Nash Boney Lecture Last Week

For the University’s 225th birthday, along with the exhibition on view through April 30 at the Visual Arts Building on Jackson Street, GMOA hosted and organized a lecture by Dr. Nash Boney on March 31. Dr. Boney, professor of history at UGA before his retirement in 1994, showcased a brief history of the University of Georgia through slides. The nostalgic images—photos, sketches, drawings and paintings—reminded its viewers of the school’s drastic evolution from its inception to today. Some of the highlights were portraits of turn-of-the-century UGA football players, one of which is depicted below. Dr. Boney’s lecture was as entertaining and edifying as expected, drizzled with charm and humor.

GMOA in the News

If you missed Nash Boney's lecture yesterday, Lee Shearer has a nice article in the Athens Banner-Herald this morning that recaps some of it.

Over in the Living section of the ABH, Julie Phillips mentions the museum's big painting "La Confidence," by Elizabeth Jane Gardner, in an article on R.E.M.'s 30th anniversary, which falls on Monday. The painting is featured prominently in the video for "Low," which we're embedding below.

GMOA in the News

UGA News Service is publicizing our latest release, about the lecture the museum's department of education has organized for the end of March, in conjunction with the 225th anniversary exhibition:

Georgia Museum of Art sponsors presentation by Nash Boney

Writer: Amanda Lee, 706/542-4662, alee1116@uga.edu
Contact: Hillary Brown, 706/542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu
Feb 22, 2010

Athens, Ga. – In association with the Georgia Museum of Art’s exhibition “University of Georgia Turns 225,” Nash Boney, professor emeritus of history, will give a lecture and slide presentation. Titled “Two and a Quarter Centuries and Counting: A Visual Run Through the History of the University of Georgia,” the presentation will be on Wednesday, March 31 at 4 p.m. in the Visual Arts Building. It is free and open to the public.

The exhibition will be on view March 19 to April 30. It includes works of art by Lamar Dodd, George Cooke, Charles Frederick Naegele and Howard Thomas as well as works by current art students and art professors. The exhibition also will include objects that reflect the history and the current state of the university and its campus life.

Boney was born in Richmond, Va., and earned his undergraduate degree in science at Hampden-Sydney College. After graduation, he served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Germany as part of the Counter Intelligence Corps. It was there that he discovered his passion for history. On returning to the U.S., he used the G.I. Bill to earn his Ph.D. in history at the University of Virginia.

Boney began his association with the University of Georgia in 1968 and became a full professor in 1972. He retired in 1994 but continues to share his extensive knowledge in lectures like this one.

He has written many books, including "The University of Georgia Trivia Book" and "A Pictorial History of the University of Georgia," which was first released in 1985 for the university’s bicentennial. He also was commissioned by President Jimmy Carter to write "A History of Georgia."