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Columns::May 20, 2002

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Museum presents retrospective of major Georgia painter

Lucy May Stanton, Self portrait, reading, Oil on canvas. Collection of Frances Forbes Heyn.

The work of the well-traveled and well-educated Lucy May Stanton returns home to Athens and the Georgia Museum of Art for a stunning retrospective of this Georgian’s career when The Art of Lucy May Stanton opens May 25.
A native of Atlanta, Stanton (1876-1931), remembered in local circles for her broadly painted miniature watercolor portraits on ivory, was a proficient painter of large-scale figurative works, still lifes, and landscapes. Few Georgia artists rival the national stature she achieved. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Portrait Gallery and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
During the course of her life Stanton lived in Boston, Ogunquit on the Maine seacoast, Nantucket, Los Angeles, Paris, New Orleans, and for a while in tiny Andrews, N.C., where she gave up her cosmopolitan ways to live in a one-room cabin. The daughter of an Atlanta businessman, she graduated from the Southern Female College in LaGrange.
Like many of her contemporaries, she traveled to Paris to study in private art academies and with painters such as Lucien Simon, Augustus Koopman and others. But, unlike other women artists of the early 20th century, who mainly concentrated their efforts on a known and privileged environment, she was drawn to the familiar, such as the everyday lives of African Americans. Stanton was among the first artists to represent black subjects without sentimentality or prejudice.
The last six years of her life were spent on Cobb Street in Athens, where she took an active interest in local groups such as the Athens Art Association and the University Woman’s Club and spent time supporting national issues such as women’s suffrage and the promotion of world peace.

Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
digigraphical. Video and digital work by Athens artists, including ICE collaborations. Through May 24. Main gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.

Felix Edouard Vallotton. Through May 27 • From Horror to Hope: Art Reinterpreted in Response to Sept. 11. Through June 16 • From Fauvism to Impressionism: Albert Marquet from the Pompidou. Through July 7 • From Heroes to Dudes. Through July 21 • Beautiful Women, Beautiful Men: Images of the Floating World in Japanese Woodblock Prints. Through June 23. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Works by Robin Fay. Through June 14. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Metal Menagerie. Through June 30. Ecology building grounds. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Confidence and Curiosity. Photography by Jonathan Evans. Through June 16. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden; open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. 542-1244.

Exhibit.
Legends of the Deadball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Richard B. Russell Collection. Through Nov. 22. Russell Library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.

Monday, May 20
Reading.
Tony Earley. 4:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program. 542-2659.
Fiction writer Tony Earley, best- selling author of Jim the Boy, will read from his work. Earley is on the faculty of Vanderbilt University. His short stories have earned him a place on Granta’s list of the 20 best young American fiction writers and a National Magazine Award for fiction.

Wednesday, May 22
Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5:30 p.m. Forio Classroom, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Film.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 7:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
This screening of the original (1923) silent version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be accompanied by a student chamber music quartet. French with English subtitles, 101 minutes.

Friday, May 24
Library Staff Art Exhibit.
Through June 27. Foyer, main library. Online at www.libs.uga.edu/lsa/exhibit/7/. Sponsored by Libraries’ Staff Association. 542-0590.

Saturday, May 25
Garden Ramble.
“Fern Walk.” Fred Parrish. 9 a.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Art exhibition.
The Art of Lucy May Stanton. Through July 21. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662. See story above.

Art exhibition.
Tracing America’s History through the Decorative Arts: Perspectives from the 19th Century. Through July 21. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Monday, May 27
Memorial Day Holiday.
No classes; UGA offices closed.

Tuesday, May 28
Art exhibition.
While the Sun Shines: Selected Prints of John S. DeMartelly. Through June 30. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Wednesday, May 29
Film.
Zazie dans le Metro. 7:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Directed by Louis Malle, this film focuses on an eight-year-old foul-mouthed brat who is dropped off at her uncle’s in Paris while her mother sees her lover. Hilarious and bizarre complications ensue. In French with English subtitles, 1962, 92 minutes.

Friday, May 31
Conference.
“Tales Told by Women: German Women’s Writings of the 18th and 19th Centuries.” Through June 2. Meigs Hall. Sponsored by Germanic and Slavic languages department. www.arches.uga.edu/mgooze/programt.htm; 542-2450.

Conference Keynote Address.
“Spin the Yarn, Weave the Plot: Fairy Tale Strategies by German Women Writers, 1780-1900.” Jeannine Blackwell, University of Kentucky. 6:15 p.m. Meigs Hall. Sponsored by Germanic and Slavic languages department. www.arches.uga.edu/mgooze/programt.htm; 542-2450.

Monday, June 3
Biomedical and Health Sciences Spring Symposium.
“Cancer Research in Georgia.” Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute. 542-5922.

NASULGC Food and Society Project.
“Southeastern Stakeholders Listening Session.” 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tate Student Center. Sponsored by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 542-3924.

Wednesday, June 5
Last day of classes.
For May term.

Staff Council Meeting.
2 p.m. Room J, Law School. 542-0006.

Thursday, June 6
Final exams.
For May term.

Parking registration assistance session.
Assistance in completing online registration for 2002-03 parking permit. 9 a.m.-noon. Training and development building. Sponsored by Parking Services. 542-7062.

Saturday, June 8
Equestrian Social.
Meet equestrian team: riding demonstrations, music, wagon rides, low-country boil, barbecue. 4-8 p.m. Cedar Ridge Farm, Jefferson River Road, Athens. Sponsored by Equestrian Booster Club. 542-5510.

Monday, June 10
Classes begin.
For summer semester and short session I.

Parking registration assistance session.
Assistance in completing online registration for 2002-03 parking permit. 1-4 p.m. Training and development building. Sponsored by Parking Services. 542-7062.

Tuesday, June 11
Lecture.
“Remembering Georgia Baseball: A Twilight Double-Header Featuring Dan Magill and Terry Kay.” 5:30 p.m. Russell Auditorium. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.

Wednesday, June 12
ArtBeat.
Mark Callahan, art. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-3254.

Monday, June 17
Art exhibition.
Photos. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.