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Columns::September 10, 2001
Digest
Georgia Museum of Art receives grant
The Georgia Museum of Art has received a $100,000 grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in support of the exhibition and related publication for Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections, which will be on view at the museum from Oct.12, 2002, through Jan. 5, 2003.
This exhibition, organized by the Georgia Museum of Art and curated by Perri Lee Roberts of the University of Miami, will feature Italian Renaissance works of art that have never been exhibited as a group. Also notable is the rarity with which these centuries-old works travel.
The implementation grant from the Kress Foundation, New York, is part of its “Old Masters in Context” program, designed to support projects that illuminate the original contexts of European works of art from antiquity to the early 19th century in American collections. Sacred Treasures will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue and the publication of The Corpus of Early Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections: The South. Extensive educational programs also will accompany the exhibition.
Alumnus inducted into Hall of Fame
UGA alumnus and country music singer/songwriter Bill Anderson, known to his fans as “Whisperin’ Bill,” is scheduled to be inducted into the Hall of Fame during an Oct. 4 ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.
Anderson, a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, will join 11 other nominees this year, including the Everly Brothers and Waylon Jennings, in the first induction ceremony at the new Country Music Hall of Fame facilities.
Anderson’s career has many highlights, including being a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 40 years and being inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
The 2001 inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame will also be recognized during the 35th Annual Country Music Awards Nov. 7 on CBS-TV.
Former students receive scholarships
Swimmer Kim Black and basketball player Kelly Miller, named both All-American and Academic All-America during 2001, have been awarded NCAA post-graduate scholarships.
Black helped the women’s swimming and diving team to their third straight NCAA championship and fifth consecutive SEC title this past academic year. She was a member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team at the 2001 NCAAs and SECs.
A two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a UGA Presidential Scholar, Black was the female recipient of the Walter Byers Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Miller was a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive season after leading the women’s basketball team to a 27-6 record and the SEC Tournament title this past academic year. She also led the Lady Bulldogs to the 1999 NCAA Final Four and the 2000 SEC Championship. Miller completed her career as the only player ranked among the Lady Bulldogs’ top-10 career leaders in points (No. 3 with 2,177), rebounds (No. 10 with 711), assists (No. 2 with 639) and steals (No. 4 with 285).
The scholarships earned by Black and Miller represent the 46th and 47th won by UGA athletes, the fifth-highest total of any school in the nation. Black becomes the 15th recipient in the women’s swimming and diving program, while Miller becomes the second Lady Bulldog basketball player to earn the honor.
The $5,000 scholarships are awarded to athletes who maintain at least a 3.00 cumulative grade-point average (4.00 scale) and perform with distinction in varsity competition. The NCAA annually awards 174 post-graduate scholarships to athletes who have excelled academically and athletically and are in their last year of intercollegiate competition.
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