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Publication Spotlight:One Hundred American Paintings
Volunteer Spotlight:Student Docents
Exhibitions:The Art of Hatch Show Print
BOARD OF ADVISORS Georgia Museum of Art
Mr. B. Heyward Allen Jr.Dr. Amalia K. AmakiMrs. Frances Aronson-HealeyTurner I. Ball, M.D.Ms. Karen L. BensonMr. Fred D. Bentley Sr.Mr. Richard E. BerkowitzMrs. Devereux C. BurchMr. Robert E. BurtonMrs. Debbie C. CallawayMr. Randolph W. CampShannon I. Candler, past chairMrs. Faye S. ChambersMr. Harvey J. ColemanMrs. Martha T. DinosMrs. Annie Laurie DoddMs. Sally DorseyProfessor Marvin EisenbergMs. Carlyn F. FisherMr. James B. FleeceMr. Edgar J. Forio Jr.Mr. Harry L. Gilham Jr.Mr. John M. GreeneMrs. Helen C. Griffith
Mrs. M. Smith Griffith Mrs. Marion E. JarrellProfessor John D. Kehoe Mrs. George-Ann KnoxMrs. Shell H. KnoxMr. David W. MathenyMs. Catherine A. MayMrs. Helen P. McConnell Mr. Mark G. McConnellMrs. Marilyn M. McMullanMrs. Marilyn D. McNeelyMrs. Berkeley S. MinorMr. C.L. Morehead Jr.Ms. Jane C. MullinsMr. Carl W. Mullis III, chairMr. Donald G. MyersMrs. Betty R. MyrtleJohn Nickerson, M.D.Mrs. Deborah L. O’KainMrs. Janet W. PattersonMs. Kathy B. PrescottDr. William F. Prokasy IV Mr. Rowland A. Radford Jr.Ms. Margaret A. RolandoMr. 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. Margaret R. Spalding Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner Mrs. Judith M. Taylor Dr. Brenda Taggart ThompsonMrs. Barbara Auxier Turner Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth Ms. Kathleen E. Walker Mr. G. Vincent WestDr. Carol V. Winthrop
Ex-officioMrs. Linda C. Chesnut Dr. William Underwood Eiland Mr. Tom Landrum Professor Jere W. Morehead Dr. Libby V. Morris Karen W. Prasse, M.D. Ms. Georgia Strange
From the Director
Georgia Museum of Art
University of Georgia
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Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation)
HOURS
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Mission Statement
The Georgia Museum of Art shares
the mission of the University of Georgia
to support and to promote teaching,
research and service. Specifically, as
a repository and educational instrument
of the visual arts, the museum exists
to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret
significant works of art.
Partial support for the exhibitions and programs
at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by
the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation,
the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and
the Georgia Council for the Arts through the
appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.
The Council is a partner agency of the National
Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations
and corporations provide additional support
through their gifts to the University of Georgia
Foundation. The Georgia Museum of Art is
ADA compliant; the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium
is equipped for the hearing-impaired.
Opening Phase II of the
Georgia Museum of Art was thrilling, a
grand occasion capping years of planning. For
helping to make it special, I need to express my gratitude
to a special group of our supporters, our Friends. They truly are
our public face—now a shiny, new one, thanks to our expansion. This
museum has outstanding patronage, evident both in the building and in
our programs. We are, in some respects, Janus-like, with one gaze inward
to the university and the other outward to our communities of service. As an
academic unit of the state’s flagship university and as a cultural cornerstone of
the region in which we are located, we are strongly committed to our town and
to our gown: we take our dual mission very seriously.
To acknowledge our Friends; their president, Karen Benson; and the board,
for their help in realizing our founder’s vision, for service to Athens, the
university and the region, and for unqualified commitment to our
mission, is a privilege and an honor.
William Underwood Eiland, Director
Eiland (right) with chief curator
and curator of American art
Paul Manoguerra (left) and
artist DeWain Valentine (center).
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Contents
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Exhibitions
Letter from the Director of Development
Volunteer Spotlight
Publication Spotlight
Collections
Calendar of Events
Museum Notes/Gifts
Event Photos
Exhibitions
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F E A T U R E S
Event Photos
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On the cover: Johnny Cash—Triple Johnny, Hatch Show Print.
On the back cover: Detail, It’s Better/Pure Coffee, Hatch Show Print.
Images courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibitions
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LAM
AR
DO
DD
—te
ache
r, ar
ts a
dmin
istr
ator
,
ad
voca
te a
nd a
rtis
t—re
built
and
revi
taliz
ed th
e
U
nive
rsity
of G
eorg
ia’s
art d
epar
tmen
t beg
inni
ng
in 19
37.
He
was
the
mos
t rec
ogni
zed
artis
t of h
is g
ener
atio
n
from
the
stat
e of
Geo
rgia
and
is c
onsi
dere
d th
e
“g
odfa
ther
” of t
he G
eorg
ia M
useu
m o
f Art
.
Intr
oduc
tion
to th
e Ce
nter
sA
ugus
t 15
–Nov
embe
r 20
One
of t
he k
ey e
lem
ents
in G
MO
A’s
expa
nsio
n w
as th
e co
nstr
uc-
tion
of it
s St
udy
Cen
ters
in th
e H
uman
ities
, fou
r na
med
uni
ts
cont
aini
ng a
rchi
ves
that
sup
plem
ent t
he m
useu
m’s
col
lect
ion
and
prom
ote
hand
s-on
res
earc
h. T
his
smal
l exh
ibiti
on s
erve
s as
an
intr
oduc
tion
to th
ree
of th
e fo
ur: t
he C
.L. M
oreh
ead
Jr. C
ente
r fo
r
the
Stud
y of
Am
eric
an A
rt, t
he J
acob
Bur
ns F
ound
atio
n C
ente
r
(dev
oted
to th
e st
udy
of p
rints
and
dra
win
gs)
and
the
Pie
rre
Dau
ra
Cen
ter.
Pai
ntin
gs, p
rints
and
dra
win
gs, a
s w
ell a
s ar
chiv
al m
ater
ials
incl
udin
g le
tter
s an
d ph
otos
rel
atin
g to
Pie
rre
Dau
ra a
nd A
lfred
Heb
er H
olbr
ook
(the
foun
der
and
first
dire
ctor
of G
MO
A)
will
be
on
view
. The
exh
ibiti
on w
ill b
e fo
llow
ed b
y an
intr
oduc
tion
to th
e fo
urth
cent
er, t
he H
enry
D. G
reen
Cen
ter
for
the
Stud
y of
the
Dec
orat
ive
Art
s, w
hich
will
be
on d
ispl
ay d
urin
g G
MO
A’s
bien
nial
Hen
ry D
.
Gre
en S
ympo
sium
of t
he D
ecor
ativ
e A
rts,
Feb
. 2–4
, 201
2.
Cura
tors
: Pau
l Man
ogue
rra,
chi
ef c
urat
or a
nd c
urat
or o
f Am
eric
an
art,
and
Lynn
Bol
and,
Pie
rre
Dau
ra C
urat
or
of E
urop
ean
Art
, Geo
rgia
Mus
eum
of A
rt
Galle
ries
: Dor
othy
Ale
xand
er R
oush
and
Mar
tha
Thom
pson
Din
os G
alle
ries
Spon
sors
: The
W. N
ewto
n M
orris
Cha
ritab
le F
ound
atio
n an
d th
e
Frie
nds
of th
e G
eorg
ia M
useu
m o
f Art
Hot M
etal
and
Coo
l Pap
er:
The
Blac
k Ar
t of M
akin
g Bo
oks
Aug
ust 2
7–N
ovem
ber
6
This
focu
sed
exhi
bitio
n pr
esen
ts w
orks
by
priv
ate
pres
ses,
incl
udin
g
book
s pr
inte
d by
LaN
ana
Cre
ek P
ress
(C
harle
s D
. Jon
es, S
teph
en F
.
Aus
tin S
tate
Uni
vers
ity, N
acog
doch
es, T
exas
), th
e P
ress
of t
he
Nig
htow
l (D
wig
ht A
gner
, Ath
ens,
Ga.
) an
d Ti
nhor
n P
ress
(C
huck
Rob
erts
on, A
tlant
a, G
a.).
The
se p
ress
es, r
un p
rimar
ily b
y so
lo
prop
rieto
rs, s
tand
as
anac
hron
istic
and
forc
eful
sta
tem
ents
of
pers
onal
ity in
the
mod
ern
wor
ld, a
nd th
ese
sele
cted
boo
ks d
emon
-
stra
te in
tere
stin
g in
stan
ces
of a
dapt
atio
n to
the
form
. Prin
ting
has
ofte
n be
en d
ubbe
d “t
he b
lack
art
,” fo
r a
num
ber
of r
easo
ns, i
nclu
ding
the
tend
ency
of i
nk to
sta
in, b
ut th
e pr
oduc
tion
of a
fini
shed
boo
k by
one
pers
on is
cer
tain
ly a
com
bina
tion
of w
ill a
nd m
agic
. The
exh
ibi-
tion
will
exa
min
e in
tera
ctio
ns a
mon
g ty
pe, a
rt a
nd te
xt.
Cura
tors
: Hill
ary
Bro
wn,
edi
tor,
and
Tod
d R
iver
s, c
hief
pre
para
tor,
Geo
rgia
Mus
eum
of A
rt
Galle
ries
: Boo
ne a
nd G
eorg
e-A
nn K
nox
Gal
lery
I
Spon
sors
: The
W. N
ewto
n M
orris
Cha
ritab
le F
ound
atio
n an
d th
e
Frie
nds
of th
e G
eorg
ia M
useu
m o
f Art
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Lam
ar D
odd:
Pai
ntin
gs a
nd D
rawi
ngs
July
2–A
ugus
t 28
Lam
ar D
odd—
teac
her,
arts
adm
inis
trat
or, a
dvoc
ate
and
artis
t—
rebu
ilt a
nd r
evita
lized
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Geo
rgia
’s a
rt d
epar
tmen
t
begi
nnin
g in
193
7. H
e w
as th
e m
ost r
ecog
nize
d ar
tist o
f his
gene
ratio
n fr
om th
e st
ate
of G
eorg
ia a
nd is
con
side
red
the
“god
fath
er”
of th
e G
eorg
ia M
useu
m o
f Art
. Rea
red
in L
aGra
nge,
Dod
d w
as a
n im
pass
ione
d ex
pone
nt o
f the
loca
l sce
ne m
ovem
ent,
and
his
wor
ks o
f the
193
0s a
nd 1
940s
feat
ured
sou
ther
n
land
scap
es, h
isto
ry, p
eopl
e an
d in
dust
ry. H
e al
so s
erve
d as
an
“am
bass
ador
of c
ultu
re”
for
the
U.S
. Sta
te D
epar
tmen
t, as
tw
o-te
rm
pres
iden
t of t
he C
olle
ge A
rt A
ssoc
iatio
n an
d as
a p
artic
ipan
t in
the
NA
SA A
rt P
rogr
am. B
elie
ving
that
dra
win
g w
as th
e “m
othe
r
of th
e ar
ts,”
Dod
d ut
ilize
d th
e pr
actic
e ev
en a
s he
mov
ed fr
om
real
ism
in th
e 19
30s
to C
ubis
m a
nd A
bstr
act E
xpre
ssio
nism
in th
e
late
194
0s a
nd 1
950s
and
late
r in
to a
mat
ure
styl
e. F
eatu
ring
100
imag
es, t
his
spec
ial e
xhib
ition
dur
ing
the
mus
eum
’s r
eope
ning
year
cel
ebra
tes
Dod
d’s
care
er a
nd ju
xtap
oses
his
dra
win
gs
with
man
y of
his
rel
ated
wat
erco
lors
and
pai
ntin
gs. R
angi
ng
from
the
late
192
0s, w
hen
he w
as a
t the
Art
Stu
dent
s Le
ague
in N
ew Y
ork,
to th
e 19
90s
, the
exh
ibiti
on a
lso
incl
udes
the
first
larg
e-sc
ale
disp
lay
of im
ages
from
Dod
d’s
sket
chbo
oks.
Cura
tor:
Pau
l Man
ogue
rra,
chi
ef c
urat
or a
nd c
urat
or
of A
mer
ican
art
, Geo
rgia
Mus
eum
of A
rt
Galle
ries
: Virg
inia
and
Alfr
ed K
enne
dy a
nd P
hilip
Hen
ry A
lsto
n Jr
. Gal
lerie
s
Spon
sors
: Hel
en C
. Grif
fith,
Cle
men
ti L-
B H
olde
r,
C.L
. Mor
ehea
d Jr
., D
orot
hy A
lexa
nder
Rou
sh, t
he W
. New
ton
Mor
ris C
harit
able
Fou
ndat
ion
and
the
Frie
nds
of th
e G
eorg
ia
Mus
eum
of A
rt
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DEA
R FR
IEN
DS,
It is
wit
h gr
eat p
leas
ure
that
I w
rite
to y
ou fo
r the
firs
t tim
e.
As
man
y of
you
may
kno
w, I
am
the
new
dir
ecto
r of d
evel
opm
ent h
ere
at th
e m
useu
m. I
t is
a pr
ivile
ge a
nd a
n ho
nor t
o be
a p
art o
f thi
s dy
nam
ic in
stit
utio
n,
and
I am
fore
ver g
rate
ful f
or th
is o
ppor
tuni
ty. A
s a
Geo
rgia
nat
ive
and
patr
on o
f the
arts
, I fe
el v
ery
fort
unat
e to
be
able
to s
erve
in th
is p
ositi
on, c
ultiv
atin
g an
d st
ewar
ding
maj
or d
onor
s fo
r the
sta
te a
nd u
nive
rsity
art
mus
eum
.
I gra
duat
ed fr
om th
e U
nive
rsity
of G
eorg
ia w
ith d
egre
es in
art
his
tory
and
stu
dio
art,
then
mov
ed to
New
Yor
k to
stu
dy a
rt b
usin
ess
at S
othe
by’s
Inst
itute
of A
rt, a
ccre
dite
d by
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Man
ches
ter.
This
pro
gram
gav
e m
e a
broa
d un
ders
tand
ing
of th
e ar
t mar
ket
and
the
art w
orld
, and
my
diss
erta
tion
inve
stig
ated
the
effe
cts
of g
ende
r on
the
mar
ket v
alue
and
repr
esen
tatio
n of
con
tem
pora
ry fe
mal
e ar
tists
thro
ugh
the
lens
es o
f the
Whi
tney
Bie
nnia
l
exhi
bitio
n fr
om 19
89 to
200
8.
My
back
grou
nd in
dev
elop
men
t beg
an a
t the
Sol
omon
R. G
ugge
nhei
m M
useu
m in
New
York
. I re
ceiv
ed a
sch
olar
ship
from
Sot
heby
’s th
at p
rovi
ded
a su
mm
er in
tern
ship
at t
he
Gug
genh
eim
in c
orpo
rate
dev
elop
men
t. A
t the
end
of t
he in
tern
ship
, I w
as o
ffere
d a
posi
tion
as c
oord
inat
or o
f maj
or g
ifts
and
the
capi
tal c
ampa
ign,
in w
hich
I ex
peri
ence
d fir
st-h
and
how
an in
tern
atio
nal i
nstit
utio
n cu
ltiva
tes,
solic
its a
nd s
tew
ards
its
maj
or d
onor
s.
Des
pite
my
love
of N
ew Y
ork,
my
hear
t led
me
back
to G
eorg
ia. I
bec
ame
a de
velo
pmen
t
offic
er fo
r the
Fin
e an
d Pe
rfor
min
g A
rts
Div
isio
n of
Fra
nklin
Col
lege
, ser
ving
the
Lam
ar D
odd
Scho
ol o
f Art
, Hug
h H
odgs
on S
choo
l of M
usic
, dep
artm
ent o
f the
atre
and
film
stu
dies
and
the
danc
e de
part
men
t bef
ore
taki
ng th
is p
ositi
on a
t GM
OA
.
I am
so
exci
ted
to b
e a
part
of t
he m
useu
m te
am. W
ith th
e op
enin
g of
our
new
ly re
nova
ted
build
ing,
ther
e is
muc
h to
sha
re a
nd b
e pr
oud
of a
s w
e pr
ess
forw
ard
with
fund
rais
ing
effo
rts
that
will
con
trib
ute
to th
e he
alth
and
vita
lity
of o
ur m
useu
m. I
look
forw
ard
to m
eetin
g yo
u al
l
and
lear
ning
mor
e ab
out t
he G
eorg
ia M
useu
m o
f Art
and
its
loya
l fri
ends
.
Car
olin
e M
addo
x, D
irec
tor o
f Dev
elop
men
t
Imag
e co
urte
sy S
mith
soni
an In
stitu
tion
Exhibitions
A L
ETTE
R FR
OM
Car
olin
e M
addo
xD
irec
tor o
f Dev
elop
men
t
Amer
ican
Let
terp
ress
: Th
e Ar
t of H
atch
Sho
w Pr
int
Aug
ust 2
7–N
ovem
ber
6 Th
is e
xhib
ition
illu
stra
tes
the
fasc
inat
ing
fusi
on o
f art
with
pop
ular
cul
ture
and
mus
ic
hist
ory.
Fea
turin
g th
e w
ork
of o
ne o
f the
nat
ion’
s ol
dest
and
con
tinuo
usly
prin
ting
shop
s—N
ashv
ille,
Ten
n.’s
, Hat
ch S
how
Prin
t—it
high
light
s th
e un
ique
ly A
mer
ican
post
ers
prod
uced
to a
dver
tise
ever
ythi
ng fr
om v
aude
ville
sho
ws,
sta
te fa
irs a
nd
stoc
k ca
r ra
ces
to th
e G
rand
Ole
Opr
y, E
lvis
Pre
sley
and
Her
bie
Han
cock
.
The
exhi
bitio
n, c
reat
ed b
y th
e Sm
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nian
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IF YOU ATTENDED the Georgia Museum of Art’s inaugural student
night, “Reopening Remixed,” in early February, or its second, “Keepin’
It Surreal,” in late April, you would have witnessed the building, typically
a serene environment filled with quiet contemplation, brimming with
noise from bands performing live, students wandering through the
museum’s halls and student-led tours featuring highlights from the
permanent collection, like Elizabeth Jane Gardner’s “La Confidence.”
As an academic unit of the University of Georgia, GMOA provides many
opportunities for students to participate in conversation on the fine arts.
Since its reopening this spring, the museum has trained and employed
student docents for the first time in its history. While internships have
allowed UGA undergraduate and graduate students the chance to work
behind the scenes at the museum, only the student docent program
encourages a dialogue among students, educators and museum visitors.
CARISSA DICINDIO, curator of education, initiated the student docent
program this past fall before the museum reopened to the public. Her
goal was to create a program that would teach new visitors the nuances
of the museum’s collection while engaging UGA’s student body. The
inaugural student docent corps includes 18 students, both undergraduate
and graduate, who, in addition to 35 community docents, will give
museum tours. The training process teaches them good communication
and interpretive skills while introducing them to the museum’s collection
and the significance of specific works. The docents met twice a month
in the fall and then a few times in the early spring to prepare for the
museum’s reopening. The training introduced the docents to a method
of gallery teaching that focuses on a dialogic approach to talking about art.
Student docent Elizabeth Perry (right) poses with friends
during Student Night.
Sheena Varghese discusses Edwin B. Smith’s portrait
of Robert Ransome Billups in the museum’s permanent
collection galleries.
This approach instructs the docent to invite all visitors, young, old,
educated or novice, into the conversation about the work of art. Visitors
are encouraged to share with the group what they see. In this way, they
inject their own experience into understanding the meaning of the work.
By encouraging a dialogue, docents do not dictate “how to look” or
“what to look for” but focus on the possibilities of individual experience
to cultivate a burgeoning interest in the objects visitors see.
SINCE THE MUSEUM HAS REOPENED to the public, the
docents have been busy giving tours to audiences including school groups
and university classes. Sheena Varghese, a UGA senior in art history, is
part of the fledgling class of docents. Before she became a docent, she
had worked as an education intern with DiCindio. Varghese also recently
was assistant curator for an exhibition at ATHICA, Athens Institute for
Contemporary Art, entitled “Taking Part,” which featured different mediums
of participatory art. She decided to become a docent because she wanted
to learn more about GMOA’s collection. Varghese says she enjoys the
opportunity to share what she has learned with others. She has learned
more about how museums work and plans to use the fundamentals of
the dialogic teaching method in her future endeavors as a member of Teach
For America. She would suggest the docent program to anyone who has
time to make the commitment.
Docent-led tours by both student and community docents are scheduled
every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and one Sunday each month. The dates for
the tours can be found on page 12 of this newsletter or on the museum’s
website. The student docent program is open to undergraduate and
graduate students of all majors. If you are interested in becoming a docent
with the Georgia Museum of Art and have a year to devote to the process,
please apply! Applications will be taken in August and can be found at
www.georgiamuseum.org.
Kaitlin Springmier, Publications Intern
As an academic unit of the University of Georgia,
GMOA provides many opportunities for students
to participate in conversation on the fine arts.
Since its reopening this spring, the museum has
trained and employed student docents for the
first time in its history.
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Artist, art writer and critic,
presidential portraitist,
educator and wife of painter
Willem de Kooning, Elaine de Kooning
lived and worked within the so-called
New York School (known for its effort to
assimilate into visual representation,
often using abstraction, relatively new
knowledge and understanding about
human nature from psychology and
anthropology), and the Abstract Expres-
sionism movement in the late 1940s and
1950s. Years later, she served as the first
Publication Spotlight
Lamar Dodd Visiting Professor of Art at
the University of Georgia in Athens. Born
Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in Brooklyn,
New York, she studied at the Leonardo
da Vinci Art School and the American
Artists School in New York City. She met
Willem de Kooning in 1937 and they
were married at City Hall, New York, in
December 1943. Married for more than
forty-five years, they spent most of their
time apart, although Elaine championed
and promoted Willem’s work in the 1940s.
She worked as an editorial associate for
Art News in 1948 and wrote articles about
some of the major figures in the art world,
including painters Joseph Albers, Arshile
Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline and
Mark Rothko. Working at the center of
New York City’s cultural life, she became
friends with composer John Cage and
choreographer Merce Cunningham, who
were a couple. She was an active member
of the Eighth-Street Club, a site for artists
to meet, drink and socialize whose
regulars included Helen Frankenthaler,
Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Kline,
Lee Krasner, Milton Resnick, Larry Rivers
and Rothko. Although de Kooning used
the Abstract Expressionist form, with its
energetic strokes of intense color, her
entire life, she also executed numerous
portraits. Her most famous series of
these, painted on commission from the
White House, depicts President John
F. Kennedy. She traveled to West Palm
Beach, Fla., to make painted sketches
of the president and spent much of 1963
working on the portrait for the Truman
Library. Following his assassination in
November 1963, she stopped painting for
a year and devoted her time to teaching
and sculpture. Over the course of her
career, she taught at the University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque; the University
of California, Davis; Carnegie Mellon
University; Yale University Graduate
School; and the Parsons School of Design,
among others. Her paintings are in the
collections of major museums, including
the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the National Portrait Gallery,
Washington, D.C.1
Elaine de Kooning (American, 1918–1989)
Bacchus #81, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
65 x 45 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of
Georgia; Gift of Marjorie and Edmund
Luyckx, in honor of Lamar Dodd
GMOA 1988.9
(A detail of this image appears
on page 3 of this newsletter.)
An excerpt from “One Hundred American Paintings” by Paul Manoguerra
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1 Jane K. Bledsoe, Elaine de Kooning, exh. cat. (Athens: Georgia Museum of Art, 1992); Lee Hall, Elaine and Bill: Portrait of a Marriage (New
York: HarperCollins, 1993); April Kingsley, The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art (New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1992); Elaine de Kooning, The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism: Selected Writings (New York: George Braziller, 1994);
Michael Leja, Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s (New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1993); and John
Taylor, “An Interview with Elaine de Kooning in Athens,” Contemporary Art/Southeast 1, no. 1 (April–May 1977): 16–22.
2 Bledsoe, 39.
3 Elaine de Kooning quoted in Hall, 299.
4 Rose Slivka, “Elaine de Kooning: The Bacchus Paintings,” Arts Magazine 57 (October 1982): 66–70, reprinted in a brochure for Fischbach
Gallery, New York, 1994. Other examples include Jill Rachelle Chancey, “Elaine de Kooning: Negotiating the Masculinity of Abstract Expression-
ism,” Ph.D. diss., The University of Kansas, 2006; Mary Lee Sullivan, “Questions of Gender and Subjectivity in Elaine de Kooning’s Bacchus
Paintings,” in Frances van Keuren, ed. Archaeologicia Transatlantica 16 (Providence, RI: Brown University, 1997); and Lisa Beth Strahl,
“Gender construction and manifestation in the art of Elaine de Kooning,” Ph.D. diss., Temple University, 2009.
Elaine de KooningUntitled study for Bacchus series, 1977
Watercolor on paper
10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University
of Georgia; Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Lambert
GMOA 1988.12
De Kooning painted the first of her
immense canvases in the “Bacchus”
series in her studio on the University of
Georgia campus during her tenure as the
initial Dodd Visiting Professor. All are
based on a 19th-century sculpture—“one
of those wonderful exuberant statues you
see wherever you go”—she saw in the
Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris in the
summer of 1976.2 She spent several days
at the site, making sketches of the
sculpture by Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838–
1902), which features Silenus, the teacher
and faithful companion of Bacchus in
ancient mythology, as the central figure.
Over the next six years, de Kooning
created about 50 sketches and more than
60 paintings in the series. She writes, “I
always do my best painting when I’m . . .
totally obsessed with an image. When
every work seems to initiate a new work,
and when I can think of nothing else but
the possibilities of more and more images
in a series.”3 “Bacchus #81” was painted in
her East Hampton studio based upon her
on-site watercolor sketches. De Kooning
utilizes brash blocks and lyrical swipes of
blue, green and yellow to communicate the
confusion and motion of the drunken,
toppling Silenus, his stumbling donkey,
and the silens, satyrs and nymphs sur-
rounding him. In rich, bold brushstrokes,
she provides the feel of the jovial, “trium-
phant” Silenus’ beard. Most recent art
historical literature on the “Bacchus”
series argues that de Kooning was
metaphorically responding to her role in
the male-dominated New York art world
and the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Rose Slivka writes, for example, “The
artist is in a dilemma from which she
struggles to extricate herself; at the same
time she finds herself getting in deeper
in a labyrinth of meanings in which the
paintings become a track of the journey.”4
This study for deKooning’s “Bacchus” series is on view in the Lamar Dodd Gallery
as part of the exhibition “American Watercolors from
the Permanent Collection” through August 7.
“Bacchus #81” is on permanent display in the Byrnece Purcell
Knox Swanson Gallery. “One Hundred
American Paintings” is for sale in the Museum
Shop, located in the museum lobby and online.
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Collections: NEW ACQUISITIONSThe Ray-Brewster Family Bedspread and Bolster, ca. 1923
This pristine pair of textiles descended to Mr.
Charles Ray Brewster of Macon, and his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Brewster, provided for its care in
recent years. Their son, Bob Brewster of Athens, brought
the piece to the museum’s attention. The Brewster family
is donating this superb example of needlework to GMOA
in honor of the original recipient, Clarice Ray Brewster
(née Clarice Ethel Ray).
Brewster and her husband, Fred Hubert Brewster,
received the bedspread and bolster as a wedding gift in
1923 from its maker, Moselle Weldon Adams, wife of Dr.
Charles Adams, who performed their wedding ceremony.
Alternate panels of crochet and linen make up the
bedspread, which is embroidered with a flower-in-guil-
loche pattern and edged in handmade fringe. Similarly,
the bolster comprises lengths of linen and two panels of
crochet and features the initials CRB, for “Clarice Ray
Brewster,” in art deco style on its face. Both ends of the
bolster are open for the insertion of pillows.
Remarkably, a ball of string and a partially tatted or
crocheted panel, two crochet panels and two small
panels of linen showing in-stage creation survive. These
remains of manufacture present a rare and interesting
context for research and education.
Top and bottom right: A flower-in-guilloche pattern
embellishes the bedspread’s linen panels.
(A detail of this image appears on page 3 of this newsletter.)
Bottom left: This detail of the bolster shows the
art-deco styling of Clarice Brewster’s monogram.
Inset: A remnant of hand-made fringe for edging
and in-process crochet work.
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Schedule a Visit to the Georgia Museum of Art
To schedule a class visit or student assignment at the Georgia Museum of Art, please call
us at 706.542.GMOA (4662) at least two weeks prior to the visit. Scheduling in advance
enables us to prepare for your visit whether it is a docent-led tour, a self-guided visit led by
an instructor or students who will be coming on their own to complete an assignment.
Calendar : Summer 2011 Special Events
After Hours at GMOAOpening Reception for “Lamar Dodd: Paintings and Drawings”Friday, August 19, 5–8 p.m.The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar
Dodd School of Art invite you to a reception celebrating
the work of Georgia’s most renowned artist of the 20th
century and the namesake of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School
of Art. For more information, call 706.542.0437.
UGA Student Day at GMOAThursday, September 15, 1–8 p.m.The Georgia Museum of Art invites university students
for a special day of programs and tours. Learn about
the many ways you can be involved at the museum.
At 2 p.m. come to the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium for
a discussion on museum jobs by a panel of GMOA
staff. Student docent-led tours, gallery talks and behind-
the-scenes tours will take place throughout the day.
Students will receive a 15% discount in the Museum
Shop. Sponsored by the GMOA Student Association.
Evening for EducatorsThursday, September 22, 4:15–6 p.m.Educators for grades K–12 are invited to join colleagues
for a wine and cheese reception. This is an excellent
time to preview exhibitions with curators and docents
and to sign up for guided tours and new teaching
packets. Please respond by Sept. 15 to 706.542.GMOA
(4662) or [email protected].
Tours
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Tour At Two: Decorative Arts from the Permanent CollectionWednesday, July 6, 2 p.m.Join Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, for an
introductory tour of GMOA’s collection of decorative arts.
Tour At Two: The Life and Works of Pierre DauraWednesday, July 13, 2 p.m.Join Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art,
for a discussion of the life and works of Pierre Daura.
Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionSunday, July 17, August 14 and September 11, 3 p.m.Join docents for a tour of highlights from the
permanent collection.
Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent CollectionWednesday, July 20, July 27, August 10, August 17, August 31, September 7, September 14 and September 21, 2 p.m. Join docents for a tour of the most significant works
from the permanent collection.
Tour at Two: “Lamar Dodd: Paintings and Drawings”Wednesday, August 24, 2 p.m. Join Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of
American art, for a tour of this exhibition that includes
the first large-scale display of images from Dodd’s
sketchbooks.
Tour at Two: “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print”Wednesday, September 28, 2 p.m.Join Todd Rivers, chief preparator, for a tour of this
traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition Services.
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Lectures & Gallery Talks
Workshops & Classes
Films
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Gallery Talk: “The Art of Disegno”Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 p.m.Join guest curator Dr. Robert Randolf Coleman, associate
professor, University of Notre Dame, for a discussion of
Italian prints and drawings from the museum’s collection.
Artful ConversationWednesday, August 3, 2 p.m.Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for a
discussion of Gregory Gillespie’s “Wheel of Life”
(1992) from the museum’s permanent collection.
The Kress CollectionSaturday, July 16, 10 a.m.–noonVisit the Samuel H. Kress Gallery to learn about GMOA’s
Kress Collection and the Kress Project. Then head to
the first-floor classroom to make Renaissance-inspired
picture frames for your own masterpiece!
Abstract AdventuresSaturday, August 13, 10 a.m.–noonWhat is abstract art? Visit GMOA’s permanent collection
to see some of the museum’s abstract paintings, then
head to the first-floor classroom to make an abstract work
of your own.
Drawing in the GalleriesThursday, July 14, July 28, August 11, August 25 and September 8, 5–8 p.m.Visitors are invited to sketch in the galleries during
these hours. No instruction provided. Pencils only.
UGA Faculty Lunch and LearnThursday, July 21, noonFirst-floor education spaceFaculty is invited to bring a lunch as GMOA curators
demonstrate how to utilize the permanent collection
as a teaching tool.
Film Series: Artist’s Biographies “Pierre Daura”Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumA documentary film by Agnes de Sacy. Pierre Daura
(1896–1976) divided his life between Catalonia,
France and the United States. His art—at times abstract,
more often figurative—reflects and is enriched by the
joys and sorrows of a life of active engagement in historic
events of his century. Introduced by Lynn Boland,
Pierre Daura Curator of European Art (28 minutes, NR).
Film Series: Artist Biographies“Mr. Dial Has Something to Say”Thursday, July 21, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumThornton Dial (b. 1928) is a self-taught artist who only
began seriously making art after his retirement, con-
structing figurative sculptures, then branched out to
painting and mixed-media assemblages. It wasn't very
long before he was discovered by the art world and
showing his “things” at galleries and museums, including
the New Museum in New York and the Whitney Biennial.
His art functions like folk tales, combining African and
American traditions to tell stories that are at once
personal, political and spiritual. Introduced by Carissa
DiCindio, curator of education (60 minutes, NR).
Film Series: Artist Biographies“Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet”Thursday, July 28, 7 p.m.M. Smith Griffith AuditoriumUsing more than 60 of Marsden Hartley’s paintings and
drawings, as well as many photographs from collections
around the world, director Michael Maglaras traces
Hartley’s life and work from its earliest beginnings in
Lewiston, Maine, through his travels in Europe and the
United States and ends with his secluded and lonely
life in a remote Maine fishing village. Special guest
Maglaras will speak about the film. Introduced by Paul
Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art
(65 minutes, NR).
Family Days
HIGHLIGHTS
Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor
Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota, YellowBook USA and the Friends
of the Georgia Museum of Art and are free and open to the public. • •
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Georgia History TrunkThe Georgia History Trunk connects selected
works in the collection of the Georgia Museum
of Art with Georgia history. It contains lesson
plans for grades K–12, objects and media, and can
be borrowed by educators in Georgia. Please call
705.542.GMOA (4662) for more information.
Educators Visit our Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center or
our website for teaching packets,
lesson plans and supplemental information
for your students.
Art Adventures: Summer in the City This summer, the Georgia Museum of Art invites
day camps, daycare centers and community
centers for a special tour and art project related to this
year’s theme, “Summer in the City.” Call 706.542.
GMOA (4662) to schedule your visit. Sponsored by
Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher.
Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943), Fruit Still Life,
ca. 1911–12. Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches.
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Eva
Underhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American
Art, gift of Alfred H. Holbrook, GMOA 1945.46
Master of the Loeser Madonna (Sienese, active ca. 1340)
St. Clare, ca. 1340. Tempera on panel. Georgia Museum
of Art, University of Georgia; Samuel H. Kress Study
Collection, GMOA 1961.1890
Films are generously sponsored by the
UGA Parents & Families Association
Check our website for the most recent information on events:
www.georgiamuseum.org
Check our website for information about the
Latin American Film Festival, which begins in September.
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Museum Notes
Gifts
The popular Normaltown café and bakery is now serving fresh-made coffee,
sandwiches and baked goods in the new museum lobby.
Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Have breakfast, lunch or a snack, enjoy a spectacular view of the
Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden and support the museum.
Ike & Jane at the Georgia Museum of Art!
NOW OPEN!
(Ike & Jane generously donates 10 percent of profits from its GMOA location to the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art!)
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between February 5 and April 8, 2011:
ALFRED HEBER HOLBROOK SOCIETY
Mrs. M. Smith Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr.
Mr. C.L. Morehead Jr.
BENEFACTORMr. and Mrs. B. Heyward Allen Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Walker
PATRONMr. D. Jack Sawyer Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres
Mr. Howard Scott and Ms. Karen Benson
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEMs. Lucinda Samford Cannon
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Greene
BABIES
Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, and her
husband, Patrick Yaggy, welcomed Graham James
Yaggy on March 3, 2011. Baby Graham weighed 5 lbs.,
11 oz., and was 19 inches long. Congratulations,
Carissa and Patrick!
Graham James Yaggy
ETC.
GMOA was proud to co-host the 2011 Georgia Assembly
of Community Arts Agencies Annual conference May 1–3
in conjunction with the ACC Leisure Services Arts Division.
Public relations coordinator Jenny Williams co-presented
the “Turning Your Website into a Cash Register” session,
and director Bill Eiland and board of advisors chair Carl
Mullis presented a roundtable lunch discussion “How to
Create an Effective Board.”
Mr. Thomas Edward Kurtz
Mr. and Mrs. David Matheny
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Kain
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schoen
Mr. and Mrs. Billy S. Smith
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between February 16 and May 19, 2011:
In memory of Milner S. Ball by his family
In memory of Lamar Dodd by Robert L. Steed
In honor of Paula Arscott by an anonymous donor
In honor of Annelies Mondi by Marge Massey
In honor of Peg Wood by Mr. and Mrs. Ray P. Bush Jr.
In honor of the staff of the Georgia Museum of Art
by Bonnie Ramsey
FRIENDS NEWS
At their annual meeting on May 17, the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art thanked Karen Benson for
her year of service as Friends president and welcomed new president Karen Prasse and president-elect Michele
Turner. Loyal Friend David Matheny received the 2011 “Smitty,” the M. Smith Griffith Volunteer of the Year Award.
The museum staff and community deeply appreciate the support we receive from this amazing group of volunteers.
Thank you!
NEW DOCENTS
Docents of GMOA held their annual meeting and luncheon on Monday, May 9, at the Georgia Club. This event
recognizes docents for their generosity, hard work and accomplishments. Docents participate in a rigorous program
that requires studying the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions in preparation for giving personalized
tours to visitors of all ages. The next docent program begins in September. For applications and deadlines, visit
www.georgiamuseum.org.
Graduates of the docent class of 2011 (l to r): Kitty Donnan, Susan Glover, Mary Louise Stark, Peg Heckathorn,
Betty Myrtle, Patty Whitehead, Laura Nehf, Agnieszka Nickelson, Karen Montcrief and Melody Croft. Not pictured:
Nancy Clark and Patty Cloar Millstead.
NEW EMPLOYEES
The Staff at the Georgia Museum of Art would like
to welcome new employees Melissa Rackley, curatorial
assistant, and Caroline Maddox, director of development.
Rackley has a BFA in painting and drawing from Parsons
School of Design and an MAEd in art education from
UGA. She has studied abroad in Cortona and at the
American University in Paris, taught fifth-grade language
arts and social studies at St. Joseph’s Catholic School
in Athens and taught art at the Lyndon House Arts
Center. Maddox graduated from UGA with degrees in
studio art and art history and then moved to New York
to study art business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She
was coordinator of major gifts and the capital campaign
for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
(Read more about Maddox on page 6 of this newsletter.)
AWARDS
Curator of education Carissa DiCindio won the National Art Educa-
tion Association (NAEA) Southeastern Museum Educator of the Year award.
NAEA is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for
visual arts educators. GMOA intern Theresa Rodewald, who graduated
in May from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, won this year’s Louis T. Griffith
Student of the Year Award. Rodewald was president of the museum’s
student association and spearheaded the first GMOA student night, which
drew more than 2,000 visitors. Former intern and 2009 Louis T. Griffith
Student of the Year Sarah Quinn was selected as UGA’s amazing student
of the week beginning Monday, April 25. Quinn graduated in May from the
Lamar Dodd School of Art. Work-study student Wassim Mentouri, a 2011
UGA graduate in accounting, received the Deloitte Outstanding Community
Service Award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship, on April 21 at the
Classic Center. We are proud of our award-winning staff and interns!
Theresa Rodewald receives the Louis T.
Griffith Student of the Year Award
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Membership
JOIN THE NEW GMOA!
Not a member? Join the museum during one of the
most exciting moments in its history! Join on our website,
www.georgiamuseum.org, or call 706.542.0437.
JOINStudent Night
Family Day
Students channel Salvador Dalí at Student Night: Keepin’ It Surreal.
Members of UGA’s Community Music School Suzuki violin program
perform at Family Day: Make It Shine.
Outgoing Friends president Karen Benson and museum director
Bill Eiland.
David Matheny poses with the Smitty Award, created by Jack Kehoe.
Event Photos
Parking for the Georgia Museum of Art is available in the Performing Arts Center
(PAC) parking deck, which is located at the rear of lot E11 off River Road (see map).
There is no free visitor parking on campus during regular business hours. Parking in
the PAC deck is free on Saturdays and Sundays and after 5:30 p.m. on weeknights with
a valid UGA ID or permit, unless there is a special event. Free parking (that is, parking
without a permit) is available in surface lot E11 on Saturdays and Sundays and after
4 p.m. on weekdays.
Note: River Road will be under construction May 16–August 12.
Please call 706.542.GMOA (4662) when planning your visit this summer.For more event photos see www.flickr.com/gmoa
Friends Annual Meeting
Friends Annual Meeting
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