MUSEUM NOTES
staff notes New leadership often means change. David Odo , the muse- um’s new director, took the reins just before the fall 2023 semester and has made some changes to the museum’s organizational structure to create a more efficient workflow. The curatorial and education departments are now encom- passed under a new division: the division of curatorial and academic affairs. At the helm of the new division, as deputy director, is Shawnya Harris . She will also maintain her position as the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art. Callan Steinmann continues to serve as the head of the education department, but with a new title: head of education and curator of academic and public programs. The registrars’ department and the department of design and preparation have also been combined into a new division: the division of collections and exhibitions. Tricia Miller is the new deputy director of the division. Todd Rivers remains head of exhibition design and chief preparator. This restructuring also necessitated two additional promo- tions. Amber Barnhardt is now senior registrar and Kathryn Hill has been promoted to associate curator of modern and contemporary art.
awards
“GRAPHIC ELOQUENCE” WINS LOPRESTI AWARD
“Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collec- tion of Michael T. Ricker,” by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll and collector Michael T. Ricker, was honored as winner of the 39th Annual Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Awards by the Southeast chapter of the Art Libraries Association of North America (ARLIS/NA) for the 2022 copyright year. The award recognizes excellence in art publishing. “Living up to its name,” the ARLIS/NA award announcement stat- ed, “this title is a thoughtfully crafted resource full of quality images and text that beautifully conveys the spirit of American modernism through the work of many lesser-known artists of the 20th century.”
SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE AWARDS
Tricia Miller , deputy director of collections and exhibitions and head registrar, was awarded the Southeastern Museums Conference’s (SEMC) Museum Leadership Award in recognition of her many years of service and generosity to the field. Initiated in 1994, the award recognizes mid-career museum professionals who have contributed to significant advances within the profession through leadership in mu - seum activities at their own institution or in the museum profession as a whole, especially in the southeast region. The museum also received a number of awards in SEMC’s competitions in exhibitions, publication design and technology. The competition showcases the best in the profession and provides benchmarks for southeastern museums. “Art is a form of freedom” received silver in the Excellence in Exhibitions competition . A result of a collaborative project that brought works of art from the museum’s collection into classrooms at Whitworth Women’s Facility, a prison in north Georgia, the exhibition was unique because works were chosen by the incarcerated women at the facility and featured prose and poetry the women wrote in response to the works. In the Publication Design Competition , the museum’s 75th Anniversary Campaign was awarded gold ; Facet, the museum’s quar- terly newsletter, was awarded bronze in the magazines and news- letters category; “Jane Manus, Undaunted” was awarded silver in the gallery guides category; and the “Longleaf Lines” coloring book, illustrated by Katie Mulligan, was awarded bronze in the gallery guides category as well. Noelle Shuck , the museum’s graphic designer since 2020, designed all four. In the Technology Competition , the museum received gold in the vir- tual media category for its Instagram Stories trivia feature and silver for its Museum Madness campaign, in association with the museum’s 75th anniversary. The museum’s communications team created and designed both features.
Kaitlyn Loyd
Kevin Roldan
The museum also welcomed Kaitlyn Loyd as the new assistant curator of education this fall. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from UGA, has many years of experience with K-12 audiences and is an accomplished studio artist. Kevin Roldan also recently joined our team full time as an assistant registrar. He was previously an intern at the museum and has a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in museum stud - ies from Johns Hopkins University.
Annelies Mondi , who has been serving as senior advisor to the director, retired again December 15.
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