SEMC is pleased to announce the 2020 Winners of the
Exhibition, Publication and Technology Competitions and
Student Work in Museums
Congratulations to all!
Under $10,000 Budget
Gold: Orange County Regional Historical Center - The Accidental Historian
Silver: LSU Museum of Art - Adore/Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection
Bronze: McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture - Debut: Recent Acquisitions
Under $25,000 Budget
Gold: Western Carolina University Fine Arts Museum - Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment
Silver: Emory University Libraries - Framing Shadows: Portraits of Nannies from the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection
Silver: Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage - Beyond the Oaks: Lowcountry Plantations
Bronze: Vulcan Park and Museum - Right or Privilege? Alabama Women and the Vote
Honorable Mention: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia - Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories
Over $25,000 Budget
Gold: The Florida Holocaust Museum - Beaches, Benches, and Boycotts: The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay
Silver: Hunter Museum of American Art - Noel W. Anderson: Blak Origin Moment
Bronze: Emory University Libraries - Speak What Must Be Spoken
Bronze: Telfair Museums - Suzanne Jackson: Five Decades
Honorable Mention: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia - Material Georgia 1733 - 1900: Two Decades of Scholarship
Over $100,000 Budget
Gold: Knoxville Museum of Art - Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door
Silver: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today
Bronze: The Mint Museum - Classic Black
Many thanks to the 2020 Exhibition Competition Co-Chairs:
And 2020 Exhibition Competition Judges:
Category: Annual Reports
Gold: Gibbes Museum of Art
Silver: Florida Museum of Natural History
Bronze: Wiregrass Museum of Art
Category: Book & Catalogues
Gold: Vitus Shell: 'Bout It 'Bout It, The Political Power - Hilliard Art Museum - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Silver: Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia - Asheville Art Museum
Bronze: Envisioning the Future - Asheville Art Museum
Honorable Mention: Material Georgia 1733 – 1900: Two Decades of Scholarship - Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
Category: Brochures and Rack Cards
Gold: Live at the Mint Brochure - The Mint Museum
Silver: Asheville Art Museum
Bronze: Never Abandon Imagination Rack Card - The Mint Museum
Honorable Mention: Site Brochure - Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Categorgy: Campaigns
Gold: Grand Opening Celebration - Asheville Art Museum
Silver: Adore Adorn Exhibition - LSU Museum of Art
Bronze: Never Abandon Imagination Campaign - The Mint Museum
Honorable Mention: L'Amour du Vin - Knoxville Museum of Art
Category: Gallery Guides
Gold: Immersed In Light: Studio Drift at The Mint Gallery - The Mint Museum
Silver: Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom curriculum guide - SCAD Museum of Art
Bronze: Form & Function: Shoe Art by Chris Francis curriculum guide - SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Category: Invitations
Gold: Telfair Ball Invitation - Telfair Museum
Silver: Celebrate Reynolda invitation - Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Bronze: Classic Black Opening Invitation - The Mint Museum
Honorable Mention: 2020 Coveted Couture Save the Date - The Mint Museum
Category: Magazines & Newsletters
Gold: Art Talk/LSU Museum of Art Newsletter - LSU Museum of Art
Silver: Binder Magazine - Columbia Museum or Art
Bronze: History Matters - Atlanta History Center
Honorable Mention: Time Travelers' Gazette - Orange County Regional History Center
Category: Mailers & Calendars
Gold: Telfair Museums
Silver: Marco Island Historical Society
Bronze: Muscarelle Museum of Art at William and Mary
Category: Posters
Gold: 15th Anniversary Poster - LSU Museum of Art
Silver: Yard Party for Art hand screen-printed souvenir - Wiregrass Museum of Art
Category: Best in Show
Gold: Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi - Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
Many thanks to the 2020 Publication Competition Chair:
Monty Fields, Curator of Exhibits, Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
And 2020 Publication Competition Judges:
Scott Erbes, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Michael Herbert, Creative Director, Solid Light, Louisville, Kentucky
Chelsea Niemeier, Senior Graphic Designer Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Did you miss the October 2020 Virtual Technology Showcase which featured projects from Technology Competition GOLD Winners? No worries! We have the video! Click the link below to see what you missed!
Category: Applications
Gold: Appleton Museum of Art - Appleton Museum of Art App
Silver: Wiregrass Museum of Art - Museum App Launch
Bronze: Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Center - Explore Helen and Sautee Nacoochee Phone App
Category: Campaign
Silver: Hunter Museum of American Art - Glenn Ligon Campaign
Category: Digital Education
Gold: Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University - Digital Education Resources for the Pandemic Pivot
Silver: Orange County Regional History Center - Museum App Launch
Bronze: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - Virtual Programs - Virtual Art By The Glass & Studio at Home
Honorable Mention: Northeast Georgia History Center - Free Livestream History Programs for the Public
Category: Digital Marketing
Gold: Wiregrass Museum of Art - Yard Party for Art website and related digital marketing campaign
Silver: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - Trails & Grounds Takeover with Clay Bakker
Bronze: Georgia Museum of Art - Daily Inspirations on Instagram
Honorable Mention: North Carolina Museum of History - History at Home
Category: Gallery Installations
Gold: Riggs Ward Design - Mercer Music At Capricorn
Silver: Hunter Museum of American Art - Glenn Ligon Interactive
Category: Media Production
Gold: Orange County Regional History Center - Curating a Tragedy: Documenting the PULSE Nightclub Shooting
Silver: Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston - Colin Quashie : Linked
Bronze: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - CVBR
Honorable Mention: Wiregrass Museum of Art - One Night Only - A Virtual Event for Members
Category: Student Projects
Gold: Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary - Rising: The American Indian Movement and the Third Space of Sovereignty
Silver: Northeast Georgia History Center - Glass to Digital: Restoration of Early Twentieth Century Negatives
Many thanks to the 2020 Technology Competition Co-Chairs:
And 2020 Technology Competition Judges:
Scotty Almany, Digital Media, Programming & Exhibit Logistics Manager, Birthplace of Country Music
Lizz Biswell, Associate Director, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
Alexander Brooks (Jury Chair), Education Manager, Gaston County Museum, Dallas, North Carolina
Kate Daly, Visual Culture Archivist, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Dana-Marie Lemmer, Director and Curator, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama
Ainsley Powell, Curator of Collections, City of Raleigh, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department, Historic Resources and Museum Program, Raleigh, North Carolina
2020 Student Work in Museums Award Winners
Student: Lesley Jones
Project title: Starting Anew: Restoration of Collections Storage at the NE GA History Center, Northeast Georgia History Center
School: University of North Georgia
Degree: M.A., History
Student: Rebekkah Watkins
Project title: Exhibit Lesson Plans for Underrepresented Subject Areas & Grade Levels, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
School: Appalachian State University
Degree: Ed.D, Educational Leadership
Student: Naomi Edmondson
Project title: Cartographic Countering: Encouraging Productive Dialogue Between the Charleston Renaissance Artists and African American contributions to "Historic Charleston", Gibbes Museum of Art
School: Virginial Commonwealth University
Degree: M.A., Art History
Student: Devon Vander Voort
Project title: Immigration Brochure, SCAD Library, Special Collections
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Degree: B.F.A., Art History
Student: Sommer Martin
Project title: Into the Exhibits: Research and Modification of NE GA History Center Exhibits, Northeast Georgia History Center
School: Illinois Wesleyan University
Degree: B.A., Anthropology
Student: Ruth Moreno Carpio
Project title: In For a Penny and Out For a Pound: Accessing Currency from 1849-1950, Northeast Georgia History Center
School: University of North Georgia
Degree: B.A., History Eduation
Many thanks to the 2020 Student Work in Museums Co-Chairs: