Decorative Arts

objects that tell stories

The decorative art holdings of the Georgia Museum of Art are extensive and diverse. The curator of decorative arts directs the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts and provides programming for the study and exhibition of collections. Two galleries in the permanent collection wing of the museum are dedicated to decorative arts holdings: the Martha and Eugene Odum Gallery and the Phoebe and Edgar Forio Forio Gallery, both devoted to Georgia and related decorative arts. The wall case in Forio Gallery (created with funds from Alex and Claire Crumbley and Beverly Bremer) holds silver from America and Europe. American and other decorative arts are exhibited throughout the galleries. The modern galleries hold examples of contemporary craft.

The decorative arts collection contains materials of many media that are the products of diverse artisans and communities. Although much of the collection comprises traditional materials, the Georgia Museum of Art also collects in the area of modern studio American craft and expansive holdings exist in those media as well.