ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia announces Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson’s donation of a prominent collection of works by African American artists. The couple will also fund an endowment to support a new curatorial position at the museum known as the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of the African Diaspora. Larry Thompson announced the donation and endowment support at a panel discussion held at GMOA in conjunction with the exhibition “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art” on March 24, 2011, part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the desegregation of the University of Georgia. The agreement between the museum, UGA and the Thompsons was recently finalized and secured an initial donation of paintings, prints and sculpture by African American artists. The gift complements and enriches the original donation of 100