“Holmes v. Atlanta: Changing the Game” was curated by a team of HSOC students (HTS majors Anna Arnau, Ericka Brundage, Hayden Gregg, plus doctoral student Renee Shelby) working under direction of Mary McDonald and Jennifer Sterling. The exhibit documents the life of Alfred “Tup” Holmes, a Black golfer whose successful Supreme Court suit compelled integration of the Bobby Jones Golf Course and other public recreational facilities in Atlanta and throughout the U.S.

In a matter of roughly ten weeks, the HSOC team pulled together an extensive series of panels that fill the walls of a large reception space at the course’s clubhouse. One highlight for me was a map showing locales where forty-some subsequent civil rights cases were won based on citations to Holmes v. Atlanta.

The exhibit will remain on permanent display at the club, so be sure to check it out when you get a chance! Here is an awesome panorama photo taken of the students' careful curation. 

The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, offers an incredible internship opportunity.

The Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development provides meaningful, hands-on training in numerous professional careers including research, photo archives, technical services, curatorial, membership, education, archives and collections management, recorded media, development, special events, programs and events, multi-media, publications, and public relations. In addition, interns learn and work in the company of baseball's best-known personalities during the annual Hall of Fame Weekend and Induction Ceremony, held in Cooperstown each summer.

To be considered for the Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development, students must have completed at least their sophomore year and be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program at a college or university during the internship, or have just graduated in May of 2015. All Steele interns receive a bi-weekly stipend during the ten weeks of the program and access to affordable student housing. If fulfilling an academic requirement, college credit may also be awarded.

The Frank & Peggy Steele Internship Program welcomes applicants for the Ozzie Smith Diversity Scholarship. Students of ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds pursuing a four year bachelor's or master's degree are eligible for a scholarship. Complete scholarships are awarded following acceptance into Frank & Peggy Steele Internship Program. If interested, please attach a one-page statement of interest with your cover letter and resume.

Please contact education@baseballhall.org with any questions. If you are interested in applying please let me. I am happy to serve as a reference. Applications are due January 31, 2016.

Historic Westside Cultural Arts Council has an exhibit on the history of English Avenue and Vine City November 19, 22 and 25. The exhibit will travel to the English Avenue Food Co-Op, Lindsay Street Baptist Church, and the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalitions Thanksgiving Meal.

This past Saturday new exhibit, “Holmes v. Atlanta: Changing the Game” opened. Curated by a team of HSOC students (HTS majors Anna Arnau, Ericka Brundage, Hayden Gregg, plus doctoral student Renee Shelby) working under direction of Mary McDonald and Jennifer Sterling, the exhibit documents the life of Alfred “Tup” Holmes, a Black golfer whose successful Supreme Court suit compelled integration of the Bobby Jones Golf Course and other public recreational facilities in Atlanta and throughout the U.S.

In a matter of roughly ten weeks, the HSOC team pulled together an extensive series of panels that fill the walls of a large reception space at the course’s clubhouse. One highlight for me was a map showing locales where forty-some subsequent civil rights cases were won based on citations to Holmes v. Atlanta.

The opening reception, held in the middle of a very rainy day, attracted an overflow crowd of over a hundred visitors, including many members of the Holmes family. Ninety-seven-year-old Charlie Bell, who played alongside “Tup” Holmes in the first Black foursome to play at Bobby Jones, on Christmas Eve of 1955, flew in from New Orleans for the occasion. He and the Holmes family were deeply moved and deeply appreciative of what Mary, Jennifer, and team had done. So were the members of the Friends of Bobby Jones Golf Course, a neighborhood association devoted to preserving the Buckhead facility. I spent more than an hour fielding compliments on behalf of Jennifer and Mary, who had to miss the event while attending an academic conference.

Congrats to everyone involved in staging the exhibit, which will remain on permanent display at the club.

“Holmes v. Atlanta: Changing the Game”
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7 11am-2pm

Williams Museum to host reception for latest exhibit:

Visitors to the new exhibit “Paper Narratives” at Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking will experience a unique combination of storytelling and 3-D paper artistry.

The exhibit will open Friday, September 11 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and will run through Nov. 20.

Five artists will be featured sharing anecdotes, histories, observations and yarns woven using paper as their medium. Those participating are Douglas Baulos, Denise Bookwalter, Kerri Cushman, Lauren Faulkenberry and Lee Emma Running.

Love history?  Become a docent at the Breman Museum and work as a volunteer educator for museum visitors.  Students are required to go through historical training and commit to guiding at least one tour per month for a year.  Want more information?  Go to thebreman.org/About/Work-With-Us/Volunteer.

Provost Rafael L. Bras (right) talks with Kenneth Knoespel, McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts, at the Gathering of Continents exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. 

THE PEACHTREE WAY ARCHIVES EXHIBITION

Dates: May 7 - 27, 2015
Stubbins Gallery
College of Architecture, East Building
245 Fourth Street NW, Atlanta, 30332-0155
Gallery Hours: Mon. – Fri. 8:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The exhibit highlights the unique and historical architecture of the Peachtree Way Corridor, from Brookwood Station to Five Points.

Archival drawings and models by architects associated with Georgia Tech and practicing architects in Georgia will also be on display. Several Atlanta-based architecture firms will share their latest work on video displays, including: 

The Breman Museum’s last Bearing Witness of the year will feature an incredible speaker – Penina Bowman. She will speak on Sunday May 3 at 2PM. The event is free and open to the public.
Penina’s wedding dress is displayed in our Holocaust Gallery and is a story that is beloved by many.

Heritage Sandy Springs is looking for young, enthusiastic students who would like to gain experience in public history. Our Museum is located in a historic 1880s farm house, which tells a unique story about the Williams and Paynes Families of Sandy Springs. In this space we also host rotating exhibits. On display until August 1, 2015 is The Civil War in Sandy Springs, following which we will exhibit Sandy Springs: Then and Now.
We are seeking volunteer museum docents who are passionate about history, art, and culture. Training will be provided to help you answer visitor questions about the house and exhibits. We ask that docents commit to at least one, three-hour shift per month: Wednesdays 11am-2pm or Saturdays 11am-2pm.
If you are interested in volunteering as a museum docent at Heritage Sandy Springs, please contact Melissa Swindell at curator@heritagesandysprings.org or at (404) 851-9111 Ext. 2.

The Museum Studies class (HTS 3100) will be hosting the GRAND OPENING OF THEIR EXHIBIT "Game Changer: The Evolution of 19th Century Sports" on Thursday, April 16 from 3.00 - 4.30 PM on the third floor in Clough. Check out this amazing curated exhibit and support the work of your fellow students. 

From Method to Medium. Mapping and/as Art 
Professor Yves Abrioux, University of Paris 8 
4:00 - 5:30 Thursday, April 16, 2015 
5th Floor Seminar Room 
Robert C. Williams Museum of Paper Making 

The exhibition, A Gathering of Continents, devoted to Joan Blaeu’s Atlas major at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Paper Making provokes a comparison of historical cartography with the interrogation of space found in recent work by Bruno Latour and William Kentridge. Drawing on cases studies that move from historical cartography to digital media, this presentation challenges cultural practice that still too often separates science and technology from what is commonly regarded as aesthetics. Yves Abrioux is professor of English literature at the University of Paris 8. He has published extensively, in English and in French, on a range of topics and artistic practices (poetry and fiction, visual art, landscape and gardens). His research foregrounds theoretical issues in connection with philosophy and science. He is particularly interested in displacements between media, both traditional and modern, and is currently working on the history and - more specifically - the future of the museum. In 2014, He co-curated Mapping Place: Africa Beyond Paper at the Robert C. Williams Musuem of Paper Making. Above Illustration: Joan Blaeu, ‘Praefecturae Paranambuca pars borealis’ Atlas major, Vol XI map 18 (The cartouche is a version of a drawing by Frans Post (1612-1680), one of the first artists to paint landscapes of America. 
This seminar is supported by 

On Thursday, March 5, 2015 Dr. Paul F. Gehl of the Newberry Library in Chicago will present Collecting Book and Paper History: An American Tradition, a lecture and analysis of the exhibit A Gathering of Continents, a new exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. The event will be from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the Kress Auditorium, Paper Tricentennial Building, 500 10th ST. NW, Atlanta, GA.

A new salon series showcases Tech's artsy side--check out this project! An HTS student is currently interning at the Millennium Gate Museum and is assisting in this project.

A new lunchtime speaker series, the Arts@Tech Salon Series, featuring a range of arts-related topics started yesterday with a discussion of Winston Churchill’s passion for painting and the role it played in his life.

Duncan Sandys, Churchill’s great-grandson talked about the exhibition of paintings by Churchill at the Millennium Gate Museum at Atlantic Station.

A major goal for the Arts@Tech Salon Series is to grow interest in the arts among Tech students in particular, but also among faculty and staff, according to Travis Denton, curator of the series and McEver Chair in Poetry.

“It’s also important that a higher profile series, such as this, demonstrates to those in the community at large — Atlanta and beyond — that Tech does have an ‘artsy’ side,” Denton said.

Heritage Sandy Springs, a nonprofit organization that builds community through preserving and promoting the historic and cultural identity of Sandy Springs, is seeking a fulltime Director of Historic Resources and Education Programs. We are seeking an individual with a minimum of three years’ experience and Bachelor’s Degree (Masters Preferred).

The Center for Civil and Human Rights Tour
The Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta is an engaging cultural attraction that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to today’s Global Human Rights Movements. Their purpose is to create a safe space for visitors to explore the fundamental rights of all human beings so that they leave inspired and empowered to join the ongoing dialogue about human rights in their communities. Exhibits Include: “Voice to the Voiceless: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection,” “Rolls Down Like Water: The American Civil Rights Movement,” and “Spark of Conviction: The Global Human Rights Movement.”

500 tickets have been purchased for GT students, faculty, staff and their families. There will be 100 tickets available each day: January 17, January 18, January 19 and January 24. Participants can take a tour of the museum on their own time between the hours of 10 AM and 5PM Monday – Saturday. The Center is open on Sunday from Noon – 5. In addition, the Museum will be open on the MLK Holiday 10 AM – 5 PM. There will be another 100 tickets available for use at any time January 17-24. Most tour goers spend between 2-3 hours at the museum due to the fact exhibits are highly interactive and engaging. Tickets are free, but tour goers will be encouraged to give a reflection.

Dr. Macrakis took some of our graduate students on a field trip to the Signal Corp Museum. Check out this photo of Dr. Macrakis and her students.

MLK Civil Rights Tour

As part of the MLK Student Celebration, students can take a tour of the new Center for Civil and Human Rights January 17-24. Most tour goers spend between 2-3 hours at the museum due to the fact exhibits are highly interactive and engaging. Tickets are free, but are limited. Tour goers will also be asked to give a reflection. You may register for a ticket at http://www.diversityprograms.gatech.edu/plugins/forms/index.php?id=1. For more information, contact the Office of Student Diversity Programs at 404-894-2561. Tickets can be picked up the Smithgall Student Services Building, Suite 210 starting January 7, 2015.