Facet – Spring 2014

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Inspired Georgia

Elegant Salute XIV

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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 Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.*

Elizabeth Fontaine

Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz

Design

Mrs. Jeanne L. Berry

The Adsmith

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

Cristina Figueroa and William Underwood Eiland sweeping up water from a burst pipe.

From the Director

Mr. Todd Emily

University of Georgia

Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher*

90 Carlton Street

Mr. James B. Fleece

Athens, GA 30602-6719

Mr. John M. Greene**

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Mrs. Helen C. Griffith Mrs. M. Smith Griffith*

Usually, for this page, I try to be as upbeat and optimistic as possible, and I shall not stop that practice here and now, but our museum staff and extended family have just passed through a winter of severe discontent. We have withstood and prevailed over a minor flood on the first floor of our building, with attendant leaks elsewhere, due to frozen pipes and ice-related mishaps. No person and no art were threatened, because of the location of the water, but we did have all hands on deck to prevent extensive damage to our floors and ductwork. One reason we escaped relatively unscathed, given what could have been a disaster, was the work of the staff, of whom I am particularly proud, and who followed our emergency protocol and acted with alacrity as well as with solidarity and, not surprisingly, good cheer.

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More grievous have been the deaths of yet more of our friends and board members. Paul Cassilly, Harry Gilham and Ann Scoggins were part of our lives here at the museum. Paul was director of design and construction with the Office of University Architects, and so intertwined was he with our recent history that truly I believe this very building, which he did so much to help erect, reflects his spirit. We benefited from his untiring attention to detail and his fervent belief in seeing that the best interests of the museum were served. As one of the museum’s architects, he was one of us and holds a special place in our collective history.

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Ann and Harry were both members of our Board of Advisors, and both made major contributions of time and energy to the museum. We are devastated by the loss of two patrons who contributed so much to our successes. Ann, as elegant as she was lovely, knew how to roll up her sleeves and get a job done, and the galas she chaired are testament to her exquisite taste and discerning eye. Harry had just taken the reins of our Board’s development committee, and Caroline Maddox and I looked forward to working with him on the university’s current campaign. A couple of weeks before he died, he met with Caroline and me and encouraged and inspired us through his optimism that we would succeed in our goals, with his belief in the museum’s mission, and by his wise counsel. Harry was as generous of spirit as he was of money.

We shall miss them all.

At the end of January, we opened the seventh Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, and it was a splendid success. Kudos are still coming into the office from attendees, speakers and sponsors. As with all such complicated undertakings, some glitches occurred, but with the ice-related difficulties and gridlock in Atlanta, both on the highways and at the airport, and with the sheer number of attendees—some 300 at various sessions— the symposium actually ran smoothly, with uniformly good and informative talks that proved once again that objects and the context in which they were created or used illuminate the human passage through time.

We thank our sponsors who allow us such freedom in presenting excellent research on Georgia’s history. And I would be remiss if I did not thank Dale Couch for his commitment and dedication to the Green Center’s mission.

For the symposium, the staff at the museum and the Decorative Arts Advisory Committee had his back, and I thank them all.

The staff’s hard work, especially those in the curatorial and publications departments, as well as in education, manifested itself most publicly in the various honors we have received most recently: From ARLIS, the LoPresti Award for “Art Interrupted,” for catalogue of the year in the Southeast, another in a string of numerous awards for that exhibition and book, including great coverage nationally and internationally with a feature in the New York Times; and, from the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries, awards for our Kress Project and for our patron Bill Prokasy as advocate of the year.

We are especially pleased that 2013 saw 99,920 visitors to the museum, over 35 percent of them students during term. Had I known we needed that few folks to break 100,000—an incredible number for an academic museum—I would have walked through the clicker myself 81 times!

William Underwood Eiland Director

Georgia Museum of Art

Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell Mrs. Jane Compton Johnson* Professor John D. Kehoe

Admission: Free HOURS

Mrs. George-Ann Knox*

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,

Mrs. Shell H. Knox

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

Mr. David W. Matheny

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Ms. Catherine A. May Mr. Mark G. McConnell

minutes prior.

Mrs. Marilyn M. McMullan Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely

Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art

Mrs. Berkeley S. Minor

Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.* Mr. Carl W. Mullis III, immediate past chair* Mrs. Betty R. Myrtle Mrs. Deborah L. O’Kain

706.542.4662 Fax: 706.542.1051 Exhibition Line: 706.542.3254

Dr. Randall S. Ott Mrs. Janet W. Patterson Ms. Kathy B. Prescott Mr. William F. Prokasy Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr.* Ms. Margaret A. Rolando Mr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr., chair-elect Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush*

Mission Statement

Mrs. Sarah P. Sams**

The Georgia Museum of Art shares the

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr.

mission of the University of Georgia to

Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt**

support and to promote teaching,

Mr. Henry C. Schwob**

research and service. Specifically, as a

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

repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to

Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding

collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret

Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens

significant works of art.

Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner Dr. Brenda A. Thompson Mrs. Barbara Auxier Turner Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth* Mrs. W. Harry Willson Dr. Carol V. Winthrop

Partial support for the exhibitions and programs at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the

Ex-Officio Mrs. Linda C. Chesnut Dr. William Underwood Eiland Mr. Tom S. Landrum Mrs. Julie Roth Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg Professor Gene N. Wright

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and 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 Georgia Museum of Art is ADA compliant; the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium is equipped for the

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

hearing impaired.

Contents FEATURES

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Exhibitions

Inspired Georgia

Calendar of Events

Event Photos

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New Acquisitions

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Elegant Salute XIV

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On the front cover:

On the back cover:

Newcomb Pottery (Aurelia Arbo, decorator; Jonathan

John George Brown (1831–1913)

Hunt, potter)

Maid of the Hills, ca. 1900

Cachepot, ca. 1931

Oil on canvas

Stylized leaf design

30 x 25 inches

Low-relief carving with applied ornament;

Westmoreland Museum of American Art;

green glossy glaze

Gift of Mrs. Paul B. Ernst, 1981.78

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Newcomb Art Collection, Tulane University

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Selections in the Decorative Arts January 30–June 29, 2014 This focused exhibition of decorative arts highlights new acquisitions and other objects of importance in GMOA facet | Spring 2014

furniture, silver and other mediums, including the fish

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weathervane pictured on page 9 of this issue of Facet.

Curator: Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The Georgia Humanities Council, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

The Lithographs of Carroll Cloar May 17–August 10, 2014 Although formally trained in New York, Carroll Cloar

these 31 prints in a single gallery. These lithographs, like

Curator: Carissa DiCindio, curator of education

(1913–1993) spent most of his career in Memphis,

Cloar’s paintings, lend a surrealist tone to subjects based

Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II

Tenn., creating works of art based on his memories of

on stories of people and places from Cloar’s childhood,

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

his childhood in Earle, Ark. In addition to the hundreds

biblical narratives and popular culture. Unlike his colorful

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

of paintings and drawings Cloar created, he made

paintings and linear drawings, the prints’ strong contrast

lithographs in the 1930s and 1940s, all printed in

of black-and-white forms and painterly lines create a

editions of 25. Borrowing from a private collection and

hauntingly different atmosphere.

the University of Memphis, this exhibition brings together

Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy January 25–April 20, 2014 In 1946, the U.S. Department of State embarked on an innovative program of cultural diplomacy that included a project known as Advancing American Art. The program called for the acquisition of modernist paintings by contemporary American artists to exemplify the freedom of expression enjoyed by artists in a democracy while demonstrating the country’s artistic coming of age. Within months after Advancing American Art began its exhibition tours, controversy erupted. Many observers lambasted the paintings selected for the project, and the artists themselves, as un-American and subversive. Facing intense disapproval by Congress, the State Department recalled the exhibitions, and the paintings were sold at auction. The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma and the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia have reunited almost all of them in an exhibition that demonstrates again the great worth in freedom and diversity.

Visit artinterrupted.org for more information.

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries Sponsors: Henry Luce Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts

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In-House Curator: Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art

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Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise May 17–August 31, 2014 Organized by the Newcomb Art Gallery and the

inspired by the flora and fauna of the Gulf South.

pottery, metalwork, bookbinding and textiles with

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service,

Each piece is one of a kind—and collectively

text that draws from new scholarship to explore the

“Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb

they create a distinctive southern art form. In

history of the Pottery and its importance as a social

Pottery Enterprise” is the largest presentation of

1895, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College,

and artistic experiment.

Newcomb arts and crafts in more than 25 years.

Tulane University’s women’s coordinate college,

Works from various periods examine the role that

established the Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans,

the enterprise played in promoting art for the

and conceived it as part artist collective, part social

In-House Curator: Dale Couch, curator of decorative

betterment of women, and in turn, New Orleans’

experiment and part business enterprise initiative

arts

business and cultural communities, still struggling

under the auspices of an educational program. The

Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel

from the effects of the Civil War. The exhibition

art school faculty incorporated the philosophies

Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B.

features significant examples of the iconic pottery,

and tenets of the English Arts and Crafts

Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries

including a daffodil motif vase by Harriet Joor, as

movement into their curriculum to teach southern

Sponsors: The Henry Luce Foundation and the

well as lesser known textiles, metalwork, jewelry,

women self-reliance by way of an education and

National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works

bookbinding and historical artifacts. The exhibition

to gain financial independence through the sale of

Local Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. George Rives Cary,

offers new insights into the Newcomb community—

their wares. The Pottery thrived until 1940.

the Piedmont Charitable Foundation, the W.

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the philosophy, the friendships, the craftsmanship

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Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the

and the women who made an enduring mark on

Today these remarkable, distinctive art objects

American art and industry.

continue to be critically acclaimed and highly sought-after, and the Newcomb program is a rich

Produced by one of the most significant American

mine for academic research. “Women, Art and

art potteries of the 20th century, Newcomb works

Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise”

are a graceful union of form and decoration

showcases a striking collection of Newcomb

Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition April 12–May 4, 2014 The annual display by graduating MFA candidates at

Katherine Kriegel (sculpture); Brittainy Lauback

Curator: Todd Rivers, head preparator

the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art.

(photography); Caitlin Bieleta, Manty Dey, Kaelynn Hong

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry

This year’s candidates are: Natalia Arellano Blamey

and Elizabeth Bradford Kleene (painting); Patrick Walter

Alston Jr. Galleries

and Lauren Mary Bullock (fabric design); Mike Levine,

and Yu-hsien Shen (jewelry and metals); and Yuan Quan

Sponsors: YellowBook USA, the W. Newton Morris

Aaron Tzvi Izaksonas-Smith and Lyndey Clayborn

(interior design)

Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

(printmaking); Jourdan Joly, Jacob Brault and Jenna

Quayola: “Strata #4” March 20–June 15, 2014 Quayola is a visual artist based in London who works in photography, geometry, time-based digital sculptures and immersive audiovisual installations and performances.

“Strata #4” is a multichannel immersive video installation commissioned by the Palais de Beaux Arts in Lille. The subject of this work is a series of iconic pieces from that museum’s Flemish collection, focusing specifically on Rubens’ and Van Dyck’s grand altarpieces. The

Tristan Perich is a contemporary artist and composer based in New York City who recently had work included in the exhibition “Soundings” at the Museum of Modern Art. “Machine Drawing” occupies a 60-foot wall on the museum’s Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony and is creating itself over the course of its 6-month installation. Perich creates code that operates the machine, but the interaction of the digital and physical elements make the work unique,

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introducing randomness into a tightly controlled

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Curator: Lynn Boland Gallery: Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

video installation results from a study of the paintings, delving beneath their appearance and looking at the rules that govern the composition, color schemes and proportions of each work, examining the collisions between classical figuration and contemporary abstraction.

Curator: Lynn Boland Gallery: Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art www.georgiamuseum.org

Tristan Perich: “Machine Drawing” March 20–September 21, 2014

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Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art June 14–August 24, 2014 Fifty-six works from the Westmoreland’s permanent

ranging from Charles Willson Peale to Mary Cassatt,

collection make up this exhibition that spans 200 years

Robert Henri and Harriet Frishmuth.

of American art, from colonial times to the mid-20th century, as the United States came into its own as the

In-House Curator: Laura Valeri, associate curator of

cultural capital of the world. Seen through the subject

European art

areas of portraiture, still-life, landscape and narrative

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip

painting, the artists represented in this exhibition serve

Henry Alston Jr. Galleries

as a survey of American art. The exhibition features oil

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

and tempera paintings and bronze sculptures by artists

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

In the Shop ------------

You know that the Museum Shop is the place to find catalogues, jewelry and gifts that feature our exhibitions, but did you know we’re also a great kids’ store? The Museum Shop carries a wide range of visual arts-inspired books, games and toys for toddlers through teens. You’ll be sure to find something to

Rugs of the Caucasus January 30–April 27, 2014

engage and inspire all the young people in your life. You can even give them a student membership to the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, a wonderful way to begin a lifetime relationship with their museum.

This exhibition includes several dated examples of

MoMA Play Town $24.99 ($22.49 members of the Friends), Frank Lloyd Wright Designs Coloring Cards $12.95

Caucasian rugs from 1805 to the early 20th century.

($11.66 members of the Friends), Cosmojetz Windup designed by Chico Bicalho $11.95 ($10.76 members of

A selection of 11 rugs taken from an advanced private

the Friends)

collection provides the opportunity to discuss the evolution of design as well as the indigenous use and wear patterns in contrast to the use and wear patterns of Western importation. Caucasian rugs were regularly imported into the United States, including Georgia, throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Curators: Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, and James A. Verbrugge Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum

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Works of Art Page 4 Works by Silas Hoadley of Connecticut and Massachusetts; Case by an unidentified maker active in the Southeast Tall case clock, ca. 1810 Possibly cherry and white pine Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Gregory and Jennifer Holcomb GMOA 2012.502

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(top) Carroll Cloar (American, 1913–1993) Negro House (also known as Alec’s House), 1940 Lithograph on paper 9 5/8 x 13 1/4 inches

(left) Newcomb Pottery (Marie deHoa LeBlanc, decorator; Joseph Meyer, potter) Chocolate pot, ca. 1909 Low relief of pine tree landscape design Collection of Mr. Don Fuson

(bottom) Rainey Bennett (American, 1907–1998) Evening Glow, 1945 Watercolor on paper 22 1/8 x 19 inches Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma; purchase, U.S. State Department Collection 1948.1734

(top right) Newcomb Pottery (Sarah A.E. “Sadie” Irvine with Kenneth Smith or Francis Ford) Platter, ca. 1942–48 Gulf Stream design Newcomb Art Collection, Tulane University

(bottom right) Newcomb Pottery (Corinne M. Chalaron, decorator; Joseph Meyer, potter) Bowl, ca. 1925–26 Low-relief, stylized cotyledon design Newcomb Art Collection; gift of Anne Milling in memory of Marie Delery Wasserman and Hilda Wasserman McDonald, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

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(bottom) Sewan Kazak rug, West Caucasus, Armenia, 4th quarter, 19th century Wool-on-wool 83 x 57 inches Collection of Jim and Marcia Verbrugge

(left) Tristan Perich in front of Machine Wall Drawing at Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, N.Y. (right) Still from Quayola, Strata #4 2011

(top) Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837–1908) Point Judith, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, ca. 1885 Oil on canvas 13 x 29 inches Westmoreland Museum of American Art; Gift of the Westmoreland Society, 1998.2

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Dorothy Dehner (American, 1901–1994) Sanctum with Window I, 1990 Aluminum 40 x 48 x 13 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Collectors of the Georgia Museum of Art and partial gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts GMOA 2013.113

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arge copper weathervanes have long been the epitome of what Americans thought to be folk art. To have an example with this rich Georgia history is a great accomplishment for the museum. This object was an icon for nearly a century in Georgia’s flagship city, Savannah, where it sat atop the Savannah

Unidentified maker (probably active Massachusetts) Fish weathervane, ca. 1865–85 Copper with traces of gold gilt Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase to commemorate the 2014 Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts with funding provided by the Forward Arts Foundation, the International Fine Print Dealers Association Foundation, Peggy Heard Galis, Sylvia and Robert Gibson, Marilyn and John McMullan, Marian and Carl Mullis and Margie Spalding GMOA accession number in progress

Market into the mid-20th century, when the building was torn down and a major historic preservation movement sprang up to protect other important Savannah landmarks. It now will no doubt again become an icon at the Georgia Museum of Art. The object stretches many categories: sculpture, architecture, folk art, industrial production

and, of course, weathervanes.

The acquisition of this object exemplifies how museums collaborate to meet their mutual missions. The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts patiently waited three years for us to have the opportunity to obtain this important object, and we are proud to add it to our collection.

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orn in Cleveland, Dorothy Dehner moved to New York as a young woman to study theater after her parents and sole sibling died. While there, she studied at the Art Students League and met artists including Arshile Gorky and Stuart Davis. After divorcing from her husband David Smith, in 1951, her ambitions flowered and she moved more toward making sculpture.

Prolific and innovative, she worked until shortly before her death, at the age of 92. Her work, purchased through funds donated by the Collectors, like those due to be raised at the upcoming Bella Notte benefit April 5, fits well with the museum’s emphasis on art created by female sculptors.

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Elegant Salute XIV

David Matheny (left) and Mike Montesani (right).

The Georgia Museum of Art will host its most important fundraiser, Elegant Salute, on Saturday, January 31, 2015.

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The theme of the night will be “An Elegant Salute to the Treasures of Georgia,” which will honor the Georgia Museum of Art, its collection of art and some outstanding Georgia citizens. Every program and exhibition held at the museum is funded by gifts and donations from foundations, corporations and individuals— and Elegant Salute is an excellent way to raise money in support of the museum while providing an exciting evening to give back to those who have been so generous. This special night takes place every other year, and the upcoming Elegant Salute will be the fourteenth in a string of successful events.

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The fourteenth Elegant Salute has at least one detail that makes it stand out from the others: a male chair will be host for the first time. In fact, two men will head the fundraiser: David Matheny and Michael Montesani. There are perhaps no two men better qualified for the job. The future cochairs are long-time volunteers—each has received the museum’s M. Smith Griffith Volunteer

of the Year Award—and both have been inextricably involved in the museum’s growth and success.

Matheny began his association with the museum in the late 1990s and was soon nominated to the board of directors of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. He served on the board from 2002 to 2008, including as president from 2006 to 2008. As an architect, he has even been involved in the museum’s building—he was an architectural consultant for the 1996 building, and his knowledge proved instrumental when the plans for Phase II were being drawn. Matheny was soon nominated to serve on the museum’s Board of Advisors as a result of his service and support.

Montesani was introduced to the museum through Matheny and the late Ann Scoggins, and it came as no surprise when he was asked to become a member of the Friends board. He was able to become more involved in the museum after retiring from the Office of Special Events at the University of Georgia. Montesani has been a part

of the last four Elegant Salutes in various capacities—from décor committee to logistics chair—and he cochaired the Friends fundraiser Highfalutin’ Hootenanny in 2011.

In addition to raising money for the museum, the cochairs want to raise awareness of the Georgia Museum of Art. Not everyone is aware that the museum is the official art museum of the state of Georgia (and has been since 1982), and Matheny and Montesani want to emphasize the fact that this institution is one of Georgia’s treasures. With Elegant Salute in such good hands, the night is sure to be a success, both for the museum and everyone involved.

Elizabeth Lupton Fontaine Intern, Department of Communications

Interested in helping make Elegant Salute a success? Want to volunteer your talents in fundraising, flower arranging or anything else? Contact the Friends office at 706.542.0830 and we will find a committee for you.

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ou may know that the Georgia Museum of Art is the official state museum of art, but did you know the state of Georgia also has its own collection of art? Thanks to Georgia Council for the Arts, in partnership with the Georgia Tourism Division, the Georgia Humanities Council and the Georgia Museum of Art, a selection of works in various media from that 600-plus-object collection is touring smaller communities throughout the state. “Inspired Georgia: 28 Works from Georgia’s State Art Collection” highlights the diverse styles, media and techniques represented in the collection and is intended to serve as a springboard for additional arts and culture activities that celebrate local cultural communities and increase tourism.

Anne Lambert Tracht of ConsultArt, Inc., selected the works in the traveling exhibition with an eye to representing the diversity of the collection as well as considering which would travel well. Genres include work by such self-taught artists as Howard Finster and Nellie Mae Rowe; photography by Athenian Margo Rosenbaum, Lucinda Bunnen, John McWilliams and others; paintings by Herbert Creecy, Michael Junkin, John Riddle and Freddie Styles; and works on paper by Ben Smith, Art Werger, Ruth Laxson and Benny Andrews.

The Georgia Museum of Art was asked to assist both in creating the small catalogue that accompanies the exhibition and illustrates all the works, and in helping the venues with educational programs, no difficult matter for our accomplished education department.

The President’s Venture Fund, UGA, generously agreed to fund travel by museum staff. We are pleased to have been included in the process and salute all those involved, including Governor and Mrs. Deal, for lending their support and making the arts a priority in the state of Georgia.

Thus far, the exhibition has traveled to the Quinlan Arts Center, in Gainesville, and the Monroe Arts Guild, in Monroe, and will have opened and closed at the Stephens County Historical Museum, Toccoa, by the time this issue of Facet reaches you. We hope that if you find yourself near one of the other venues, you will make an effort to stop in and see it in person.

Remaining Venues Paradise Garden, Summerville March 4–April 17, 2014 Dogwood City Art Gallery, Tallapoosa April 19–May 27, 2014 Arts Clayton, Jonesboro May 31–July 24, 2014 The Carnegie Library, Dublin July 26–September 11, 2014 Georgia Museum of Agriculture at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton September 13–October 27, 2014 Historic Train Depot, Kingsland October 29–December 11, 2014

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The Collectors Present: Bella Notte Saturday, April 5, 6–9 p.m.

Join us for an Italian-themed dinner and silent auction featuring vacation homes, fine art and high fashion to raise acquisition funds for the museum. Décor sponsored

by Maggie Williams of European Floral Design. Contact the Friends office at 706.542.0830 for more information or to purchase tickets ($100 Friends members; $125 nonmembers).

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The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a special version of 90 Carlton cosponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art and previewing the 2014 Masters of Fine Arts Degree Candidates’ Exhibition. Free.

Third Thursday Thursday, April 17, May 15 and June 19, 6–9 p.m.

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. The museum, 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 9 p.m. on those nights to showcase their visual-arts programming. Visit 3Thurs. org for a calendar of events.

Student Night Thursday, April 17, 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.

Student Night is generously sponsored by UGA Parents & Families Association.

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The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art Annual Meeting Thursday, May 1, 5:30 p.m.

Join us for the Friends Annual Meeting and presentation of the 2014 M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award.

Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. For more information call 706.542.4662.

Travel to Charlotte with the Collectors Wednesday and Thursday, May 28–29 The Collectors will travel to Charlotte, N.C., for two days.

The tour will include stops at the Mint Museum, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Please call 706.542.0830 for more information.

90 Carlton: Summer Friday, June 13, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

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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 self-guided visit led by an instructor or students who will be coming on their own to complete an assignment.

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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.

Page 11 works (top right) Dick Baldwin (birth and death dates unknown) Dome, n.d.

Acrylic on canvas 52 x 32 inches

(middle) Lucinda Bunnen (b. 1930) Lonesome Walk, n.d.

Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches

(bottom) Art Werger (b. 1955) Night Games, 1987 Etching 24 x 33 1/2 inches

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

Lectures & Gallery Talks Stephen Fraser Thursday, April 3, 11 a.m.

In conjunction with Athens Fashion Collective’s presentation at Museum Mix later in the day, Spoonflower founder Stephen Fraser will speak. Spoonflower is a web-based company that allows users to design, print, sell and purchase original fabric designs.

This talk, drawing upon Stoner’s recent book “Toward a Minor Architecture,” proposes a new approach to the contemporary metropolis, drawing from the disciplines of fiction, politics, art and critical theory. Three key witnesses to a set of obsolete mythologies—the Prisoner, the Blind Man and the Peregrine Falcon—offer alternative lenses through which to view architecture’s future, absent its capital letter. Jill Stoner is professor of architecture and chair of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Cosponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art, department of English, and College of Environment and Design.

MFA Speaks Thursday, April 17, 5:30 p.m.

Join Masters of Fine Arts candidates featured in the MFA exhibition for talks about their work. Cosponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Andrea Carson-Coley Lecture: Dr. Laura Brown “With Power Tools: Lesbian Feminists Approach Legal Marriage” Friday, April 18, 12:30 p.m.

At least 1/3 of all American citizens now live in a jurisdiction where lesbians may legally marry their partners; those marriages are now also federally recognized.

Because feminists have long critiqued marriage as a patriarchal institution with the goal of owning and subjugating women, deciding to marry legally is not a simple decision for lesbian feminists. Using the speaker’s own impending legal marriage, this lecture will examine the heritage of feminist critiques of legal matrimony, discuss the challenges to lesbians and feminists considering legal marriage and ask how LGBT people can remodel the “master’s house” of marriage with our “power tools” of feminist critique. Cosponsored by UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies and the LGBT Resource Center.

Director’s Lecture: “Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune: Queering St. Sebastian” Thursday, April 24, 5:30 p.m.

Dr. William Underwood Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, traces the evolution of representations of Sebastian, the 3rd-century martyr and saint. Dr. Eiland’s study focuses on the ways in which artists adapted St. Sebastian’s history and iconography to create a fixture for both Catholic hagiography and gay culture. This lecture will include sexually explicit images and may not be suitable for all audiences. Cosponsored by UGA’s LGBT Resource Center and GLOBES.

Family Days 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.

Slow Art Family Day Saturday, April 12, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Slow and steady wins the race at this special Slow Art Family Day! Slow Art Day is a global event that invites visitors to take their time and look slowly at works of art.

Join us for a special slow-looking gallery games tour, then create a Slow Art-inspired work of art in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom.

Celebrating Spring Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m.–noon Take a look at works in the museum’s permanent collection that evoke the season of spring. Join us in the galleries at 11 a.m. for a special interactive gallery games tour, then head down to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to decorate a flowerpot and plant your own flower seed to take home!

Images of Family Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m.–noon Explore depictions of family in an exhibition of artist Carroll Cloar’s lithographs, then create your own family portraits in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Join us in the galleries at 11 a.m. for a special interactive gallery games tour.

Newcomb Pottery Saturday, June 14, 10 a.m.–noon Check out the beautiful southern pottery in the exhibition “Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise” upstairs, then create and decorate your own pot in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom using air-dry clay. Join us at 11 a.m. in the galleries for a special interactive gallery games tour.

Films Art Interrupted Film Series (continued from March) “The Stranger” Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m.

Directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young, this 1946 film noir tells the suspenseful tale of an escaped Nazi war criminal (Welles) posing as a college professor in a small town and the UN War Crimes Commissioner (Robinson) intent on bringing him to justice. 1946, NR, 95 min.

Tours Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, April 2, 9 and 30; May 7, 14 and 21; and June 11 and 18, 2 p.m.

Led by docents.

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, April 13, May 11 and June 15, 3 p.m.

Led by docents.

Tour at Two: “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy” Wednesday, April 16, 2 p.m.

Led by Laura Valeri, associate curator of European art.

Artful Conversation Wednesday, April 23, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Robert Gwathmey Jr.’s “Hoeing Tobacco” (1946).

“Cradle Will Rock” Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.

Set in 1930s New York, “Cradle Will Rock” presents a fictionalized account of the real events that surrounded the production of a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production. The film follows the story of Orson Welles as he tries to stage a musical about a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program. Director Tim Robbins creates a commentary on the dynamics of art, power and politics. Starring Robbins, Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades and Joan Cusack. 1999, R, 132 min.

CRIMES AGAINST CULTURE FILM SERIES “The Rape of Europa” Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m.

“The Rape of Europa” tells the epic story of the systematic theft, destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Third Reich and World War II. A fascinating look into the real-life “Monuments Men,” this documentary takes viewers into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe and tells the story of the heroic young art historians and curators who rescued and returned the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures. Directed by Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham; narrated by Joan Allen.

2006, NR, 117 min. A discussion will follow this film.

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

“Architecture of Doom” Thursday, May 8, 7 p.m.

This absorbing and chilling documentary focuses on the obsession Adolf Hitler had with “pure” and aesthetically acceptable art and how he applied these notions while running the Third Reich, including sponsoring exhibitions of so-called “degenerate art” that were intended to depict modernist painting and sculpture as expressions of mental illness and general depravity. The film chronicles Hitler as he scavenges classical art from across Europe and, as an amateur architect, designs buildings that express his vision of a Nordic empire with a Nazi aesthetic. Directed by Peter Cohen. 1989, NR, 119 min.

“Portrait of Wally” Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m.

“Portrait of Wally” traces the history of an iconic Egon Schiele painting seized from a Jewish art dealer by the Nazis in 1939 and the quest for its return. This fascinating documentary details the historic court case that pitted the Manhattan District Attorney, the U.S. government and the heirs of a Viennese gallery owner against a major Austrian museum and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Directed by Andrew Shea. 2012, NR, 91 min.

Films are generously sponsored by:

Artful Conversation Wednesday, May 28, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Romare Bearden’s “Mecklenburg County, Lamp at Midnight” (ca. 1979).

Tour at Two: Decorative Arts Wednesday, June 4, 2 p.m.

Led by Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts.

Artful Conversation Wednesday, June 25, 2 p.m.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Carroll Cloar’s lithographic prints.

Workshops & Classes Lunch and Learn: Women and the Decorative Arts Friday, April 4, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

UGA faculty and staff are invited to learn about the upcoming exhibition “Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise” and related works in the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art with Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, and Annelies Mondi, deputy director. Lunch will be provided, but space is limited. Please contact Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, at cdicindi@uga.edu to reserve your space.

Gallery Games Thursday, April 10, May 8 and June 12, 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, April 17, May 22 and June 19, 5–8 p.m.

Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during these hours. No instruction provided. Pencils only.

Teen Studio Thursday, May 22, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Teens (ages 13–18) are invited to participate in an art workshop and gallery tour of the exhibition “Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise” led by local artist Hope Hilton. Pizza will be served. This program is free, but space is limited. Email callan@uga. edu to reserve a spot.

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Willson Center Distinguished Lecture: Jill Stoner “After Architecture” Thursday, April 3, 5:30 p.m.

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Awards

From left: Craig Amason, Piedmont College, head of the GAMG awards committee; Bill Prokasy; Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, Georgia Museum of Art; and Catherine Lewis, president of GAMG

The Art Libraries Society of North America’s Southeast Chapter recently

commented, “The catalogue is beautifully designed and

held in January 2014, in Dalton. The Kress Project

includes scholarly essays and biographical notes on each

received the award for special projects “for implementing a

presented the museum’s catalogue for “Art Interrupted:

artist and art work alongside full color reproductions. An

project that successfully enlarged and diversified the

Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural

impressive record of both American art and record of one

museum’s audience and serves as a model for

Diplomacy” with its Mary Ellen LoPresti Award. ARLIS/SE

man’s curatorial vision of art as a political and ideological

multidisciplinary study and response to art” and Bill

established the award in 1985 to recognize and encourage

weapon, this book was the standout in the exhibition

Prokasy, member of the museum’s Board of Advisors,

excellence in art publications issued in the southeastern

catalogue entries and favorite of our judges.”

received recognition “for unwavering advocacy of the arts at the state and federal levels, and for leadership, support

United States. The winners were announced at the ARLIS/ SE annual business meeting and conference at the New

The museum also received two awards at the Georgia

and encouragement of the administration and staff of the

Orleans Museum of Art, November 2013. The judges

Association of Museums and Galleries’ annual conference,

Georgia Museum of Art.”

collection. They also created a program for grandparents

The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a year-long

and grandchildren through a partnership with Athens

faculty development program that provides an opportunity

Community Council on Aging’s Grandparents Raising

for selected faculty members to integrate service learning

learning into her course, Engaging Art Museum Audiences

Grandchildren program using the exhibition “The Cross-

into their teaching, research and public service work while

as Student Docents. In this course, students developed gal-

roads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South.”

becoming recognized campus leaders in service-learning

Service Learning Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, was selected as a 2013–14 service-learning fellow. This fall, DiCindio incorporated service

gifts gifts gifts

pedagogy and community engagement.

lery activities and gave tours of the museum’s permanent

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between November 9, 2013, and February 3, 2014: DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Mrs. June M. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Travis Burch Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Carleton Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. McConnell Drs. Gordhan and Virginia Patel Mrs. Jane M. Payne Mrs. Doris A. Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sams Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres Mr. and Mrs. Tony Turner Mr. and Mrs. David L. Warner

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Ms. Lidwina G. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Patterson

SUSTAINING Alex Roush Architects, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. George Rives Cary Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Dolson Ms. Catherine May and Dr. Paul Irvine

DESIGNATED Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Dr. Larry H. and Mrs. Linda N. Beard Ms. Beverly H. Bremer LaTrelle F. Brewster Dr. and Mrs. George Rives Cary Chaparral Foundation Mrs. Claire H. Crumbley Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Currey Mrs. Judith A. Ellis Drs. William and Marya Free Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilham Mr. John Greene Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Knappenberger Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely The Miller Group America, LLC Patricia S. Milsted Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Mullis III Ms. Kathy Prescott and Mr. Grady Thrasher Margaret A. Rolando Snowden Tatarski Corporation Mrs. Dudley Stevens The Turner Family Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Ruthann B. Walton In memory of Thomas G. Dyer

by Patricia and Tom Wright In memory of Morris B. Ewing

by Peg and Norm Wood

In memory of Edgar J. Forio Jr.

by Devereux and Dave Burch, Shannon and Peter Candler, Joan and Zack Cravey, William W. Espy, Peggy and Denny Galis, Caroline and Harry Gilham, Dyan Jacobus, Mr. and Mrs. Donald King, Margaret and Jack Langford, Carey Pickard and Chris Howard, Dorothy A. Roush, Betty Slaton, T. Marion Slaton, Dudley Stevens, Carolyn and Rhett Tanner and Patricia and Tom Wright

Holland, Gail and Tim Hughes, Marge and Jack Sawyer, Carole K. Simmons and Dudley Stevens

In memory of Andrew Ladis

by Patricia and Tom Wright

In honor of Martha Randolph Daura and

In memory of Dorothy Paul

by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Helen P. McConnell

by Patricia and Tom Wright In memory of Ann L. Scoggins

by June Ball, Hillary Brown, Peggy Cole, Bo Holland and Susie Soper, Charlotte Moore, Fred Morton, Piedmont Gardeners, Fran and Emory Thomas, Elizabeth P. Turner and Brenda P. Wade In memory of Patty Vick

by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Christine Williams Watson

by Mary and Bayard Call, Cynthia Chapman, Sally Dorsey and Herb Miller, Kathryn

In honor of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz

by Ralph and Cathy Ferrone, Robert and March Nader and Larry and Missy Sanchez In honor of Mary Burdell, Henry Green, Frannie Hilsman and Julie Jenkins

by Frances Yates Green

Thomas W. Mapp

by Frances Covert In honor of William Underwood Eiland

by Patricia and Tom Wright In honor of Phoebe Gould Forio

by Mr. and Mrs. Fay Pearce In honor of Frances Yates Green and in memory of Henry D. Green

by Felton Jenkins III In honor of Julie Jenkins and in memory of Felton Jenkins Jr.

by Felton Jenkins III In honor of Annelies Mondi

by Patricia and Tom Wright

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June and July Day camps, day cares and community centers are invited to the museum to take part in our special free summer program. Become a Museum Superhero by using your art superpowers to explore the exhibition “Women, Art and

Additional Sponsors of the 2014 Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts Peggy Galis, in memory of Ed Forio

The Grandchildren of Henry and Frances Green

Sylvia and Robert Gibson

Jennifer and Gregory Holcomb

The Children of Henry and Frances Green

Marian and Carl Mullis

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