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Kress Collection: Exhibitions: The Kress Project

Exhibitions: Volunteer Spotlight: Lycett China

Donor Spotlight: Publication Spotlight: Peggy Galis

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Fall 2011

From the Director

Department of Publications Hillary Brown and Mary Koon Publications Interns Mary Bowden Green Katherine Jones Design

Because we have been finishing our self-study for reaccreditation over the past year, a time-consuming but worthwhile process

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of self-examination, the staff and I have been talking about how we “fit” at the University of Georgia, as we pride ourselves on our statewide mission of community service, which is not only complementary but essential to our academic mission as well. We are both fish and fowl, as it were, devoted to lifelong learners in our lay communities of service as well as to our immediate audience of students, faculty and staff at the

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University of Georgia. It is my belief, and part of my vision,

University of Georgia

if you will, for the museum over the past two decades, that

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in order to reach our goals, we have to do our homework: at

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the Georgia Museum of Art, teaching and service are both

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strengthened as core values by and dependent on scholarship. Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation)

Research then is the pillar of our mission. So, it was gratifying and illuminating for me when our editor and head of the communications department here, Hillary Brown, carried out a study for me on the successes of our internship program. Not counting the numerous classes from the university and other colleges in northeast Georgia who use the museum, I asked Hillary to determine the number of students who have had internships, volunteer or for-credit, who have been in our work-study program or who have been classified as taking museum-study courses.

HOURS Galleries: Open to classes and school groups by appointment only, Monday and Tuesday. Open to the public Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 12–5 p.m.; Thursday, 12–9 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden:

“ It is my belief, and part of my vision, if you will, for the museum over the past two decades, that in order to reach our goals, we have to do our homework: at the Georgia Museum of Art, teaching and service are both strengthened as core values by and dependent on scholarship. Research then is the pillar of our mission.”

Since 1988, we have had more than 500 interns and work-study

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday,

students pass through the halls of the museum. Many have

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

worked for more than one semester or in more than one depart-

Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Closed on Mondays.

ment. Annelies Mondi, now our deputy director, was a student assistant back in 1988, and several other staff members also started out as our students: Lynn Boland, now Pierre Daura Curator of European Art; Carissa DiCindio, now curator of education; Mary Koon, now in our department of publications; Christy Sinksen, now a registrar; and Hillary.

Museum Shop: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.–8:45 p.m.; Sunday, 1–4:45 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Those of our students who have managed to leave Athens (by far the larger number) have gone on to impressive careers in the

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arts, in academics, in public relations, in graphic design and in

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numerous other fields. Anthony Goicolea, who spoke here in

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January and recently had a major midcareer survey open at the Jepson Center in Savannah, is one of the most notable names,

but we hear from our former students frequently. They tell us how much they learned in their time here and what an

Mission Statement

invaluable experience working behind the scenes at a museum was. We appreciate equally everything they do, and we

The Georgia Museum of Art shares

learn as much from them as they do from us.

the mission of the University of Georgia

William Underwood Eiland, Director

research and service. Specifically, as

to support and to promote teaching, a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret

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significant works of art.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Mrs. M. Smith Griffith

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr.

Georgia Museum of Art

Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell

Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt

Professor John D. Kehoe

Mr. Henry C. Schwob

Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr.

Mrs. George-Ann Knox

Mrs. Ann C. Scoggins

at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by

Dr. Amalia K. Amaki

Mrs. Shell H. Knox

Ms. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff

the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation,

Mrs. Frances Aronson-Healey

Mr. David W. Matheny

Mr. S. Stephen Selig III

Turner I. Ball, M.D.

Ms. Catherine A. May

Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding

the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and

Ms. Karen L. Benson

Mrs. Helen P. McConnell

Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens

Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.

Mr. Mark G. McConnell

Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner

appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz

Mrs. Marilyn M. McMullan

Mrs. Judith M. Taylor

The Council is a partner agency of the National

Mrs. Devereux C. Burch

Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely

Dr. Brenda A. Thompson

Mr. Robert E. Burton

Mrs. Berkeley S. Minor

Mrs. Barbara Auxier Turner

Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations

Mrs. Debbie C. Callaway

Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.

Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth

Mr. Randolph W. Camp

Ms. Jane C. Mullins

Ms. Kathleen E. Walker

through their gifts to the University of Georgia

Mrs. Shannon I. Candler, past chair

Mr. Carl W. Mullis III, chair

Mr. G. Vincent West

Foundation. The Georgia Museum of Art is

Mrs. Faye S. Chambers

Mr. Donald G. Myers

Dr. Carol V. Winthrop

Mr. Harvey J. Coleman

Mrs. Betty R. Myrtle

Mrs. Martha T. Dinos

John Nickerson, M.D.

Ex-Officio

Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd

Mrs. Deborah L. O'Kain

Mrs. Linda C. Chesnut

Ms. Sally Dorsey

Mrs. Janet W. Patterson

Dr. William Underwood Eiland

Professor Marvin Eisenberg

Ms. Kathy B. Prescott

Mr. Tom Landrum

Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher

Dr. William F. Prokasy IV

Professor Jere W. Morehead

Mr. James B. Fleece

Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr.

Dr. Libby V. Morris

Mr. Edgar J. Forio Jr.

Ms. Margaret A. Rolando

Karen W. Prasse, M.D.

Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr.

Mr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr.

Ms. Georgia Strange

Mr. John M. Greene

Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush

Mrs. Helen C. Griffith

Mrs. Sarah P. Sams

Partial support for the exhibitions and programs

the Georgia Council for the Arts through the

and corporations provide additional support

ADA compliant; the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium is equipped for the hearing-impaired.

Contents

Exhibitions

Kress Project

Green Symposium

Family Day

Exhibitions

Kress Project

Donor Spotlight

Green Symposium

Highfalutin’ Hootenanny

Calendar of Events

Museum Notes

Event Photos

On the front cover (detail):

On the back cover (detail):

Clare Leighton

Dale Nichols

(American, b. England, 1898 –1989)

(American, 1904 –1995)

A Lapfull of Windfalls, 1935

The Last Load, 1966

Wood engraving on paper

Oil on canvas

8 x 6 1/4 inches (sheet)

24 x 29 3/4 inches

Mint Museum of Art

Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection:

Gift of Gabby Pratt

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. McGrew,

2004.79.36

1977.79.037

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FEATURES

Exhibitions

Buon Natale: Holiday Prints by Elizabeth Bailey November 19–December 31, 2011 This exhibition features Elizabeth Bailey’s holiday woodcuts, which have a distinctly Italian flavor. A Georgia native and an art history professor at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., Bailey has studied art in Cortona and Florence, Italy, and has recently begun to study art in England, France and Germany. The Italian influence on her holiday prints is evident not only in such titles as “Ave Maria Grazia Plena,” but also in subject, composition and style. Bailey has exhibited her work throughout

Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton November 19, 2011–February 3, 2012

the United States and in Italy. Organized by the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, N.C., this exhibition includes images from the Mint’s Pratt Curator: William Underwood Eiland, director

Collection, one of the largest collections of Clare Leighton’s work in the country, and spans Leighton’s career

Galleries: Lamar Dodd Gallery

from 1923 to 1965. “Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton” provides a full survey of

Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

Leighton’s career, from her earliest prints in the 1920s that depict the labors of the English working classes

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

to a selection of her rarely seen watercolors. Unique to the collection is a set of 12 Wedgwood plates titled “New England Industries,” for which Leighton designed the transfer-printed images. Among the exhibition’s highlights are the prints that resulted from Leighton’s early visits to North America, including “The Breadline, New York” and “Snow Shovellers, New York,” as well as the artist’s entire Canadian Lumber Camp series. A full-color catalogue of the exhibition will be available for sale in the Museum Shop and online. In-house Curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook and Charles B. Presley Family Galleries

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

Lycett China December 3, 2011–March 4, 2012 Edward Lycett (American, b. England, 1833–1910) was an important porcelain painter who immigrated to New York from Great Britain in 1861. By the early 1880s, Lycett and his family had settled in Atlanta and opened a studio devoted to porcelain decoration with the ancillary mission of educating young women. The studio secured its porcelain blanks from a Haviland firm near Limoges, France. Lycett china became a staple of upper-middle-class Georgia society and is found today in many Georgia homes. Although Lycett is best known for its white china with gold trim, most of the 30 pieces in this exhibition are paint decorated. Co-curators: Dale Couch, adjunct curator, Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, and Michelle Miller, independent scholar Gallery: Martha Thompson Dinos Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Introduction to the Centers December 3, 2011–March 4, 2012 One of the key elements in GMOA’s expansion was the construction of its Study Centers in the Humanities, four named units containing archives that supplement the museum’s collection and promote hands-on research. This small exhibition serves as an introduction to the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts and follows the introduction to its sister centers––the C.L. Morehead Jr. Center for the Study of American Art, the Jacob Burns Foundation Center (devoted to the study of prints and drawings) and the Pierre Daura Center––on view through November 20. A variety of objects accessioned over the past 40 years, including the first piece of furniture purchased by Green, as well as recent acquisitions of pottery and silver will be on view.

Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts Gallery: Dorothy Alexander Roush Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

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Curator: Dale Couch, adjunct curator, Henry D. Green

Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism December 17, 2011–February 27, 2012 Organized by the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, Neb., this retrospective exhibition presents Nebraska native Dale Nichols’ nostalgic images of rural America. Paintings dating from 1935 to 1972 establish Nichols not only as a Regionalist in the company of such great artists as Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, but one who transcended the confines of the genre to achieve universal success. This exhibition represents a recollection of Nichols’ years on the farm in Nebraska but manifests those memories in a variety of styles and places. Nichols held firm to his midwestern roots while he traveled the world in search of adventure and truth. Imbued with the inherent problems of isolation, poverty and inequality within American society, Nichols’ art references and upholds an American agrarian ideal. In-house curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art Gallery: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Images of the Midwest from the Collection December 17, 2011–February 27, 2012 This special, temporary display complements “Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism” and features images of the Midwest by American artists. The works are drawn from the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art as well as from objects on extended loan to the museum from the collection of Jason Schoen, Princeton, N.J. These American Scene images of the Midwest provide an aesthetic and historical context for Nichols’ paintings. Curator: Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art Gallery: Philip Henry Alston Jr. Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends

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of the Georgia Museum of Art

Don’t Miss Introduction to the Centers (C.L. Morehead Jr. Center for the Study of American Art, Jacob Burns Foundation Center and Pierre Daura Center)

“snowscape”

Dorothy Alexander Roush and

and Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Gallery

Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries

On view through November 30

A photo mural and video installation by Anthony Goicolea. Patsy Dudley Pate Gallery

On view through November 20

Hot Metal and Cool Paper: The Black Art of Making Books

Edmund Lewandowski: Precisionism and Beyond Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry

Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery I

Alston Jr. Galleries

On view through November 6

On view through December 4

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

All Creatures Great and Small

Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook,

On view through April 2012

T-Gates, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta

Charles B. Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries On view through November 6

Horizons An installation by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir. Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden

Photos: Kira Perov

On view through November 30

Works of Art “The Reflecting Pool”

Elizabeth Bailey (page 4, left)

Dale Nichols (page 6, top)

(American, b. 1952)

(American, 1904–1995)

Ave Maria Grazia Plena, ca. 1994–2009

The Last Load, 1966

Pioneering video artist Bill Viola helped make the medium

Woodcut on paper

Oil on canvas

vital to contemporary art in the 1970s and 1980s and

18 x 13 7/8 inches (sheet)

24 x 29 3/4 inches

remains among its most important practitioners. The artist

Georgia Museum of Art, University

Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection:

describes this work as “a collection of five independent

of Georgia; Gift of Patrick C. Mizelle

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. McGrew, 1979.79.037

works which, taken as a whole, describe the stages of

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a personal journey using images of transition—from day to

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Lucienne Bloch (page 6, bottom)

night, motion to stillness, time to timelessness, etc. Each

Clare Leighton (page 4, right)

(American, b. Switzerland, 1909–1999)

work explores specific video techniques and technologies,

(American, b. England, 1898 –1989)

The Flint Flood, 1948

in combination with the spatial potentials of stereo sound.”

Lobstering, ca. 1949–50

Egg tempera on Masonite

Photolithograph on ceramic

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia;

Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura

10 1/2 inches in diameter

Extended loan from the Schoen Collection,

Curator of European Art

Mint Museum of Art

Princeton, New Jersey

Gallery: Alonzo and Vallye Dudley Gallery

Gift of Gabby Pratt 2004.79.177.1–2

GMOA

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

2005.162E

Courtesy Lucienne Allen

William Lycett (page 5, top)

www.LucienneBloch.com

(b. England, 1855, d. Atlanta, 1909) Painted rectangular dressing table platter

Bill Viola (left)

12 3/4 x 9 inches

Collected Work, 1977–80

Private collection

Videotape collection, color, stereo sound; 62 minutes total

Unidentified maker (page 5 bottom)

Produced at WNET/ Thirteen Television

(American, lower Southern Piedmont)

Laboratory, New York and WXXI-TV Workshop,

Pembroke table, ca. 1795–1810

Rochester, New York

Cherry and yellow pine 28 1/2 x 33 3/8 x 43 inches

The Reflecting Pool, 1977–79

Georgia Museum of Art, University of

Videotape, color, mono sound; 7 minutes

Georgia; Gift of Phoebe and Ed Forio GMOA

2007.73

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Bill Viola: Collected Work, 1977–80 December 3, 2011–February 19, 2012

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The Kress Foundation Samuel H. Kress opened the first of his 264 S.H. Kress & Co. Five and Ten Cent Stores in Memphis, Tenn., in 1896. Locals admired the well-designed stores not only for their quality and inexpensive merchandise but also as prominent landmarks. Kress opened a store in 1915 in Athens at 153 East Clayton Street in the Talmadge building, where Flirt Fashions is located today. Shortly after opening his chain of five-and-ten-cent stores, Kress began collecting European art with the intention of one day sharing his collection with the public. In December 1938, the Kress flagship store at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Ninth Street in New York City featured Giorgione’s “Allendale Nativity,” a recent acquisition by Kress, in its holiday window display (the building was demolished in 1980). Although he made his first donation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and afterwards donated more than 400 paintings and sculptures to the National Gallery of Art, Kress wanted to make great works of art available to people in towns outside of major urban centers across the United States. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation was established in 1929 as part of this initiative. Although Kress died in 1955, his brother Rush H. Kress continued to manage the

The Kress storefront in Columbia, S.C., now houses an architecture firm.

activities of the foundation and oversee the distribution of the remaining works in the collection. In 1976, the Foundation published a complete, fully illustrated catalogue of the Kress collection to make the works even more accessible to the public. Today, the Kress Foundation continues to be active in the academic and the art world. The foundation awards grants for dissertation research in art history as well as research fellowships and fellowships in art conservation.

The Kress Project

Call for Entries

Generously supported by the Samuel H. Kress Founda-

GMOA is soliciting responses both within the United

tion, the Kress Project is part of a two-year initiative

States and internationally through February 1, 2012,

celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Georgia Museum

to the 12 trecento, Renaissance and Baroque paintings

of Art’s Samuel H. Kress Study Collection. The project

in the museum’s Kress Gallery.

is among GMOA’s most prominent efforts to enlarge and diversify the museum’s audience during its reopening

Submissions must be inspired by a work in the collec-

year. The primary goal of the Kress Project is to promote

tion, which can be viewed in person or online. Entries

the study of and response to these objects by the public

may be in a variety of creative media, including but

at large and investigate new ways to interpret the

not limited to:

collection. Since its arrival in Athens, and especially since the early

• Creative writing

1990s, the Kress Study Collection has been the key

• Visual art

motivation for GMOA’s research in early Italian art.

• Choreography

Today, the Kress Gallery prominently features our 12

• Fashion design

Kress paintings from the Trecento, Renaissance and

• Film

Kress Five and Ten Cent Store window display, down-

Baroque periods, as well as drawings, paintings and

• Music

town Athens, ca. 1920s. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book

sculpture and period furniture on extended loan.

and Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries. All ages and education levels are encouraged to participate. Entries will be posted to the website

NO ENTRY FEE

Left (page 8):

throughout the year. Up to 24 winners will win $500

Giusto de’ Menabuoi

SUBMIT BY FEBRUARY 1, 2012

and have their work published in a multimedia book.

(Paduan, active 1349–ca. 1390)

www.georgiamuseum.org/kressproject

St. John the Baptist and St. Catherine of Alexandria, 1363 Tempera on wood

Katherine Jones, Publications Intern

28 5/8 x 18 3/4 inches (framed) Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The Samuel H. Kress Study Collection GMOA

1961.1892

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• Academic writing

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Donor Spotlight: Peggy Galis

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settlement of Georgians. She is almost as well known in Alabama as Georgia and has a similar command of its history. She inhales ideas and is as thirsty

influential early Athenian, is one of our highest

for knowledge as anyone I know. Her command of

quality regional works of art. It is attributable to

regional history goes far beyond the casual old-fash-

Joseph Pierre Picôt de Clorivière, a Frenchman

ioned versions; she is as up to date with historical

working in the Piedmont in the early 19th century.

scholarship as many active professionals.

Picot’s work is likely among the highest quality of all work in any media that was produced in this region in its early period of settlement. The two

eggy Heard Galis, who has been on GMOA’s Decorative Arts Advisory

Peggy has given two chief objects to the collections that are both extremely rare & significant.

chairs Peggy recently donated (opposite) are the finest examples of their type known, and the last of this quality known that were not already in museum collections. They evidence a pronounced FrancoGermanic influence and make an important statement on the diversity of our early settlement. The chairs have more in common with examples from Quebec or Louisiana than with those of the upper

Committee since its inception, is

South and are among the most notable develop-

central to the museum’s decorative

ments in the Piedmont style. Peggy has long had

arts program. She is particularly suitable for

Without Peggy and her many and various contribu-

these chairs, and they were centerpieces in her

supporting the program’s mission, as decorative

tions, our success would be unimaginable. I am

home. It was a sacrifice to donate them, and we all are

arts of Georgia form its core. Peggy is not only a

indebted to her on many levels for all that she has

indebted to her and her husband Denny. According

lifelong resident of our region, but she also descends

given: objects, personal encouragement, social

to our director, Bill Eiland, “Peggy is much like the

from many of its pioneer settlers, including Stephen

grace and sheer enthusiasm! Peggy has been an

objects of material culture we treasure: she teaches,

Heard, a colorful figure in Georgia’s history, who

important ambassador not only for the Henry D.

she inspires, she enlightens.”

became one of its earliest governors.

Green Center, but for all of Athens. Her hospitality

Peggy’s interests are not limited to the decorative

and charm are legendary and are synonymous with

Even if we could have achieved so much without

events surrounding the Green Symposia.

Peggy, it would not have been nearly as gratifying. She enriches every event, program or entity that

arts but embrace aspects of southern culture as diverse as foodways and linguistics; southern

Peggy has given two chief objects to the collections

literature and antiquarian tales; historical architec-

that are both extremely rare and significant. The

ture and gardens; civil rights history and Alabama

miniature portrait of Augustin Clayton (top left), an

The Sixth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts • February 2–4, 2012

The Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts has announced the dates for its sixth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, with the title and theme of “Homecoming.” The title represents our return to the Georgia Museum of Art’s wonderful facility, the return of the Billups portraits to Georgia and the return of the symposium to Georgia-related topics.

touches her. Dale L. Couch, Adjunct Curator of Decorative Arts

Homecoming

Points of Furniture” (known commonly as

American presence in the decorative arts

“Good, Better and Best”), a guide to

of the South, an analysis of the work of

American furniture connoisseurship. She

Gene Thomas, historical house restoration

has lectured widely throughout the nation.

and southern needlework and southern

Dale Couch, adjunct curator of decorative

clockmakers. Ashley Callahan will serve as

arts at GMOA, noted that “Deanne

guest curator for a show of Gene Thomas’

Deavours’ outstanding career is one

important Colonial Revival carpentry, and

example of how the field of Georgia

Michelle Miller will co-organize with Couch

decorative arts is connected to the

an exhibition of Lycett porcelain painting.

national scene. She is a native daughter

These exhibitions will meld with the new

who has brought home national standards

permanent Forio and Odum galleries to

of collecting and scholarship. She has

provide the attendees of the symposium

fostered many of the important private and

with much new material to absorb.

museum collections within the state and

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The keynote address will be by Georgia

of Georgia plain-style furniture as a topic

she has been an indispensable supporter

native Deanne Deavours (formerly

of study and collecting within the state.

of Georgia Museum of Art programs. She

Levison). Deavours is a premier dealer

Deavours authored much of the “Neat

is an invaluable member of the Decorative

in Georgia and in the nation, and she will

Pieces” catalogue in connection to the

Arts Advisory Committee.”

be speaking about her long and distin-

exhibition of the same name, which

guished career in the field of American

introduced Georgia vernacular furniture

Other topics at the upcoming symposium

decorative arts, in which she is acclaimed

to the canon. She has also published in

include Lycett porcelain painting in Atlanta,

for her skill and connoisseurship. She was

the Magazine Antiques and worked with

pottery archeology in Washington County,

also a moving force in the establishment

Albert Sack to rewrite “The New Fine

Windsor chair construction, the African

The symposium will be held at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, and evening events will be at GMOA. Shuttle bus service will be offered. Registration forms will be mailed. To update your contact information or to add a friend to the mailing list please call 706.542.GMOA (4662).

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Barbeque and live music are not typical of a museum fundraiser, but the Georgia Museum of Art is breaking the mold of black-tie galas with the announcement of its fall fundraiser.

LEFT: Attributed to Joseph Pierre Picôt de Clorivière

ABOVE: These chairs by an unknown maker (Green, Oconee or

(b. France 1735–d. United States 1826, active in Georgia

Oglethorpe County) are rooted in Continental style likely

Piedmont ca. 1800–ca. 1820), Portrait of Augustin

brought into Georgia by French or German settlers of

Smith Clayton, ca. 1800–20. Watercolor on ivory with

South Carolina. Made of soft maple and hickory with split

leather case. Georgia Museum of Art, University of

oak seats, they date to ca. 1790–1820 and descended

Georgia; Gift of Denny and Peggy Galis. GMOA 2010.0290

in the Jackson family.

In conjunction with the exhibition “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print,” the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art will host a “Highfalutin’ Hootenanny” at the museum on Friday, October 14, at 6:30 p.m.

The evening will begin with music and libations by String Theory in the sculpture garden. Supper will be served at 7:00 p.m., and dancing to music by Good Vibrations will follow. The event is made possible by event co-chairs Ann Scoggins and Michael Montesani, decorations committee chair Tami Ramsay and this year’s M. Smith Griffith

Volunteer of the Year, David Matheny, who serves as chair of the event’s fundraising committee. Tickets to Highfalutin’ Hootenanny are $75 per person and $50 for those age 40 and under. Guests are asked to reply by October 3. For more information or to purchase tickets call 706.542.GMOA (4662).

CHAMPAGNE

Karen Prasse, M.D.

Burns Studio Art/Van Burns

Bill and Pamela Prokasy

Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch

Mrs. Doris Ramsey

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Cooper Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sams III

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dolson

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Bertis E. Downs IV

William E. Torres, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Ellis

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scoggins

Mr. Todd Emily

Mr. Howard Scott and

Fat Mosquito Press

Ms. Karen Benson

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Forio Jr.

Mr. Lewis Scruggs Jr.

Col. and Mrs. Thomas N. Gibson III

Southeastern Color

Mr. Richard and Dr. Anne Hathaway

Hon. and Mrs. Homer M. Stark

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Henderson

Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens

Ms. Clementi L-B Holder and

Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tanner

Mr. Robert Saveland

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop II

Mrs. Lidwina G. Kelly

Dr. and Mrs. Norman J. Wood

Dr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Magill III

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Matheny

Homecoming Above: Edwin B. Smith Jr. (active ca. 1815–1841)

Mr. and Mrs. Mark McConnell

MOONSHINE

John F. and Marilyn M. McMullan

Mr. John Ahee and

Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniels Minor Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr. and Flowers, Inc., Retail

Dr. Paige Carmichael George Gregory Barnard Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Camp

Robert Ransome Billups, ca. 1827. Oil on canvas. 30 x 31 1/8 inches.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Myrtle

Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Dorminey

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Kain

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Evert Jr.

Drs. Gordhan L. and Virginia B. Patel

Dr. and Mrs. Henry Garrard IV

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Patterson

UGA Alumni Association

Dr. and Mrs. William L. Power

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Whitworth

funds provided by an anonymous donor in honor of Boone and George-Ann Knox. GMOA 2009.89

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Calendar : Fall 2011

Special Events The Collectors Visit Atlanta Tuesday, October 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The Collectors will visit two private collections in Atlanta

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and have lunch at Bone’s. You must be a member of the Collectors to attend. $85 per person. Call 706.542.

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GMOA (4662) for more information.

A Highfalutin’ Hootenanny Friday, October 14, 6:30 p.m. The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present an

evening of live music, barbeque and beer, featuring local music groups String Theory and Good Vibrations. $75 per person; $50 aged 40 and under. Call 706.542.GMOA

(4662) for more information.

GMOA Student Night Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m.–midnight The GMOA Student Association hosts an evening

of activities in celebration of the exhibition “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print.” Call 706.542.GMOA (4662) for more information.

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After Hours at GMOA Thursday, November 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art invite you to celebrate the museum’s fall exhibitions. Friends and

children under 12 free; Non-members $5. Call 706.542. GMOA (4662) for more information.

The Collectors Present Friday, November 18, 6–8 p.m. Join the Collectors for a special presentation by Charleston Silver Lady Dawn Corley. $25 Collectors; $30 Friends; $40 non-members; free for UGA students with RSVP. Call 706.542.GMOA (4662) to RSVP or to learn about sponsorship opportunities.

The Collectors’ Holiday Party Tuesday, December 6, 6–8 p.m. The Collectors will celebrate the holidays at an Athens residence. You must be a member of the Collectors to GMOA facet | Fall 2011

attend. Call 706.542.GMOA (4662) for more information.

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.GMOA (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.

Join the Collectors! Visit www.georgiamuseum.org/join

Lectures & Gallery Talks Jim Sherraden Thursday, September 29, 5:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium

Latin American Film Festival: Immigration and Transnational Experiences

In conjunction with the exhibition “American Letterpress” Jim Sherraden, manager, curator and chief designer of Nashville’s Hatch Show Print, will discuss its history.

Tours

Films

“Precious Knowledge” Thursday, September 15, 6:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, October 5, October 12, November 2, November 16, November 30, December 7 and December 14, 2 p.m. Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

In this documentary (2010) directed by Ari Palos and Eren McGinnis, disenfranchised high school seniors

state lawmakers attempt to eliminate the program. Spe-

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, October 16, November 13 and December 11, 3 p.m.

cial guests Palos and McGinnis will speak about the film

Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights

(75 minutes, NR).

from the permanent collection.

“Norteado” Thursday, September 22, 6:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium

Tour at Two: French Impressionism in the Permanent Collection Wednesday, October 19, 2 p.m.

Rigoberto Pérezcano’s debut feature (2009) is the ac-

Meet Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European

count of one man’s dogged determination to win a better

Art, in the lobby for a tour of French Impressionist works

life for himself and his family. Andres hails from Oaxaca

in the museum’s permanent collection.

become academic warriors and community leaders in Tucson, Arizona’s embattled ethnic studies classes while

in the southern mountains of Mexico. Like many before him, he engages an unscrupulous, people-trafficking evitably conned and left stranded and cashless in Tijuana

Tour at Two: Post-Impressionism in the Permanent Collection Wednesday, October 26, 2 p.m.

(95 minutes, NR).

Meet Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European

“coyote” to get him across the U.S. border, but he’s inJim Sherraden on the phone at Hatch Show Print.

Willson Center Lecture Thursday, October 20, 4 p.m. Miller Learning Center, Rm. 150

Art, in the lobby for a tour of Post-Impressionist works

Georgia Museum of Art director William Underwood

“Los que se quedan” Thursday, September 29, 7 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium

Eiland will present his lecture “The Sacred and the

This intimate documentary (2008) follows a number

Profane in Nashville’s Mother Church, The Ryman

of families left behind by loved ones who have crossed

Auditorium.” Cosponsored by the Georgia Museum of

Tour at Two: Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, December 21, 2 p.m.

the U.S. border in search of better opportunities.

Art and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Meet Dale Couch, adjunct curator of decorative

Examining the emotional cost of long-term estrange-

arts, in the lobby for an introductory tour of decorative

ment, directors Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos

arts in the museum’s permanent collection.

Artful Conversation Wednesday, November 9, 2 p.m.

in the museum’s permanent collection.

Hagerman find rich cinematic metaphors in the deserted, newly constructed homes on the highway, their

Meet Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, in the

empty rooms a powerful reminder of the absence of

lobby for an in-depth discussion of Philip Evergood’s

family members (96 minutes, NR).

“My Forebears Were Pioneers.”

Family Days

“Grandma Has a Video Camera” Thursday, October 6, 6:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium Directed by Tânia Cipriano, this documentary about the use of home video by a family of Brazilian immigrants portrays more than 20 years of their lives in the United

The Art of Hatch Show Print Saturday, October 8, 10 a.m.–noon “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” illustrates the fascinating fusion of art with popular culture and music. After viewing this exciting exhibition, visit the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom and make your own Hatch-inspired show print.

Holiday Fun Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m.–noon

States. From enchantment to disillusionment, from idealization to conformity, first-hand images and voices depict how newly arriving immigrants see their new world and struggle to establish their final home (60 minutes, NR).

“Biutiful” Thursday, October 13, 6:30 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium Please visit our website for updated information.

Elizabeth Bailey (American, b. 1952) Il Buon Regalo, ca. 1994–2009 Woodcut on paper 13 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Patrick Mizelle GMOA 2010.20

Come celebrate the holidays with GMOA! Join us in making holiday cards inspired by the museum’s by the Meridian Women’s Chorus.

Workshops & Classes Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, October 13, October 27, November 10 and December 8, 5–8 p.m.

THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL The Latin American Film Festival is cosponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute; the department of Romance languages; the College of Education, language and literacy education; the Office of Inclusion and Diversity; and the Georgia Museum of Art.

discuss the museum’s collection and upcoming exhibitions and offer suggestions for curricular connections.

and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and are free ••

All events are free and open to the public

these hours. No instruction provided. Pencils only.

Faculty is invited to bring lunch as GMOA curators

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota, YellowBook USA and open to the public.

Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during

UGA Faculty Lunch and Learn Thursday, October 13, noon–1 p.m.

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

unless otherwise noted.

FILMS ARE GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY

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permanent collection and enjoy a special performance

Museum Notes

AWARDS GMOA contractor Holder Construction Company recently received a 2011 Build Georgia Award for its work on the museum’s $20 million expansion project. Build Georgia, a branch of the Association of General Contractors, honors the achievements of Georgia’s construction firms for their performance on some of the state’s most notable projects. Holder was also awarded First Place in the Best

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GMOA public relations coordinator Jenny Williams completed her third and final year of Southeastern Tourism Society Marketing College on July 28 at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, Ga. She will receive her Tourism Marketing Professional (TMP) certificate in the spring.

Sustainable Building Practices division.

SENIOR OUTREACH This summer seniors from the Athens Senior Center, the Winterville Senior Center and the Greene County Senior Center visited the museum as part of GMOA’s Senior Outreach Program. Led by Diane Barret, senior outreach coordinator, this two-part program consisted of a museum tour focusing on portraits in the permanent collection followed by a self-portrait activity at the senior centers. To see photos of the finished projects, visit our Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/gmoa. Members of the Rose of Athens Theatre perform at the GACAA opening reception.

CONFERENCES GMOA co-hosted this year’s Georgia Association of Community Arts Agencies (GACAA) annual conference along with the arts division of Athens-Clarke County leisure services in late May. Throughout the opening reception, the Rose of Athens Theatre spontaneously burst into song from their production of “Alice in Wonderland.”

GMOA registrar Christy Sinksen with First Lady Sandra Deal at Arts Clayton’s opening for “Prints by Women.”

ART ADVENTURES GMOA’S Art Adventures program kept the museum education staff, interns

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

and volunteers very busy this summer with more than 570 children participating in the

GMOA’S first new traveling exhibition since the reopening, “Prints by Women:

program. With the theme “Summer in the City,” children from local day camps, day

Selected European and American Works from the Georgia Museum of Art,” opened at

care and community centers visited the galleries and looked at images of city life

Arts Clayton, in Jonesboro, Ga., on Aug. 5. First Lady Sandra Deal was in attendance

and cityscapes in the permanent collection. Afterwards, children collaged their own

and posed with GMOA registrar Christy Sinksen, who organizes the museum’s traveling

cityscapes in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Art Adventures is

exhibitions. “Prints by Women” will be at Arts Clayton through Sept. 23. For more

sponsored by Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher.

information on GMOA traveling exhibitions, visit our website www.georgiamuseum.org.

Gifts The Georgia Museum of Art received the following

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following

gifts between April 9 and July 20, 2011:

Mr. Greg Barnard

gifts between May 20 and August 20, 2011

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Dr. and Mrs. Larry Beard

ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETY

Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Brown Jr.

In memory of Milner S. Ball by Hugh Acheson

Audrey Love Charitable Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton

Ms. Martha Daura and Mr. Thomas Mapp

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton

In memory of Mary Hart Brumby by Wayne Allen,

Dr. Patricia Deitz

Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Durham

Lucy and Buddy Allen, Marsha B. Belk, David and

The Knox Foundation

ExxonMobil Foundation Matching Gifts

Connie Bundrick, Peggy and Denny Galis,

and Mary Koon and Don and Susan Myers

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Fleece

Elizabeth Penn Howerton, Rosemary and Dan Magill,

BENEFACTOR

Mr. and Mrs. John Greene

Deana Mosher, Jill and Allan Travis, Betsy Yinger and

Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Chambers

Dr. Lars G. Ljungdahl

by the aunts of Rosemary Brumby: Carey Adams,

Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Thomas Johnson Jr.

Mr. Lee Smith and Ms. Rinne Allen

Minnie Anderson, Miriam White and Marge Woods

Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.

Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding

In memory of Felton Jenkins by Lucy and Buddy Allen

Mr. Carey O. Pickard III

Ms. Peggy Hoard Suddreth

In memory of Marjorie Fowler Newton by Betty Alice

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

Carol and Rob Winthrop

Fowler, Virginia Hall, Marguerite Heery, Swanton

and Pattie Ivy, Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Moss and

PATRON

Anne Slaughter

Holder Construction Foundation

In memory of Sarah Carlton Proctor by Hannah Harvey

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dupree King Jr.

In honor of Joanne Cutler by Hannah Harvey

Ms. Margaret A. Rolando

In honor of William U. Eiland by Howard and Ellen Elkins

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Walker

In honor of Annelies Mondi by an anonymous donor

Event Photos

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JOIN THE NEW GMOA!

Not a member? Join the museum during one of the

Family Day GMOA kids make their own gilded frames at the Kress Collection Family Day.

most exciting moments in its history! Join on our website, www.georgiamuseum.org, or call 706.542.GMOA (4662).

Gallery Talk: The Art of Disegno Professor Robert Randolf Coleman discusses Italian prints and drawings from the museum’s permanent collection.

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

NOW OPEN! Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art!

Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Have breakfast, lunch or a snack, enjoy a spectacular view of the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden and support the museum. (Ike & Jane generously donates 10 percent of profits from its GMOA location to the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art!)

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 the PAC deck is free on Saturdays and Sundays and after 5:30 p.m. on weeknights with 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.

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The popular Normaltown café and bakery is now serving fresh-made coffee, sandwiches and baked goods in the new museum lobby.

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