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Exhibitions: William H. Johnson

Decorative Arts: Huger Chair

Donor Spotlight: Buddy & Lucy Allen

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Department of Publications Hillary Brown and Mary Koon Publications Interns

From the Director

Board of Advisors

Noah Adler and Sarah Schatz

Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr., chair-elect Dr. Amalia K. Amaki Mrs. Frances Aronson-Healey Mrs. June M. Ball

Design The Adsmith

Dr. Linda N. Beard Ms. Karen L. Benson Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.*

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n preparation for “Cercle et Carré,” a major exhibition to open here in 2013, we have been acquiring works of art by women artists. This is not a singular

campaign; the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden is devoted to women sculptors, and our permanent collection includes a sizable, and growing, number

Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz Mrs. Devereux C. Burch Mr. Robert E. Burton Mrs. Debbie C. Callaway** Mr. Randolph W. Camp Mrs. Shannon I. Candler,* past chair

of works by women. We are particularly proud of several recent purchases, including

Mrs. Faye S. Chambers

those illustrated below and elsewhere in this newsletter. The costume design

Mr. Harvey J. Coleman

by Alexandra Exter for the movie “Aelita” graced the cover of the winter 2012

Mrs. Martha T. Dinos** Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd***

Facet, and prints by Nadia Léger are featured on page 8 of this newsletter.

Ms. Sally Dorsey

Our commitment to works by women artists is firm, and we will continue to

Professor Marvin Eisenberg*

emphasize our strength in that area.

Georgia Museum of Art University of Georgia

Mr. Howard Elkins

90 Carlton Street

Mr. Todd Emily

Athens, GA 30602-6719

Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher*

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Mr. James B. Fleece Mr. Edgar J. Forio Jr.*

Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation)

Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr. Mr. John M. Greene** Mrs. Helen C. Griffith Mrs. M. Smith Griffith*

HOURS Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,

Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell

10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.;

Professor John D. Kehoe

Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Closed on Mondays.

Mrs. George-Ann Knox*

Museum Shop closes 15 minutes prior.

Mrs. Shell H. Knox Mr. David W. Matheny Ms. Catherine A. May Mrs. Helen P. McConnell*

Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art: Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Mr. Mark G. McConnell Mrs. Marilyn M. McMullan

The museum will be closed on December

Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely

25 and January 1.

Mrs. Berkeley S. Minor Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.*

706.542.GMOA (4662)

Ms. Jane C. Mullins*

Fax: 706.542.1051

Mr. Carl W. Mullis III, chair Mrs. Betty R. Myrtle

Exhibition Line: 706.542.3254

Mrs. Deborah L. O’Kain Dr. Randall S. Ott Mrs. Janet W. Patterson Alexandra Exter (Russian-Ukrainian, 1882–1949) Costume design for Aelita, 1924 Graphite, collage and gouache on paper 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Collectors of the Georgia Museum of Art and Board of Advisors members Robert E. Burton, Randolph W. Camp, Marion E. Jarrell, David W. Matheny, Marilyn D. McNeely, Carl W. Mullis III, Deborah L. O’Kain and Sarah P. Sams GMOA 2011.367

Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) Composition Ovale, 1970 Color lithograph on paper 29 15/16 x 22 1/16 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Georgia Museum of Art Docent Corps of 2012 and the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation in memory of Hannah P. Harvey GMOA

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Ms. Kathy B. Prescott Mr. William F. Prokasy IV Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr.*

Mission Statement The Georgia Museum of Art shares

Ms. Margaret A. Rolando

the mission of the University of Georgia

Mr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr.

to support and to promote teaching,

Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush*

research and service. Specifically, as a

Mrs. Sarah P. Sams**

repository and educational instrument

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr.

of the visual arts, the museum exists

Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt** Mr. Henry C. Schwob** Mrs. Ann C. Scoggins

to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art.

Ms. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff** Mr. S. Stephen Selig III** Mr. Ronald K. Shelp ********************************************************************

All of us at the Georgia Museum of Art are saddened to learn of the death of our colleague Gudmund Vigtel, one of the major figures in our field in the Southeast

Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens

Partial support for the exhibitions and programs

Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner

at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by

Mrs. Judith M. Taylor Dr. Brenda Taggart Thompson

over the 20th century. “Vig,” during his tenure at the High Museum of Art in

Mrs. Barbara Auxier Turner

Atlanta, helped make the visual arts in the Southeast not only relevant, but also

Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth*

fashionable, not only didactic, but also appealing. All of us in the museum com-

Dr. Carol V. Winthrop

the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

The Council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations

Mrs. Linda C. Chesnut

and corporations provide additional support

William Underwood Eiland

through their gifts to the University of Georgia

Mr. Tom S. Landrum

Foundation. The Georgia Museum of Art is

Frank B. Jarrell, whose wife Sissie is on our Board of Advisors, faithfully attended

Professor Jere W. Morehead

ADA compliant; the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium

meetings and events here at the museum and was vocal in his encouragement of

Dr. Libby V. Morris

is equipped for the hearing-impaired.

Unfortunately, the museum also lost, in the past month, two of our great supporters.

the staff and me. Frank was a good man, as was Col. Thomas N. Gibson III, who

Karen W. Prasse, M.D. Professor Gene N. Wright

also passed away at the end of 2012. Tom and his wife Ellen have been mainstays of our Friends organization and our travel program. I personally will miss both of these gentle and wise men, who shared a generous spirit and a gracious manner.

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the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and

Ex-officio

munity, in fact, all of us who love the visual arts, owe him gratitude.

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the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation,

William Underwood Eiland, Director

*Lifetime member **Emeritus member ***Honorary member

Contents FEATURES

Exhibitions

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Donor Spotlight

Event Photos

Exhibitions

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New Acquisitions

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Donor Spotlight

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Calendar of Events

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Museum Notes

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On the front cover:

On the back cover:

William H. Johnson (American, 1907–1970)

Fragment of the Orpheus Relief (detail),

Aunt Alice, ca. 1944

Roman period (ca. 50 B.C.−A.D. 50)

Oil on compressed board

replica of a Greek original, ca. 430–400 B.C.

33 3/4 x 28 5/8 inches

Fine-grained white marble with applied pigment

Collection of Morgan State University

Research loan from the University of Mississippi Museum, 77.3.569

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Exhibitions

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William H. Johnson: An American Modern February 16–May 12, 2013 William Henry Johnson (1901–1970) is a pivotal figure in

tive as an artist and self-described “primitive and cultured

Inc. Additional support for this exhibition was provided

modern American art. A virtuoso skilled in various media

painter.” An exhibition catalogue, funded in part by the

by Ford Motor Company Fund.

and techniques, he produced thousands of works over a

Henry Luce Foundation, features essays by such noted

career that spanned decades, continents and genres.

scholars as David C. Driskell, on such topics as primitiv-

In-House Curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator

Now, on view in its entirety for the first time, a seminal col-

ism, modernism and African American art; African

and curator of American art

lection covering key stages in Johnson’s career will be

American artists and the art historical canon; identity and

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and

presented in “William H. Johnson: An American Modern.”

aesthetics in art; and art and art scholarship at historically

Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries

Developed by Baltimore’s James E. Lewis Museum of Art,

black colleges and universities.

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Morgan State University, this Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibition represents a unique

“William H. Johnson: An American Modern” was devel-

opportunity to share the artist’s oeuvre with a broader

oped by Morgan State University and the Smithsonian

audience. This exhibition of 20 expressionist and vernacu-

Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, with support from

lar landscapes, still-life paintings and portraits investigates

the National Endowment for the Arts, the Henry Luce

the intricate layers of Johnson’s diverse cultural perspec-

Foundation, and the Morgan State University Foundation,

From Savanna to Savannah: African Art from the Collection of Don Kole January 19–April 14, 2013 Drawn from an extensive private collection of African art in Savannah, Ga., this special exhibition includes sacred, meaningful objects created by numerous peoples in sub-Saharan Africa. Works of art in various media—wood, bronze, terracotta, sandstone and cloth—from regions as diverse as Cameroon, Guinea, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo present examples from the visual and material culture of Africa that demonstrate cultural concepts and religious beliefs.

Curators: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art, and William Darrell Moseley, guest curator Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and

Water Music February 2–March 10, 2013

Galleries

Drawing from private collections and from the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art, “Water Music” brings

Sponsor: The Friends

together diverse visual perspectives on the theme of water and the idea of water music. A group of conceptual art objects

of the Georgia

is at the core of the exhibition—most of them playing on the title of Handel’s famous composition, including works by

Museum of Art

Christian Marclay and Yoko Ono—juxtaposed with more traditional seascape paintings and prints, ranging from 19thcentury American Luminist A.T. Bricher to the post–World War II photorealist Richard Estes. The exhibition will also feature a listening station with Handel’s “Water Music” (1717) and more recent musical responses, such as John Cage’s “Water Music” (1952) and Ned Sublette and Lawrence Weiner’s “Remixed Water” (2005).

Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura 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

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Exhibitions

Opening reception, MFA Exhibition, GMOA, spring 2008

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition March 16–April 22, 2013 At long last, the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s Master of Fine

Curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

Arts degree candidates' exit show returns to the Georgia

American art

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Museum of Art. This exhibition is always diverse in media

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby

and aesthetics and provides valuable real-world experience

Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family,

for the students.

Lamar Dodd and Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Galleries

Object in Focus: The Orpheus Relief Project September 30, 2012–March 31, 2013 This project involves the public exhibition and interdisci-

The youthful figure of Hermes, the Greek messenger

The project participants will jointly present the result of

plinary study of an important but little-known ancient

god, survives from a larger, three-figured composition

their interdisciplinary research at a public lecture and

marble relief sculpture with vestiges of ancient painting,

depicting the god escorting Eurydice to the Underworld

discussion at the Georgia Museum of Art on Thursday,

which is in the David M. Robinson Memorial Collection

during her final parting from Orpheus. The original

March 28, 2013, at 5:30 p.m.

of Greek and Roman Art at the University of Mississippi

composition, known as the Orpheus Relief, is one of

Museum. Mark Abbe, assistant professor of ancient art

the most celebrated examples of Greek sculpture from

Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator

at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, serves as designer

the High Classical period, ca. 450–400 B.C.

of European Art Gallery: Samuel H. Kress Gallery

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of the project, a collaboration with UGA’s Center for

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Applied Isotope Studies, department of chemistry and

The resulting research may be tracked on the blog

department of classics.

http://orpheusrelief.wordpress.com/.

Works of Art

Americans in Italy January 19–April 21, 2013 Corresponding with an upper-level art history course

of the Georgia Museum of Art and makes connections to

Power figure, ca. 1900–1950 (p. 4)

taught by chief curator Paul Manoguerra, “Americans in

objects on full-time display elsewhere in the museum.

Kongo (Democratic Republic of Congo) Wood, feathers, hemp, nails, cloth and paint

Italy” features art objects dealing with Italian landscapes,

37 x 11 x 9 1/2 inches

people, buildings and life fashioned by American artists.

Curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of

As a result of their Italian travels within a Grand Tour or

American art

as expatriates, many American painters created a body

Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II

William H. Johnson (p. 5, top left)

of work addressing seminal questions about nature,

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

(American, 1907–1970)

history and national destiny. This special, small display

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Sowing, 1940

Collection of Don Kole

Gouache and pencil

draws from works on paper in the permanent collection

18 3/4 x 22 1/8 inches Collection of Morgan State University

Don’t Miss

William H. Johnson (p. 5, top right) (American, 1907–1970) Jitterbugs, 1941

George Beattie’s Agriculture Murals

Gouache

Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony

23 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches

On view through January 6

Collection of Morgan State University

Protective spirit serpent, ca. 1935–65 (p. 5, bottom left)

The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from

Baga (Guinea)

the Skier Collection

Painted wood

Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha

25 x 19 x 19 inches

Thompson Dinos Galleries

Collection of Don Kole

On view through January 6

Alfred Thompson Bricher (p. 5, bottom right) (American, 1837–1908)

Beyond the Bulldog: Jack Davis

Rocky Shore, 1886

Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II

Ink wash, gouache and graphite on blue wove paper

On view through January 6

10 15/16 x 19 9/16 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Bentley Sr. Collection of American Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D.

De Wain Valentine: Human Scale

Bentley Sr.

Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries

Minna Citron:

Fragment of the Orpheus Relief (detail, p. 6, bottom)

On view through January 27

The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction

Roman period (ca. 50 B.C.−A.D. 50)

Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway

replica of a Greek original, ca. 430–400 B.C.

From Start to Finish:

and Alfred Heber Holbrook Galleries

The Story of De Wain Valentine’s

On view through March 3

Gray Column

Fine-grained white marble with applied pigment Research loan from the University of Mississippi Museum, 77.3.569

Belleek Porcelain from the Collection

(American, 1835–1900)

On view through January 27

of Linda N. Beard

Venice, n.d.

Wall case gifted by Linda N. and Larry H. Beard,

Oil on canvas

John Haley: Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist

permanent collection galleries

Lamar Dodd and Charles B. Presley Family Galleries

Ongoing

On view through March 3

Above: Rose gold brooch surrounded by garnets, ca. 1820. Card under convex glass. Brown right eye. Purchased from Rowan and Rowan, London. 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. David Skier.

16 3/4 x 27 1/4 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Mrs. Helen Haseltine Plowden GMOA

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William Stanley Haseltine (above)

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n celebration of the life of Milner S. Ball, the museum recently acquired two color lithographs

by Nadia Khodasevich Léger.

Born near Vitebsk in present-day Belarus in 1904, Nadia Khodasevich Léger studied with Kazimir Malevich before emigrating to Paris in 1924.

There, she became one of Fernand Léger’s students at the Académie Moderne and married him in 1952. Her fellow students included future Cercle et Carré members Erik Olson, Franciska Clausen and Marcelle Cahn.

Khodasevich Léger began working in a Suprematist style under Malevich in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Her work shifts to convey Cubist and Purist overtones under Léger during the short life of Cercle et Carré and into the 1950s, sometimes becoming somewhat representational. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, she returns to her Suprematist compositions.

Suprematism, a term coined by Malevich in 1915 to describe the new Russian art, championed a paring down to fundamental, elemental, nonobjective shapes to express pure sensation. Our lithographs, “Suprématisme No. I” and “Suprématisme,” both dated 1970, are two of many 1920s oil compositions that Khodasevich Léger reproduced as lithographs. The bright colors, dynamic shapes and total abstraction evoke the distinctive characteristics of Suprematism while documenting her revived interest in Malevich and total abstraction in the 1960s and 1970s.

These two lithographs are an exciting addition to our collection of European works on paper. Acquiring these two important prints will simultaneously represent Suprematism (filling a previous gap), strengthen our collection of Cercle et Carré artists and add another influential 20th-century female artist to our collection.

Nadia Khodasevich Léger (above) (Russian-French, 1904–1982) Suprématisme No. I, 1970 Color lithograph on paper Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by an anonymous donor in celebration of the life of Milner S. Ball GMOA accession number pending

Nadia Khodasevich Léger (left) (Russian-French, 1904–1982) Suprématisme, 1970 Color lithograph on paper Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by an anonymous donor in celebration of the life of Milner S. Ball

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GMOA accession number pending

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New in Decorative Arts

The Huger armchair is in a basic style familiar to the neoclassical

The development of serving forms in Georgia included slab tables, a

vernacular of several areas of Britain and the United States. The set-back arms represent a notably British interpretation while the composition of the back displays the influence of both American and British examples.

The chair’s provenance is through the Huger family of Charleston, and its complete line of descent is known from about 1805 forward. This important acquisition was made possible by funds donated by Harry and Caroline Gilham, faithful supporters of the museum.

design from the Chesapeake region brought to the Savannah River Valley in the 18th century. This stellar example exhibits the molding sequences typical of Virginia designs made in the Rococo “Chinese taste.” The table also displays the tendencies of the lower Southern Piedmont to emphasize lean lines and notable height and has a recovery history connected to Elbert County. Its form is in part the basis for the tall sideboards dubbed “huntboards” so typical of the Piedmont. The word “huntboard” is unknown in Georgia records before the 20th century, and the terms used at the time included “slab,” “slab table,” “sideboard” or “server.”

Unidentified maker flourishing in Charleston in the late 18th century

Unidentified maker flourishing in Elbert County, Georgia

Neoclassical armchair, ca. 1795

Slab table, ca. 1800

Mahogany

Yellow pine and pigment

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by D. Scott Smith

with funds provided by Harry and Caroline Gilham

and the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Virginia Trotter Decorative Arts Endowment Fund

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GMOA continues to add very fine examples of Georgia and regionally connected

1) The Firm of Gorham Silver Manufacturers

2) The firm of Bailey, Banks and Biddle

3) J. Hayden

4) Unidentified maker

(Rhode Island, 1831–present)

(American, active Philadelphia,

(American, active Columbus,

(active in Staffordshire, England)

Footed berry bowl, ca. 1890s

Pennsylvania, ca. 1880s)

Georgia, ca. 1840)

Figure of John Wesley, ca. 1810

Sterling silver

Teapot, ca. 1887

Spectacles, ca. 1840

Earthenware and paint decoration

Georgia Museum of Art, University of

Sterling silver

Coin silver and glass

Georgia Museum of Art, University

Georgia; Gift of Ed Forio Jr.

Georgia Museum of Art, University of

Georgia Museum of Art, University of

of Georgia; Gift of the Ceramic Circle

Georgia; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel

Georgia; Museum purchase with

of Atlanta

Thompson and family

funds provided by the Beverly H.

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Bremer Charitable Lead Unitrust GMOA

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silver to its collection, as seen in this case in the Phoebe and Ed Forio Gallery. In addition to the silver is an excellent example of 19th-century earthenware from Staffordshire, England, in the figure of John Wesley given by the Ceramic Circle of Atlanta. Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached for a period of two years in Georgia during the 1730s.

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Donor Spotlight: Buddy and Lucy Allen

discontinue funding field trips due to budget constraints, the Allens took advantage of the opportunity to help.

The Allens are special patrons and longtime friends

Since 2005, they have funded bus transportation for every fifth-grade class in the county to

of the Georgia Museum of Art. Through their service

and from the museum in their effort to help spread visual-arts education. The museum visits

and charitable donations, Buddy and Lucy Allen

include an interactive gallery tour with the docents and hands-on art activities in the classrooms. Thanks

have gone above and beyond as patrons, becoming

to the Allens, more than 4,000 students have been exposed to the museum and the art on its walls.

an integral part of GMOA’s family.

Lucy understands that, in her own words, “visiting museums, especially with a docent, helps you Since 1985, Heyward Allen

examine what you see and develop

Toyota and Heyward Allen Motor

a vocabulary to describe it. And

Company have sponsored Family

starting early helps you feel

Days at the museum. This monthly

comfortable about entering an

program engages a diverse

oftentimes imposing structure.”

audience that is representative

“Some of the recent activities

of Athens-Clarke County (ACC)

we’ve been doing with the kids are

and its surrounding counties. At

based on Chakaia Booker’s tire-

each Family Day children have

rubber sculptures,” said associate

the opportunity to tour the mu-

curator of education Melissa

seum and engage in a gallery

Rackley. “The students really get

activity and a hands-on art project

into it, and it’s great to see them

in the classroom that is related to

so engaged at the museum.”

the featured exhibition. The program is designed to educate

Lucy have generously lent works

families about the current exhibi-

from their collection to the mu-

tions at the museum and acquaint

seum for exhibitions. They have

them with the world of fine art.

also donated objects to GMOA’s

For helping introduce hundreds of

permanent collection, including,

families to art as well as supporting

very recently, a group of glass

dozens of other community organi-

objects that descended from

zations, the Georgia Association of

prominent Athenian Howell Cobb.

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On a few occasions Buddy and

The Allens are members of the

awarded Buddy Allen and the

Director’s Circle and past co-presi-

employees of Heyward Allen Motor

dents of the Friends of the Georgia

Company the title Corporate

Museum of Art. Buddy currently

Sponsor of the Year in 1992.

serves as the vice-chair of the

When friend Kathy Rowan, a

museum’s Board of Advisors and is

longtime GMOA docent, informed

the longest serving member on the

Buddy and his wife, Lucy, that the

board. He is also its chair-elect and

ACC school district planned to

will take over next year, extending

Lucy (third from left) and Buddy (far right) with family members, including daughters Rinne (far left) and Lucy (second from right), at Elegant Salute XI: A Hardhat Salute.

his service to the museum even

Since 2005, [the Allens] have funded

further. Lucy is a member of the Decorative Arts Advisory Committee, which supports our Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. Buddy and Lucy’s dedication has inspired members of their family to join them in service at the museum. Their daughters, Rinne Allen and Lucy

bus transportation for every fifth-grade class in the county to and from the museum in their effort to spread visual-arts education.

Gillis, have played a major role in Elegant Salute for many years, serving on various committees and chairing the event, and Lucy serves on the Friends’ board of directors.

In 2010, GAMG recognized Buddy and Lucy’s hard work and presented them with the “Patrons of the Year” Award for their tireless efforts to advance the missions of both GMOA and the University of Georgia. “Buddy and Lucy Allen are exemplars of patronage to the museum and philanthropy in the community at large,” said museum director William U. Eiland. “Theirs is a selfless generosity.”

The Allens continue not only to contribute to the advancement of the arts and the museum, but to work for GMOA in a way that is truly inspiring. For all of their generous donations, support, time and effort, we tip our hats to Buddy and Lucy and say thank you.

Noah Adler, Publications Intern

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Special Events

Calendar : Winter 2013

Third Thursday Thursday, January 17, February 21 and March 21, 6–9 p.m.

Six of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold this event on the third Thursday every month. GMOA, the

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Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries Conference Wednesday, January 23–Friday, January 25 GAMG will hold its annual conference, Creative Spaces: Meaningful Experiences in Museums, at the Georgia Museum of Art. Co-hosts include the Church-WaddelBrumby House, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Lyndon House Arts Center, State Botanical Garden of

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Make It an Evening Tuesday, February 19, 6–8 p.m.

Enjoy coffee, dessert and free gallery tours at the museum before the English Concert’s performance in Hodgson Hall. The London-based ensemble will perform a program that includes Handel’s Water Music. Pierre Daura Curator of European Art Lynn Boland will lead a tour of “Water Music,” an exhibition partly inspired by Handel’s masterpiece. Jittery Joe’s coffee and Cecilia

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For more information, call 706.542.0830.

Student Night Thursday, February 28, 8–10:30 p.m.

Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of food, fun and DIY projects! See www.georgiamuseum.org for more information.

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Take a private tour of a local home and see a marvelous collection of works from the Arts and Crafts movement.

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Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of Art

Inclement Weather

To schedule a class visit or student assignment at

The Georgia Museum of Art follows the inclement

the Georgia Museum of Art, please call us at

weather policies of the University of Georgia. When

706.542.GMOA (4662) at least two weeks prior

the university is closed, the museum is closed as

to the visit. Scheduling in advance enables us to

well. Announcements are posted to www.uga.edu

prepare for your visit whether it is a docent-led

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

tour, a self-guided visit led by an instructor or

cable channel 15 and can be heard on Athens

students who will be coming on their own to

radio stations 880, 960 and 1340 (AM) and 88.9,

complete an assignment.

90.5, 91.7, 97.9, 102.1, 103.7 and 106.1 (FM).

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota, YellowBook USA and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and are free and open to the public.

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

Make It an Evening Thursday, March 7, 6–8 p.m.

Family Days

Enjoy coffee, dessert and free gallery tours at the

Meet docents in the lobby for this tour of

museum before attending James Galway: The Legacy Villaveces’ cakes $5 per person. Purchase tickets for

Express Yourself!

Saturday, January 12, 10 a.m.–noon

the concert at pac.uga.edu.

In conjunction with the exhibitions “Minna Citron: The

Tour at Hodgson Hall. Jittery Joe’s coffee and Cecilia

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, January 13, February 17 and March 10, 3 p.m. highlights from the permanent collection.

Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction” and

Tour at Two: Kress Gallery Wednesday, February 6, 2 p.m.

90 Carlton: Spring Friday, March 22, 6–9 p.m.

“John Haley: Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist,”

Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, will

families will have the chance to create their own abstract

lead a tour of the Samuel H. Kress Gallery, in particular

Join us for our quarterly open house, cosponsored by

expressionist works of art using paint and collage.

the recent and ongoing research concerning the Orpheus Relief and Salvator Rosa’s “Saint Simon the Apostle.”

the Lamar Dodd School of Art, featuring the annual MFA

From Savanna to Savannah: African Art from the Collection of Don Kole Saturday, February 16, 10 a.m.–noon

Tour at Two: “Americans in Italy” Wednesday, February 13, 2 p.m.

Learn about African art and culture from this exciting and

Led by Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and

Make It an Evening Tuesday, March 26, 6–8 p.m.

diverse collection of African objects, then head to the

curator of American art.

Enjoy coffee, dessert and free gallery tours at the

mask inspired by the exhibition.

show and other spring exhibitions. Enjoy gallery talks, refreshments and live music. Call 706.542.4662 (GMOA) for more details.

Mary and Michael Erlanger Classroom to create your own

museum before attending a concert by multiple-GrammyOrchestra for a performance of Fleck’s new Concerto for

Portraits: Bold and Bright Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m.–noon

Banjo and Orchestra at Hodgson Hall. Jittery Joe’s coffee

After visiting the exhibition “William H. Johnson: An

and Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes $5 per person. Purchase

American Modern,” join us in the Mary and Michael

tickets for the concert at pac.uga.edu.

Erlanger Classroom to create oil pastel portraits inspired

Award-winner Béla Fleck and the UGA Symphony

by the artist’s bold and bright style.

Tour at Two: Post-Impressionist Elements in the Works of Pierre Daura Wednesday, March 6, 2 p.m.

Led by Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art.

Tour at Two: “William H. Johnson: An American Modern” Wednesday, March 27, 2 p.m.

Led by Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and

Lectures & Gallery Talks Rachel Rivenc Thursday, January 17, 7 p.m.

Join Rachel Rivenc, assistant scientist for the Modern and Contemporary Art Initiative at the Getty Conservation Institute, for a glimpse into her conservation work on De Wain Valentine’s “Gray Column.” Held in conjunction with the exhibition “De Wain Valentine: Human Scale” and the documentary “From Start to Finish: The Story of De Wain Valentine’s ‘Gray Column.’”

Steven J. Tepper Tuesday, January 22, 4 p.m.

Steven J. Tepper, associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, will speak about arts advocacy, democracy and the role of creativity in the new economy. Tepper’s most recent publication is “Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest Over Art and Culture in America.” Cosponsored by Ideas for Creative Exploration

Films Americans in Italy Film Series: “Three Coins in the Fountain” Thursday, January 24, 7 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of George Biddle’s “Homage to Raphael Soyer” (1947).

Artful Conversation Wednesday, February 27, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of selected works from the

Workshops & Classes

In Rome, three American secretaries toss coins into the

Teen Studio Thursday, January 3, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Trevi Fountain, wishing to find love in Italy. This film

Teens are invited to participate in an art workshop and

combines the secretaries’ romantic adventures with the

gallery tour of the exhibition “Jack Davis: Beyond the

stunning Italian locale and famous monuments, reflecting

Bulldog” led by Athens comic book creator and illustrator

the American sightseer’s experience in Italy. Written by

Robert Brown. Pizza will be served. Space is limited. Call

John Patrick and directed by Jean Negulesco (United

706.542.8863 or email mrackley@uga.edu to reserve

States, 1954). 102 minutes. NR.

your spot.

Americans in Italy Film Series: “Summertime” Thursday, January 31, 7 p.m. of saving her wages for the European excursion and falls

Lunch and Learn: African Art and the African Diaspora in the Georgia Museum of Art’s Special Exhibitions and Permanent Collection Friday, February 1, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

in love with an Italian merchant. Written by H.E. Bates

UGA faculty and staff are invited to join Dr. Paul

and David Lean and based on the play “The Time of the

Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American

Cuckoo” by Arthur Laurents. Directed by David Lean

art, in a discussion on the art of Africa and the African

(United States, 1955). 100 minutes. NR.

diaspora, including the Larry and Brenda Thompson

A middle-aged schoolteacher travels to Venice after years

(ICE) and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Artful Conversation Wednesday, January 30, 2 p.m.

curator of American art.

Collection of African American Art. Lunch will be

Americans in Italy Film Series: “Roman Holiday” Thursday, February 14, 7 p.m.

provided. Please call 706.583.0111 or email cdicindi@ uga.edu to reserve a space.

The Academy Award-winning film features Audrey Hepburn as a crown princess visiting Rome on a European tour. Written by Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan

The Orpheus Relief: One Object, Three Perspectives Thursday, March 28, 5:30 p.m.

Hunter and John Dighton. Directed by William Wyler

Join us for a panel discussion of the current technical

(United States, 1953). 118 minutes. NR.

study of the Orpheus Relief with Mark Abbe, assistant professor of ancient art; Tina Salguero, assistant profes-

Tours

sor of chemistry; and Jeff Speakman, associate director of the Center for Applied Isotope Studies.

exhibition “William H. Johnson: An American Modern.”

Join GMOA director William U. Eiland for his lecture “Expressing Tradition in a New Way: The Abstract Expressionist Works of John Haley.”

Artful Conversation Wednesday, March 20, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Joan Mitchell’s “Close” (1973).

MFA Speaks Thursday, March 21, 5:30 p.m.

Join the artists of the Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition for a discussion of their work.

Moderated by Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art.

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, January 2, 16 and 23; February 20; March 13, 2 p.m.

Meet docents in the lobby for this tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

Tour at Two: Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, January 9, 2 p.m.

Led by Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts.

Elegant Salute XIII: Black to White Saturday, January 19, 6:30 p.m.

Gallery Games Thursday, January 10, February 21 and March 21, 4:15–5 p.m.

Kids ages 7 to 11 are invited to join us for this special interactive gallery tour. Learn about works in the museum through activities designed just for kids.

Check our website for the most recent information on events: www.georgiamuseum.org

www.georgiamuseum.org

Director’s Lecture Thursday, February 28, 5:30 p.m.

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Museum Notes

DONOR NEWS 2012 Best in Show

Brenda and Larry Thompson, who recently donated a prominent collection of works by African Americans to the Georgia Museum of Art, were named 2012

Southeastern Museums Conference

Power 100 honorees by Ebony magazine. The magazine’s Power 100 is a list of African Americans who personify “power” in all its manifestations—strength, focus, commitment and determination—and who innovate, elevate and shape the world in new and different ways. Ebony’s first Power 100 Gala, presented by Nationwide Insurance, hosted the Thompsons and fellow honorees, including Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on November 2.

SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE A number of GMOA staff members attended the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) 2012 annual meeting, “New Directions in the Old Dominion: The Re-Evolution of Museums,” in November in Williamsburg, Va. The following staff members contributed to various sessions: Chief curator and curator of American art Paul Manoguerra, presenter, “Curatorial Roundtable: Collections”; Deputy director Annelies

AWARDS

Mondi, presenter, “Insurance Claims: ‘Oh No! The Painting Fell Off the Wall’”; Pierre

GMOA’s quarterly newsletter Facet and its visitor’s guide both won gold medals in SEMC’s 2012 publication competition. Facet also won the overall category of Best in Show. The exhibition “Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas,” organized by Ashley Callahan and coordinated by deputy director Annelies

Daura Curator of European Art Lynn Boland, moderator, “Planning and Exhibition Exchange Program for SEMC”; and director William U. Eiland, moderator, “Curatorial Research Paper Presentations.” Other attendees from GMOA included head registrar Tricia Miller, associate registrar Christy Sinksen and assistant registrar Sarina Rousso.

Mondi, received a certificate of excellence. The awards were announced at the SEMC 2012 annual meeting. This is the second award for “Georgia Bellflowers,” which the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation recognized as an outstanding publication or program in June, and the second and third for Facet, which won first prize in the American Alliance of Museums publication design contest in May.

Gifts The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 23 and November 2, 2012: ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETY Todd Emily

In memory of Mary Anne Hodgson

by William Underwood Eiland and Mrs. M. Smith Griffith

Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art!

In memory of Dr. Hugh McLeod III

by Mr. and Mrs. W. Rhett Tanner

Caroline and Harry Gilham

In memory of Cornelius F. Raynor

Marilyn and John McMullan

by William Underwood Eiland

Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr. and Flowers, Inc. Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher

In memory of Jean Rooney Routh

by William Underwood Eiland

PATRON Alan Rothschild

In memory of Cecelia Villaveces by the staff of A Flair With Hair

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

The popular Normaltown café

Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Brown Jr.

In honor of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz

Mr. and Mrs. David Warner

and the Berkowitz Acquisitions Fund

and bakery serves fresh-made

by Bill and Leslie Girlin and Larry and

coffee, sandwiches and baked goods

SUSTAINING

Missy Sanchez

Col. and Mrs. William Kenneth Jordan

in the museum lobby.

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gave designated gifts:

Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

The Adsmith

Gifts to the Board of Advisors Memorial

Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr.

Acquisitions Fund:

Audrey Love Charitable Foundation

Richard E. Berkowitz

Daura Foundation

Sally Dorsey

Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Ellis

James B. Fleece

Have breakfast, lunch or a snack

Heyward Allen Motor Company, Inc.

Marion E. Jarrell

and enjoy a spectacular view of the

Mrs. Sue W. Mann

Carl W. Mullis III

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Mulls III

Deborah L. O’Kain

Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden.

Event Photos

90 Carlton: Fall Visitors enjoy sculptures by De Wain Valentine at the museum’s quarterly reception.

Membership

JOIN JOIN THE NEW GMOA!

Not a member? Join the museum during one of the most exciting moments in its history! Join on our website, www.georgiamuseum.org, or call 706.542.0830.

Family Day In conjunction with the exhibition “Defiant Beauty: The Art of Chakaia Booker,” kids make sculptures from recycled materials.

Parking for the Georgia Museum of Art is available in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) parking deck, which is located at the rear of lot E11 off River Road (see map).

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

Ford Bell, president of the American Alliance of Museums, speaks at

the PAC deck is free on Saturdays and Sundays and after 10 p.m. on weeknights with

GMOA’s reaccreditation celebration.

a valid UGA ID or permit, unless there is a special event. Free parking (that is, parking without a permit) is available in surface lot E11 on Saturdays and Sundays and after 4 p.m. on weekdays. Visit our website for more information.

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

www.georgiamuseum.org

Reaccreditation Celebration

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