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The Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts

January 30 and 31, 2004

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The Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts will take a broad approach to the study of the history of Georgia through

the buildings, paintings, furnishings, and ironwork created in the state.

Scholars from many disciplines will present new research on topics ranging from a bathroom in Savannah's Andrew Low House to Franklin H. Gottshall's influence on interior design at Berry College in northwest Georgia to a historic Greek Revival home in Columbus that has been in the same family for 167 years to a painting of Tallulah Falls in the northeast corner of the state.

Through this biennial symposium series, the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts seeks to foster interest in, promote discussion of, and encourage continued research into the history and material culture of Georgia.

The symposium series is named in honor of the late Henry D. Green, an early and distinguished proponent of the study of Georgia's decorative arts. Mr. Green has been called an "invaluable champion of Southern decorative arts" and was known as a pioneer in the movement to recognize Georgia's rich legacy in the decorative arts.

Thursday, January 29, 2004

5:00

Preview Lecturer, Wendell Garrett Seating is limited, advanced reservations required. Please call (706) 542-4662 to make reservations for the preview lecture, which is not included in the registration for the symposium. The admission fee for the preview lecture is $10.

Mr. Garrett is senior vice president of American Decorative Arts at Sotheby's in New York and editor-at-large for The Magazine Antiques, and he is often seen on AnfQues Roadshou This lecture is sponsored

by Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Catchpole and Mr. T. Marion Slaton.

The preview lecture, registration, breaks, and lunches will take place ai the Georgia Museum of Art. Lectures will take place in Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center, adjacent to the Georgia Museum of Art. Please turn off cell phones during lectures.

Friday, January 30, 2004

8:30 9:00 9:15 9:30

Registration and Coffee Welcome, William U. Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art, and Ashley Callahan, Curator, Henry D, Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts Opening Remarks, Linda Chesout, Chairmao, DecorativeArts Advisory Commifiee, Georgia Museum of Arl

ResfoTirg lhe Cedarslnside and Out: The Odyssey ofKeeping a Homeplaee in the Family, John McKay Sheftall, Columbus, GA The Cedars is a Greek Revival house built in Columbus, Georgia, in 1836 by John Banks, which has been in the same family for all of its 167 years. Sheftaltr+ill address the challenges and discoveries he and his youfig family have experienced while resloring and feclaiming the architecture, decoratiye arts, and landscape of his anceskal home.

10:15

Brtsand&'eces, Paper and Pattern: Researcfirirg

Wallpatper in Ninetxnth-Century Vernacular Georgia, Maryellen Higginbotham, Curator, Root House Museum Through research begun at the Root House, a home builtin Marietta

about 1845 for a middle-class merchant's family, Higginbotham will examine wallpapers used in vernacular houses in Georgla.

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Break Feeting Gravity's Pull: The Andrew Low House Bathroom, A MiclNindeenth-Century Example, Ta*ia Sammons, Curator, Andreu Low House The Andrew Low House was built in Savannah in I B4g and no\/s is 'i:: owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia. Recenl investigation into the original plumbing for lhe house reveals information about fte bathroom, which Sammons will discuss within the context of other bathrooms of the

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Discussion Lunch Break "Simple Colonial Furniture": Franklin ff. Gottsfiallb Influence or?:. lnterior Design at Berry Gollegq $lsan Aihury.ilewsome, Execulive Assistant to the Presidentr$trong Museum, Roeh*sl+r.

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Break Sharing Henry Green, Mary Burdell, Saint Simons lsland, GA ' Using Mr. Green's personal scrapbook as a starting poiflt, Burde$; ene of Mr. Green's daughters, will present anecdotal information about her father's work with collecting, preserving, and resloring furniture and architecture.

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Progressive reception featuring three historic houses in Athens (details provided at registration.)

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Saturday, January 31, 20A4 8:45

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Opening Remarks, Peggy Galis, Member, Decorative Arts Advisory Committee

Badran and the Changing Landscape,Brad Sanders, Athens, GA Sanders will discuss William Bartram's role in desuibing a pre-modern landscape. He willjuxtapose contemporary images of Georgia with Bartram's accounts, keeping in mind the confliciof Bartramb spiritual and practical view of nature, both derived from his Quaker faith.

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The Weight of a Perpetual Creatlon; George Cooke's Tallulah Falls and Antebellum Twr.ist Representations of Waturtalls, Dr. Paul Andrew Manoguera, Curator of American Ar! Georgia Museum of

Art George Cooke created his oil painting Tallulah Faltsini84l. Manoguerra will closely read this painting in terms of its contexi wiihin mid-nineteenthcentury landscape painting, tourism in the United $tatee and abroad, and the poetics and.poiltics of the American land$aape.

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Break Westuille and 185A Gardening, Dr, Thornton F. Jordan, Columbus,

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Willlam Price Taknage and His tron r' r.,lfer& br. Itilichele Gi[bspio,.Kahle Family Professo] of History, Wake ',.Forsst'Untvereity Talmage's diary which he kept trom 1847,to 1877, is a rare survival and describes events in the artisan's life tfiat he deemed, "Propper [slc] to Note down,through the Course of [His] life.' Using the diary and other primqry'dbeUmgnls, Gillespie will traee the eareer of this artisan from his time spenl.lraveling ffom place to place in search of work to his role as an esteblishedtnsrnber.of the Athens communily and a partner in the Athens lron Works,.ithich produced lh* Universily of Georgia's Arch.

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Federal Architecture, Betty $nyder, Volunteer, Georgia's Od Gapital Museum , ''S*ydet will focus, on "Milledgeville Federal" and the combination of styles ,,." that blend tqgether lo make it distinctive. She will consider five master ,,:

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builderc working in Miltedgeville: Jett Thomas, John Scott, John Marler,

Closipg8emar{rs, Dale Couch, Member, Decorative Arts Advisory Committee

Registration Form The Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts Georgia Inside and Out: Architecture, Landscape, and Decorative Arts Seating is limited and advanced registration (by mail only) is required. The registration deadline is December 22, and spaces will be filled in the order in which regiskation forms are received.

The activity fee, which includes lunches and refreshments, Friday evening receptions and tours of historic homes, and day shuttles from selected downtown hotels and parking lots, is $100. The activity fee is non+efundable after January 9. Parking at the museum is limited.

lf you wish to register for the symposium but do not wish to participate in the extra activities, you may do so free of charge. However, registra-

tion is still required. Registration will be confirmed by mail or email.

Registration Form Name Please indicate your name as it should appear on your nametag. Please print clearly.

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Check here if you wish to register for the symposium but do

not wish to participate in the extra activities. Registration for the symposium lectures only is free.

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Check here if you wish to register for the symposium and do

wish to participate in the extra activities.

The activity fee includes box lunches both days. Please select from the following choices: Tarragon salad

chicken

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Turkey with pita and apricot mayonnaise

Friday Saturday All lunches will be served with pita chips, fresh fruit, dessert, and choice of tea, water, or lemonade.

Reservation fee of $10 for Preview Lecture Activity fee of $100 Donation to the Henry D. Green Center Total

Please make checks payable to University of Georgia Foundation, or pay by credit card:

Type of card: Card number: Expiration date: Name as it appears on card:

Please mail to: The Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts Georgia Museum of Art

University of Georgia 90 Carlton Street

Athens, GA 30602.6719

Accommodations in the Athens area Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast, 5 Harden Hill Road, Watkinsville, (706) 679-2633 Courtyard by Marriot, 166 Finley Street, (706) 369-7000,

(800)321-2211 Foundry Park lnn, 295 East Dougherty Street, (706) 549-7020, (866) g-ATHENS Hampton lnn,2220 West Broad Street, (706)548-9600, (800) 426-7866 Holiday lnn, 197 East Broad Street, (706) 549-4433, (800) 862-8436, (800) 465-4329 Holiday lnn Express, 513 West Broad Street, (706) 546-8122, (800) 862-8436, (800) 465-4329

Symposium Support This project is supported by the Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities and through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. ln-kind sponsors include UGA Office of Performing Arts and Northeast Sales Distributing, lnc.

Museum [nformation Partial support for the exhibitions and programs at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and 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. lndividuals, foundations, and corporations provide additional support through their gifts to the University of Georgia Foundation.

Georgia Museum of Art University of Georgia Performing and VisualArts Complex (706) 542-GMOA www.uga.edu/gamuseum The Georgia Museum of Art's hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.

Please call the development office at the Georgia Museum

of Art for

information on becoming a sponsor of this symposium, (706) 542-1461.

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