Photography show at Fulton Cotton Mill

New Works photography show at Fulton Cotton Mill by Gray Chapman This weekend, an urban loft in Cabbagetown's Fulton Cotton Mill was the backdrop for the New Works photography show, featuring works from twelve photography students at SCAD Atlanta. The show is part of the ongoing Emerging Arts Scene project, which seeks to highlight local emerging artists in series of gallery shows at the Cotton Mill (a.k.a. "the Stacks"). Denise Leitch Jackson, the owner and manager of the Emerging Arts Scene Gallery, has been curating art events throughout the city for the last two years. The New Works show was organized in part by SCAD Atlanta photography student Lauren Necko, under the direction of professor Judith Pishnery, who has held an internship with the Emerging Arts Scene for the past several months. Necko, who will receive her BFA from the college in May, said that the internship gave her the perfect opportunity to organize a senior portfolio exhibition for herself and her classmates. "We took a field trip over to the Stacks, and everyone fell in love with the space," she explained. "They all were saying, 'I want to shoot here!' and 'I want to live here!', so it seemed like a great fit."Necko herself had shot at the Stacks, and her texturally rich architectural shots are included in the show alongside a dozen of her peers' works. The collection is small but diverse, ranging from ethereal, antiqued landscapes to sharp, contrasted black-and-white images. Gray Chapman is a writer living in Atlanta.

Art Event: Exhibition of work by 20 emerging at Avisca Fine Art Gallery

MARIETTA, GEORGIA   March 08, 2010  

(PRLEAP.COM) Marietta, GA (March 8, 2010) – "A Woman’s Work", an exhibition of fine art in a variety of media by 20 emerging and mid-career women artists opens at Avisca Fine Art Gallery in Marietta on March 19, 2010 and will run until April 9, 2010. The exhibition, organized in honor of Women’s History Month, opens with a reception on Friday, March 19 at 6:00 PM. In conjunction with the exhibition, the gallery will host an informal artist talk with some of the participating artists on Saturday, March 20 at 3 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

The exhibition will present a survey of work that explore the response of this group of artists to contemporary issues and, in looking at who they are and how they think about their work, aims to focus attention on the strengths of women artists and their art-making.

Avisca Fine Art Gallery is an alternative gallery space in downtown Marietta that focuses on work by emerging and mid-career African-American, Caribbean and Latin American artists. By sponsoring regular art exhibitions and educational programs that include gallery talks and screenings, the gallery seeks to contribute to the cultural enrichment of the Marietta community and the Greater Atlanta area.

Exhibition Dates: March 19 – April 9, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, March 19, 6:00 pm – 10:00pm (Free/open to the public)

E-mail: contact@aviscafineart.com
www.aviscafineart.com

Photography Event: Three Voices Opens at Snapdragon, March 13th

Three Voices Opens at Snapdragon, March 13th

    “THREE VOICES

Photographs by John Bohannon, Pam Moxley, and Ansley West

March 13 – May 1, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 13, 7-10pm

Snapdragon Photography/Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Snapdragon Photography/Jennifer Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce our latest exhibition, “Three Voices”, featuring photography by Atlanta artists John Bohannon, Pam Moxley, and Ansley West. The conceptual photographs in this exhibit depict intimate scenes and objects which capture each photographer’s unique voice. A party for the artists will be held on Saturday March 13th, from 7 to 10pm, and the exhibition will continue through Saturday May 1st.

John Bohannon creates images which capture his encounters with places and things that he feels have emotive potential. The resulting photographs are a collection of moments and memories – a personal experience, both for the photographer and viewer. Bohannon has been included in dozens of juried exhibitions throughout the Southeast, and his work has been featured in Shots magazine and the Florida Review. In 2009, he was one of twelve photographers chosen to participate in Gifted, Atlanta Celebrates Photography’s Public Art Project.

Self-taught artist Pam Moxley is the co-owner of Original Art Finders and Curator of Grace Gallery in Marietta, Georgia. She has been featured in numerous solo and juried exhibitions and her work is included in collections throughout the United States, including the Southeast Museum of Photography, the City of Atlanta Collection, and the Atlanta Photography Group’s Collector’s Portfolio. Moxley’s mixed-media images are simple in composition, yet complex in theme. Her work often incorporates child-like elements, giving them a nostalgic and maternal feel. When she is finished with each photographic construction, she utilizes several other media, adding layers of both texture and meaning.

Ansley West’s photographic compositions interpret narratives both real and imagined. She often places herself into the photographs, in order to recontextualize these stories. Her work sometimes portrays social issues about which she is passionate. The images selected for this show come from two bodies of work: “Fences” addresses the physical and psychological hurdles we face and how we move past them, while “Landscapes” seeks to show that human connection to the earth can be a symbiotic rather than a parasitic relationship. As well as being included in many group exhibitions across the US and featured in three solo shows, West’s work is included in many private and museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. She has recently returned from Uganda, where she shot a documentary film called Mother of a Nation, about women living with HIV and their connection to agriculture.

Art Opening: 'The Art of Losing' Exhibition Opens at Emory

'The Art of Losing' Exhibition Opens at Emory

Includes elegies from poet Kevin Young's new anthology

The death of a loved one often brings feelings of despair and isolation, but a new exhibition and anthology of poems offers comfort through shared experiences. "The Art of Losing" exhibition opens March 15 at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library.

The exhibition coincides with the March 16 release of "The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief & Healing," an anthology of elegies selected by poet Kevin Young, co-curator of the exhibition. Young is the curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at MARBL, and the Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory.

The book includes poems by Elizabeth Alexander, Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey (the Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry in Emory's Creative Writing program), Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Seamus Haney, Ted Hughes, Mary Oliver, Anne Sexton and Dylan Thomas, as well as several by Young himself. Also included are poems by recent readers in MARBL's Danowski Poetry Reading Series: Robert Pinsky, C.K. Williams and Li-Young Lee.

Young and Trethewey will read selections from the anthology at 7:15 p.m., Thursday, March 18 in the Decatur Library Auditorium at the Georgia Center for the Book, 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur.

"Through elegy and throughout the years, poets have traced their own journeys through grief in order to comprehend the incomprehensible, to comfort themselves and others," Young says. "Like the book that inspired it, this exhibition traces grief's journey, from Reckoning to Regret, through Remembrance to Ritual and Recovery; if it doesn't resolve the grieving process with simple acceptance, it does end with a kind of Redemption. For while these poems chronicle loss and its rituals, elegies also celebrate life - and ask us to care for ours, if only by honoring the lives of loved ones."

Elizabeth Chase, MARBL's coordinator for research services and a Ph.D. candidate in Emory's English department, is the exhibition's co-curator.

"The poems put into words the emotions and experience of loss that are so difficult to express, and in a way I believe people can identify with," Chase says. "Even though the exhibit deals with loss, my hope is that visitors will experience it in a way that's reassuring. These poems convey deep sadness, but they also celebrate the complex personal bonds shared by these poets and those whom they love."

The exhibition features books and unique items from MARBL's collection that feature poems reprinted in Young's anthology, along with additional highlights from the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library, MARBL's general holdings and recent acquisitions. One item not in Young's anthology is Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon's poem "Incantata," a long poem written in memory of his ex-lover, Mary Farl Powers. The limited-edition printing contains artwork by Powers's friends, and the exhibit pairs the book with an abstract painting by Muldoon himself, taken from Muldoon's archive, which is housed at Emory.

One of Young's notebooks with a draft of his poem "Bereavement," written in memory of his father, will be displayed alongside a wall panel of its printing last summer in The New Yorker.

Also on display is a letter, recently acquired by Young, written by poet John Berryman to Vernon Watkins about the death of his friend and poet Dylan Thomas. Apart from hospital personnel, Berryman was the only person in the room when Thomas died in 1953. He never spoke publicly of Thomas's death, and his letter has never been published in full; this will be its first appearance in a public exhibition, and provides a remarkable firsthand account of not just Thomas's passing but the process of grief.

The exhibition, which runs until Oct. 10, 2010, is free and open to the public during normal MARBL hours, which are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. MARBL is located on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library on the Emory University campus, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322. For more information, call 404.727.6887, e-mail MARBL or visit MARBL News and Events.

Contact:

   1. Maureen McGavin: 404.727.6898

   2. Elaine Justice: 404.727.0643

Gallery 4463 March 2010 exhibition: "New Member Exhibition"

Gallery 4463, Acworth's Premier Fine Arts Sales Gallery, will feature the works of our newest members for our March 2010 exhibition. Painters Marsha Chandler, Julian Cowdart, Cathryn M. Green, Greg Holzhauer, Gail Koornick, Tina Steele Lindsey, Marianne B. van der Haar, and Paul Wagener, and photographers Sherry Ghavassi, Bill Graham, and Charles Holton will be featured in our main gallery. Our new artists are known locally as well as internationally and have a wide variety of styles. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday evening, March 5th from 6:00 to 9:00p.m. The show runs through Sunday, March 28th. Admission to the gallery is always free.

Gallery 4463 is Acworth’s Premier Fine Arts Sales Gallery and represents the works of over 35 artists from Atlanta and North Georgia. The gallery is located at 4463 Cherokee Street in the heart of historic downtown Acworth, across the railroad tracks and less than a mile from I-75. Gallery 4463 is in a prominent brick and glass two-story building that features 14-foot-high ceilings and a spacious interior, and is a space uniquely suited for a full-size gallery. The gallery is operated by a group of professional artists who are committed to the idea of creating a quality fine arts gallery that is unique: a resource for professional artists, a center for fine arts in our town and community and ultimately a magnet for art patrons from all over north Georgia.

Our hours are: Thursday from 1:30p.m. to 4:00p.m. Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6:30p.m., and Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment (404-808-9971). Please visit our website as well: http://www.gallery4463.com. Admission to the gallery is free.

Artist Spotlight: Sarah Emerson and Katherine Taylor

Atlanta artists in Québec City biennial

by Catherine Fox | Mar 5, 2010

Catastrophe is the theme of Manifestation internationale d’art de Québec, Manif d’art 5, Québec City’s upcoming art biennial. But the city-wide exhibit is definitely a boon to Atlanta artists Sarah Emerson and Katherine Taylor. Curator Sylvie Fortin, the editor-in-chief of the Atlanta-based Art Papers magazine, has included them in the city-wide event, which runs May 1-June 15.

"Swarm" by Sarah Emerson

Fortin intends to explore catastrophe in its various manifestations, from catalcysmic events to subtler “shadow of the permanent threat of catastrophe.” These artists, both trained in Atlanta, fit the bill. Emerson creates a world whose Bambi innocence belies the strange doings that take place therein. Taylor often limns a landscape laid waste by weather — Atlanta’s floods in her most recent work. Her paintings are sourced from newspaper or television images, which often neutralize the emotional impact of their subject. You might say she depicts the banality of natural disaster.

Emerson, 36, will contribute a site-specific silhouette tableau on windows of the Museum of Civilization as well as a temporary mural, location yet to be determined, that reprises the locusts that swarmed in her discomfiting recent show at her Atlanta gallery, Whitespace.

Both artists consider Manif an important opportunity. “Sylvie’s been really supportive,” Emerson says. “She encouraged me to stretch.”

Although she has shown abroad, Emerson says this her most important show thus far because she will be exhibiting in the context of internationally recognized artists. Taylor, who is represented by Marcia Wood Gallery, is also excited by the prospect of a new platform. An artist who tends to lose herself in her work, the 44-year-old painter says, “It’s also made me think about my work differently, to think about its value outside of the studio.”

Art Event::ROCK PAPER SCISSORS/ Steven Sachs: a thirty year retrospective/ Exhibition Ends Saturday, March 13, 2010

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS / STEVEN SACHS: A THIRTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE. Unbeknownst to many, Atlanta artist Steven Sachs has been creating fascinating works of art for over thirty years. His distinct aesthetic is explained by the myriad of his influences. Sachs admires the inherent honesty in a Southern folk artist’s crooked line as well as the stark, hard-edged surfaces of op artist Bridget Riley. His work hovers in between the two styles - an amalgamation of a tightly controlled modern aesthetic with a spontaneity lent by re-contextualized objects. Sach’s paintings have hard-edged surfaces with figures precisely rendered in shiny enamels. His sculptures reflect his role as “urban archeologist,” breathing new life into discarded objects. Impressive woodworking and metal welding skills lend the artist’s found object sculptures a refinement that is reminiscent of abstract expressionist Louise Nevelson, another of his influences. A disciplined improviser, Sachs has created an intriguing body of work with a profound sensitivity to his materials. This retrospective promises to be a rare journey through Sachs’ thirty-year oeuvre.
Barbara Archer Gallery
280 Elizabeth St, #A012
Atlanta, GA 30307
404.523.1845
info@barbaraarcher.com
http://www.barbaraarcher.com/

Art Event: First Thursday Art Stroll on Bennett Street

Thursday, Mar 4 5:00p to 9:00p

at Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Monthly First Thursday Art Stroll on Bennett Street. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art of GA (MOCA GA) and art galleries and antique shops on Atlanta's premier street for art. Galleries serving refreshments and open until 9:00 p.m. Museum admission-free all day.

Price: FREE

Age Suitability: All Ages

Monthly First Thursday Art Stroll on Bennett Street. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art of GA (MOCA GA) and art galleries and antique shops on Atlanta's premier street for art. Galleries serving refreshments and open until 9:00 p.m. Museum admission-free all day.

www.onbennettstreet.com

Open Call for Visual Poetry in Atlanta Georgia

Open Call for Visual Poetry: accepting art experiments in the space between viewing and reading.

VISPO at Eyedrum is a Visual Poetry show to be held at Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery on May 1st - May 15th 2010.

The mission of the show is to examine the boundaries of the creative and communicative process by seeking work that combines the literary and visual arts.

All forms(concrete poetry/asemic writing) approaches to Visual Poetry will be considered. Non-English based work is strongly encouraged by any and all applicants.

Deadline for submission of work:
April 26th 2010
2d/3d work (received ready to display)
All sizes of ready to display work are accepted.
Digital file submissions accepted (maximum size 8.5x11-some exceptions may apply)

No Entry fee. The show is juried and produced by members of the eyedrum literary committee. Please provide email and any info about yourself and the work provided you find necessary. Provide title, medium, and any display/handling instructions necessary. Please provide return addressed envelope and any mailing instructions to have work returned.

Mail all entries to: Jeff Dahlgren 132 Adair Street Decatur, Ga. 30030 USA

Information: eggtoothjeff@yahoo.com

Curated By: Jeff Dahlgren

Art Show: Art Space international Saturday March 27, 2010

Last of the old first of the new

Athlone Clarke

Opening reception Saturday March 27, 2010
7 - 9:30 PM Free admission

Exhibition March 27 - April 27 , 2010.

1192 Huff Rd NW Atlanta GA 30318
www.artspaceatl.com 404 351 0549

Art at it’s unadulterated core is organic and thus constantly evolving with every new experience. I have always reveled in the immeasurable freedom of not being a slave to any particular style, message, or medium.

I simply go with the flow, moment by moment, savoring the process, and enjoying the scenery along the way. Some have argued that I’m not sufficiently goal oriented and maybe they’re right . I guess my early childhood in Jamaica taught me the importance of knowing when to let go, and most importantly, the fine art of letting the destination find me.

I didn’t create any of the paintings shown in this exhibition, instead they came through me, a willing conduit to whatever the universe deemed right at that particular moment . I am nothing more than a lowly servant with a loud voice, an occasional tourist into the unconscious, who is unabashedly eager to share pictures of his most recent trip.

Ring the bells that still can sing

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen

Art Space international, 1192 Huff Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 404-351-0549