Winter 2019

MEMBER BENEFITS INSIDE
WINTER 2019

WINTER 2019
Quarterly publication for Quinlan’s
Medallion Members
Quinlan Visual Arts Center
514 Green Street N.E.
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-536-2575
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The Quinlan will be closed for
Thanksgiving November 28 - 30
and for Christmas/Holidays
December 24 - 25.
Museum Shop keeps the same
hours as listed above. Gift
certificates and merchandize can
be gift wrapped and shipped for
your convenience.
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Volunteering at the Quinlan not
only enriches the lives of our
patrons but yours as well. There
are opportunities available for all,
whether you want to greet visitors,
serve on a committee, help assist
with events/receptions, back-office
help and much more. To become a
volunteer at the Quinlan, contact
us info@qvac.org or 770-536-2575
Dear Medallion Members,
I am humbled and honored to have the opportunity to advance the Quinlan
Visual Arts Center’s mission of bringing visual arts to life, and to the life of the
community through education, exhibition and engagement. The Quinlan’s rich
seventy-two year history has been instrumental in inspiring artists, offering
quality education through visual arts for all ages, and building a home for a
burgeoning community of art lovers. The Quinlan serves as an artistic beacon
in Northeast Georgia, cementing it’s status as a leader in creativity and social
entrepreneurship, for the mutual benefit of our immediate and extended
communities.
Our Medallion Members are an integral part of helping the Quinlan continue to
paint its big picture. You are direct stakeholders in our shared vision of positively
influencing our cultural environment. With Thanksgiving fervor in the air, it is
YOU the Quinlan wants to thank. Your generosity and commitment to the
Quinlan should never be underestimated.
Building on the Quinlan’s strong foundation, the leadership of those who came
before me, the expertise of community leaders selflessly shared, the thousands
of volunteer hours of our working Boards and dedicated individuals, the financial
commitments of individuals, sponsors, corporations, foundations…I pledge my
efforts to honor and further develop, the stellar legacy of the Quinlan. I look
forward to cross-purpose community partnerships and collaborations, through
exploration, education and celebration of visual art and design, and to enhance
our member experience.
With warm regards and unbridled excitement, I look forward to writing the next
chapters of the Quinlan story, with you.
Nairika Kotwal Cornett
Executive Director
We encourage you to share this publication with family and friends
On the cover: La Mirande (Oil), Ann Goble. Best in Show 72nd Annual Members’ Exhibition

EDALLION
EMBER
HRISTMAS

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- A N N A L E X A N D E R -
Ann, Congratulations! Your work, "Fish Pond" and “The Indian Mound”
have been selected to hang in the executive offices at the State Capitol as
part of the “Art of Georgia” exhibit. Nearly seventy-five entries were
submitted from artists throughout the Northeast GA region, and your
work stood out as an exceptional representation of contemporary Georgia
art work - Office of the Governor, Atlanta, GA
Fish Pond (Oil)
n conversation with artist and Gainesville
resident Ann Alexander… Who influenced your
artistic journey? In my 40s I started art classes
with Mary Lydia McCrary, a classical artist who
owned Renaissance II studio on Green Street. A
group of friends took this up as something to do
together. I called Mary and asked if she would
instruct us. “Yes, if you do what I say.” There
started my journey...drawing in charcoal, using
watercolors, grinding our own colors, priming our
own canvases with rabbit skin glue… What is the
role of art in society? Pure enjoyment! I paint
because I love it, not because I have a message. If
The Indian Mound (Oil)
someone sees one, that’s fine too. I am
a mood painter so it is possible the
viewer can detect my state of mind at
the time of my creation. What draws
you to your particular subjects? I am
lucky I don’t have to make a living out of
my love for painting. I don’t think I
would be able to paint for commission.
My inspiration comes from within. I love
painting flowers, places in north
Georgia...things and places near and
dear to me heart. One of the groups I

belong to is called Plein Air Fine Arts
Alliance, endearingly known as The Polka
Dots after coincidently, half of its members
showed up to its first exhibit opening
in...polka dots! If money were not an
issue, what one piece of art would you
like to own? John Singer Sargent’s
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
Photo from L-R: Nona Stephens, Ann Alexander,
Dru Stowers, Cathy Ritch, GeorgeAnn Moore (deceased)
Judy Black, Charlotte Sneed and Dede Collicott
At the Quinlan’s 72nd Annual
Members’ Exhibition, a surprised and
emotional Ruth Money (2nd Place
Winner) was called to announce Best
In Show, her daughter Ann Goble’s
work La Mirande (right)
A N N G O B L E
& R U T H M O N E Y
“
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Young Boy in Myanmar
(Oil) Ruth Money
Members’ Exhibition on view till
November 30, 2019

uinlan Visual Arts Center encourages Medallion Members to be a part of SEWE 2020 in support of
Gainesville resident Ann Goble, Rabun’s Broderick Crawford and Blairsville’s John Stanford. If you
are interested in attending, as a group, please contact the Q for details.
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) is a three-day celebration of wildlife and nature through fine art,
conservation education, sporting demonstrations, food, drink and the people who honor them all. The largest
event of its kind in the US, SEWE makes its home in Charleston, South Carolina and plays host to hundreds of
artists and exhibitors, plus experts in wildlife and nature art – all eager to share their art and insights with more
than 40,000 attendees throughout the weekend of February 14 - 16. Three northeast Georgia artists are
among the 90+ artists selected to exhibit in the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel over the weekend.
Gainesville resident and long
standing Quinlan member, Ann Goble is excited
to attend SEWE for the first time as an exhibiting
artist, as she has admired previously honored
Featured Artists for the event. “I’ve heard many
amazing things about the SEWE experience. I’ve
always been impressed with the catalog of artists
they publish- so many great pieces! Jay Kemp
was the Featured Artist at SEWE several years
ago - I adore his work and feel honored to be
showing among such great artists. Kathryn
Turner was the featured artist 2 years ago. I
follow her work and love her style,” stated
Goble. “Painting is for me a search for beauty. I
am especially intrigued by the anatomical power
and vitality of horses. Their sheer intensity can
be seen through the rendering of light as it
reflects from a sweat drenched coat or the amber
gaze of a horse at day break. Conveying the
vibrations of nature is my goal, and it is my hope
that the viewer’s alliance with the painting brings
to art its truest beauty.”
The Switchback (Oil on Panel), Ann Goble
Flight of the Whimbrel (Oil), Ann Goble
Red Run (Oil on Panel), Ann Goble
Bison Zapata Morning
(Oil on Panel), Ann Goble

Rabun County native and self-taught wildlife artist
Broderick Crawford will be participating in the 38th Annual SEWE show in February.
This is his twelfth consecutive year. “The show itself is like the super bowl of wildlife
art and once you get accepted to participate in the show you enjoy not only all the
beautiful art work, but it's always nice to spend a long weekend each year with so
many wonderfully talented artists and attendees who adore all the work and gain
more appreciation to support conservation efforts for all wildlife” explained Crawford.
He competes in national conservation stamp contests and works with various
conservation groups in their efforts to conserve and protect wildlife and nature.
Quail Call (Acrylic), Broderick Crawford
Sharecroppers Covey (Acrylic), Broderick Crawford
of Blairsville will be participating in SEWE for the second time and enjoys the camaraderie
the event presents throughout the weekend. “SEWE is a wonderful event where artists are surrounded by
people who enjoy painting and sculpture. Meeting patrons, collectors and families is a great opportunity to talk
about your work. I find it exciting being around some of the best artists in the world and making new friends
and renewing old friendships” said Stanford. The “emotional process (of his works) is not linear. I often begin
with just a tentative idea which usually involves a great deal of working and reworking, always reacting to what
is put down, until something begins to click for me. Results are unpredictable and often produce failure but it is
the distinctive emotional edge found in the successful paintings that keeps me going.”
Feeding Time (Oil), John Stanford
Sea Island Bones (Oil), John Stanford

Open the Door to a
World of Discovery
How It Works
The Quinlan is now a proud member of The
North American Reciprocal Museum Association
(NARM).
The North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association network is a mosaic of 1,122 art museums
and galleries, historical museums and societies, botanical gardens, children’s museums, zoos and more.
Since you are a current member of the Quinlan, a participating NARM institution you can start receiving
reciprocal membership benefits across the United States, Canada, Bermuda, El Salvador and Mexico,
immediately! A complete list of NARM members is available on the Quinlan’s website www.QVAC.org
Adding value
to your member
experience
Far left: The Bascom,
Highlands, NC; Left: The
Frick Collection, NYC, NY;
Below: High Museum of
Art, Atlanta, GA

Photo credit: Mike Jensen
HIGHLIGHT
CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT
SALLY MANN: A THOUSAND CROSSINGS
ON VIEW TILL FEBRUARY 2, 2020
For more than forty years, Sally Mann (American, born 1951) has made experimental
and haunting photographs that explore the overarching themes of existence: memory,
desire, death, the bonds of family, and nature’s indifference to human endeavor. What
unites this broad body of work is that it is all bred of a place, the American South. A
native of Lexington, Virginia, Mann has long reflected on what it means to live in the
“To identify a person as a Southerner suggests not only
that her history is inescapable and formative but that it
is also impossibly present.”

HIGHLIGHT
mory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum
collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets art
and artifacts from antiquity to the present. The
Carlos Museum is one of the Southeast's premier
museums with collections of art from Greece,
Rome, Egypt, Near East, Nubia, the Americas,
Africa, and Asia, as well as a collection of works on
paper from the Renaissance to the present.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Minor White, Unburdened
This intimate exhibition features works by Minor White
alongside a selection of photographs by contemporaries
and friends such as Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and
Rose Mandel. A selection of White’s writings will
accompany the photographs. In these documents,
White reflects upon his photographic successes and
failures as well as his lifelong personal struggles with
religion, sexuality, the constitution of the spirit, and his
own contributions to photography.
On exhibit October 12 - December 15, 2019
Photographs from the Collection of Lindsay W. Marshall
Photo from Minor White, Unburdened
Transcendent Deities of India - The
Everyday Occurrence of the Divine
Transcendent Deities of India explores
the visual communion between human
and divine. Through prints,
photographs, graphic art, paintings,
and illustrations, Varma, Sharma, and
Singh offer modern and contemporary
interpretations of traditional imagery
that position Hindu gods and
goddesses within viewers’ frame of
reference, ensuring their seamless
applicability in new eras. On exhibit

100 works of fine art, 200 art lovers,
ONE unforgettable evening.
42 nd Annual GALA
Fine Art Auction
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Internationally acclaimed artist
Dennis Campay
will be the Artist Guest of Honor
Breakfast with Eiffel, mixed media by Dennis Campay
CANAPÉS WITH CAMPAY
SAVE THE DATE
Friday, March 6, 2020 at 6pm
A special, intimate meet and greet with Artist Guest of Honor Dennis
Campay. Drs. Jack and Pat Burd to facilitate Conversations with
Campay, during the evening.

The Quinlan Visual Arts Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with an endowment
fund at North Georgia Community Foundation. This partnership
provides us with the professional infrastructure needed to grow our
fund through professional stewardship, timely acknowledgement of
gifts made, tracking and sending reminders as needed for multi-year
pledges and the ability to accept gifts of appreciated securities (saving the
donor capital gains tax) or other types of tangible property. The opportunity to
name an area of the Quinlan, additional property gifted is available to those providing leadership gifts.
Thanks to this partnership with the North Georgia Community Foundation, there are many options
available that can make your gift as meaningful and tax-efficient as possible.
GIFTS OF
SECURITIES
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY CREDIT CARD
OR BANK DRAFT
GIFTS FROM
YOUR IRA
GIFTS OF
TANGIBLE
PROPERTY
ESTATE GIFTS
With the stock market run-up over the last few years, one of the best methods of
charitable giving involves contribution of appreciated stocks. You can avoid capital
gains taxes on appreciated securities you donate, and you can deduct the full fair
market value of the gift from your taxes in the year you make the gift They can be
transferred electronically from your brokerage account or they can be sent through
the mail in certificate form.
You may contribute either a one-time or recurring gift by credit card or automatic
bank draft. Donors may claim a tax deduction of up to 50% of adjusted gross income
in any one year when deductions are itemized.
Individuals aged 70.5 or older can make gifts up to $100,000 per year using funds
transferred directly to North Georgia Community Foundation from their IRA without
paying taxes on the distributions. The transfer generates neither taxable income nor
a tax deduction, so you will benefit even if you do not itemize your tax deduction. In
addition, your IRA gift can count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) in
the year the gift was made as long as you have not received your distribution for the
same year.
The types of gifts include land, artwork or other approved personal property. The
donor should arrange and pay for a third party, independent and qualified appraisal
of the tangible property. As with a gift of securities, gifts of tangible property enable
the benefactor to void a capital gains tax and claim the fair market value on the
property, as opposed to the cost basis.
Though cash gifts are necessarily the focus of our efforts, estate gifts that provide
for future maintenance and upgrades of the facility/grounds will be gladly accepted.
Estate gifts may not, however, be used for naming opportunities until the gift actually
is received from the donor’s estate.

A SINCERE THANK YOU TO OUR
2019 SPONSORS
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