Zuckerman Museum of Art Winter Exhibits (tuesdays)

From the venue:

The Art of Paper

Selections of Handmade Paper Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
January 20 - May 1, 2026

Curated by Brett Littman, and Co-curators Susan Gosin and Cynthia Nourse Thompson

The Art of Paper: Selections of Handmade Paper Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, features approximately 65 works that chronicle the pioneering achievements within the discipline of hand papermaking. This selection of works reveals how the field of handmade paper art was a natural advancement of and response to the historic relationship between print and paper. As an example of how innovations in printmaking occurred in tandem with developments in hand papermaking, the exhibition features early prints on handmade paper by artists such as Jasper Johns alongside examples of handmade paper art by artists like Mark Bradford and Glenn Ligon. The exhibition also focuses on the critical role of collaboration between artists and master papermakers in professional studios. Significant collaborations from participating publishers such as Tyler Graphics, Pace Editions, Mixografia, The Brodsky Center, and Island Press are represented alongside seminal works produced at Dieu Donné. Widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the field, Dieu Donné remains instrumental in creating new handmade paper art with leading contemporary artists. The exhibition debuts at the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, which simultaneously marks the 50th Anniversary of Dieu Donné.

Project Wall North: Stephanie Smith

August 26, 2025 - July 24, 2026

 
The ZMA is pleased to present the work of printmaker Stephanie Smith. Smith is an Atlanta-based artist, printmaker, and educator who makes expressive hand-pulled prints and artist books. Her works, composed of both narrative and symbolic images, explore themes of memory, loss, time, chance, and change. Smith earned a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and an MFA from the University of Georgia. She is a Senior Lecturer at the University of West Georgia where she teaches printmaking in the School of Visual and Performing Arts and is the current manager of the UWG Vault Gallery in Newnan.

Ruth V. Zuckerman Collection: Inside Out

Long-term display located in the Ruth Zuckerman Pavilion

Curated by Teresa Bramlette Reeves

For the preservation of artwork, museums must often hold their permanent collections in storage rather than in public view. "Visible storage," maintains the necessary safe-keeping of the objects while allowing museum visitors to see and study work that would otherwise be unavailable. This installation employs visible storage to showcase a substantial number of Ruth Zuckerman's sculptures and drawings from the KSU Permanent Collection, while making aspects of a collection's care transparent for the public.

Project Wall West: Vadis Turner

August 26, 2025 - July 24, 2026

The ZMA is pleased to present a newly commissioned artwork by artist Vadis Turner. Turner has had solo exhibitions at the Frist Art Museum, the Huntsville Museum of Art, and the Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 2016, she
was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her work is included in numerous permanent collections such as the Brooklyn Museum, 21C Museum, and the Tennessee State Museum among others. She teaches at Vanderbilt University and is represented by Geary in Millerton, New York.

Project Wall East: Melissa Harshman

August 26, 2025 - July 24, 2026

The ZMA is pleased to present the work of Athens, Georgia based artist Melissa Harshman. For Maude, composed of numerous components of handmade paper floral forms, will be on view through July 24, 2026. She has taught at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia since 1993. Harshman has exhibited widely throughout the United States and abroad. She was awarded a University of Georgia Senior Faculty Research Grant in 2019 titled Explorations in Papermaking. She was one of the inaugural Arts Lab Fellowship recipients from the University of Georgia for 2022/23, focusing on papermaking wall installations.