacy as much as we will his assistance in development matters.

Firm of Gorham Silver Manufacturers (Rhode Island, 1831–present), footed berry bowl, ca. 1890s. Sterling silver.

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Ed Forio Jr. GMOA 2010.302

People, and Its Furnishings.” In conjunction with the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, Higginbotham is pursuing a project to document historic interior surface finishes in Georgia.

Ashley Callahan, independent scholar and former decorative arts curator at the museum, will present “Scarf and Dress Designs by Frankie Welch: Highlighting Georgia Through Her Americana.” Welch, a Georgia-born fashion designer, was especially well known for the scarves she created for first ladies including Rosalyn Carter and Ladybird Johnson. Althea Sumpter, professor of filmmaking at the Art Institute of Atlanta, will present “The Materiality of the Gullah Geechee Culture.”

Madelyn Shaw, independent scholar and previous presenter, will speak on “Georgia’s Textile Connections: Homespun, Industry and Imports, 1830–1880.” Susan Falls, professor of anthropology, and Jessica R. Smith, artist and fibers professor, both at Savannah College of Art and Design, will present “The Yeoman, the Slave, and the Coverlet,” a discussion of Low Country textiles. Jonathan H. Poston, senior director of properties and Hay House director at the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, will present “Shopping from London to Naples for a Future Country ‘Palace’ in Macon: William Butler Johnston

Caleb Shaw (American, active mid-19th century) Low post bed (headboard), Franklin County, Georgia, ca. 1850 River birch and yellow pine Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jarrett Taylor and Family GMOA 2013.121

and Anne Tracy Johnston on the Grand Tour, 1851 to 1854.” The Johnstons built Hay House in Macon between 1855 and 1859 in an Italian Renaissance Revival style.

Sandra Strother Hudson, independent scholar and former assistant director of the University of Georgia Press, will present “From London to Shanghai, 1780–1920: How Five Generations of Yonges and Brownes Brought Their Silver to Columbus, Georgia,” and Daniel Kurt

Ackermann, associate curator at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem and previous participant in the symposium, will present “Shalom Y’all!”: The Material Culture of Savannah’s Early Jewish Home.” As with the previous symposium, students will also present original research, allowing them a forum to learn about the process of scholarship in the field and helping forge the next generation of decorative arts professionals.

Sponsors as of December 2, 2013 Lead Sponsor: Forward Arts Foundation Georgia Humanities Council John and Marilyn McMullan International Fine Print Dealers Association Margie Spalding Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr. Dr. Larry H. Beard and Linda N. Beard Brunk Auctions

Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch Elizabeth B. Chastain, Top Drawer Antiques Linda and David Chesnut Deanne Deavours and Sally Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Hix Green Mary Ann and Sam Griffin Helen C. Griffith Carey Pickard and Chris Howard in memory of Ed Forio

Letitia and Rowland Radford Mr. and Mrs. George Boone Smith III Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton Jr. William Dunn Wansley, in memory of Louise Dunn Gibson Wansley and in honor of Stevi Smith Wansley and Elizabeth Dunn Wansley Professor and Mrs. John C. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wiley III

In-kind sponsors: Brunk Auctions Charlton Hall Epting Events Tiger Mountain Vineyards

Special Events

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Six of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold “Third Thursday,” an event devoted to art in the evening hours, on the third Thursday of every month. GMOA, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, Ciné and ATHICA will be open from 6 until 8 p.m. on those nights to showcase their visual-arts programming. Visit 3Thurs.org for a calendar of events.

90 Carlton: Winter Friday, January 24, 7–9:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a quarterly reception featuring the winter exhibitions and previewing “Art Interrupted.” Enjoy gallery talks, light refreshments and live music. Free for members. $5 nonmembers. Call 706.542.4662 for more details.

Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts Thursday, January 30–Saturday, February 1 See pages 10–11 for details. Registration required.

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The Collectors will visit a local private collection. You must be a member of the Collectors to participate. For more information or to join the Collectors, call our membership office at 706.542.0830.

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Student Night Thursday, February 13, 8–10:30 p.m.

Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of music, food, fun and DIY projects. See the group’s Facebook page for more information.

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Black History Month Dinner Thursday, February 20, 6 p.m.

This annual event celebrates Black History Month and honors African American leaders who enrich their communities through their support of the arts and culture.

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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 706.542.4662 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 selfguided visit led by an instructor or students who will be coming on their own to complete an assignment.

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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).

The exhibition, accompanying catalogue, educational programs, and national tour of “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy” are made possible by grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Make It an Evening Thursday, February 27, 6–8 p.m.

Enjoy coffee, dessert and free gallery tours at the museum before attending a concert at the UGA Performing Arts Center by the Grammy-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Acclaimed young Japanese-American violin virtuoso Ryu Goto will be the guest soloist in a program that includes Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee and Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes $5 per person. Purchase tickets for the concert at pac.uga.edu.

Storytelling Event at the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies Wednesday, March 5, 7–9 p.m.

Cosponsored by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies.

Inspired by the storytelling format of the popular radio show This American Life and cosponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art, the Russell Library will host an event showcasing selected scholars, community members and archival footage on the theme of life in the Atomic Age. Featured scholars will include Shane Hamilton (department of history), Janice Simon (department of art history), and Mark Reinberger (College of Environment and Design).

Emerging Scholars Symposium: “While Silent, They Speak: Art and Diplomacy” Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29 This symposium expands the scope of “Art Interrupted” by addressing the broader theme of diplomacy throughout the history of visual and material culture worldwide.

The visual arts can and have been used to promote and

Lectures & Gallery Talks

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.

Marvelous Medallions Saturday, January 11, 10 a.m.–noon Visit the exhibition “The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection” for inspiration before making your own medal portrait in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom.

Art Censored panel discussion Sunday, January 26, 2 p.m.

Ron Hurst, Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections, Conservation, and Museums, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, will deliver the Green Symposium’s keynote lecture. Sponsored by the Georgia Humanities Council. Free and open to the public. A reception at the museum will follow.

Louis Menand: “The Many Lessons of ‘Advancing American Art’” Thursday, February 6, 6 p.m.

Dr. Menand is the author of several books, including “The Metaphysical Club,” which was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for history and the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians. He has contributed to the New Yorker since 1991 and has been a staff writer since 2001. He is currently the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University. Cosponsored by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Led by docents.

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, January 15 and 22, March 5, 12 and 26, 2 p.m.

Tour at Two: “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy” Wednesday, February 5 Led by Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art

Artful Conversation Wednesday, February 12, 2 p.m.

Walt Kuhn (American, 1877–1949), Still Life with Red Bananas (also known as Red Bananas in an Iron Dish), 1941. Oil on canvas. 20 1/8 x 24 3/16 inches. Collection of Robert B. Ekelund Jr.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of F. Luis Mora’s “Tale of Cinderella” (ca. 1926).

Modern Masterpieces Saturday, February 8, 10 a.m.–noon

Tour at Two: “Rugs of the Caucasus” Wednesday, February 19, 2 p.m.

Learn about modern art in America during the Cold War in the exhibition “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy,” then head down to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to create your very own modern masterpiece.

Led by James Verbrugge, cocurator of the exhibition

Fun in the Sun Prints Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.–noon After seeing beautiful images of the backroads of Georgia in the exhibition “John Greenman Photographs,” visit the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to learn about a different kind of photographic process called cyanotyping. Create your own cyanotype, or “sun print,” using materials from the Georgia outdoors.

Tour at Two: “It’s Not Polite to Stare” Wednesday, February 26, 2 p.m.

Led by Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art.

Artful Conversation Wednesday, March 19, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of selected works in the exhibition “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy.”

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Alfred Hitchcock’s American spy thriller entwines a romantic love story with a suspenseful and intriguing post–World War II espionage operation. Ingrid Bergman plays the American daughter of a convicted Nazi spy. A U.S. agent (Cary Grant) recruits her to spy on Nazis in postwar Rio and, in the process, they fall in love. Also starring Claude Rains. 1946, NR, 101 min.

“Ninotchka” Thursday, March 27, 7 p.m.

Dr. Chad Howe, associate professor of Hispanic linguistics, department of Romance languages and program in linguistics, UGA, will present “Life and Language in the Andes” in conjunction with the exhibition “The Silent Cities of Peru: Archaeological Photographs by Fernando La Rosa.” Cosponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, January 12, February 9 and March 16, 3 p.m.

Led by John Greenman, Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Professor of Journalism, Grady College of Journalism, UGA.

“Notorious” Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.

Dr. Chad Howe: “Life and Language in the Andes” Thursday, February 27, 5:30 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education for an in-depth look at Louis Bouché’s painting “Italy” (1918)

Tour at Two: “John Greenman Photographs” Wednesday, January 29, 2 p.m.

Art Interrupted Film Series

Fernando La Rosa, Machu Picchu, II Cusco, Peru, 1998. Carbon inkjet print on premium paper. 22 x 17 inches. Collection of the artist

Artful Conversation Wednesday, January 8, 2 p.m.

Led by docents.

This panel will focus on issues of censorship in conjunction with “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy.” Panelists include Dennis Harper, curator, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University; Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts, department of theatre and film studies, UGA; and Mark White, interim director, Eugene B. Adkins Curator and chief curator, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Paul Manoguerra, director of the Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, and former chief curator, Georgia Museum of Art, will moderate the discussion.

Ronald L. Hurst: “Southern Furniture Studies: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going” Thursday, January 30, 6 p.m.

Mahler Hall. Georgia Center for Continuing Education

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This clever, witty film stars Greta Garbo in her first official American comedy (and her next-to-last film). The lighthearted, satirical story of clashing ideologies (Soviet communism vs. capitalism) begins with Garbo portrayed at first as a humorless, austere Russian envoy who is transformed by Parisian decadence and romance into a frivolous, romantic figure and converted Communist.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. 1939, NR, 110 min.

(This series will continue in April) Films are generously sponsored by:

Gallery Games Thursday, January 9, February 13 and March 20, 4:15–5 p.m.

Kids ages 7–11 are invited to join us for a special interactive gallery tour led by Callan Steinmann, associate curator of education. Learn about works in the museum through activities designed just for kids.

Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, January 16, February 27 and March 20, 5–8 p.m.

Come sketch in the galleries. No instruction provided.

Pencils only.

Teen Studio Thursday, March 6, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Teens (ages 13 to 18) are invited to participate in an art workshop and gallery tour of the exhibition “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy.” Led by local artist Hope Hilton, participants will tour and discuss the exhibition and then create their own works of art in response. Pizza will be served. Space is limited. Email callan@uga.edu to reserve a spot.

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facilitate diplomatic agendas across cultures and time, and yet the arts have also challenged or impeded diplomatic efforts. Through the process of crosscultural exchange, an object or image may shift in value and meaning, thereby illuminating, obscuring or reinforcing cultural differences. Ambassador Cynthia Schneider will deliver the keynote address, followed by a reception, on March 28, and the symposium will be on March 29.

Organized by the Association of Graduate Art Students (AGAS) at the University of Georgia, in partnership with the Georgia Museum of Art.

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Museum Notes

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Michele Turner, Allison Nicks and Kathleen Janvier.

PERSONNEL

After more than 15 years as the museum’s head of security, Lawrence Cross retired October 31, two days after his 75th birthday. We wish him all the best in his leisure and know his granddaughter will be

Michele as the president of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, but anyone who has worked with her knows what a pro she is at organization and managing big events. Julie Roth, president-elect of the Friends, will take over as president.

bringing him to Family Day regularly. Gail Bridges, building manager and museum employee of almost 24 years, has taken over his role, and we are happy to have someone

Kathleen Janvier, who also teaches part-time at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, is helping

filling his shoes who knows the museum so well.

out with the preparators as a part-time temporary employee, due to an exceptionally full slate of exhibitions, and Allison Nicks started in October as assistant registrar in charge of

After a tough few months without a special event coordinator, the museum hired Michele

exhibitions, allowing head registrar Tricia Miller to concentrate her efforts on storage and

Turner for the position, which she previously held from 1999 to 2008. We hate to lose

collections management.

AWARDS The museum won five awards in publications design at this year’s Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) annual meeting, held October 7–9 in Savannah, Ga. The museum received two gold awards for publications this year. Facet, designed by local firm The Adsmith, took home the gold in the Newsletters and Calendar of Events category for the second year in a row. The second gold was given to “The Kress Project,” the publication resulting from the museum’s juried online exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the museum’s Kress Study Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings. “The Kress Project” was designed by MacFadden & Thorpe, of San Francisco. handles public relations for the museum. “Art Interrupted:

Catalogues category. Also receiving an honorable mention

The museum’s biggest fundraiser, Elegant Salute, received

Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural

was the brochure for the exhibition “De Wain Valentine:

a silver in the Campaigns category for its invitation

Diplomacy,” designed by Grant Collaborative of Canton,

Human Scale,” designed by Jenny Smith of Atlanta, Ga., in

materials, designed by Michael Lachowski, who also

Ga., received an honorable mention in the Books and

the Brochures and Rack Cards Category.

gifts

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Johnson Dean Craig H. Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Magill Mr. and Mrs. David Matheny Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Kain Doris A. Ramsey Mrs. Margie Spalding Ms. Peggy Hoard Suddreth Mr. and Mrs. Chris Willett

SUSTAINING

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 31 and November 8, 2013: BENEFACTOR

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PATRON Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fleece

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Ms. Karen L. Benson Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Brown Dave and Devereux Burch Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elkins

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Crumbley Mr. and Mrs. Gene Howard Mrs. Julie Jenkins Col. and Mrs. William Kenneth Jordan Drs. Stephen and Sherrie Olejnik

DESIGNATED A La Vieille Russie, Inc. Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Turner Ball Jr., M.D. Linda and David Chesnut The Chu Family Foundation Daura Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elkins Judith A. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Felchlin Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Glover III Dr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Magill

Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Mr. Lee Robinson Carol and Robert Winthrop The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation Presley D. Yates In memory of Robert Barnett

by Robbin and Ronald Buchanan and Tennessee Physician Services, LLC In memory of Ralph Chase

by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Edgar J. Forio Jr.

by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Addison, Beverly H. Bremer, Linda and David Chesnut, Thomas Conner Jr., Neil and Stiles Conrad, Rachel Cosby Conway, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hagan, Mrs. Frank B. Jarrell, Jane Compton Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Leonard Jr., Sanford and Barbara Orkin, Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Jr., Judy and Tom Taylor, Marilyn and Howard Wallace, Marguerite and Marshall Wellborn, Homer and Anne Whitman and the staff of the Georgia Museum of Art

In memory of Sue Covington Greene

by Jane Compton Johnson In memory of Claude Watson McBride Sr.

by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Helen P. McConnell

by Jane Compton Johnson In memory of Ted Oliver by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pastor In memory of Guy “Daddy Buck” Reed

by Jana McGee In memory of Christine Williamson Watson

by Carl and Elizabeth Allen; Ruth and Tom Anthony; Allen and Randolph Armstrong; Mr. and Mrs. William C. Fowler; Marylin Johnson; Virginia H. Kennedy and Kevin M. Naylor; Leslie McLeod; John and Anna Mershon; Nancy G. See; Sharon and Chip Shirley; J. Bryson Tanner Jr. and Terrie Tanner-Callahan; Judy and Tom Taylor; David, Lynne, Stephanie and Claire Travis; and Chris and Elizabeth Willett In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz

by Penelope Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. William Gitlin In honor of Rosalie Garrett by Karen Lynn Benson In honor of Sreeroop Sen, M.D.

by Jana and Bill McGee

event photos

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glo in the Galleries In October, glo, an emerging public art organization, performed a collaborative and interactive dance piece in the museum’s galleries.

Miss UGA 2013, Jenna Jackson, posed with kids in our photo booth for Family Day: Boxes of Treasure.

Family Day: GMOA Celebrates Fall involved making prints with real leaves.

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