CALENDAR * Program is free but registration is required; email gmoa-tours@uga.edu to reserve a spot.
series features scholars and scholarship focused on the intersections of visual art, po- etry, literacy, equity and justice in education. This program is presented in collaboration with the department of language and literacy at the University of Georgia’s Mary Frances Early College of Education and funded by the Aralee Strange Fund for Art and Poetry. POP-UP EXHIBITION: WONDER WOMEN Thursday, March 16, 6 – 9 p.m. Celebrate the power of women in art with this Women’s History Month pop-up exhibition in the Shannon and Peter Candler Collection Study Room. Stop by to check out a selection of works by woman artists from the museum’s collection, selected by museum interns. LECTURE: KAYWIN FELDMAN “BUILDING A NATIONAL COLLECTION IN A CHANGING NATION” Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. This lecture by Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will honor museum director William U. Eiland on the occasion of his retirement. Feldman previously led the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. She is a past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors and past chair of the Amer- ican Alliance of Museums. She lectures and publishes widely on many aspects of museums in the 21st century. In 2021 Forbes magazine listed Feldman as one of the “50 Over 50” most visionary women making an impact on society. This program is presented in partner- ship with the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. EMERGING SCHOLARS SYMPOSIUM “RETHINKING AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPLATIONS ON AMERICAN ART” Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24 The 2023 Emerging Scholars Symposium will showcase research by current graduate students and other emerging scholars related to themes of rethinking and reimagining the history of Euro-American, Native American and African American art and material culture through new perspectives. The symposium accompanies the exhibition “Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum.” This symposium is presented in partnership with UGA’s Associa- tion of Graduate Art Students. Visit georgiamuseum.org/rethinking-america/ for a full schedule. Nika Elder will deliver the keynote lecture, “Early American Portraiture and the Value of Flesh,” on March 23 at 5:30 p.m. Addressing works in the collections and exhibitions of the Georgia Museum of Art as well as related works elsewhere, this talk explains how and
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THIRD THURSDAY Thursday, January 19, February 16 and March 16, 6 – 9 p.m. Athens’ established venues for visual art hold this event devoted to art in the evening hours on the third Thursday of every month to showcase their visual-arts programming. Full schedules and participants are posted at 3Thurs.org. ELEGANT SALUTE XVII: CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART Saturday, February 4, 6:30 p.m. – midnight Join us for Gatsby-inspired décor, delectable hors d’oeuvre stations, a carefully curated si- lent auction and the signature end-of-evening dance party. This event will formally kick off the museum’s 75th-anniversary year and cele- brate our beloved director, William Underwood Eiland, before he retires at the end of March. Sponsors will receive guaranteed tickets; no individual tickets will be sold. For more infor- mation or to sponsor call 706.542.0830, email jointhemuseum@uga.edu or visit bit.ly/es- 2023. 1920s-inspired black tie is encouraged. ELEGANT SALUTE XVII: DRIPPING IN DIAMONDS DANCE PARTY Saturday, February 4, 9 p.m. – midnight Join us for beautiful Gatsby-inspired dé- cor, dessert, libations and the “Dripping in Diamonds” dance party. Friend + Annual Fund Members $55 per person, all other guests $75 per person. To purchase tickets online visit bit. ly/es-2023 or email jointhemuseum@uga.edu. 1920s-inspired cocktail attire is encouraged. STUDENT NIGHT Thursday, February 16, 6 – 8 p.m. Join the Georgia Museum of Art Student Association for refreshments, door prizes and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhi- bitions, including “Object Lessons in American Art.” Student Night is generously sponsored by the UGA Parents Leadership Council. ARALEE STRANGE LECTURE: VAUGHN WATSON “ON ELDER AVENUE: ENVISIONING RIGHTFUL LITERARY PRESENCE AS TRAVELING WITH” Thursday, February 23, 5:30 p.m. Dr. Vaughn W.M. Watson, associate profes- sor in the department of teacher education at Michigan State University, will give the fifth annual Aralee Strange Lecture for Art and Po- etry. Watson directs the Diasporas, a partici- patory literacy collaboration with Black African immigrant youth and university and commu- nity educators. The Aralee Strange Lecture
TOUR AT TWO Wednesday January 4, 18 and 25; February 1; March 1, 8 and 15, 2 p.m. Drop-in public tours featuring highlights of the permanent collection, led by docents. ARTFUL CONVERSATION Artful Conversation programs are 30 minutes long, focus on just one or two works of art and provide opportunities for close looking, open- ended dialogue and discovery. • Wednesday, January 11, 2 p.m. Thornton Dial, “Spirit of Grand Central Station: The Man That Helped the Handicapped,” with Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education • Wednesday, February 15, 2 p.m. Vertis Hayes’ “Juke Joint,” with Callan Stein- mann, curator of education • Wednesday, March 22, 2 p.m., Clementine Hunter, “Good Angels/Bad Angels,” with Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT TOUR Sunday, January 22, February 19 and March 19, 3 p.m. Drop-in public tours featuring highlights of the permanent collection, led by docents. CURATOR TALK: “DECADE OF TRADITION: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LARRY D. AND BRENDA A. THOMPSON COLLECTION” Wednesday, February 8, 2 p.m. Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, will give a tour of the exhibition. “Decade of Tradition” includes se- lections from the Thompsons’ transformative gift of 100 works by African American artists. CURATOR TALK: “OBJECT LESSONS IN AMERICAN ART” Wednesday, February 22, 2 p.m. Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, will give a special tour of this exhibition, which features four centuries of works from the Princeton University Art Museum that collectively explore American history, culture and society. CURATOR TALK: “‘ART IS A FORM OF FREEDOM’: WHITWORTH WOMEN SELECT WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION” Wednesday, March 29, 2 p.m. Callan Steinmann, curator of education, will give a tour of the exhibition.
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