MUSEUM NOTES
AWARDS
STAFF NOTES
Georgia Association of Museums Awards
David Odo , current director of academic and public programs, division head and research curator at the Harvard Art Museums, has been named director beginning June 26. Annelies Mondi , former deputy director of the museum, has been named interim director beginning April 1. Katie O’Neal , senior accountant at the museum, and Ashaé Burgess , assistant curator of education, both left the museum in February. Museum director William Under - wood Eiland retired at the end of March. Taylor Nettis , a native Athenian and former museum intern, joined the staff as a full- time gallery guide in February, and Laney Bales was hired as an administrative assistant in the business office in March. The curators have been busy. Jeffrey Richmond-Moll , curator of American art and in-house curator of the exhibition “Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton Univer- sity Art Museum,” contributed a chapter to the catalogue for that show (available for purchase in the Museum Shop). Richmond-Moll also has an essay in another new book, “The Un- forgettables: Expanding the History of American Art,” a book by eminent art historian Charles C. Eldredge that brings together top scholars to celebrate forgotten artists and create a more inclusive history of American art. Richmond-Moll is also a reviewer for the Atlanta Celebrates Photography portfolio program this year. The ACP’s virtual portfolio reviews are for emerging and established lens-based, intermedia and media artists looking to gain new insights into their work and expand their professional networks. Richmond-Moll and Shawnya L. Harris , Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, both have essays in “Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century,” a companion book for the exhibition that will be on view at the museum in June.
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia re- ceived two awards at this year’s Georgia Association of Museums (GAM) annual conference, held in Cartersville. GAM President Marcy Breffle and award committee co-chairs Melissa Swindell and Karin Dalton presented the museum with the awards for Patron of the Year to Alan Rothschild Jr. and Exhibition Category #3 ($25,001 – $99,999) for “Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund.” Rothschild (UGA JD ’85) has been a leading force in the arts as the founder of the Do Good Fund, a public charity in Columbus, Georgia, whose focus has built a museum-quality collection of southern photography from the 1950s to the present that reflects a visual narrative of the American South. Over the past 11 years, the fund has grown significantly, delivering its collection all over the state. “Reckonings and Reconstructions” is the first large- scale survey of the collection and will travel to Columbus, St. Louis, Iowa and Florida. Rothschild has been a long-time friend and supporter of the Georgia Museum of Art and the University of Georgia. He has served on the museum’s Board of Advisors since 2008, including a two-year stint as its chair. His focus on the whole state and his deep-rooted interest in tying art to the humanities and to histor- ical contexts notably made him deserving of this award. He says, “Art for art’s sake is wonderful, but it is the beauty [of the story] behind the art that helps me understand art.” GAM is a private, nonprofit statewide organization dedicated to encouraging growth and improving professional practices of museums and nonprofit galleries throughout the state. The annual conference is an opportunity for museum professionals, board members, volunteers and supporters to share information and build relationships among museums and galleries throughout the state. The conference is hosted by a different community each year and will be held in Athens in 2024.
gifts
The Georgia Museum of Art received the following gifts between October 1 and December 31, 2022.
In honor of Martha Daura by Lacy Middlebrooks Camp & Thomas G. Camp, Julie & Gary Crites, Martha Daura, Babe & Carl Mullis, Jean & Red Petrovs, Margaret Wood. In honor of Annelies Mondi by Lucy & B. Heyward Allen Jr., Juanita & Phillip Greenspan, Marion Jarrell In memory of Susan Guttman Glover by Martha Hughes In memory of John Bunn Hill by Judy Hill In memory of Andrew Ladis by Patricia & Tom Wright In memory of Rowland Radford Jr. by Babe & Carl Mullis In memory of Michael Shlesinger by Jane & Randy Merrill
Black Art and Culture Awards
Each year, the Georgia Museum of Art hosts its annual Black Art and Culture Awards, featuring the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award and the Lillian C. Lynch Citation. Respec- tively, these two awards honor a living African American visual artist with a significant Georgia connection in an effort to raise their profile and an African American leader who has made a significant contribution to African American cultural education and service. This year’s recipient of the Thompson Award is Stefanie Jack- son, painter and retired art professor of the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The Lillian C. Lynch Citation recipient is Annie Lucille Greene, a yarn painter and native Georgian.
In honor of William Underwood Eiland by Lacy Middlebrooks Camp & Thomas G. Camp, Elizabeth & Anthony DeMarco, Marjorie & Mark McConnell, Sylvia & Clifton Pannell, Michael Ricker, Dudley Stevens, Patricia & Tom Wright
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