Georgia Magazine - April 2020 - 8

GEORGIA News

Compiled by Jennifer J. Hewett

Alpharetta family named
50 millionth guest
MATTHEW PENDRY / PENDRY PHOTO

Great Wolf Lodge in LaGrange recently recognized William and
Charis Brown and their children, Nate, Feven and Liam, from
Alpharetta as the brand's 50 millionth guest. The family was given
50 one-night-stay vouchers to share with deserving people or
organizations in their community. "It will be fun to bless a number
of families with a night away. Fifty [vouchers] is a lot, so we're
excited to figure that out," William Brown says. For more
information about Great Wolf Lodge, visit greatwolf.com.

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COURTESY BENNETT EVENTS

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART / DORIS ULMANN / "CHEEVER MEADERS AND DAUGHTERS, MEADERS
POTTERY, CLEVELAND, GA" C. 1933. POSTHUMOUS GELATIN SILVER PRINT, PRINTED BY SAMUEL
LIFSHEY, C. 1934-37, 8x6 INCHES. BEREA COLLEGE AND THE DORIS ULMANN FOUNDATION, 3257.

everal museums around the state were
honored by the Arlington, Va.-based
American Association of Museums
(AAM) for publications and educational resources and by the Atlanta-based Southeastern
Museums Conference (SEMC) for outstanding
exhibits, technology and publications in 2019.
The Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
won honorable mentions for publication
design from the AAM for its "Clinton Hill" and
"Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of
Doris Ulmann" exhibition catalogs. The AAM
also awarded honorable mentions for educational resources to the SCAD Museum of Art
in Savannah for its "SCAD deFine Art 2018"
Left: The Georgia Museum of Art's "Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of
Doris Ulmann" exhibit and catalog garnered awards from the American Association
exhibit and to SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion
of Museums and the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC). Right: The SEMC
+ Film in Atlanta for its "Dressing for Dystopia:
also honored the Telfair Museums for its "Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French
'The Handmaid's Tale' Costumes by Ane CrabImpressionism" exhibit campaign.
tree" and "Pierre Cardin: Pursuit of the Future"
exhibits.
Six Georgia museums were honored at the
SEMC held in October in Charleston, S.C.
For technology, the Georgia Museum of Art won a silver award for
In the exhibitions category, gold awards went to website redesign. The Atlanta History Center also won a gold in media
the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta ("Cyclorama:
production for its rotunda film, a silver for its "Discover the War" gallery
The Big Picture"), the Telfair Museums in Savannah
installation and an honorable mention in media production for "Civil War
("The Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters"), the
in Georgia."
Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta ("Jim Henson's
In publication design, the Telfair Museums won a silver award for its
'The Dark Crystal': World of Myth and Magic") and
"Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French Impressionism" campaign and
the Columbus Museum ("Our Stories Live Here:
a bronze award for the exhibit's poster. The SCAD Museum of Art also won
65 Years of the Mildred L. Terry Public Library") in
a silver for its curriculum gallery guide to the "Think Twice" exhibition by
Columbus. The Georgia Museum of Art ("Vernacular Carla Fernandez and Pedro Reyes.
Modernism") won a silver award.
-Pamela A. Keene

HENRI MATISSE (FRENCH, 1869-1954); "THE PALACE, BELLE ÎLE," C. 1896- 97; OIL ON CANVAS;
12-3/4 x 15-3/4 INCHES; COLLECTION OF THE DIXON GALLERY AND GARDENS, BEQUEST OF
MR. AND MRS. HUGO DIXON, 1975.15.

Georgia museums win national, regional awards

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