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DECORATIVE ARTS
The Ring Shows: Then & Now and Putting the Band Back Together
The catalogue to an exhibition for which Ashley Callahan, former curator of decorative arts, Georgia Museum of Art; Rob Jackson, associate professor and area chair, Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art; and Mary Hallam Pearse, assistant professor, Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art, served as co-curators, this marvelous little full-color book captures the spirit of the original juried National Ring Shows from the late 1970s and their revisiting in this new exhibition. Every ring in the show is illustrated, and the book also contains essays by Callahan, Jackson and Pearse, as well as an artist's statement by Steuart Bremner, a reflection by juror Lane Coulter, and an interview with Gary Noffke, former area chair for Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art, and organizer of the first National Ring Show.
244 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2008; $12.00
ISBN-10: 0-915977-68-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-915977-69-7
Proceedings from the Third Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Decorative Arts in Georgia: Historic Sites, Historic Contexts
Edited by Ashley Callahan, curator of decorative arts, this book contains the lectures presented at the third Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which was held at the museum in February 2006. Essays include: John C. Waters, "The Role of the House Museum in Georgia: Evolution and Recent Development"; Erick D. Montgomery, "Recreating the manse: Interpreting Woodrow Wilson's Civil War Childhood in Augusta"; Katharine G. Farnham, "Classicism Returns to Georgia: Shaping a Collection of American Federal Period Furniture for the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta"; Madelyn Shaw, "Silk in Georgia, 1732-1840: From Sericulture to Status Symbol"; John A. Burrison, "Brothers in Clay Revisited: Georgia Folk Pottery and the Regional Stoneware Tradition"; Ashley Callahan, "The Arts and Crafts Collection at Tallulah Falls School"; Deanne Deavours, "Georgia Furniture: Attributions and Characteristics"; and a revised and updated version of the brochure text for From Sideboard to Pulpit: Silver in Georgia by Ashley Callahan and Dale Couch.
160 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2008; $25.00
ISBN-10: 0-915977-66-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-915977-66-6
Real Western Wear: Beaded Gauntlets from the William P. Healey Collection
This exhibition catalogue is coffee-table sized (12 x 12 inches) and hardcover, featuring incredible full-page, full-color photographs of these spectacular gloves beaded by American Indian artisans in the 19th and 20th centuries. With essays by Joyce M. Szabo, professor of art history at the University of New Mexico, and Steven L. Grafe, curator of American Indian art at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, this catalogue marks an exciting new direction for the Georgia Museum of Art.
Exhibition Dates: Sept. 29, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008
144 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2007; $40.00
ISBN-10: 0-915977-65-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-915977-65-9
Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz
This fully illustrated book on fashion designer and fiber artist Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) by Ashley Callahan, curator of the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Georgia Museum of Art from January 20 to April 15, 2007. It is divided into three major sections, one focusing on her fashion design for women, one on her fashion design for children, and one on her embroidered wall hangings. With many full-color images representing all three of these categories, it is the most comprehensive work published on Karasz. This book was shortlisted by the Costume Society of America for the Millia Davenport Publication Award.
Exhibition Dates: Jan 20-April 15, 2007
Author: Ashley Callahan
128 pp.; Illustrated (color). Published: 2007; $30.00
ISBN-10: 0-915977-61-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-915977-61-1
Proceedings from the Second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts: Georgia Inside and Out
This book contains the lectures presented at the second Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, which was held at the museum in January 2004.
General editor: Ashley Callahan
176 pp.; Illustrated. Published: 2005; $20.00
ISBN: 0-915977-56-7
Enchanting Modern: Ilonka Karasz
Ilonka Karasz's career spanned many decades and media, including textiles, furniture, silver, ceramics, wallpaper, graphic design, and fine art. She produced over 180 covers for The New Yorker and provided illustrations for books and magazines. Enchanting Modern: Ilonka Karasz is the first book dedicated to this prolific artist. This first museum exhibition to focus on Karasz will feature over 100 examples of her work from all parts of her career, and will trace the life of an enchanting modern.
Exhibition dates: November 15, 2003-February 8, 2004
Author: Ashley Callahan
162 pp; Illustrated. Published: Nov 2003; $25.00
ISBN: 0-915977-51-6
Proceedings from the First Henry D. Green Center Symposium of the Decorative Arts: The Savannah River Valley to 1865: Fine Arts, Architecture, and Decorative Arts
General Editor: Ashley Callahan
Essays by Olivia Alison, John Bryan, Ashley Callahan, Edward J. Cashin, Dale L. Couch, Louis De Vorsey, Chester V. DePratter, Paula W. Locklair, Sue M. Moore, Daina L. Ramey
140 pp; Illustrated. Published: Oct 2003; $20.00
ISBN: 0-915977-47-8
Ann Orr: Silversmith, Goldsmith & Enamelist
The publication includes essays on the life and art of Ann Orr, an artist remembered as a dedicated metalsmith and a pioneer in contemporary jewelry making, as well as a synopsis of the traditions of metalsmithing and jewelry making. The exhibition, assembled from private collections throughout the United States, included a wide variety of silver, hollowware, and sculpture dating from the late 1940s to the 1980s. A catalogue of exhibited works is included to illustrate Orr's creative design sensibilities and experience in fired enamel techniques.
Exhibition dates: September 24-November 13, 1994
General Editor: William U. Eiland
Essays by Gary Noffke; Virginia Shields; Lane Coulter
69 p.; Illustrated (includes 50 color plates); Essays: 3; Published: 1994; $20.00
ISBN: 0-915977-15-X
This catalogue is available for loan from the Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center.
Georgia's Legacy: History Charted Through the Arts
This exhibition interpreted Georgia's history through such objects as furniture, silver, textiles, paintings, iron work, ceramics, maps, and Native-American artifacts. More than 150 objects created by Georgia craftsmen before the Civil War composed the most comprehensive collection of Georgia-made objects ever assembled. The publication includes descriptions of the development of culture in Georgia, details of Georgia's native-American and decorative arts, and an evaluation of commemorative art in mid-19th-century Georgia. The catalogue of works in the exhibition illustrates the relationship between historical events in Georgia and the quality of arts that emerged from the state during those periods of time.
Exhibition dates: April 25-September 3, 1985
General Editor: Marianne Doezema
Essays by Jane Webb Smith; Diana Williams Combs; Charles Hudson; B. Phinizy Spalding; Robert M. Willingham, Jr.
223 p.; Illustrated (includes 22 color plates); Essays: 5; Published: 1985; $17.50
ISBN: 0-915977-01-X