Martha P. Connell Gallery records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Martha P. Connell Gallery records
Creator: Connell, Martha
Inclusive Dates: 1985-2010
Language(s): English
Extent: 24 Linear Feet (20 boxes and 4 small boxes)
Collection Number: ms4046
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Martha P. Connell (1936-2014) was a writer, curator, and owner of the Great American Gallery and Connell Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Opened in 1985, the Great American Gallery provided a platform for the growing American crafts movement, and featured glass, fiber, wood, clay, and jewelry artists. The Connell's moved the gallery and renamed it the Connell Gallery in 1990, continuing to operate it until 2003. Ms. Connell also served on the Board of Governors for the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, as well as being on the boards of several other craft associations.

Scope and Content

This collection is arranged in three series, artist files, exhibit files, and general subject files and includes artist PR and information, collected articles, exhibit mailings, and photographs or art and gallery events. There are also files regarding her role in Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Martha P. Connell Gallery records, ms4046, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Artists
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1	1	Anderegg, Wesley
1	2	Anderegg photos
1	3	Contact sheets - Deloye Burrell
1	4	Bova, Ken
1	5	Broadwell, Sally
1	6	Brown, Tafi
1	7	Bush, Elizabeth
1	8	Butler, David
1	9	Class, Petra
1	10	Kimsey, Grady - articles and reviews
1	11	Kimsey, Grady - GC and GAC shows
1	12	Kimsey, Grady - PR Miscellaneous stuff
1	13	Kimsey, Grady
1	14	Kimsey, Grady - show announcements
1	15-16	Studstill, Pam
1	17	Studstill, Pam - exhibition announcements
1	18	Studstill, Pam - Southern Accents
1	19	Threadgill, Linda
1	20	Telesco, Patricia
1	21	Pardon, Tod - PR
1	22	Paulsen, Stephen
1	23	Peabody, Zack
1	24	Peterson, Michael
1	25	Pittman, Peter
1	26	Van Deurzen - PR file
1	27	Chihuly, Dale
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2	1	Fisch, Alrene
2	2	Garrett, John - PR
2	3	Garrett, John
2	4	Harrison, Polly
2	5	Fung Holder, Tina
2	6	Horn, Robyn
2	7	Horn photos
2	8	Johnson, Indiria - PR file
2	9	Jordan, John - PR file
2	10	Kent, Ron - PR
2	11-12	Marioni, Dante
2	13	Mac, Flora, Kirkpatrick, Joey - consignment folder
2	14	Moulthrop, Ed
2	15	Mouthrop, Ed - ads, show announcements
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3	1	Moulthrop, Ed
3	2	Moulthrop, Philip
3	3	White, David
3	4	McQueen, Wini
3	5	Reitz, Don - profile
3	6	Reitz, Don - workshops
3	7	Reitz, Don
3	8	Reitz, Don - b/w photos
3	9	Reitz, Don - exhibitions
3	10	Holzapfel, Michelle
3	11	Lipofsky, Marvin
3	12	Burchard, Christian
3	13-14	Davis, Michael
3	15	Pttman, Peter, 2003
3	16	Mitchell, Holly Anne
3	17	Maloof, Sam - PR file
3	18	Young, Brent Lee - PR file
3	19	Vikova, Jindra - PR
3	20	Chihuly
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4	1-2	Porcella, Yvonne
4	3	Porcella, Yvonne - 1980s PR
4	4	Porcella, Yvonne - 1990s PR
4	5	Porcella, Yvonne - 2000s PR
4	6	Porcella, Yvonne - Quilter's Hall of Fame
4	7	Porcella, Yvonne - reviews
4	8	Porcella, Yvonne - exhibit announcements, postcards, ads
4	9	Porcella, Yvonne - photos
4	10	Porcella, Yvonne - books
4	11	Porcella, Yvonne - profile
4	12	Porcella, Yvonne - announcements and ads
4	13	Raab, Wayne
4	14	Russo, Joanne
4	15	Stirt, Alan
4	16	Sewell, Leo
4	17	Whitehead, John
4	18	Woell, Fred
4	19	Yeh, Shiang-Shin
4	20	Ellsworth, David - PR file
4	21	Ellsworth, David - Gilette Frutchey
4	22	Ellsworth, David - b/w photos
4	23	Dotson, Virginia - PR
4	24	Virginia Dotson Turns a Bowl
4	25	Erickson, Nancy
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5	1-2	Osolnik, Rude - gallery binder
5	3	Bean, Bennett - gallery binder
5	4	Garrett, John - gallery binder
5	5	Vikova, Jindra - gallery binder
5	6	Sewell, Leo - gallery binder
5	7	Nutt, Craig - gallery binder
5	8	Moore, Benjamin - gallery binder
5	9	Marioni, Dante - gallery binder
5	10	Holzapfel, Michelle - gallery binder
5	11	Moulthrop, Philip - gallery binder
5	12	Kimsey, Grady - gallery binder
5	13	Pardon, Earl - photograph binder
5	14	Clay - Bean and Isupov photograph binder
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6		Artists - slides and transparencies

 

2. Exhibitions
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7	1	Handmade Paper - Beyond the Familiar, 1985
		glass
		furniture
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7	2	Connections - clay show, 1985
7	3	Ira Sapir one-man show, 1985
7	4	van Deutzen - Studstill, 1986
7	5	Paul Soldner, 1986
7	6	Walter White - Benjamin Moore, 1986
7	7	Allegorical Images, 1986
7	8	Marianne Weinberg-Benson, 1986
7	9	Bruce Mitchell, 1986
7	10	Brejcha-White-Young, 1986
7	11	Grady Kimsey, 1986
7	12	Angelyn Chandler - Curtiss Brock, 1987
7	13	For/Four Womyn, 1987
7	14	Pilchuck Glass show, 1988
7	15	William and Katherine Bernstein show - Figurative Images, 1988
7	16	Americana Enshrined, 1989
7	17	Broadwell-Voorhees exhibition, 1989
7	18	Pilchuck, 1989
7	19	Hank Adams show, 1990
7	20	Idiomatic Objects, 1990
7	21	Indira Johnson show, 1990
7	22	Announcements, 1986-1987
7	23	Exhibition schedule, 1985-1988
7	24	Press releases, 1986
7	25	Press releases, 1987
7	26	Press releases, 1988
7	26	Announcements, 1988
7	27	Press releases-announcements-schedule, 1989
7	28	Kimsey show, 1989
7	29	Press releases, 1990
7	30	Robert Martin show
7	31	Angelyn Chandler show, 1990
7	32	Studstill - fall, 1990
7	33	Fall wood show, 1990
7	34	Chalice show, 1990
7	35	Press releases, 1991
7	36	Grady Kimsey - Mysteries of the Edge - Echoes Recalled, 1991
7	37	D. Kempler, 1991
7	38	Personal Metaphors, 1991
7	39	Contemporary Quilts - Seven Innovative Artists, 1991
7	40	S. Plum show, 1991
7	41	Doug Jeck show, 1991
7	42	Exhibitions, 1992
7	43	Jeck - Seigenthaler show - spring, 1992
7	44	Press releases, 1993
7	45	John Garrett show, 1993
7	46	Glenn Lewis show, 1993
7	47	Press releases, 1994
7	48	Jindra Vikova - Prague, Czech Republic, 1994
7	49	Tim Taunton show, 1994
7	50	Pittman show, 1994
7	51	Press releases, 1995
7	52	Three Generations of Studio Woodturners, 1995
7	53	Press releases, 1996
7	54	Benjamin Moore - Dante Marioni, 1996
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8	1	Arlene Fisch, 1996
8	2	St. EOM show - Olympics, 1996
8	3	Sam/Ed - Philip - Unique Visions, 1996
8	4	Sam Maloof, 1996
8	5	Ed Moulthrop, 1996
8	6	Philip Moulthrop, 1996
8	7	Basket show - It's More Than A Basket, 1996
8	8	Celebrating the Creative Spirit - PR
8	9	Contemporary Works in Wood - Southern Style - Huntsville Museum
8	10	Triart Goblet show - artist info
8	11	Triart - Tribute to Rude
8	12	Blanche show - Signature Shop shows
8	13	Blanche Reeves - articles and info
8	14	Blanche Reeves - Gov. Award Proposal file
8	15	Layout
8	16	Wall text
8	17	Blanche show - images (objects)
8	18	The Legacy of Blanche Reeves - ACC Craft Fair - Atlanta, 2001
8	19	Wood show (Boyer Collection) - Arts Experiment Station
8	20	Macon Museum furniture show, 1989
8	21	Columbus Museum - Beyond Function - Southeast Contemporary Crafts
8	22	Contemporary Georgia Fiber - Five Perspectives, 1998
8	23	Georgia Fiber - PR
8	24	Georgia Fiber - Josephine Bloodgood
8	25	Press releases, 1998
8	26	Grady Kimsey, 1997
8	27	Harold O'Connor, 1997
8	28	Rude Osolnik homage, 1997
8	29	emBODYment - ceramics figurative sculpture, 1997
8	30	But... Is It A Quilt?, 1997
8	31	Sherrill - Royal show, 1997
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9	1	Exhibit schedule, 1998
9	2	Yendra Vikova, 1998
9	3	Michael Davis - Craig Nut - Pamela Studstill, 1998
9	4	John Jordan, 1998
9	5	Figurative Fiber (Convergence Conference), 1998
9	6	Bennett Bean, 1998
9	7	Wood show - Holzopfel, Horn, Shuler, 1998
9	8	Press releases, 1999
9	9	Rude Osolnik, 1999
9	10	Clay Bodies, 1999
9	11	Leo Sewell, 1999
9	12	Press releases, 2000
9	13	Alm Stirt, 2000
9	14	John Garrett, 2000
9	15	Distinctive Visions - wood show, 2000
9	16	Anderegg show, 2000
9	17	McQueen - Pittman NBAF show, 2000
9	18	Head Shots, 2000
9	19	Ken Bova, 2000
9	20	Peter Lenzo, 2001
9	21	Southeast Furniture show, 2001
9	22	Naturally Baskets, 2001
9	23	Mazloomi show, 2002
9	24	Summertime - Joining In, Hanging Out, 2002
9	25	Dante Marioni, 2002
9	26	Holzapfel show, 2002
9	27	Michelle Holzapfel, 2002
9	28	Pittman show, 2003
9	29	Kimsey show, 2003
9	30	Grady Kimsey, 2003
9	31	General
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10	1	Celebrating the Creative Spirit - Telfair
10	2	Celebrating the Creative Spirit - Mississippi Museum
10	3	Celebrating the Creative Spirit - Columbus Museum
10	4	Porter-Price show
10	5	Porter-Price show - Correspondence
10	6	Porter-Price show - slides and photographs
10	7	Figuration in Clay - Porter-Price collection
10	8	Porter-Price show PR
10	9	Porter-Price collection
10	10	Artist info- Porter-Price
10	11	Hand of a Craftsman - Hunter Museum show
10	12	Hand of a Craftsman - PR
10	13	Made in North Carolina
10	14	Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design (CCCD)
10	15	Furniture Society Conference, 2009
10	16	Furniture resumes
10	17	Made in NC
10	18	Trotman, Bob
10	19	Woody, Arval
10	20	GDC - Pam
10		Anniversary Exhibition - binder
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11	1	Celebrating the Creative Spirit
11	2	SE furniture makers - research
11	3	Furniture - artist statement
11	4-5	Furniture show resumes
11	6	Furniture - works in exhibit
11	7	Furniture visuals
11	8	Furniture show - GAG, 2001
11	9	Boggs, Brian
11	10	Campbell, Graham
11	11	Chandler, Gordon - furniture
11	12	Cox, Fletcher
11	13	Cress, Jake
11	14	Gilmartin, Michael
11	15	Harlan, Ted
11	16	Joerling, Michael
11	17	Kopf, Bob
11	18	Lewis, Dale
11	19	McCall, Andrew
11	20	McCollum, Sarah
11	21	Nutt, Craig
11	22	Pittman, Peter
11	23	Prisco, Richard
11	24	Puckett, Ron
11	25	Rittenberry, Harold
11	26	Sasso, Paul
11	27	Siegel, Kathran
11	28	Shull, Randy
11	29	Sweet, Lynn
11	30	Thompson, Dwayne
11	31	Weitz, Gayle Marie
11	32	Williams, John Wesley - furniture (W. VA)
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12	1	Baskets - individual artists
12	2	Abrams, Jackie
12	3	Ahlgren, Jeanette
12	4	Banks, Dianne
12	5	Barnes, Dorothy Gill
12	6	Bess, Nancy Moore
12	7	Bleem, Jerry
12	8	Bohm, Susan
12	9	Brandford, Joanne Segal
12	10	Brink, Joan
12	11	Brock, Charissa
12	12	Burnette, Clay
12	13	Catsos, Joann Kelly
12	14	Dixon
12	15	Eckert, Carol
12	16	Elliott, Lillian
12	17	Giles, Mary
12	18	Gold, Pat Courtney
12	19	Guetersloh, Herman
12	20	Henderson, Priscilla
12	21	Hickman, Pat
12	22	Hill, Patti Quinn
12	23	Hopkins, Jan
12	24	Hoppe, Flo
12	25	Hunter, Lissa
12	26	Iwata, Kiyomi
12	27	Jackson, Mary
12	28	Jacobs, Ferne
12	29	Kelly, Linda
12	30	Khan, Kay
12	31	Gyongy, Laky
12	32	Law, Rachel Nash
12	33	Lechman, Patti
12	34	Lonning, Kari
12	35	Look, Dona
12	36	McColley, Tom
12	37	McGuire
12	38	McQueen, John
12	39	Merkel-Hess, Mary
12	40	Minkowitz, Norma
12	41	Mulford, Judy
12	42	Niehues
12	43	Prince, Fran and Neil
12	44	Ross, Bird
12	45	Rossback, Ed
12	46	Russo, Joanne
12	47	Sauer, Jane
12	48	Schanz, Joanna
12	49	Sekijima, Hisako
12	50	Sekimachi, Kay
12	51	Seventy, Sylvia
12	52	Sheehan, Diane
12	53-54	Sisson, Karyl
12	55	Skau, John
12	56	Stealey, Jo
12	57	Sudduth, Billie Ruth
12	58	Taylor/Yakim
12	59	ter Beest, Char
12	60	Trentham, Gary
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13	1	List of artists - Out of the Woods
13	2	Letters to artists
13	3	Out of the Woods - resumes
13	4	Out of the Woods - photo
13	5	Wood List - Out of the Woods exhibit
13	6	Magazines/books to travel with exhibit
13	7	Report on trip for USIA - Bulgaria and Albania
13	8	Out of the Woods - PR
13	9	Out of the Woods - touring venues
13	10	Found Objects Transfigured
13	11	Airport exhibit, 2001
13	12	Found Objects Transfigured - artists
13	13	Airport wood show - works
13	14	Transportation
13	15	Airport wood show - Mobile Museum
13	16-17	Out of the Woods - Columbus Museum, 2004
13	18	Out of the Woods - press release
13	19	Out of the Woods - PR material - venues
13	20	Out of the Woods
13	21	MPC article in American Woodturner - re- Out of the Woods
13	22	Tearsheets from American Craft - Out of the Woods
13	23	Initial planning - FAMOS Wood Show
13	24	Out of the Woods - correspondence
13	25	Correspondence from USIA
13	26	Out of the Woods - PR correspondence
13	27	Ongoing show announcements
13	28	Exhibit materials
13	29-30	Glass artists - photographs
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14	1	Glass - Individual artists A-G
14	2	Glass - Individual artists H-N
14	3	Glass - Individual artists P-S
14	4	Glass - Individual artists T-Z
14	5	Blomdahl, Sonja
14	6	Carlson, William
14	7	Chardiet, Jose
14	8	Clayman, Daniel
14	9	Cohen, Carol
14	10	Dailey, Dan
14	11	Glancy, Michael
14	12	Huchthausen, David
14	13	Jensen, Judy Bally
14	14	Jolly, Richard
14	15	Kallenberger, Kreg
14	16	Kuhn, John
14	17	Levin, Rob
14	18	Littleton, Harvey
14	19	Marioni, Paul
14	20	Marquis, Richard
14	21	Mason, Concetta
14	22	Morris, William
14	23	Musler, Jay
14	24	Myers, Joel Philip
14	25	Patti, Tom
14	26	Pavlik, Michael
14	27	Ritter, Richard
14	28	Rothenfeld, Daniel
14	29	Sclafani, Louis
14	30	Stankard, Paul
14	31	Statom, Therman
14	32	Sterling, Lisabeth
14	33	Tagliapietra, Lino
14	34	Vallien, Bertil
14	35	Zynsky, Toots
14	36	Figurative Glass
14	37	Goblet artists
14	38	Glass, miscellaneous
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15	1	Arneson
15	2	Bacerra, Ralph
15	3	Couch, Clara - ceramics
15	4	Duckworth, Ruth
15	5	Eberle
15	6	Ferguson, Wayne
15	7	Frey, Viola
15	8	Kaneko, Jun
15	9	Lucero
15	10	Ohr, George
15	11	Rippon, Tom
15	12	Roehm, Mary
15	13	Sadow, Harvey
15	14	Schwieger, Brad
15	15	Shaw, Richard
15	16	Smith, Nan
15	17	Takamori
15	18	Voulkos
15	19	Woodman, Betty
15	20	Individual artist articles - ceramic
15	21	Clay exhibitions
15	22	Ceramic articles
15	23	Figurative ceramics
15	24	Southeastern figurative clay
15	25	Functional ceramics
15	26	Clay/Teapots
15	27	Ceramics, miscellaneous
15	28	Clay Bodies - binder
15	29	Tri-Art Goblet show - binder
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16	1	Three Generations of Woodturning - binder
16	2	But... Is It A Quilt? - binder, 1997
16	3	Creative Visions - Southeastern Furniture - binder, 2001
16	4	Distinctive Visions - binder, 2000
16	5	Figurative Fiber - binder, 1998
16	6	Studio Art Jewelry - binder, 2002
16	7	It's More Than A Basket, 1996
16	8	Comments on the American 20th Century - binder, 1999

 

3. Subject files
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16	9	Folk Art - articles
16	10	Finster, Howard
16	11	Folk Art - miscellaneous
16	12	Afro-American crafts
16	13	Ethos of collecting
16	14	Collectors
16	15	Art in America/ArtNews collector lists
16	16	Collections
16	17	Collecting
16	18	New Art Forms
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17	1	American Craft Magazine - Van Duesen-Studstill ad, 1986
17	2	Cinafe 88, 1988
17	3	Cinafe 89, 1989
17	4	Studio Art Quilt Associates
17	5	Wood collectors' meeting in San Francisco, 1998
17	6	New art forms
17	7-8	SOFA
17	9-10	Collectors of wood art
17	11	Wood Turning Center
17	12-14	Furniture Society
17	15	Gilette-Frutchey exhibit schedule
17	16	Announcements of previous shows and openings - Image South
17	17	2 Osolnik shows - press releases
17	18	Museum placements
17	19	Pilchuck scholarship
17	20	Craft writers
17	21	Southern writers
17	22	3 Generations of Woodturners
17	23	Artists - names and addresses
17	24	Letter regarding Homage show
17	25	Printed material
17	26	Artists working in found objects
17	27	Spectrum auction, 2007
17	28	ACC Fellows
17	29	ACC Fellows/awards
17	30	ACC
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18	1	Notebooks
18	2	Arrowmont
18	3	Pi Phi info
18	4-5	Arrowmont Board of Governors' meeting, 2006-2007
18	6	Arrowmont strategic planning, 2007
18	7	Arrowmont Board of Governors' meeting, 2008
18	8	Strategy meeting, 2008
18	9	Board of Governors' meeting, 2009 January
18	10	Strategy meeting, 2009 July
18	11	Emily
18	12-13	Board of Governors' meeting, 2010 Jan, May
18	14	About Greenville
18	15	Site
18	16	Program committee
18	17	AFP guidelines for Board of Governors board members
18	18	Arrowmont original deed and lease [copies]
18	19	Arrowmont deeds and leases to Pi Beta Phi
18	20	Arrowmont notebooks
18	21	Board notebook, 2001
18	22-23	Arrowmont
18	24-25	Arrowmont Board of Governors manual
18	26	Arrowmont Farm
18	27	Gatlinburg, Tennessee - Powerpoint
18	28	Arrowmont Phase 1 assessment for Turner Complex and Wood Studio
18	29	Arrowmont School site viability final report, task force report, 2010
18	30	Greeneville, Tennessee - Community Profile, 2009
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19	1-2	Maloof and Mouthrop shows - photographs
19	3-4	Baskets - photographs
19	5-6	Wood Images - photographs
19	7	Stocksdale (from the ten Eyck collection) Sale - photographs
19	8-9	Osolnik - photographs
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20	1-4	Gallery mailings - postcards
20	5	Georgia Designer Craftsmen, Inc.
20	6	Jewelry - photographs
20	7	Wood and Furniture - photographs
20	8	Fiber - photographs
20	9	Baskets, Jewelry, miscellaneous - photographs
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21		Miscellaneous gallery photographs
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22		Miscellaneous gallery photographs
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23		Miscellaneous gallery photographs
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24		Miscellaneous gallery photographs