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Paper in Profile

Calendar of Events

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Board of Advisors

Department of Publications

B. Heyward Allen Jr., immediate past chair

Hillary Brown and Stella Tran

Amalia K. Amaki Frances Aronson-Healey

Publications Interns

June M. Ball

Margaret Cotter

Linda N. Beard

Benjamin Thrash

Karen L. Benson Fred D. Bentley Sr.* Richard E. Berkowitz Jeanne L. Berry

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Devereux C. Burch Robert E. Burton** Debra C. Callaway** Randolph W. Camp Shannon I. Candler,*executive committee Faye S. Chambers Harvey J. Coleman Martha R. Daura*** Martha T. Dinos** Annie Laurie Dodd*** Sally Dorsey Marvin Eisenberg* Howard F. Elkins Judith A. Ellis Todd Emily

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Carlyn F. Fisher*

90 Carlton Street

James B. Fleece Phoebe G. Forio*** John M. Greene** “Dot” Roush at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Dorothy Alexander Roush Gallery.

ne day last year, as I was parking my car at the loading dock here at the museum, I heard the most plaintive sounds coming from the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden. I looked over the wall and saw a lone figure, a young man, beside the sculptures on display and playing his bagpipe. I lingered, listening and marveling at this private concert on a busy campus, and thought to myself: “At least today, this place we planned to be both communal and sacred, has been a haven for this student.” That experience provides me with an apt description of the museum as a whole: a space for all, where one may find beauty, learning, solitude even; where one can be provoked; or where one can fashion his or her own experience. Our last two months of 2015 saw some of the largest crowds we have seen in this building — people from all our communities of service, near and far. Often when I went into the galleries, I saw the solitary visitor staying for a little longer in front of a samurai helmet, perhaps marveling at its design and finding inspiration in the purity of its execution. I have talked with women who read each and every label accompanying the pre–Civil War samplers in a recent exhibition, and I wondered if they had the same thoughts as mine — that these samplers were the living records of long-dead girls whose testaments reside in these ABCs, poems and Bible verses. This thread and cloth was truly the fabric of their lives. I mourned them even as we celebrated their industry. And with what interest did I watch old and young stop and gaze, almost in shock, at David Ligare’s stunning portrait of a masculine black man atop a blindingly white horse, a painting of such power and loveliness that I am moved to use a word I usually avoid: awesome. These are things we do here at the Georgia Museum of Art. We provide a space for realist as well as dreamer; for initiate as well as old hand; for optimist and skeptic and cynic and for anyone, anywhere, along that continuum of belief and wonder. We exist for many reasons but, I hope, foremost among them is a lone boy with his bagpipe in a hilltop garden. Georgia Museum of Art facet | Spring 2016 2

William Underwood Eiland, Director Editor’s note: The boy with a bagpipe is Garrett Helmick, a sophomore at the University of Georgia pursuing a dual major in marketing and international business, with a minor in German. In late 2015, he mailed the museum staff a postcard from Edinburgh, Scotland, thanking us for letting him play his music here.

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The Georgia Museum of Art shares the

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support and to promote teaching,

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the visual arts, the museum exists to

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

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appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Georgia Council for the Arts also

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National Endowment for the Arts. Individuals,

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Contents FEATURES

Exhibitions

New Acquisitions

Collectors Auction

Event Photos

Exhibitions

New Acquisitions

Collectors Auction: All About Art

Calendar of Events

Museum Notes

Event Photos

In the Shop

On the front cover:

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Dario Escobar (Guatemalan, b. 1971)

Todd Hoyer (American, b. 1952)

Untitled, 2013

World Bursting Apart, 2001

Mixografía print on handmade paper

18 (high) x 12 (diameter) inches

34 x 24 1/2 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia;

Courtesy of the artist and Josée Bienvenu Gallery,

Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason

New York

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(top) Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951) Hanging Lanterns, 2008 Mixografia print on handmade paper 34 x 48 inches Courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery, New York

with his wife, Martha Fort Anderson, founded the Southern Printmakers Society, the only major graphic arts society in the South at the time. The society encouraged etchers, lithographers and wood engravers to submit their prints for touring exhibitions in the region and generally promoted their work. Rather than

history of Mixografia, the collaborative printmaking and sculptural

multiples workshop. Featuring the work of more than 90 artists, the

exhibition includes powerful, representative work by some of the

biggest names in the contemporary art world.

across the country. Anderson charged minimal membership fees and bore some of the expenses himself. By 1937, the society had 15 exhibitions circulating throughout the South and the Midwest, now a typical load, and awarded presentation prints to nonexhibiting members for their support.

based in Los Angeles since the mid-1980s, the Mixografia Workshop

uses its own techniques and processes to produce and publish

sculptural multiples and handmade paper prints, allowing artists to

incorporate unprecedented dimension and detail into their work,

creating three-dimensional prints — or relief sculpture — in paper.

Ronau William Woiceske, given to the museum by Anderson’s daughter, Martha Fort Prince, in memory of her father. Curator: Lynn Barstis Williams Katz, librarian emerita, Auburn University In-House Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art Gallery: Boone and George-Ann Knox II Gallery Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the

styles unique to each individual. At the same time, while the works take

countless forms, they are unmistakably Mixografia.

“Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana” features

more than 130 prints and includes some large-scale serial installations.

The exhibition also includes didactic displays demonstrating the

Mixografia techniques and archival documents elucidating important

moments in the workshop’s history.

Foundation, and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, the W. NewtonMorris Charitable

Sponsors: George-Ann Knox, Alan Rothschild Jr. through the Fort Trustee Fund of the

Presley Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries

and George-Ann Knox I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B.

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy, Philip Henry Alston Jr., Boone

Herbert Waters (American, 1903–1996) Winter Garden, n.d. Wood engraving on paper Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Fort Prince in memory of Frank Hartley Anderson GMOA 2008.91

Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Arthur William Heintzelman, Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer and

workshop has helped artists realize their visions through processes and

Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art

This exhibition consists of works by artists including Anderson,

allowing an entirely new level of trompe l’oeil. Since its inception, the

The “prints,” each a single sheet of paper, can be as deep as 2 inches,

national periodical, Art Digest, which brought him members from

Founded in Mexico City as Taller de Gráfica Mexicana in 1968 and

gathering a local group of artists, Anderson advertised through a

In 1935, Boston-born architect Frank Hartley Anderson, along

art and some of its modernist precursors framed within the compelling

Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society March 26–June 19, 2016

This exhibition offers an engaging survey of international contemporary

Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana June 4–August 21, 2016

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Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason May 14–August 7, 2016

This exhibition features the serene beauty of

comprehensive collection of examples by the

modern design expressed in wood by studio

foremost wood artists working in the United

artists. Most of the objects are created at least

States. This collection was carefully assembled

in part on a lathe, an ancient tool used to

through decades of discernment and

turn wood while a chisel cuts shapes into the

connoisseurship by Arthur and Jane Mason.

material. The forms can be precise geometry

An accompanying catalogue (published by

or undulating polymorphous design, but all of

the museum) will focus on a statement of the

them reveal the inner beauty of wood. Although

history and meaning of their many years of

most of the objects are inspired by the role

collecting.

of a vessel or bowl, they transcend function and become an experience of form wedded to

Curator: Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts

the dramatic beauty of revealed wood grain of

Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and

many species.

Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: The W. Newton Morris Charitable

The museum’s Henry D. Green Center for the

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia

Study of the Decorative Arts pursues collecting

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and researching modern studio craft. These objects, a gift to the museum, constitute a

(top) Mark Lindquist (American, b. 1949) N.H. Fallen Leaf Piece #6A, 1986 Birch root burl 9 x 11 ½ x 11 ½ inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason GMOA 2013.486 (left) Bob Stocksdale (American, 1913–2003) Bowl, 1981 Cocobolo wood from Nigeria with sapwood rim Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason GMOA 2014.119 (right) Dale Nish (American, 1932–2013) Small vase, 1996 Bleached wormy ash Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason GMOA 2014.126

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition April 9–May 1, 2016 The annual exit show for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. This year’s students are: Michael Benedetti, Ryan McCullough and Saegan Moran (printmaking); Heather Foster, Drema Montgomery, Michael Ross and Spence Townsend (painting/drawing); Miranda Maynard, Erin Mazzei, Yongxi Wang and Janelle Young (photography); Courtney McCracken (sculpture); Aaron Obenza (ceramics); Vivienne Varay (jewelry/metals); and Lu Yang (interior design). Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery I, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook and Charles B. Presley Family Galleries Sponsors: The Lamar Dodd School of Art, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Michael Ross Frontier, 2015 Oil on canvas 42 x 48 inches

VolvoxLabs: Refining Realities March 17–June 19, 2016 Created by new media design studio VolvoxLabs (VVOX) in conjunction with 2016’s Slingshot festival of music, electronic art, tech, film and comedy, “Refining Realities” explores the dynamic between micro and macro, and the physical and digital. Real-time data activates the movement of light alongside panels while digital visualizations create a moving architectural landscape in an immersive triptych along the museum’s 60-foot Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony. Curator: Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art Sponsor: Willson Center for Humanities and Arts

David Ligare: California Classicist On view through May 8, 2016

This retrospective exhibition of self-proclaimed Classicist

In-House Curator: Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of

David Ligare (b. 1945), organized by the Crocker Art

American art

Museum of Sacramento, California, represents Ligare’s

Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy, Philip Henry

perfectly ordered still-life, landscape, architectural and

Alston Jr. and Lamar Dodd Galleries

figurative paintings that occupy their own poetic world.

Sponsors: Mr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr. through the

Although often grouped with California’s Photorealists,

Fort Trustee Fund, Community Foundation of the

Ligare’s paintings and his underlying interest in antiquity

Chattahoochee Valley, the W. Newton Morris Charitable

belie such a label, and the perfection of his unblemished

Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of

subjects and hyper-purity of his paint application seem

Art

more unearthly than real. And yet, his paintings are firmly based in the specifics of California — and the Monterey region in particular — allowing Ligare to create art that is broadly universal and yet specifically of our time and place.

Curators: Janice Simon, Mary Scales English and Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts Galleries: Martha Thompson Dinos and Dorothy

This exhibition looks at the early basket-making history

Alexander Roush Galleries

of the Cherokee, the early-20th-century revival of the

Sponsors: Community Foundation for Northern Virginia

craft and the work of modern Cherokee basket makers.

— MOTSTA Fund, Peggy Galis, William D. Wansley

Examples of both traditional and modern design are

in honor of Stevi Smith Wansley and Elizabeth Dunn

included. The exhibition catalogue, published by the

Wansley and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

museum, is available online and at the Museum Shop.

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Cherokee Basketry: Woven Culture On view through April 17, 2016

David Ligare (American, b. 1945) Still Life with Grape Juice and Sandwiches (Xenia), 1994 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, gift of Barbara and William G. Hyland

large 17th-century portrait of Archbishop William Laud by Sir Anthony van Dyck and his studio was donated to the museum by Dr. and Mrs. M. Daniel Byrd, of Atlanta. Van Dyck, a native of Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands, became the premier court painter in England under the patronage of King Charles I. He trained as an artist starting from the age of 10 and by the age of 15, he had opened a studio with his friend and fellow artist Jan Brueghel the Younger. While working as an assistant to the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, Van Dyck is said to have restored a damaged painting so perfectly that Rubens did not realize it had been repaired until many years later. This version of the painting is one of several existing copies by the artist’s studio. The details of its commission are not currently known, but it was recorded as part of the collection of the Earl of Sandwich at Hichingbrook in 1876 and was likely there prior to 1830. Lynn Boland, the museum’s Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, points out that the hands and face are likely by Van Dyck himself and that studio copies were common practice at the time.

Anthony van Dyck and studio (Flemish, 1599–1641) Portrait of Archbishop William Laud, ca. 1637–38 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 1/2 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. M. Daniel Byrd GMOA 2015.227

The sitter for this painting, Laud (1573–1645), served as Archbishop of Canterbury under the reign of King Charles I of England from 1633 to 1640. Laud worked closely with the king to root out nonconformity in the Anglican Church, but his policies put him in conflict with Puritan leaders who thought his methods and doctrine dangerously close to those of Roman Catholicism. In 1640, Parliament charged Laud with treason and imprisoned him. Unable to find specific evidence, the lawmakers passed a bill declaring Laud guilty and punished him without a trial. He was beheaded in 1645 despite being granted a royal pardon. Boland said, “This world-class example of 17th-century portraiture, offering multiple avenues for interdisciplinary study, will serve as a lynchpin for the museum's small but important collection of European painting. Acquisitions of this significance would be beyond our reach were it not for the generosity of donors like the Byrds.”

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he museum purchased the American Impressionist painting “Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe)” by Frederick Carl Frieseke with funds given by the Chu Family Foundation. Dr. David Chu is a distinguished research professor emeritus in UGA’s College of Pharmacy. He and his wife, Jane, made this financial gift through their family foundation with the specific goal of having the museum purchase a significant American painting.

Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art, said, “Frieseke was an important force in American Impressionism, particularly among those Americans working in the colony of Giverny, France, adjacent to Claude Monet’s gardens. He enjoyed great popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. This particular work not only fills what had been a major gap in the genre within our collection, but also very much complements our current holdings in American Impressionism.”

Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874–1939) Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe), 1931 Oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 32 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Chu Family Foundation GMOA 2015.316

“A Ride Home at Sunset” was purchased in memory of Samuel “Sam” Marvin Griffin Jr., the publisher and editor of the Post Searchlight, the newspaper of Bainbridge, Georgia. Sam was the third generation of his family to operate this important southwest Georgia newspaper. Among other things, Sam was also a founding director of First Port City Bank, a member and vice chairman of the State Board of Education, a member and vice chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority, and a former board member of the Georgia Business Council. Said Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts: “We are grateful for his life and his friendship. With the acquisition of this painting, an important work that puts a unbiased face on the common folk of Georgia, we are glad to know that his name will endure in our galleries as a testament to his friendship to the museum.”

The museum has long wished to present a worthy image of ordinary Georgians with our collection of plain-style furniture from yeoman homes; this image by Lyell Carr is a rare and gratifying image that depicts two children of the yeoman class with realism and dignity.

Throughout Georgia’s early history, the predominant demographic group was ordinary white families who farmed for a living. With abundant natural resources and less classridden social structures than their European counterparts, these families were often prosperous and enjoyed their American liberty and bounty. Their existence was distinctly different than that of enslaved African Americans who were denied most of the American bounty and founding doctrines of personal freedom, but the families came to share many agrarian values with emancipated enslaved people later. The visual culture of the white “yeomanry” produced few artists, and most representations of these people are fraught with condescension and caricature. The museum has long wished to present a worthy image of ordinary Georgians with our collection of plain-style furniture from yeoman homes; this image by Lyell Carr is a rare and gratifying image that depicts two children of the yeoman class with realism and dignity.

Dale L. Couch, curator of decorative arts

Lyell Carr (American, 1857–1912) A Ride Home at Sunset, 1891 Oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 20 inches Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase in memory of Samuel “Sam” Marvin Griffin Jr. with funds provided by Mary Ann Hill Griffin, LaTrelle Brewster, and Alex and Claire Crumbley and the Chaparral Foundation GMOA 2015.283

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his scene was painted on Tolburt Plantation in Haralson County, Georgia, by Lyell Carr, a painter to be recognized for his scenes that accurately and charmingly portray life in the South at the close of the 19th century. Born in 1857 in Chicago, Illinois, Carr studied in Paris for one year at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where his teachers were Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger. These masters emphasized the importance of drawing to good painting. Their training had a lasting effect on Carr’s style, which is characterized by the firm definition of form and a realistic handling of space.

very other year, the museum’s Collectors group (an upper-level membership group within the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art) organizes a fabulous evening of food, fun and fundraising, the proceeds from which go toward enriching the museum’s collection. This April 23 brings “All About Art,” the latest version of the event. Chaired by Greg Barnard, the new head of the Collectors, the event gets started at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and a silent auction at the museum, followed by dinner catered by Epting Events. Barnard says the theme reflects the evening’s purpose: “It’s all about acquiring art for the museum and, by extension, for the state of Georgia and its residents — us, in other words.” Previous auctions have led to the purchase of works on prominent display in the museum’s permanent collection galleries, from the early Georgia portrait of William Harris Crawford to the Dorothy Dehner sculpture that joined the collection in 2014. Barnard says, “In addition to notable works of art — paintings, drawings, photography, prints and sculpture — by both area and non-area artists, the auction will feature fashion accessories, contemporary and antique furnishings and decor, entertainment opportunities such as catered dinners and restaurant meals and personal ‘get-away’ experiences such as spa treatments.” Randy Ott, a member of the museum’s Board of Advisors and a notable collector of fine art, has donated two paintings by Henry L. Roecker to the auction. June Ball, another board member and well-known artist who recently had a large work commissioned by Georgia Council for the Arts, has donated one of her own oil Carol John Turquoise Chrysanthemum, 2015 Oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches

Schedule your group’s

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Art Adventure today

Morning (10–11:30 a.m.) and afternoon (1–2:30 p.m.) time slots are available every Wednesday and Thursday from June 8 to July 28. Each 90-minute session can accommodate up to 30 children, with one chaperone for every 10 children. To schedule your group’s Art Adventure, contact Brittany Ranew at branew@uga.edu or 706.542.0448.

All About Art Sponsors at the $1,000 level include Anonymous, Susie and Travis Burch, John and Sue Duffy, Judith A. Ellis, Teresa and Charlie Friedlander, Gloria Ricks Taylor and Frances M. Williams. Sponsors at the $500 level include Clay Bryant, Dr. Claire Clements and Dr. Robert Clements, Susan E. Cooper and James W. Cooper Jr., Dr. Patricia Deitz, Blair and Betsy Dorminey, Mr. Todd Emily, Ellen Gibson, Susan and Claiborne Glover, Jim and Jane Johnson, Jane and Bruce King, David and Becky Matheny, C. Van and Libby V. Morris, Janet and Alex Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Phares, Kendell and Tony Turner and Norm and Peg Wood. Sponsors also include event partners the Athens Printing Company, Barron’s Rental Center and Epting Events.

It’s all about acquiring art for the museum and, by extension, for the state of Georgia and its residents — us, in other words.

Barnard’s committee members are Bob and Claire Clements, Airee Hong Edwards, Charlie and Teresa Friedlander, Maggie Hancock, Kendell Turner and Lynda Walters. Tickets Members of Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art: $100/person Nonmembers: $125/person To purchase tickets or to sponsor the event, visit http://bit.ly/collectors-auction16. It’s not too late to become a member! For more information, visit georgiamuseum.org/join, or call 706.542.0830 or email jointhemuseum@uga.edu.

paintings, as has acclaimed Athens artist Carol John, whose work is in the collection of the High Museum of Art.

beautiful hideaway event space in Athens. Last Resort Grill has donated a $100 gift certificate, and many more donations are still coming in.

Heirloom Café and artist Susie Burch have donated a farmers’ market tour and four-course lunch or supper for eight people, including wine pairings, to be held in Susie’s studio, which houses portraits of local farmers. Epting Events has contributed a period dinner for a group of people at The Hill, Lee Epting’s

This year, sponsors at the $1,000 level are entitled not only to four tickets to the event, but also to priority auction check-out at the end of the evening and an exclusive cocktail-hour preview starting at 5:30 p.m., with a “buy-it-now” option for auction items.

Art Adventures In the summer, hundreds of young children bring their ideas and creativity to the Georgia Museum of Art for the program Art Adventures. Originally an outreach program called Art Excursions, the program grew into what it is today: a free inhouse art experience for community organizations, day care centers and summer

“Art Adventures has always been one of my favorite programs because we are able to reach a wide group of children in the community, from preschool students to teens, and engage them in the museum with gallery and studio activities that are a lot of fun.”

camps. Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, has worked with the program since its onset and said, “Art Adventures has always been one of my favorite programs preschool students to teens, and engage them in the museum with gallery and

Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana” (exhibition details

studio activities that are a lot of fun.”

on page 5) with trained museum guides. Children then investigate the galleries through games that promote close looking and inquiry with

This June and July, Art Adventures will examine contemporary art created at the

museum educators and UGA students who volunteer as education

Mixografia Workshop, a collaborative studio established in 1968 in Mexico City and

interns. Each participant will then create a work of art inspired by the

now based in Los Angeles. In the Mixografia studio, invited artists create three-

exhibition to take home.

dimensional prints and use experimental techniques to create handmade paper in relief. Our 90-minute program will begin with a tour of the exhibition “Paper in

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because we are able to reach a wide group of children in the community, from

CALENDAR

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

MFA 2016 Opening Reception Friday, April 8, 6–9 p.m.

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Join us for a free opening reception for this year’s master of fine arts degree candidates at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Third Thursday Thursday, April 21, May 19 and June 16, 6–9 p.m. Seven of Athens’ established venues for visual art (the Georgia Museum of Art, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, Ciné, the Classic Center and ATHICA) hold this event devoted to art in the evening hours, on the third Thursday of every month, to showcase their programming. Details posted at 3thurs.org.

Museum Mix Thursday, April 21 and June 16, 8 p.m.–midnight The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live deejay, free refreshments and galleries open until midnight. #museummix

Collectors Auction Saturday, April 23, 6 p.m.

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Make it an Evening Wednesday, April 27, 6 p.m. Enjoy coffee, dessert and a gallery tour prior to the performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Hodgson Hall. Jittery Joe’s Coffee and Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes. Purchase tickets for the concert at pac.uga.edu.

90 Carlton: Spring Thursday, April 29, 6–9:30 p.m. The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present this reception featuring the spring exhibitions. Enjoy gallery activities, door prizes and “Ask the Experts” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Event Partners: Athens Printing Company, Barron’s Rental Center and Epting Events. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. RSVP to gmoarsvp@uga.edu or 706.542.4199.

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“All About Art” is a fabulous evening of cocktails, dinner and an auction featuring fine art, high fashion, vacation homes, luxury services and more. Proceeds benefit the museum’s acquisition fund. To sponsor the event or purchase tickets, visit http://bit.ly/collectors-auction16 or contact the Friends office at jointhemuseum@uga.edu or 706.542.0830.

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Wine Tasting Night: “David Ligare: California Classicist” Thursday, May 5, 5:30 p.m. Join us for an evening of wine, art and conversation with this special program presented in conjunction with the exhibition “David Ligare: California Classicist.” Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art and in-house curator of the exhibition, and Christine Loren Albright, assistant professor in the classics department, will lead a gallery talk. Following the tour, enjoy a selection of four wines paired with works of art from the exhibition. Space is limited, email callan@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863 for more information or to purchase tickets ($18 per person).

Morning Mindfulness: Monastics Event Friday, May 6, 9:30 a.m.–noon In conjunction with Morning Mindfulness and UGA Center for Teaching and Learning, the Georgia Museum of Art will host monks from the Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi, for a lecture and guided walking meditation in the sculpture garden. Brown bag lunch will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are encouraged. Please contact 706.542.0448 or branew@uga.edu for details.

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their own to complete an assignment.

Annual Meeting and Reception of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art Thursday, May 12, 5:30 p.m. The annual meeting of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art will include highlights from the group’s activities and the presentation of the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. RSVP to gmoarsvp@ uga.edu or 706.542.4199.

Lectures & Gallery Talks

Family Days

Sunday Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Sunday, April 17, May 15 and June 12, 3 p.m. Led by docents.

Katz, curator of the exhibition and librarian emerita, Auburn University, will discuss the society.

MFA Speaks Thursday, April 14, 5:30 p.m. In these dynamic talks, the MFA candidates will each have three minutes to give you a glimpse into their work. They then take to the galleries to engage directly with visitors. Cosponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

“Tomb Raiders and Terrorist Financing: Cutting off the Islamic State’s Illicit Traffic in ‘Blood Antiquities’” Tess Davis Wednesday, April 20, 4:30 p.m. Davis, a lawyer who has dedicated the last decade to combatting the illicit antiquities trade, served as executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation before joining the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow. Cosponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts; UGA departments of anthropology, political science and sociology; Office of the Vice President for Instruction; Dean Rusk International Law Center and the Georgia Museum of Art. Part of the UGA Signature Lecture Series.

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.

Poetry and Art Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.–noon

Thursday Twilight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Thursday, April 21, May 12 and June 16, 7 p.m.

Fun with Face Jugs Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m.–noon

Artful Conversation: Louis Bouché Wednesday, May 11, 2 p.m.

Learn about Georgia’s folk pottery traditions in the galleries, meet local potters and then make your own face jug in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom.

Wood Art Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m.–noon Check out examples of wooden vessels, bowls and other forms in the exhibition “Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason,” then use wood to create your own work of art in the studio classroom.

Gallery Discussion: “The Role of Robinson Jeffers in the Art of David Ligare” Friday, April 29, 2 p.m. Join David Ligare and guests for a discussion of the influence that Jeffers’ poetry had on Ligare’s paintings. Cosponsored by the NEA’s Big Read and the UGA department of language and literacy education.

Gallery Discussion: “The Meaders Family: North Georgia Potters” Thursday, May 26, 7 p.m. This event is preceded by a screening of “The Meaders Family: North Georgia Potters.” This 30-minute Smithsonian documentary from 1978 profiles Cheever and Lanier Meaders of Mossy Creek, Georgia, and captures the techniques of pottery making, an art tradition embedded in the natural resources and craft practices of the South. Following the film, join local potters and Brittany Ranew, education program specialist, for a folk pottery discussion with visitors alongside the Meaders face jugs display on view in the permanent collection wing.

Led by docents.

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Wednesday, April 27, May 4, June 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2 p.m. Led by docents.

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Bouché’s Italy (1918).

Tour at Two: “Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason” Wednesday, May 18, 2 p.m. Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for a tour of the exhibition.

Tour at Two: “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m. Led by Sarah Kate Gillespie, curator of American art.

Films

Artist David Ligare will discuss his work and the exhibition “David Ligare: California Classicist.”

The Andrea Carson Coley Lecture was endowed by a donation by Andrew and Kathy Coley in memory of their daughter Andrea Carson Coley (1972–1993), who was a certificate candidate in women’s studies at UGA. Each spring, the Andrea Carson Coley Lecture brings scholars doing cutting-edge research in the area of LGBTQ studies to campus. For more information on this year’s lecture, visit our website. Free reception at 11:30 a.m.

Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, will lead a tour.

Presented in conjunction with the NEA’s Big Read project, this program will connect Robinson Jeffers’ Big Sur nature poetry with the paintings and drawings it inspired in the exhibition “David Ligare: California Classicist.” Kids and families are invited to bring a copy of their favorite nature poem from home or write their own poem at the museum, then create a decorative frame for it using natural materials.

“The Literate Picture” David Ligare Thursday, April 28, 5:30 p.m.

Andrea Carson Coley Lecture Mollie Blackburn, professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Ohio State University Friday, April 29, 12:30 p.m.

Tour at Two: “Refining Realities” Wednesday, April 20, 2 p.m.

The 400th Death-iversary Shakespeare Film Series Thursday, April 7, reception at 5 p.m., film at 6 p.m. As part of the campus-wide film series, UGA’s Early Modern Union of Scholars, together with the Georgia ´ Museum of Art and the department of English, proudly present award-winning director Julie Taymor’s stage production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Filmed in 2014, Taymor’s production of one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical plays is visually compelling and poetic, capturing the humor, beauty and otherworldliness of the play.

Spanish Short Films: EspañaEnCorto Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12 and 13, 7–9 p.m. EspañaEnCorto is a free, two-day short film festival that will offer students and Athens community members an inside look at current short films directed by up-andcoming Spanish filmmakers. These short films come from different regions of Spain and showcase a unique perspective into the languages, cultures and current topics in Spanish cinema. English subtitles.

Artful Conversation: “Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana” Wednesday, June 29, 2 p.m. Callan Steinmann, associate curator of education, will lead an in-depth gallery discussion of selected works from the exhibition.

Workshops & Classes Studio Workshop: Realism and Representational Art Thursday, May 5, 12, 19 and 26, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Join artist and educator Hope Hilton for a four-part studio-based course that will introduce participants to effective techniques for achieving realistic and representational outcomes in works of art. Open to artists of all levels and experience. The sessions will draw inspiration from the museum’s collection, including works from the archives. $15 materials fee. Limited to 15 participants. Call 706.542.8863 or email callan@uga.edu to register.

Morning Mindfulness Friday, April 1, 15 and 29, 9:30–10:30 a.m.

Both nights of the film festival will feature a discussion moderator to contextualize the shorts. Light refreshments will be served before the showings. This event is sponsored by the UGA department of Romance languages, the President’s Venture Fund and the Georgia Museum of Art.

The museum invites you to participate in guided mindfulness meditation practice in spaces throughout the museum. Each session includes instructor-led meditation followed by a period of reflection and discussion. Stools without backs are provided; please bring a cushion if desired. Reservations are encouraged, please contact 706.542.0448 or branew@uga.edu.

Films are generously sponsored by

Teen Studio: Mixografia Thursday, June 9, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Tours Artful Conversation: MFA Candidates Exhibition Wednesday, April 13, 2 p.m. Join Brittany Ranew, education program specialist, for an in-depth discussion of selected works by master of fine arts degree candidates from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Teens ages 13–18 will learn about the work of artists from the Mixografia workshop in the exhibition “Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana,” then experiment with papermaking and collage techniques to create their own unique work of art. Includes a pizza dinner. This program is free, but space is limited. To reserve a spot please email callan@uga.edu or call 706.542.8863. www.georgiamuseum.org

“Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” Lynn Barstis Williams Katz Wednesday, April 6, 2 p.m.

PERSONNEL The museum welcomed two new staff members over the winter. Heather Malcom joined us as our new development officer for major gifts. Heather comes to us from within UGA, and we know she will be a big help in our part of UGA’s capital campaign. Keith Thalhamer is our new director of security and facilities. Keith has an extensive background in cultural property protection and facility management, including at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Many of our staff were invited to speak at the 2016 Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries (GAMG) Annual Conference, which was held Jan. 20–22 in Albany, Georgia. At that time, our curator of education, Carissa DiCindio, was elected as president of GAMG. The museum took home several awards.

Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) LoPresti Publication Award for Exhibition Catalogue: “Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art” “Cercle et Carré” documents the first major exhibition of the abstractionist group Cercle et Carré, co-founded in 1929 by Pierre Daura, Joaquín Torres-García and Michel Seuphor, and sheds new light on an important development in the history of abstraction. The catalogue features primary sources of the archive and collection at the Pierre Daura Center, scholarly essays, a full translation of the group’s journal publication, color plates from the 2013 and original exhibitions, photographs of the original installation and biographies of each member of the group.

he worked for more than 10 years. Please join us in welcoming both Heather and Keith to our team. In February, we said farewell to Allison Nicks, who had been with the museum since 2013 as our assistant registrar of exhibitions. We wish her well as she starts her new job as registrar at the Delaware Art Museum.

GAMG Museum Exhibition of the Year (Budget > $100,000): “El Taller Gráfica Popular: Vida y Arte” The art of el Taller Gráfica Popular (TGP) was meant to reach a large, general public and that was also the museum’s goal in mounting this major exhibition of 20th-century Mexican graphic art during the summer of 2015.

GAMG Education Program of the Year: Teen Studio Teen Studio connects teen audiences to the museum through engaging them in interactive dialogues about works of art and enabling them to respond to works of art with hands-on art making.

GAMG Student Project of the Year: “Notice Us for Our Minds” in conjunction with “Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond” Former education intern Meghan McFerrin designed and implemented this program to reach college-age students through dialogue, participation and studio art. She facilitated activities and discussion in the galleries that considered how gender inequality affects university students and their communities.

GIFTS

The Georgia Museum of art received the following gifts between October 24, 2015, and January 23, 2016:

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Valerie Aldridge Heyward Allen Motor Company Wyckliffe and Shell Knox Clifton and Sylvia Pannell Gordhan and Jinx Patel Jane Payne

DESIGNATED Linda and Larry Beard Beverly H. Bremer Estate of Harry Catchpole Linda and David Chesnut Sally Dorsey and Herb Miller Judith and Mark Ellis Elizabeth and Roberto Goizueta Jonathan and Lyssa Harvey Teddy Johnson Margie and Cole Kelly Lars Ljungdahl Jana and Bill McGee Michael T. Ricker Turner Family Foundation

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In memory of Carol Atkinson Cross by William Underwood Eiland

In memory of M. Smith Griffith by Anna Dyer, Suzanne and Allen King, Tom and Susan Landrum, Catherine May and Paul Irvine, Bill and Micki McFatter, Gloria and Ed Norris, Gordhan and Jinx Patel, Dianne Penny and Smith Wilson, Margie Spalding, SunTrust Banks Inc., Patricia and John Whitehead and Tom Wilfong In memory of Peggy Price Heard by William Underwood Eiland

In memory of Andrew Ladis and in honor of William Underwood Eiland by the Alabama Club

In honor of Dudley Stevens by Lee and Michael Ash In memory of Ruth Farstrup Longman by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Walker Montgomery by Dianne Penny and Smith Wilson

Lead sponsor: Forward Arts Foundation Keynote lecture: Georgia Humanities

In memory of John E. Rives by William Underwood Eiland

Sponsors of lectures, reception and sessions:

In memory of Dorothy Alexander Roush by Richard and Robin Allen; Glenda and Norman Banks; Catherine G. Barr; Alan Bell; J. Bruce Bobick; Lynn McMillan Boyd; Sally Coble; Robert Coe; Community Affordable Housing; Amanda Denny; Cecil G. Duffee Jr.; William U. Eiland; Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Fleck; Priscilla Flowers; Frank and Marianna Folger; Lelia Cheney Freeman; Elizabeth Golden; Gregg Hill; Jan and John Huffard; Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ingle; Carol Jackson; David and Cindy Jollay; William and Claudia Kennedy; Martha Kerr and Thomas Bay; Amy and William Little; Mrs. Thomas Steele Malone; Jeanne Mathews; Fran, Dan and Sue McBrayer; Stephen McCutcheon; the McMillan Family; Key Mecklin; Bert and Evelyn Michael; Ann Newman; Valerie Nichols; Robin Parker; G.H. and Bonnie Pettaway; Susan Plaxico; Beth and Dan Procter; Helene Prokesch; Randall K. Redding; Ruth Reeve; Danny Seberry; Sharp General Contractors; Bobby and Gloria Stewart; SunTrust Banks Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Sweeney; Ann and Tommy Thomasson; Cheryl Varney; Jean and Jack Ward and Arthur and Angela Williams In memory of Catherine Whitehead Snow by William Underwood Eiland In memory of Jane Seddon Willson by William Underwood Eiland

Dr. Larry H. Beard and Linda N. Beard

Christopher Howard and Carey Pickard

Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch

Marilyn and John McMullan

Elizabeth B. Chastain

Jackie and Anthony Montag Marian and Carl Mullis

Sylvia and Robert Gibson Sponsors-at-large: Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen, Jr.

Sandra Strother Hudson and Cecil C. Hudson, M.D.

Brunk Auctions

Julie G. Jenkins

Mary and Billy Burdell

Anne and Bill Newton

Linda and David Chesnut

Letitia and Rowland Radford

Deanne Deavours and Sally Hawkins Epting Events Kathryn and Henry Green Helen C. Griffith Fran and Skip Hilsman Jennifer and Gregory Holcomb

Jane Royal, Madison Markets Betty A. Slaton and T. Marion Slaton Margie Spalding William Dunn Wansley Professor and Mrs. John C. Waters

Additional support: In honor of Richard and Lynn Berkowitz by Ed Hiles, Marci and Robert Nader and Missy and Larry Sanchez In honor of Dale Couch by Allison Conte

In memory of Dwain Hogan by William Underwood Eiland

In honor of William Underwood Eiland by Patricia and Tom Wright and the Book Club

In memory of Andrew Ladis by Robert Eiland and Patricia and Tom Wright

2016 HENRY D. GREEN SYMPOSIUM OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS

In memory of Nina Civilette-Olsen by William Underwood Eiland

In memory of Alma S. Henderson by William Underwood Eiland

In memory of Walter Kaiser by William Underwood Eiland

In honor of Annelies Mondi by Patricia and Tom Wright

In honor of Frances Green Hilsman by Meika and Hamilton Hilsman

Peggy and Denny Galis

Mitzi S. Hagan

Beverly and Hix Green

Claire and Boone Smith

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Keynote speech at the eighth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts

Katherine Gross Farnham (center right) receives the Henry D. Green Lifetime Achievement Award for the Decorative Arts

Gift Unveiling with Jane Chu of the Chu Family Foundation

UGA President Jere Morehead at 90 Carlton: Winter

IN THE SHOP Shape, color, balance, proportion, composition: these are the building blocks for the visual arts. Encourage the development of your young artist with a gift from the Museum Shop. We’ve got imaginative sets for all ages, which not only reinforce an interest in making art, but strengthen fine-motor skills, develop visual thinking, and even teach basic geometry. Most important: they’re creative and fun! Use planks and balls to invent intricate tunnels, towers and ramps, or design colorful mosaics and pictures from magnetic wooden shapes. Some of our sets are even packaged for travel and are perfect for long car or plane trips this summer. Available now in the Museum Shop, along with our always unique selection of gifts, books, toys and accessories.

Wooden Mosaic Puzzle – $17.50

Brain Builders – $17.50

Imagination Patterns – $40.95

Contraptions – $22.95

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