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Staff Notes
A new but familiar face has joined the museum staff as the Pierre Daura Curatorial Research Assistant. Ashlyn Davis , originally from south Georgia, completed her undergraduate degree in journalism from UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She went on to receive her master’s degree in art history from the Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2020. Her time at the Georgia Museum of Art began in 2018 as a summer intern in the communications department. Throughout her graduate career she also interned at the museum for director Eiland and Pierre Daura Curator of European Art Nelda Damiano. We are excited to welcome her back and are grateful to Martha Randolph Daura for her financial support of this position. Amy Scott has joined the museum staff as part–time education programs assistant. Scott earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a new media certificate and minors in studio art and design + media from the University of Georgia. She is a multimedia artist working primarily in ceramics, photography, sound and sculpture. Her background in journalism influences the way she approaches her practice, which explores the unspoken interactions with loved ones and within ourselves. Previously, Scott worked in a variety of capacities for the Red & Black and interned for NPR in Washington, D.C., Athens-based artist Jamie Calkin and WUGA. The museum welcomed Cassie Hawkins as its director of special events on September 13, 2021. Cassie is a “double dawg” with bachelor’s degrees in ceramics and photography from UGA. She moved to San Francisco to obtain her master’s in photography. After graduating, Cassie moved to Los Angeles and lived there for eight years. Cassie returned home to Athens and was the senior event coordinator at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education for the past five and a half years prior to starting at the museum. Awards The museum won best in show in the 2021 Southeastern Museums Conference Publications Competition for “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey,” which also won the gold medal in the Books and Catalogues category. Facet won a gold medal in the Magazines and Newsletters category and the brochure for “Whitman, Alabama” won a silver medal for the Brochures and Rack Cards category. “Belonging: Georgia and Region in the National Fabric: The Ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts” won the 2021 Mary Ellen LoPresti Publication Award for best scholarly publication.
Ashlyn Davis
Amy Scott
Cassie Hawkins
gifts
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between April 1 and June 30, 2021:
In honor of William U. Eiland by Betty Robertson and Patricia & Tom Wright
In memory of Vicky J. Brown by Patricia & Tom Wright
In memory of Julia Sanks by Sharon and Brandon McDearis
In memory of Mark M. Johnson by William Underwood Eiland
In memory of Peggy O. Sorrells by William Underwood Eiland and Patricia & Tom Wright
In honor of Mary Burdell by Jean Harrell
In honor of Bill Parker by Robert Bairstow
In memory of James Robinson by William Underwood Eiland
In memory of Jane Symmes by William Underwood Eiland
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