General Information
ABOUT US
Mission Statement
The Georgia Museum of Art shares the mission of the University of Georgia to support and to promote teaching, research, and service. Specifically, as a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret significant works of art.
Revised and approved by staff: February 18, 2002
Approved by Interim Provost: December 13, 2002
Approved by Board of Advisors: June 1, 2003
Board of Advisors
| Mr. B. Heyward Allen, Jr. Dr. Amalia K. Amaki Turner I. Ball, M.D. Mr. Fred D. Bentley, Sr. Mr. Richard E. Berkowitz Mrs. Devereux C. Burch Mr. Robert E. Burton Mrs. Debbie C. Callaway Mr. Randolph W. Camp Mrs. Shannon I. Candler, chairman Mrs. Faye S. Chambers Mr. Harvey J. Coleman Mr. Zack D. Cravey, Jr. Mrs. Martha T. Dinos Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd Ms. Sally Dorsey Professor Marvin Eisenberg Ms. Carlyn F. Fisher Mr. James B. Fleece Mr. Edgar J. Forio, Jr., past chairman Mr. Harry L. Gilham, Jr. Mr. John M. Greene Mrs. M. Smith Griffith Mrs. Marion E. Jarrell Mr. Paul R. Jones Professor John D. Kehoe Mrs. George-Ann Knox Mrs. Shell H. Knox Ms. Cathy S. Kuranoff Mr. John Lee Mrs. Helen P. McConnell Mrs. Marilyn McMullan Mrs. Marilyn D. McNeely Mrs. Berkeley S. Minor |
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Mr. C. L. Morehead, Jr. Ms. Jane C. Mullins Mr. Carl W. Mullis III Mr. Donald G. Myers Mrs. Betty R. Myrtle Dr. John Nickerson Mrs. Deborah L. O'Kain Mrs. Shara B. Overstreet Ms. Kathy B. Prescott Dr. William F. Prokasy IV Mr. Rowland A. Radford, Jr. Ms. Margaret A. Rolando Mr. Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy A. Roush Mrs. Sarah P. Sams Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. Mrs. Helen H. Scheidt Mr. Henry C. Schwob Mr. S. Stephen Selig III Mrs. Dudley R. Stevens Mrs. Carolyn W. Tanner Mrs. Barbara Auxier Turner Mr. C. Noel Wadsworth Ms. Kathleen E. Walker Mr. G. Vincent West Mrs. Marjorie E. West
Ex-officio Dr. Paige Carmichael |
Association Memberships/Affiliations
American Association of Museums
The American Association of Museums has been bringing museums together since 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community. AAM is dedicated to ensuring that museums remain a vital part of the American landscape, connecting people with the greatest achievements of the human experience, past, present and future. AAM is the only organization representing the entire scope of museums and professionals and nonpaid staff who work for and with museums. It currently represent more than 15,000 individual museum professionals and volunteers, 3,000 institutions and 300 corporate members.
Association of Art Museum Directors
In 1916, the directors of 12 American museums founded the Association of Art Museum Directors. The association began its transformation into a professional organization in 1969 when it formally incorporated. At that time, it also hired an employee and increased the meetings from once to twice a year. AAMD's charter members were motivated by a desire to create an intimate forum to share news and ideas. The AAMD has maintained a limited membership bringing the directors into closer contact with their peers at a wide variety of leading art institutions.
Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries
The Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries is a statewide organization dedicated to serving a diverse membership in a way that establishes a responsive network, provides a resource base and promotes professionalism so that Georgia's museum community is strong, effective and proactive.
Southeastern Museum Conference
The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), begun in 1951, is a nonprofit membership organization that serves 12 states throughout the Southeast — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia — and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
SEMC fosters professionalism, mutual support and communication among its members and the larger museum community. A non-profit membership organization, SEMC strives to increase educational and professional development opportunities, improve the interchange of ideas and information and encourage respect and collegiality.
Selected Awards
Exhibitions at the museum have won 15 awards since 1992 from the Southeastern Museums Conference and the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries.
Some of the outstanding award winning exhibitions are Angels; American Scene and the South: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1930-1946; Artists and Artisans of Florence: Works from the Horne Museum; Athens Treasures: A Bicentennial Celebration by the Athens Historical Society; "His Horne Made": Engraved Powder Horns from the Collection of James E. Routh, Jr.; Masterworks from the San Carlos National Museum of Art; Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections; 1946; Scottish Treasures: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Scotland; and Stories from Life: The Photography of Horace Bristol.
The publications department at the Georgia Museum of Art has received 35 awards since 1992, including the following: Independent Book Publisher Award for Best Fine Art Book, Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930-1950, from the Schoen Collection; three honorable mentions for brochures and catalogues from the annual American Association of Museums Design Competition; a Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Award: Drawings in Renaissance and Baroque Siena; several publication awards from the Southeastern Museums Conference including "Best in Show" and numerous gold and silver awards.
