2010 CODA Conference - Aspects of Identity
Challenges and Creative Solutions in the Current Economy
Savannah, Georgia - April 6-8, 2010 (Tues.-Thurs.)
CODA 20th Anniversary Celebration & Leadership Award Presentation
Join us in honoring Andrew Glasgow whose leadership, creative thinking and outstanding service have had a significant impact on the crafts field. The Craft Organization Development Association Leadership Award will be presented during the CODA 20th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday evening, April 8, during the conference being held in Savannah, Georgia. Gourmet Hors d’oeuvres and Georgia wine will be served at the Moore Sculptural Court in the Jepson Center at the Telfair Museums.
Andrew Glasgow, who currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina is a native of Heflin, Alabama. Andrew received an Art History degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has served as Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Curator of Education and the Director of Programs and Collections at the Southern Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, as Assistant Director of Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Executive Director of The Furniture Society, Deputy Director and Executive Director at the American Craft Council, based in New York. Andrew resigned due to medical reasons in late 2009. Currently, Andrew serves as a trustee of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Formerly he was a long time trustee of the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, a center based at UNC Asheville and has served on the CODA Board of Directors.
The reception is included in conference registration or you may register to bring a guest or attend the reception only.
The following exhibitions will be on display and open to us during the Thursday evening reception on the Moore Sculptural Court in the Jepson Center at the Telfair Museums.
For more information on exhibits visit www.telfair.org
Aldwyth: Work v./Work n.—Collage and Assemblage 1991-2009
This exhibition marks the first major retrospective of collage and assemblage artist Aldwyth. For more than two decades, Aldwyth has produced her art in relative seclusion from the larger art world. Now seventy-three, she lives and works in an octagonal house on the edge of a salt marsh on Hilton Head Island, where she creates
Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painting in Georgia
Organized by the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon and guest curated by Georgia artist Corinne Colarusso, Painters’ Reel shows the energy and connections shared among contemporary Georgia painters. In addition to Colarusso, who is based in Atlanta, artists represented in the exhibition include Savannah painters Betsy Cain and Marcus Kenney.
Also at the Telfair Academy during the conference (we will have complimentary admission tickets for conference attendees)
The Story of Silver in Savannah: Creating and Collecting Since the 18th Century
This exhibition examines the important role Savannah played in the production and collection of silver in Georgia’s largest coastal city. With some exceptions, silver manufacturing in Savannah lasted approximately a century, from the second half of the eighteenth century to just before the Civil War. However, collecting the precious metal in its decorative form continues.
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Monday: 12-5 pm
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