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Board of Advisors Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr. Dr. Amalia K. Amaki Mrs. Frances Aronson-Healey Turner I. Ball, M.D. Mr. Fred D. Bentley Sr. Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz Mrs. Devereux C. Burch Mr. Robert E. Burton Mrs. Debbie C. Callaway Mr. Randolph W. Camp Mrs. Shannon I. Candler, past chair Mrs. Faye S. Chambers Mr. Harvey J. Coleman Mrs. Martha T. Dinos Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd Ms. Sally Dorsey Professor Marvin Eisenberg Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher Mr. James B. Fleece Mr. Edgar J. Forio Jr. Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr. Mr. John M. Greene Mrs. Helen C. Griffith Mrs. M. Smith Griffith Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell Professor John D. Kehoe Mrs. George-Ann Knox Mrs. Shell H. Knox Mr. David W. Matheny Ms. Catherine A. May Mrs. Helen P. McConnell Mr. Mark G. McConnell Mrs. Marilyn McMullan Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely Mrs. Berkeley S. Minor Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr. Ms. Jane C. Mullins Mr. Carl W. Mullis III, chair Mr. Donald G. Myers Mrs. Betty R. Myrtle Dr. John Nickerson Mrs. Deborah L. O’Kain Mrs. Janet W. Patterson Ms. Kathy B. Prescott Dr. William F. Prokasy IV Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr. Ms. Margaret A. Rolando Mr. Alan F. Rothschild Jr. Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush Mrs. Sarah P. Sams Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt Mr. Henry C. Schwob Mrs. Ann C. Scoggins Ms. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff Mr. S. Stephen Selig III Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner Mrs. Judith M. Taylor Mrs. Barbara Auxier Turner Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth Ms. Kathleen E. Walker Mr. G. Vincent West

From the Director

Mary Koon Whew . . .Thank you to all of our Phase II donors: Francis L. Abreu Charitable Trust • Dr. and Mrs. Warren K. Agee • Ms. Margaret G. Agner • Dr. Christine Albright and Mr. Peter Appel • Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr. • All-Safe Storage Company • Dr. Amalia K. Amaki • Drs. Wyatt and Margaret

Michael Tod Edgerton Margaret George Design

Aurum Studios, Ltd. • Turner I. Ball, M.D. • Ms. Peggy Barnett • Dr. and Mrs. Gary Barrett • Ms. Elizabeth S. Barton • Ms. Karen

The Adsmith

Benson and Mr. Howard Scott • Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Bentley Sr. • Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz • Drs. Edward and Jenny Best • Ms. Elena Bianchelli • Dr. and Mrs. James W. Bland Jr. • BNY Mellon Wealth Management • Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bolton Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. Nash Boney • Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bowen • Ms. Katrina Little Bowers • Dr. and Mrs. Jose Boza • Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lee Brannen • Mr. and Mrs. David M. Brinning • Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Brown Jr. • Mr. Timothy David Brown • Mr. James S. Browne • Ms. Candle Brumby • Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch • Ms. Monica Burke • Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton • Dr. Ronald E. Butchart • Dr. and Mrs. W. Harvey Cabaniss Jr. • Callaway Foundation, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Camp • Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Candler • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Capton • Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carlson • Dr. Paige Carmichael and Mr. John Ahee • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter • Casa Interiors & Exteriors • Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Catchpole • Mr .William C. Cato • Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Chambers • Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Chambers Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Woody Chastain • Mr. and Mrs. David Chesnut • Dr. and Mrs. William O. Chittick • Mr. Sanford A. Cohn • Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Coleman • Ms. Elaine C. Commins • The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conant • Ms. Rachel Cosby Conway • Mr. Glenn Willard Cook • Mr. and Mrs. Joel Coolik • Ms. Patricia Irwin Cooper • Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Bell • Dr. Betty Jean Craige • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crain • Ms. Kaye Crane • Mr. and Mrs. Zack D. Cravey Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cross • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cruise • Mrs. Ruth W. Curtis • Dr. and Mrs. Horace G. Cutler • Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Lee Daniel Jr. • Mr. Gregory John Daniels • Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett L. Davis, III • Ms. Martha Randolph Daura • Ms. Karen Day • Ms.

Georgia Museum of Art

Deanne Deavours • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dekle • Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Dempsey • Mr. Thomas B. DePriest • Dr. and Mrs. Louis

University of Georgia

DeVorsey • Dr. George Stanic and Ms. Irene Diamond • Mr. Patrick and Dr. Carissa DiCindio • Ms. Martha T. Dinos • Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd • Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Dorminey • Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Durham • Mr and Mrs. Robert G. Edge • William U.

90 Carlton Street

Eiland and Andrew Ladis • Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellis • Dr. Mary Arnold Erlanger • Dr. and Mrs. Goodloe Yancey Erwin • Dr.

Athens, GA 30602

Grace Jones Eubank • ExxonMobil Foundation • Mr. Abbott L. Ferriss • Dr. and Mrs. Giancarlo Fiorenza • Ms. Lisa Ellis Fiscus • Dr. and Mrs. William P. Flatt • Dr. and Mrs. James B. Fleece • Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Forio Jr. • Mr. Lawrence Forte • Ms. Betty Alice Fowler • Dr. and Mrs. William J. Free • Dr. and Mrs. Coburn Freer • Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art • Mr. and Mrs.

Admission: Free

James R. Gabrielsen • Mr. and Mrs. Denny C. Galis • Dr. and Mrs. Leon Galis • Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gayeski • Ms. Marie Gayeski

Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday,

• Dr. and Mrs. George M. Gazda • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Gibson III • Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr. • Dr. and Mrs.

Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Claiborne Glover III • Dr. Stephen Goldfarb • Mr. and Mrs. John A. Graffius • Mrs. Henry D. Green • Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Green Jr. • Mrs. Gwen W. Griffin • Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Griffin Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Ben Griffith • Mr. Louis T. Griffith Jr. • Mrs. M.

Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Smith Griffith • Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale in honor of Mrs. Marion Ellis Jarrell • Mr. and Mrs. Sanders F. Hale • Mr. Edward S.

Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Hallman • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Harden • Mr. Doug Harman and Ms. Michele Turner • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Harper • Mr.

Closed on Mondays and

and Mrs. Jonathan M. Harvey • Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hawkins • Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hebblethwaite • Mrs. Marguerite Moss

state holidays.

Heery • Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Henderson • Drs. Lawrence and Mary Hepburn • Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hill • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hilsman III • Ms. Cecelia B. Hinton • Clementi L-B Holder • Dr. and Mrs. Irwin L. Honigberg • Mr. John Peter Hooten • Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Howard • Dr. Kathryn N. Howell • Dr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Hudson • Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hughes • John P. and

706.542.GMOA

Dorothy S. Illges Foundation • Norman and Emmy Lou Illges Foundation • Mrs. Irwin Harvey • Mrs. Elizabeth Amis Jackson •

Fax: 706.542.1051

Jacob Burns Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jarrell • Ms. Qiu Jing • Mr. Gregory Johnson • Norman E. Johnson M.D. • Mr. Paul R. Jones • Ms. Shireen M. Jones • Mrs. Millicent M. Jowdy • Dr. Doris Y. Kadish • Despy Karlas and Lars Ljungdahl •

Exhibition Line: 706.542.3254

Professor and Mrs. John D. Kehoe • Mr. and Mrs. Cole H. Kelly • Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy Jr. • Mrs. Teresa Kesler • Mr. Stephen P. Key • Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce King • Dr. and Mrs. Scott Kleiner • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knappenberger • Dr. John C. Knowlton Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Boone A. Knox • Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Knox • Mr. and Mrs. Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. William C. Koch Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. David E. Krischer • Kudzu Graphics • Ms. Joyce B. LaGore • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Landrum • Mrs. Barbara W. Laughlin • Mr. John M. Lee • Ms. Nancy Lendved • Mr. and Mrs. George R. Lichter • Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Loef • Lorberbaum Family Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum • Mr. and Mrs. Beynon Lynch • Dr. and Mrs. Arnett C. Mace Jr. • Mrs. Sue Weems Mann • Dr. and Mrs. Paul Manoguerra • Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Martin • Ms. Marguerite Massey • Mr. and Mrs. David

Mission Statement The Georgia Museum of Art shares

E. Matheny • Ms. Catherine May and Dr. Paul Irvine • Mrs. Earl McCutchen • Ms. M. Elizabeth McGhee • Mr. Michael McGovern

the mission of the University of

• John and Marilyn McMullan • McNeely Foundation • Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely • Mrs. Sandra G. Menendez • Mercury Art

Georgia to support and to promote

Works • Mr. and Mrs. Herb Miller • Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniels Minor • Ms. Joy G. Moncrief • Ms. Annelies Mondi • Mr. and Mrs.

teaching, research and service.

James A. Moore • Mr. C. L. Morehead Jr. • Mr. John Morrison and Ms. Cindy Karp • Mr. William Darrell Moseley • Ms. Jane C.

Specifically, as a repository and

Mullins • Mr. and Mrs. Carl W.Mullis III • Susan and Don Myers • Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Myrtle • Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Nalley III •

educational instrument of the visual

Nicholson • Dr. and Mrs. John Nickerson • Dr. and Mrs. Felix A. Nigro • Mr. and Mrs. Edman Norris • Dr. and Mrs. Edward S.

arts, the museum exists to collect,

Novey • Estate of Eugene P. Odum • Mr. Kenneth Dean Ogletree • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O’Kain • Mr. and Mrs. Sanford H. Orkin

preserve, exhibit and interpret

• Judge and Mrs. J. Carlisle Overstreet • Estate of Patsy Dudley Pate • Drs. Gordhan and Virginia Patel • Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.

significant works of art.

Patterson • Mrs. Christine Pavlak • Dr. Cynthia Anne Payne • Mr. William M. Perry • Mr. and Mrs. Valdis I. Petrovs • Mr. Carey Pickard • Ms. Lanora Pierce • Dr. Charles Platter and Dr. Alice Kinman • Mr. and Mrs. Hubert A. Pless III • Mrs. Virginia Voss Pope • Karen Prasse, M.D. • Ms. Kathy B. Prescott amd Mr. Grady Thrasher • Family of Charles B. Presley • Dr. and Mrs. William F. Prokasy IV • Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Ramsey • Ms. Nancy C. Ramsey • Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund • Dr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves • Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Repass • Dr. and Mrs. Marion J. Rice •

Partial support for the exhibitions and

Mr. and Mrs. Todd Rivers • Robert W. Woodruff Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. John E. Robertson • Ms. Joan Roeber-Jones • Ms.

programs at the Georgia Museum of Art

Routh III • Mrs. Katherine Rowan • Mrs. Lucy M. Rowland • Dr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Ruppersburg • Mrs. Alison M. Ruzicka • Ms. Melissa Ryder • Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sams III • Capt. and Mrs. Leonard J. Sapera • Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and William E.

is provided by the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation, the Friends of the

Torres M.D. • Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Scheidt • Scheidt Family Foundation • Schwab Charitable Fund • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scoggins

Georgia Museum of Art and the Georgia

• Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal • Ms. Swann Seiler • Selig Foundation • Mrs. Cathy Selig-Kuranoff • Mr. and Mrs. S. Stephen

Council for the Arts through the appropria-

Selig III • Dr. Elizabeth T. Sheerer • Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sheftall • Mrs. Virginia Shields • Ms. Michelle Taylor Shutzer • Mr. T.

tions of the Georgia General Assembly.

Marion Slaton • Mr. Lee Smith and Ms. Rinne Allen • Dr. and Mrs. H. McCord Smith Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. Milton Snyder • Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sommerville • Mrs. Margaret R. Spalding • Dr. Henry King Stanford • State Farm Companies Foundation • Mrs.

The Council is a partner agency of the

Betty Blount Stephens • Mrs. Dudley Stevens • Estate of Bernard Stevens • Mr. and Mrs. W. Hawley Stevens II • Mr. and Mrs.

National Endowment for the Arts.

David Stone • Mr. and Mrs. James Straehla • Mrs. Caroline Strobel • Ms. Peggy H. Suddreth • Mrs. James Campbell Symmes •

Individuals, foundations and corporations

Mr.and Mrs. W. Rhett Tanner • Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Taylor • Mrs. Elinor T. Terrell • Mr. and Mrs. John H. Terrell Jr. • Ms. Anita

provide additional support through their

Morrison Thomas • Mrs. Ramon C. Thompson • Ms. Mary Jo Thompson • Mr. Peter Thompson and Ms. Deborah Dietzler • Mr. and Mrs. John P. Thornton • Mrs. Bettijo Hogan Trawick • Mrs. Elizabeth Peters Turner • Mr. and Mrs. H. Jack Turner • Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper Turner • Ms. Sandi Turner and Mr. Chris Wyrick • United States Department of Housing and Urban

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Publications Interns

Anderson • Anonymous • Mr. and Mrs. Milton Applefield • Reverend and Mrs. Jon Appleton • Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Arnold •

Margaret A. Rolando • Mr. and Mrs. Alex Roush • Mr. Chester A. Roush Jr. • Ms. Jan Roush • Ms. Sarina Rousso • Mr. James E.

Hillary Brown Assistant Editor

National Endowment for the Humanities • Mr. and Mrs. James L. Newland • Mrs. Sea Willow Nichols • Ms. Susanna Rives Ex-officio Ms. Karen L. Benson Mrs. Linda C. Chesnut Dr. William U. Eiland Mr. Tom Landrum Professor Jere W. Morehead Dr. Libby V. Morris Ms. Georgia Strange

Editor

gifts to the Arch Foundation and the University of Georgia Foundation.The

Development • Dr. and Mrs. Philip G. Van Dyck • Vanguard Charitable Endowment • Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Wade • Mr. and

Georgia Museum of Art is ADA compliant;

Mrs. Ian Walker • Ms. Pauline Walters • Mrs. Ruthann B. Walton • Mr. William D. Wansley in honor of Mrs. Stevi Smith Wansley

the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium is

• Mr. David Warner • Ms. Mary Warren • Professor and Mrs. John C. Waters • West Foundation, Inc. • Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.

equipped for the hearing-impaired.

West • Mr. and Mrs. G. Vincent West • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westmacott • Mr. Hoyt Henry Whelchel Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Leonard G. Whitworth • Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wiley III • Dr. Thomas Wilfong • Ms. Carla Ann Williams • Mr. Thomas Wiliams • Mrs. Jane S. Willson • Frances Wood Wilson Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Smith Wilson • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop II • Dr. Raymond Woller • Mr. Lamar Wood • Drs. Norman and Margaret Wood • Mrs. Patricia Wright

William U. Eiland, Director

Contents

GMOA Timeline

Permanent Collection

Exhibitions

Elegant Salute XII

From the Director

Art Expands: GMOA’s Grand Reopening

GMOA Timeline

GMOA’s Permanent Collection: Always on View

Exhibitions

Preview: Elegant Salute XII

Collections

Calendar of Events

Museum Notes

Gifts

Event Photos

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FEATURES

Art Expands: The New GMOA

Beverly Pepper (American, b. 1922) Ascensione, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by Don and Susan Myers and the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

MOA broke ground March 3, 2009, on its Phase II

the Decorative Arts; and the C.L. Morehead Jr.

expansion, designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects

archives from the museum’s collections and

(New York), after raising $20 million in external support to fund the construction. The addition to the

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promote study and research in the humanities. Additional teaching, classroom and work areas will increase and enhance the museum’s service to the university and to the community at large. In addition

existing facility includes more than 16,000 square feet in new galleries,

to the newly expanded Louis T. Griffith Library, the

an outdoor sculpture garden, an expanded lobby and additional storage

the gift of Dudley and Bernie Stevens, including a

space. The entire project has increased the building’s area by 29,970

Collection Study Room, formerly the Prints and

square feet.

floor and is always available by appointment.

Harry Willson Sculpture Garden. A café cart will

display of the permanent collection. Light bars,

provide coffee drinks, breakfast items and lunch

structural vertical openings that extend through the

in this area, where patrons can sit at tables inside

building from top to bottom, allow natural light to

overlooking the garden or on benches outside.

illuminate the interior spaces. Black terrazzo marble

Falling water and a collection pool are accessible by

covers the floor of the Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony,

a winding path of gradually inclining terraces, and

which connects the original building to the addition.

giant white pavers trimmed with lush grass create

The existing galleries in the C.L. Morehead Jr. Wing

a patio, making this a perfect venue for quiet

will continue to house temporary and traveling

meditation or for outdoor events and receptions.

exhibitions.

Icelandic artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir’s installation

lobby space that connects the new wing to the existing building on the ground floor, also serves as

third floor is also home to a new education suite, new classroom. The Shannon and Peter Candler Drawings Study Room, has moved to the second Beverly Pepper’s large-scale sculpture “Ascen-

The new galleries are devoted to the long-term

The M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall, expanded

Center for the Study of American Art contain

“Horizons” will christen the cloistered garden, which is dedicated to female sculptors. Another major addition to GMOA is the third-floor

a reception venue and can seat as many as 300

Study Centers in the Humanities, partly funded

people. The museum’s west facade, created entirely

by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The

of glass, stretches along the back of the lobby and

Pierre Daura Center; the Jacob Burns Foundation

provides a breathtaking view of the new Jane and

Center; the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of

sione,” permanently installed outside the museum’s expanded entrance on the east side of the building, symbolizes the completion of Phase II. Like the hill on which the Performing and Visual Arts Complex sits, “Ascensione” sweeps upward, symbolizing the union of the vita activa, represented by UGA’s Ramsey Center at the bottom of the hill, which houses the department of recreational sports, and the vita contemplativa, represented by the fine and performing arts housed in the museum, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the Performing Arts Center and the Lamar Dodd School of Art. In its very title, at its apex “Ascensione” communes with the spiritual and invites the viewer to take part in the journey from one realm to the next, both out of doors and in the galleries inside. Jenny Williams, Public Relations Coordinator

2009

Lamar Dodd retires as head of UGA’s School of Art. Dodd and Holbrook worked closely together for many years.

2002

The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art is founded as a support group for the museum and its mission. Patrons and donors begin to recognize the importance of their contribution to securing art and art education through the museum’s work for future generations.

With a donation of 100 American paintings, the Georgia Museum of Art is founded when Alfred Heber Holbrook, a retired New York lawyer, chooses the University of Georgia in Athens as the site for a museum in memory of his late wife, Eva Underhill Holbrook.

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Located on UGA’s North Campus in what is now the president’s office, the museum opens to the public. Holbrook serves as the museum’s director for 25 years, presenting more than 900 works of art to the permanent collection.

GMOA breaks ground on its expansion and renovation.

Martha Randolph Daura establishes the Pierre Daura Center with a gift to the museum.

1972

1974

2001

Two more galleries are added, as the collection continues to grow.

Alfred H. Holbrook (18??–1974) dies.

1945

Three additional galleries are added.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Bentley Sr. Collection established.

early 1970s

The museum receives a Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of 12 Italian Renaissance paintings.

Illustration by Barbara Worth Ratner.

As the collections and the demands of exhibitions and programs grow, the museum embarks upon a successful capital campaign as part of Archway to Excellence, raising $20 million for a renovation and expansion project.

1980s

The museum opens a new 52,000-square-foot building within the university’s Performing and Visual Arts Complex.

1969

The Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts is established and the museum initiates a program of biennial symposia on the decorative arts.

The museum reopens.

1948

1958

1961

1996

2000

2011

GMOA Timeline: Past and Present

GMOA’s Permanent Collection: Always on View

he pangs of our collective separation anxiety over the museum’s closing in 2009 were worth it. Thirteen new galleries now house a significantly larger portion of GMOA’s vast permanent collection, including many of the 100 American paintings that made up Alfred Heber Holbrook’s founding gift, with which the museum first opened its doors in November 1948. Holbrook’s vision of permanently exhibiting treasures from the museum’s collection is, at last, realized.

Albert Coles & Company (New York, 1835–1877). Pitcher, 1869.

The Samuel H. Kress Gallery features 12 Italian paintings from the Trecento and Baroque periods given to the museum in 1961 by the Kress Foundation. Founded by Samuel H. Kress (of the eponymous chain of five-and-dime stores) in 1929 to see that his collection of more than 3,000 works of European art would be distributed to smaller museums across the nation, the Kress Foundation strives to provide greater access to these works outside of major urban centers. Among the permanently installed paintings will be the popular “Madonna and Child” (ca. 1510) by Marco Basaiti. According to Pierre Daura Curator of European Art Lynn Boland, “The establishment of our Kress Gallery allows us to showcase much of the research already undertaken on this study collection and marks an exciting era of further scholarship.”

The H. Randolph Holder Gallery is dedicated to European works of the 19th and 20th centuries, including many by Pierre Daura. GMOA holds

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Marco Basaiti (Venetian, ca. 1480–1530), Madonna and Child, ca. 1510.

more than 600 of the Catalan-American

Exactly 50 years ago, the Samuel H.

of GMOA and the reinstallation of the

depictions of saints? Want to paint a

homepage (www.georgia museum.org).

Kress Foundation gave a small collection

Kress Collection, and continuing until

picture, write a song, compose a

Responses will be posted on that site

of Italian Renaissance paintings to

February 1, 2012, the museum is

poem, choreograph a dance or draft

throughout the year and, at the end

the Georgia Museum of Art. Now, in

soliciting responses to these paintings.

a short story inspired one or all of

of it, judged by a panel who will choose

celebration of that anniversary and

All ages and all levels of education

the paintings? It’s all a possibility.

up to 24 winners to be published in

to further the foundation’s mission to

may participate. Want to write a scholarly

promote interaction with great works

essay discussing the trompe l’oeil wall

submission forms, images of the

Look for more information to come,

of art, the Georgia Museum of Art

at the bottom of Marco Basaiti’s

paintings and information on them

including events throughout 2011,

announces the Kress Project. Beginning

“Madonna and Child”? Want to create a

will be available on a dedicated website

and stop by the new Kress Gallery for

February 1, 2011, with the reopening

recipe based on Giusto de’ Menabuoi’s

that you can access through our

inspiration.

Further details on how to submit,

a book and awarded a $500 prize each.

John Francis Murphy (American, 1853–1921), The Passing Storm, 1897.

Carl Holty (American, 1900–1973), Two Women Bathing, ca. 1948–1950.

The Letitia and Rowland Radford Gallery, one of six galleries

and look forward to seeing them all

but is expanding to include northern

extensive collection of Daura’s work in

again the next time they visit.” Some of

and even European works, including

the world. An artist of growing reputa-

dedicated to American art, displays

the highlights of the American collection

spoons made by Paul Revere and a

tion, Daura was an assistant to Émile

works dated before ca. 1850, including

that may be among your new favorites

British cup dated to 1768. Couch

Bernard and later cofounded the group

Benjamin West’s “Portrait of Captain

include such works as Elaine de

expressed how gratifying it is “to see

Cercle et Carré to promote abstract art

Christopher Codrington Bethell” (1769),

Kooning’s “Bacchus #81” (1983),

some of these exemplary objects

in opposition to the Surrealist move-

the earliest American painting in the

Joan Mitchell’s “Close” (1973), Paul

from our decorative-arts collection

ment. Alongside these works by Daura

museum’s collection. Other galleries of

Cadmus’s “Playground” (1948) and

displayed along with our equally fine

are such treasures as small bronzes

American art include the Nancy Cooper

Alice Neel’s “Portrait of William D.

works of painting and sculpture.”

by the likes of Auguste Rodin, Henri

Turner Gallery (works dated ca. 1850–

Paul Jr.” (1979), as well as a host of

GMOA’s collection of decorative arts

Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

1880), the Marilyn Overstreet Nalley

19th-century American landscape

also includes examples of pottery,

Gallery North (Depression- and WWII-

paintings. These works will be perma-

quilts and textiles and furniture ranging

era works), the Marilyn Overstreet Nalley

nently displayed alongside such

from slat-back chairs to simply

artist’s paintings, giving it the most

The Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries

Gallery South (American Impressionism

perennial favorites as Elizabeth Jane

crafted and painted pieces. Come

typically will house exhibitions based on

and modernism), the Byrnece Purcell

Gardner’s “La Confidence” (ca. 1880)

find your favorite!

research done in the four study centers

Knox Swanson Gallery (works by Lamar

and Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Red Barn,

focusing on European art (Pierre Daura

Dodd, paintings by such contemporaries

Lake George, New York” (1921).

Center), American art (C.L. Morehead

as Carl Holty and various works of

Jr. Center), the decorative arts (Henry D.

southern folk art) and, finally, the

Circling around to the Phoebe and Ed

Green Center) and graphic art (Jacob

Barbara and Sanford Orkin Gallery and

Forio Gallery and the Martha and

Burns Foundation Center). During the

the Boone and George-Ann Knox II

Eugene Odum Gallery, both dedicated

first months after the museum’s

Gallery (works on paper).

to the decorative arts, brings us back

Michael Tod Edgerton Publications Intern

reopening, however, these galleries will

to the South. Dale Couch, curator of

host an exhibition of small works in

Curator of American art Paul

decorative arts, is especially thrilled that

stone and steel by Beverly Pepper,

Manoguerra explains that “with the

GMOA’s growing collection of silver

whose large sculpture “Ascension” will

permanent exhibition of these

will now be on permanent display. This

be on view permanently in the Perform-

works, people will be able to see their

part of the collection focuses on

ing and Visual Arts Complex quad.

current favorites, develop new favorites

southern-crafted and -collected silver

Marco Basaiti

Albert Coles & Company

Carl Holty

John Francis Murphy

(Venetian, ca. 1480–1530)

(New York, 1835–1877)

(American, 1900–1973)

(American, 1853–1921)

Madonna and Child, ca. 1510

Retailer: Lewis H. Wing (American,

Two Women Bathing, ca. 1948–1950

The Passing Storm, 1897

Tempera on panel

ca. 1837–unknown; active Macon,

Oil on masonite

Oil on canvas

25 1/4 x 20 inches

Georgia, dates unknown)

55 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches

22 x 32 1/8 inches

Georgia Museum of Art, University

Pitcher, 1869

Georgia Museum of Art, University

of Georgia; The Samuel H. Kress

Coin silver

of Georgia; Gift of Charles B.

of Georgia; Eva Underhill Holbrook

Study Collection

3 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 4 inches

Johnston, Seattle, Washington

Memorial Collection of American Art,

Promised gift of Sally Hawkins

GMOA

1961.1897

in memory of Paul Hawkins

1950.330

gift of Alfred H. Holbrook GMOA

1949.220

(A detail of this image appears on the back cover of this newsletter and on page 3.)

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Exhibitions

Tradition Redefined The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art JANUARY 30–MARCH 27, 2011 Seventy-two works by 67 black artists who typically have not been recognized in the traditional narratives of African American art make up “Tradition Redefined,” an exhibition organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park. Larry and Brenda Thompson have collected the work of both celebrated artists and work by artists who have been considered emerging, regional or less known. Artists featured in the exhibition include Amiri Baraka, Romare Bearden, Camille Billops, Joseph Delaney, Norman Lewis, Charles E. Porter, William T. Williams and Hale Woodruff. The companion catalogue illustrates all 72 works in full color and will be available for sale in the museum’s gift shop. Galleries: Virginia and Alfred Kennedy and Philip Henry Alston Jr. Galleries Sponsors: Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Radcliffe Bailey (American, b. 1968), Untitled, 1996.

The American Scene on Paper Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection JANUARY 30–MAY 2, 2011 Designed as a parallel exhibition to “Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930–1950, from the Schoen Collection,” which the Georgia Museum of Art organized with the Mobile Museum of Art in 2003, “The American Scene on Paper” includes works by many of the same artists and addresses much of the same subject matter, from portrayals of the plight of the American farm laborer to the development of industry and the growth of the urban environment. Smaller versions of this exhibition traveled to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C., and to the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ga., in 2009. All 153 works featured in the companion exhibition catalogue, for sale in the museum gift shop, will be on view, for the first time, at GMOA. Galleries: Boone and George-Ann Knox, Rachel Cosby GMOA facet | Winter 2011

Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook, Charles B. Presley

Family and Lamar Dodd Galleries Sponsors: BNY Wealth Management, the Landon Family Foundation, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation, the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and Alfred Heber Holbrook Society Members Mrs. M. Smith Griffith, Boone and George-Ann Knox and Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. Emmy Lou Packard (American, 1914–1998), Strawberry Pickers, 1960.

and Dr. William E. Torres

Horizons JANUARY 30–JUNE 30, 2011 An installation of “Horizons,” by the Icelandic artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (pronounced Stay-nun Thorens-daughter), will inaugurate GMOA’s Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, which is dedicated to female sculptors. Þórarinsdóttir has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan and Australia over the last 30 years, as well as in the United States, where “Horizons” has been traveling for the past three years. Previously installed in such contexts as fields, forests, galleries and gardens, 12 androgynous, life-sized, cast-iron figures are connected as a group by a polished glass band inserted across each figure’s chest. Gallery: Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden Sponsors: Deborah and Dennis O’Kain, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art

Anthony Goicolea JANUARY 30, 2011 Anthony Goicolea was born in 1971 in Atlanta, Ga., and is currently based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He obtained a BA in art history and a BFA in painting from the University of Georgia and an MFA from the Pratt Institute. He was accepted into the “AIM” program at the Bronx Museum of Art and has been awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, the 2005 BMW Photo Paris Award and the 2006 CINTAS Fellowship. His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (Icelandic, b. 1955), Horizons, 2005–2007.

Guggenheim Museum, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and many more. Twin Palms Press has published three books of Goicolea’s work and a collection of videos. As part of the Georgia Museum of Art’s reopening, he is creating an original work of installation art that depicts a snowscape.

Stone and Steel Small Works by Beverly Pepper

Gallery: Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony

JANUARY 30–JULY 2011

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

This exhibition will display approximately 20 small works in steel and such materials as onyx, porphyry, marble and granite by American sculptor Beverly Pepper as well as small-scale models of her site-specific work “Ascensione,” which will be permanently installed in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex quad. Galleries: Dorothy Alexander Roush and Martha Thompson Dinos Galleries Sponsors: Helen C. Griffith, Mr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres, the Willson Center for Humanities and

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Strawberry Pickers, 1960

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Elegant Salute XII: M E T A M O R P H O S I S is the reopening celebration of the Georgia Museum of Art and will include the official UGA ribbon-cutting ceremony with President Michael F. Adams and GMOA director William U. Eiland. For the first time, guests will dine in our spectacular new lobby, which is now large enough to accommodate up to 300 people seated. The event will begin with cocktails at 7 followed by dinner, with dancing in the magnificent Jane and Harry Willson sculpture garden until midnight. Throughout the evening, guests can explore the new Georgia Museum of Art. Metamorphosis is catered by Epting Events, with music provided by Grogus. January 29, 2011. Tickets for Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis are $250 per person. Please call 706.542.0437 for reservations.

Committees Rinne Allen, event co-chair Betsy Dorminey, event co-chair

Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis Sponsors

Ms. Doris Ramsey

Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Dorminey

Dr. and Mrs.Â Randall Ott

Jack Sawyer and Bill Torres

Mr. and Mrs. Bertis E. Downs IV

Dr. and Mrs. William L. Power

Mr. Howard Scott and

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Dyer

Dr. and Mrs. William F. Prokasy IV

Mr. Todd Emily

Mr. and Mrs. Rowland A. Radford Jr.

Ms. Karen Benson

Fundraising Committee

HOLBROOK SOCIETY

Stanley Beaman & Sears

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz L. Felchlin

R.E.M./Athens LLC

David Matheny (chair)

Mrs. M. Smith Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop II

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Forio Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scoggins

Buddy Allen

George-Ann and Boone Knox

Drs. Norman J. and Mary M. Wood

Col. and Mrs. Thomas N. Gibson III

Mr. and Mrs. Billy S. Smith

Karen Benson

Mr. C. L. Morehead Jr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr.

Mr. Lee Smith and Ms. Rinne Allen

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hathaway

Honorable and Mrs. Homer M. Stark

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Berkowitz

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jarrell

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Strater

Devereux Burch Sally Dorsey

Flowers, Inc. Wholesale Ms. Kathy B. Prescott and

Bernstein Funeral Home

Ms. Marylin Johnson

UGA Alumni Association

Chris Peterson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton

Mr. Thomas Edward Kurtz

The Urology Clininc

Ann Scoggins

BENEFACTOR

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Cabaniss

Mr. Mark McConnell

Mr. David L. Warner

Carolyn Tanner

Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Candler

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton

Marilyn DeLong McNeely

Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Whitworth

Carol Winthrop

Mrs. Helen C. Griffith

Chastain and Associates

Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniels Minor

Wimberly, Lawson Steckel

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O'Kain

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Cooper Jr.

Susan and Don Myers

Decorations Committee

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Patterson

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Myrtle

Lucy Gillis (co-chair)

Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush

Wendy Hanson (co-chair)

Mrs. Dudley Stevens

Hillary Bilheimer

Mr. and Mrs. Ian Walker

Amy Flurry

Cameron Garrard

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Gena Knox

Mr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr.

Hollis McFadden

Chris and Hillary Bilheimer

Michael Montesani

Mr. and Mrs. E. Davison Burch

Lori Paluck

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Camp

Doris Ramsey

Tami Ramsay

Mr. Grady Thrasher

Schneider and Stine PC Zoomworks

(Walton Media Services)

Allyn Rippin

Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Chambers

Tabatha Tucker

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellis John and Martha Ezzard

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Ann Scoggins (chair)

(Tiger Mountain Vineyards) Heyward Allen Motor Company Mrs. Lidwina Kelly Mr. Matt Kendall (The Kendall Collection) Mr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Magill Mr. and Mrs. David Matheny John F. and Marilyn M. McMullan Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Mullis III

Decorations committee co-chairs Wendy Hanson and Lucy Gillis fold Origami for Elegant Salute XII.

Collections

Blair-Daura chest detail

“ The chest will provide numerous ongoing research projects for a long time to come. ”

New Acquisitions

Blair-Daura Chest Blair-Daura Chest THIS CHEST OF DRAWERS descended in the Blair family of Virginia and is attributable to the south

Unknown maker (American, Southside Virginia)

side of the state or possibly the area of Milton, N.C. Comprising walnut, poplar and yellow pine, the chest

Chest of drawers, n.d.

displays numerous aspects of fine craftsmanship and probably dates to around 1825–60. For its time

Walnut, poplar and yellow pine

and region, important stylistic features include ring-turned feet, cross-hatched inlay characteristic of

48 x 41 x 21 inches

furniture from the Roanoke River valley, large inlaid circles and ovals and, especially, carved masks placed

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia;

in the upper stiles beneath the top. Referred to in the 19th century as “mummies,” the masks reference

Gift of Martha Randolph Daura

long-standing classical examples. GMOA curator of decorative arts Dale Couch is exploring a possible

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attribution to or influences from African American cabinetmaker Thomas Day. Similar masks are found in his architectural woodwork from that region. According to Couch, “The Blair-Daura chest is exciting for a number of reasons, but especially since aspects of its design, in particular its cross-hatched inlay, migrated with settlers from Georgia in the lower southern piedmont. Such pieces serve not only as remarkable specimens of American decorative art but also as important reference points for evaluating Georgia examples. The chest will provide numerous ongoing research projects for a long time to come. Tom Knapp and Martha Daura’s names are well known Catalan artist Pierre Daura. We forget that she is also a Virginian, and her family heirlooms have now become an important part of our decorative arts holdings.”

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to the museum community, and it is well known that she is the daughter of internationally important

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most unforgettable gala event in its history, Elegant Salute XII: Metamorphosis. The ribbon-cutting ceremony with UGA President Michael Adams, GMOA director William U. Eiland and our family of supporters will take place during the gala. Tickets are limited, so reserve

yours today! Call 706.542.0437 for reservations.

Friends Preview Sunday, January 30, 1–3 p.m. Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art enjoy exclusive access at this private reception before the public reopening. Docents and curators will offer tours of the

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Open to the Public and UGA Faculty and Staff Day Monday, January 31, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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throughout the day. UGA faculty and staff will receive shop and membership discounts with a UGA Card.

UGA Faculty Lunch and Learn Monday, January 31, noon Bring a brown-bag lunch or reserve a box lunch ahead of time and learn how to use the museum’s collection as an education tool in your classes. Email gmoae@uga.edu to reserve your lunch.

UGA Physical Plant Staff Appreciation Reception Monday, January 31, 3:30 p.m. All UGA support staff are invited to join us for a special

reception in their honor as we formally recognize those who keep the university running and beautiful.

Now Open to the Public Tuesday, February 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Welcome one and all!

Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of Art

Inclement weather

To schedule a class visit or student assignment at

The Georgia Museum of Art follows the inclement

All events are free and open to the public unless

the Georgia Museum of Art, please call us at (706)

weather policies of the University of Georgia. When

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542.4662 at least two weeks prior to the visit.

the university is closed, the museum is closed as

Scheduling in advance enables us to prepare for your

well. Announcements are posted to www.uga.edu and

Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward

visit whether it is a docent-led tour, a self-guided

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

Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota,

visit led by an instructor or students who will be

channel 15 and can be heard on Athens radio stations

YellowBook USA and the Friends of the Georgia

coming on their own to complete an assignment.

880, 960 and 1340 (AM) and 88.9, 90.5, 91.7,

Museum of Art and are free and open to the public.

97.9, 102.1, 103.7 and 106.1 (FM)

Gallery Talk: Anthony Goicolea Tuesday, February 1, 2 p.m. Join photographer and UGA graduate Anthony Goicolea

Black History Month Dinner and Closing Event for UGA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of Desegregation Monday, February 28, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Georgia Museum of Art/Willson Center for the Humanities Annual Lecture Tuesday, March 1, 4 p.m.

in the galleries to learn about his new installation created

In conjunction with UGA, the Friends of the Georgia

“Strike!: A Look at 20th-Century American Printmaking,”

specifically for the Georgia Museum of Art.

Museum of Art will hold their annual Black History Month

by Dr. William U. Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum

dinner honoring leaders of the local African American

of Art

GMOA Special Reopening Lecture with Artist Beverly Pepper Wednesday, February 2, 6 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center

community. The event includes the closing lecture for

This lecture by distinguished guest and world-renowned

desegregation on campus. The lecture begins at 3 p.m.

Panel Discussion: The Artists of Tradition Redefined Thursday, March 24, 5:30 p.m.

and is free and open to the public. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

Artists from around the country and featured in the

and is $50 per person. To reserve call 706.542.0437.

exhibition Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda

UGA’s two-month celebration of the 50th anniversary of

sculptor Beverly Pepper in honor of the museum’s

Thompson Collection of African American Art will

grand reopening will officially recognize her sculpture

discuss their process and work. Moderated by Adrienne

Tours

“Ascensione” as a new addition to its permanent collection. Details to be announced.

Tour at Two Wednesday, February 9, 2 p.m. Join docents for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

Tour at Two Wednesday, February 16, 2 p.m. Join Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art, for a tour of “Tradition Redefined: The

L. Childs, Ph.D., Shelia Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, and former curator at the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland. Visit our website for more details.

Artist’s Talk: Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir Tuesday March 29, 5:30 p.m. Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir will discuss her installation “Horizons,” on view in the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden.

Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art.”

Spotlight Tour Sunday, February 20, 3 p.m.

Family Days

Join museum docents for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection.

UGA students will receive shop and membership discounts with a UGA Card. Docents and curators

The Collectors Visit Thursday, February 24, 5:30–9 p.m. The Collectors will visit a private collection in Greensboro,

will be available in the galleries for tours.

Ga. Among many other works, this private collection

Gallery Talk: Beverly Pepper Thursday, February 3, 2 p.m.

art. $60 per person. For more information or to RSVP,

Take this opportunity to meet Beverly Pepper in the galleries and learn about her work and her sculpture “Ascensione,” a new addition to the museum’s permanent collection.

Up Late at GMOA Thursday, February 3, 7 p.m.–midnight All students are invited to GMOA’s college night, a GMOA Student Association–sponsored event. The evening will include music, refreshments, door prizes and tours of the galleries. For more information, call 706.542.0437.

Young at Art Presents Modern Skirts Friday, February 4, 6 p.m. Join us for Athens’ own Modern Skirts live in concert! Friends members $15, non-members $20. Join at the Young at Art membership level in advance or at the door and enter the concert FREE.

Family Day: Reopening Celebration Saturday, February 5, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Join the Georgia Museum of Art in a celebration of its

includes works of the Hoosier school and native African call 706.542.0437.

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 2, 2 p.m. Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for an introductory tour of GMOA’s collection of decorative arts.

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 9, 2 p.m. Join Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, for an introduction to the museum’s Kress Collection.

Spotlight Tour Sunday, March 20, 3 p.m. Join museum docents for a tour of “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African

activities, and come to the first floor to create art based

mime and puppetry, will be featured in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Thompson Collection of African American Art” and “The American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection” with tours and activities by docents. Next, come to the first floor to create your own works of art based on the people and places you see every day in your community. Refreshments will be served.

Workshops & Classes Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, February 24, 5–8 p.m.

Join Paul Manoguerra for a tour of “The American

Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during

Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen

these hours. No instruction provided. Graphite pencils

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and colored pencils only.

Lectures & Gallery Talks Lecture and Book Signing Thursday, February 24, 5 p.m.

Drawing in the Galleries Thursday, March 10, 5–8 p.m. Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during these hours. No instruction provided. Graphite pencils and colored pencils only.

“Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer’s Civil War,” Peter Wood’s newest book, is based on his 2009 Huggins Lectures at Harvard University. Dr. Wood studied

Special Events

exhibitions “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda

Tour at Two Wednesday, March 23, 2 p.m.

on works from the museum’s collection. Picasso People, an interactive program for children that includes music,

Visit the galleries of the Georgia Museum of Art to see the

American Art.”

reopening during this super-sized Family Day extravaganza! Visit the galleries for docent-led tours and

Family Day: People and Places Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m.–noon

at Harvard and Oxford and was a Humanities Officer for

Film

the Rockefeller Foundation before teaching colonial Organized by the Department of History, UGA, and

Film and Filmmaker Talk: Frank Cantor Thursday, March 3, 5:30 p.m.

Evening for Educators Thursday, February 10, 4:15–6 p.m.

co-sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art.

Come to the museum to see Frank Cantor’s films

Educators for grades K–12 are invited to join colleagues

an excerpt from the documentaries in the "Art of

for a wine and cheese reception. This is an excellent time

Artful Conversation Friday, February 25, 2 p.m.

to preview exhibitions with curators and docents and to

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for a

Rosenquist and Frank Stella. At 6:15 p.m., Cantor

discussion focusing on Elizabeth Jane Gardner’s

will speak about the films and his work with artists.

by February 4 to 706.542.4662 or gmoaedu@uga.edu.

“La Confidence.”

Visit our website for more information.

American history at Duke University from 1975 to 2008.

“Horizons: The Art of Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir” and Collaboration" series featuring Roy Lichtenstein, Jim

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UGA Student Day Thursday, February 3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Museum Notes

AWARDS Even while closed for construction, GMOA continued to pick up awards. The museum won nine at the Southeastern Museums Conference annual meeting in Baton Rouge, La., including an Award of Excellence for the exhibition “Lord Love

You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection” and a Gold for that exhibition’s catalogue. Golds were also awarded for the exhibition’s rack card and poster, and the opening reception invitation received an Honorable Mention. The “Lord Love You” exhibition collateral materials won Best in Show. Other publication awards included a Silver for “The South in Black and White: The Graphic Works of James E. Routh Jr., 1939–1946” and an Honorable Mention for the “Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in the North American Public Collections: The South.” An Honorable Mention was also given to the museum’s 2008–2009 Annual Report. GMOA publications and posters are for sale in the Museum Shop or on our website. Director Bill Eiland received a Distinguished Alumni award from his undergraduate

NEW ARRIVALS GMOA babies continue to arrive! Tricia Miller, head registrar, and Scott Miller welcomed Warren Clifford (1), 7 lbs., 6 oz., on August 18; Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, and Katherine McQueen welcomed Lute Edward (2), 7 lbs., 13 oz., on August 28; and Todd Rivers, chief preparator, and Jennifer Rivers welcomed Howell Hodgskin “Hodge” (3), 8 lbs., 11 oz., on September 29. Congratulations!

alma mater, Birmingham Southern, in October.

WELCOME

GMOA STUDENT ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD

We are happy to welcome Laura Rhicard, who officially joined the museum staff as an administrative associate in October. Rhicard has a degree in English from UGA and worked most recently as a copywriter for Sliced Bread, an Athens-based advertising agency. She provides support for the Pierre Daura Center and for Annelies Mondi, deputy director.

(left to right): Alexandra Bathon, Maria Kelly, Theresa Rodewald, Eva Berlin, Stephanie Fiddler and Annie Wren We are pleased to announce the formation of our new GMOA Student Association, organized to give students an influential voice in museum events and programming. Members of the executive board are GMOA intern Theresa Rodewald (president), Alexandra Bathon (vice-president), Maria Kelly (co-secretary), Eva Berlin (co-secretary), Annie Wren (treasurer) and Stephanie Fiddler (public-relations manager).

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Gifts

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 7 and October 22, 2010:

The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between August 2 and December 13, 2010:

ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETY Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr. Ms. Kathy B. Prescott and Mr. H. Grady Thrasher III Mrs. Dudley Stevens

In memory of Florence “Pete” Cooper by J.R. Todd In memory of Clara Daniel by William U. Eiland In memory of Steven Lee DeArmoun by William U. Eiland In memory of Roderick Neal Eiland by Devereux and Dave Burch, Betty Alice Fowler, Mrs. M. Smith Griffith, Gloria and Ed Norris and Lucy M. Rowland In memory of Ann Mullin Fowler by Jenny and Edward Best and W. Thomas Wilfong In memory of Margaret Palmer Guerard by William U. Eiland

PATRON Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Myrtle DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Dr. Paul J. Irvine and Ms. Catherine A. May Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Kleiner

In memory of Andrew Ladis by Paul Richelson, Shelley Zuraw and anonymous donors In memory of Morris Overton Phelps by Mrs. M. Smith Griffith In honor of Matthew and Peter Candler Jr. by Shannon and Peter Candler In honor of William U. Eiland by Mrs. M. Smith Griffith, Paul Richelson and Saint Elizabeth’s Guild of the Cathedral of Saint Philip In honor of Phoebe and Ed Forio by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bowen In honor of the staff of the Georgia Museum of Art by Phoebe and Ed Forio

Event Photos COLLECTORS’ TRIP TO TO THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY, AUGUST 24-29, 2010

The garden at Julia and Nigel Widowson’s home, Millbrook, N.Y.

The Collectors outside the Library Reading Room, Saratoga, N.Y.

COLLECTORS’ TRIP TO ATLANTA, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

(Left to right) LaTrelle Brewster and GMOA grants writer Betty Alice Fowler

Collectors group posing after lunch at Empire State South

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