“The Henry D. Green Symposium has resulted in eight volumes of published scholarship so far and reached thousands interested in the material culture of our state and region. Support enables us to sustain our shared goals, educational values and mission for decades to come. Decorative arts initiatives lie at the heart of our educational mission, and both the symposium and the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts remain vital to the museum and our state.”
— Dale L. Couch, curator of decorative arts
Over the past two decades, the Georgia Museum of Art has seen great progress in the study of Georgia arts and material culture. Decorative arts initiatives lie at the heart of our educational mission, and both the symposium and the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of Decorative Arts remain vital to the museum and our state. The Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts has resulted in volumes of published scholarship and reached thousands interested in the material culture of our state and region.
Sponsorship of the biennial symposium continues to sustain our shared goals, educational values and mission for many decades to come. We appreciate the individuals, corporations and foundations who are committed to our mission of teaching, research and service. Want to join them?
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The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts will take place January 30 – February 1, 2020 in Athens, Georgia, at the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel (with select exceptions). Registration is now closed.
Schedule
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 (all events open to the public)
5:30 p.m. Opening remarks, Dale Couch
5:45 p.m. Keynote lecture, “Drama on the Dining Room Walls: Anxiety, Abolitionism and Subversion on the Walls of a Columbia County, Georgia, Home,” Daniel Ackermann, curator of collections, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
6:45 p.m. Presentation of the Henry D. Green Lifetime Achievement Award
7 p.m. Reception and exhibitions (Georgia Museum of Art). Shuttles will run between the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel and the museum from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., picking up and dropping off in front of the Carlton Street entrance to the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel and in the turnaround by UGA’s Performing Arts Center; Arch Society members will be available to direct you. Admission to the reception is complimentary for symposium registrants.
Sponsored by the Forward Arts Foundation, Drs. Linda N. & Larry H. Beard, Jennifer & Gregory Holcomb, Marilyn & John F. McMullan, Ibby & Jimmy Mills and Anne & Bill Newton
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 (all events require registration)
Morning session
9 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
9:25 a.m. “Isabella C. Hamilton: An Artist of ‘Rare Talent,’” Janice Miller, independent scholar, Marietta, Georgia (introduction by Dale L. Couch)
Sponsored by Drs. Linda N. & Larry H. Beard
10:05 a.m. “A Botanical View of Georgia,” Charlotte Gaillet, master’s student in art history, University of Georgia (introduction by Dale L. Couch)
Sponsored by the Material Culture & Arts Foundation
10:30 a.m. Morning break with book signing by Susan Falls and Jessica Smith of “Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond” (available for purchase from our on-site Museum Shop)
Sponsored by Betsey & Ricky Chastain
11 a.m. “Double Reading, Trouble Meaning: Masonic Symbolism in Visual Art,” Alisa Luxenberg, professor of art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia (introduction by Glen Eskew)
Sponsored by the MOTSTA Fund/the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
11:45 a.m. “UGA’s Architectural Legacy: A Walk Through Time, Campus and Surrounds,” John Waters, professor emeritus, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia (introduction by Glen Eskew)
Sponsored by Devereux & Dave Burch and Tish & Rowland Radford
12:30 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch (full symposium package), Georgia Museum of Art (continuous shuttle buses provided)
Afternoon session
2:30 p.m. “And He took the Cup: The Salzburger Chalice,” Charlotte Crabtree, Silver Vault of Charleston (introduction by William Newton)
Sponsored by Claire & Boone Smith III
3:15 p.m. “Vessels of Merit: Georgia’s Silver Agricultural Premiums,” Gary Albert, director of research, Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (introduction by William Newton)
Sponsored by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
4 p.m. Coffee
Sponsored by Brunk Auctions, Inc.
6 p.m. Soirée (full symposium package), Georgia Museum of Art (continuous shuttle buses provided from 6 to 10 p.m.; galleries close at 9 p.m.)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 (all events require registration)
Morning session
9:15 a.m. “Louise Rogers Green: The Other Atlanta China Painter,” Lynda Bush, archaeologist, Georgia (introduction by Linda Chesnut)
Sponsored by Drs. Linda N. & Larry H. Beard
9:50 a.m. “Who Was John Stoney? A Charleston–Augusta Conundrum,” Juliana Falk, independent scholar, Charleston, South Carolina (introduction by Linda Chesnut)
Sponsored by Linda & David Chesnut
10:30 a.m. Morning break with book signing by Susan Sully of “Southern Hospitality at Home: The Art of Gracious Living” (available for purchase from our on-site Museum Shop)
Sponsored by Betsey & Ricky Chastain
11 a.m. “Alexander Shaw: A Cabinetmaker in South Carolina and Georgia,” Corbett E. Toussaint, independent scholar, Columbia, South Carolina (research for this paper was undertaken in conjunction with Keith M. McCurry) (introduction by Dale L. Couch)
Sponsored by Marian & Carl Mullis
11:40 a.m. “‘but we were first’: A History of Decorative Arts Efforts at the Georgia Museum of Art,” Dale L. Couch, curator of decorative arts, Georgia Museum of Art
Sponsored by the Forward Arts Foundation
12:15 p.m. Lunch (full symposium package), UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel, Magnolia Ballroom
Afternoon session
1:45 p.m. “A Note on a Colonial Georgia Portrait of the Bullochs,” Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, Georgia Museum of Art (introduction by Shawnya Harris)
Sponsored by Marilyn & John F. McMullan
2:15 p.m. “A Georgia Portrait: Context and Narrative,” Daniel Chamberlin, independent scholar, Savannah, Georgia (introduction by Dale L. Couch)
Sponsored by Jennifer & Gregory Holcomb
2:50 p.m. “Portrait of a Prince: The Life and Material World of a Connecticut Yankee in Antebellum Georgia,” Nick Powers, curator of collections, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia (introduction by Betsy Davison)
Sponsored by Anne & Bill Newton
3:30 p.m. “Personal History: The Decorative Arts, Material Culture and the Georgia Museum of Art,” William Underwood Eiland, director, Georgia Museum of Art (introduction by John Knowlton)
Sponsored by Ibby & Jimmy Mills and Gloria Bryant Norris
4:15 p.m. Coffee
Sponsored by the Carol Crowe Carraco Family
Not registered for the full symposium package and need a place to eat nearby? Five Points has a wide selection of restaurants and eateries for lunch and dinner.
Sponsors of the 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
Presenting Sponsor
$10,000
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.
$5,000 – Keynote Sponsors
Drs. Linda N. & Larry H. Beard
Brunk Auctions, Inc.
Jennifer & Gregory Holcomb
Marilyn & John F. McMullan
Ibby & Jimmy Mills
Anne & Bill Newton
$2,500 – Featured Sponsors
Devereux & Dave Burch
The Carol Crowe-Carraco Family
Betsey & Ricky Chastain
Linda & David Chesnut
Lee Epting
Peggy Galis
Georgia Humanities Council
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Material Culture & Arts Foundation
MOTSTA Fund/The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
Marian & Carl Mullis
Gloria Bryant Norris
Tish & Rowland Radford
Claire & Boone Smith III
$1,800 – Event Sponsors
Mary & William S. Burdell Jr.
Lisa & Bill Douglas (Hedgerow Farm)
Martha & Mike Dover
Kathryn & Henry D. Green Jr.
Helen C. Griffith
Christopher Howard & Carey Pickard
Julie G. Jenkins
Shell & Wyck Knox
Jackie & Tony Montag
T. Marion Slaton
Margaret R. Spalding
William Dunn Wansley
in memory of Louise Dunn Gibson Wansley and in honor of Stevi Smith Wansley and Elizabeth Dunn Wansley
Additional Support
Laura Carter
Deanne Deavours
Stephen Dennis
Mitzi Hagan (Design Ampersand)
Sally W. Hawkins
Meika & J. Hamilton Hilsman
John Knowlton
Bill Markert
Margaret & John Page
Photos
2020 — Tenth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
2018 — Ninth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
2016 — Eighth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts (and
reception)
2014 — Seventh Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
2012 — Sixth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
2010 — Fifth Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts
