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Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 11,2022
The Albany Museum Of Art
Homecoming Exhibition Opens May 12
Special to the Ledger After five years, all of the permanent collection
of the Albany Museum
of Art is back home. Its
return is being celebrated
with Homecoming, a spe
cial three-month exhibi
tion in which every gallery
of the AMA will feature
works from the museum’s
treasures.
The exhibition opens
with a special open
ing reception for AMA
members at 5:30 pm
on Thursday, May 12.
Homecoming opens to the
public on Friday, May 13.
The AMA is open 10 am-5
pm Tuesdays-Saturdays,
and admission is free for
everyone.
“This exhibition will
highlight in dazzlingly
original fashion the broad
est array of our perma
nent collection,” Albany
Museum of Art Executive
Director Andrew J. Wulf,
Ph.D., said.
The AMA’s permanent
collection and touring
exhibitions had to be
rescued when a power
ful storm packing rain
and 90-mph straight-line
winds devastated Albany
and Southwest Georgia on
Jan 2, 2017. The storm tore
open the museum roof,
and the next day AMA
staff, Board members, vol
unteers, and conservators
worked tirelessly to rescue
the artworks, both those
owned by the AMA and
those that were on loan for
the current exhibitions.
Art objects that did not
need restoration were
taken to the High Museum
of Art in Atlanta. Those
art objects that needed
restoration were taken to
the Conservation Center in
Chicago. As devastating as
the damage to the building
was, museum officials
proudly note that no art
object was destroyed.
The AMA closed for
nearly nine months, re
opening three downstairs
galleries, the classroom,
AMAzing Space, and the
Willson Auditorium in
late August 2017, when it
resumed hosting traveling
exhibitions, and offering
art camps, programming,
and event space at the
museum.
“It’s important to note
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that the AMA staff
worked hard to maintain
programming during
that summer of 2017,”
Wulf said. “Our friends
at Thronateeska Heritage
Center and the Albany
Area Arts Council al
lowed AMA staff to use
their space to conduct art
camps, enabling the mu
seum to continue serving
the public. It is a fine ex
ample of the resourceful
ness this museum’s staff
shows even when facing
unprecedented circum
stances.”
Unprecedented cir
cumstances returned in
March 2020 when the
COVID pandemic forced
a three-month closure
less than six months after
Wulf joined the AMA as
executive director. During
that temporary shutdown,
officials renovated the
upstairs vaults, offices,
and AMAzing Space
area. In late 2020, the
AMA acquired about 250
works from Atlanta artist,
writer, cartoonist, and
musician Tom Fergu
son, and Escape Plan, a
fanciful installation by
Athens artist and musician
Elinor Saragoussi in the
West Gallery that leads to
AMAzing Space.
The undamaged art
works generously kept
by the High Museum
returned in October 2020.
The remaining art objects
in the permanent col
lection, which had been
painstakingly repaired, re
stored, and inventoried by
the Conservation Center,
returned last month.
“The question we have
all been asking is: when
will the collection return,
and, perhaps dramatically,
when will our heart beat
again?” Wulf said, noting
how “strangely haunting”
it had been to enter the
AMA vaults when they
were empty. “That time
has arrived and we shall
all have the opportunity to
celebrate together the re
turn of every single work
in our collection—none
were lost to the storm—
when we take over the
entire museum with our
newest show, aptly titled,
Homecoming.”
(Photo: Albany Museum of Art)
Fete Nocturne, an oil painting by French
artist Francois Flameng that was gifted to the
Albany Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
D. Gortatowsky, is one of the artworks that
will be part of the three-month Homecoming
exhibition that celebrates the return of the
AMA permanent collection.
The task of deciding
which pieces to display
and where to place them
has been taken up by
AMA Director of Curato
rial Affairs Katie Dillard,
who returned to the AMA
in August 2021. She was
serving in a similar capac
ity at the museum when
the storm hit in 2017 and
was deeply involved in the
rescue of the artworks.
“The entire process of
reorienting myself with
the collection has certain
ly caused some memo
ries of January 2017 to
resurface,” Dillard said.
“It’s amazing what little
hidden details my mind
has retained from the past
five years and how they’re
suddenly coming back
now that I can see and
hold and even smell these
objects again.
“It’s a wonderful, joyous
feeling to see these objects
in such good condition.
I remember how thor
oughly soaked some of
these pieces were after
the storm, but to see them
now, appearing as though
nothing happened at all is
very reassuring. There are
many pieces in the collec
tion I remember personal
ly handling, inventorying,
or working with in some
way, and the overwhelm
ing feeling I’ve had lately
is one of joy; like seeing
an old friend again—you
know, the one you haven’t
seen in years.”
Dillard said she often is
“filled with delight” at see
ing some of the art objects
again. “My joy is not just
from seeing the works in
person again, it’s all my
memories associated with
them; with whom I bonded
over this piece or that, and
whether or not that same
person is still with us
today,” she said.
Wulf said he hopes res
idents in Albany and the
region, as well as visitors
to the area, will come out
to the AMA at 311 Mead
owlark Drive to view the
museum-wide exhibition.
“On behalf of the AMA
Board of Trustees and our
dedicated and talented
staff, I hope you will join
us to explore the inspiring
diversity of our permanent
collection and discover
the many ways art now
and forever serves to
break down and set aside
the illusive barriers and
differences we somehow
believe can keep us apart,”
Wulf said.
Legals,
from page 3B
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
AND DEBTORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF LEE
IN RE: ESTATE OF SHERRY
LYNN FREEMAN, DE
CEASED
All creditors of the estate of
Sherry Lynn Freeman, deceased,
late of Lee County, Georgia, are
hereby notified to render their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law, and all persons in
debted to said estate are required
to make immediate payment to
the undersigned Executors of the
estate of Sherry Lynn Freeman.
This 4th day of May 2022.
Gary Thomas Freeman, Admin
istrator of the Estate of Sherry
Lynn Freeman
116 C State Hwy 377
Leesburg, Georgia 31763
or
MOORE, CLARKE, DuVALL
& RODGERS, P.C. 2829 Old
Dawson Road
Post Office Drawer 71727
Albany, GA 31708-1727
(229) 888-3338
May 11, 18,25 & June 1
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
GEORGIA,
LEE COUNTY
IN RE: JACK W. BROWNLEE,
DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2022-64,
All creditors of the estate of
JACK W. BROWNLEE, de
ceased, late of Lee County, are
hereby notified to render an ac
count of their demands to the
undersigned, according to law,
and all persons indebted to said
estate are hereby required to
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This 5th. day of May, 2022.
Judy M. Brownlee, Executrix of
the estate of Jack W. Brownlee,
deceased
147 Apalachee Drive
Leesburg, GA 31763
May 11, 18, 25 & June 1
IN THE
PROBATE COURT
OF LEE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
RANDALL DONALD MOREE,
DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2022-60
TEMPORARY LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
At a regular term of probate
court, this Court granted an
order allowing Tammy Askew
Moree to qualify as temporary
administrator of the above-named
decedent, who was domiciled in
this county at the time of his death
or was domiciled in another state
but owned property in this county
at the time of his death, and that
upon so doing, temporary letters
of administration be issued to
such temporary administrator.
THEREFORE, the said tempo
rary administrator, having taken
the oath of office and complied
with all necessary prerequisites
of the law, is legally authorized
to collect and preserve the assets
of the decedent until a personal
representative is appointed (or
the temporary administrator is
discharged); and thereupon to
deliver up such assets to the per
sonal representative of the estate
of said decedent, according to
Georgia law.
FUTHERMORE, the said tem
porary administrator is granted
powers to expend funds to collect
and preserve the assets of the
estate as follows: Petitioner will
pursue a tort claim against Terrell
County and will expend costs of
litigation and a contingency fee to
her attorneys.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I have hereunto affixed my signa
ture as judge of the probate court
of said county and the seal of this
office this 25th day of April, 2022.
Melanie Gahring Rathel
Judge of the Probate Court
May 11, 18, 25 & June 1
IN THE
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF LEE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF VICKIE
EUBANKS PITTMAN, DE
CEASED
ESTATE NO. 2022-41
PETITION
FOR LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
TO: Whom It May Concern
Cyle Jonathan Pittman Jr. has
petitioned to be appointed Ad
ministrator of the estate of Vickie
Eubanks Pittman, deceased of said
County. The petitioners have also
applied for waiver of bond and/or
grant of certain powers contained
in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261. All inter
ested parties are hereby notified
to show cause why said petition
should not be granted. All objec
tions to the petition must be in
writing, setting forth the grounds
of any objections, and must be
filed with the court on or before
June 6, 2022.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All
objections to the Petition must
be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objections.
All objections should be sworn to
before a notary public or before
a Probate Court Clerk, and filing
fees must be tendered with your
objections, unless you qualify to
file as an indigent party. Contact
Probate Court personnel for the
required amount of filing fees. If
any objections are filed, a hearing
will be scheduled at a later date. If
no objections are filed, the Petition
may be granted without a hearing.
Melanie Gahring Rathel
Judge of the Probate Court
By: Renita Cause
Clerk of the Probate Court
100 Leslie Highway
Leesburg, GA 31763
229-759-6005
May 11, 18, 25 & June 1