December 5, 2009 • 8:16 am 0
"I doubt we can do it again (Gagarin II)"
Read alum Becky Bivens\’ review of Alex Kvares exhibit \”Oh So Fail\” at BEEP BEEP
“His comment underscores the anxiety and embarrassment that often accompanies political optimism. After all, everybody knows that smart people aren’t stupid enough to have hopes.”
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November 20, 2009 • 5:51 pm 0
If you’ve driven through the intersection of S. McDonough and E. College Ave. recently, you’ve definitely seen Mandy Greer’s “Still Water,” a crochet installment woven through the trees on the ASC campus. Student Jaime Henry-White (ASC ‘13) took some beautiful up-close pictures of the crochet (which is just as pretty in the rain as in the sun!)
“In a culture that is increasingly dependent upon virtual connections, water binds us in a uniquely physical way. Greer has created a space where we may be immersed in our relationship with water – a space where we may walk, sit, or lay in the grass and float with the river: our Mater, Matrix, Mother and Medium.” — Mikaela Sheldt (‘09)
"Still Water," Mandy Greer
Mandy Greer, "Still Water"
Mandy Greer, "Still Water"
Mandy Greer, "Still Water"
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• 4:19 pm 0
Happy Friday, everyone! Composition Gallery, located in Candler Park, invites any and all photographers to exhibit their work for its 4th annual Velcro Show on December 5. No matter if you’re amateur or professional — artist tape and velcro glue will be on hand to post the images, which will be on display at the gallery through December 20.
There is a $5 entry fee for a maximum of 10 images (unframed, unmatted, no larger than 16 X 20″) and can be priced to sell or not. Bring your image(s) by the gallery during regular business hours between now and Sunday, November 29th. The opening reception will be December 5 from 7-10 PM. This is a great time to see one of Atlanta’s coolest photography galleries this side of Dekalb Ave., and the show promises to be lots of fun!
Composition Gallery is located at 1388 McLendon Ave NE. More info on the gallery and its events can be found at http://www.compositiongallery.com/.
Filed under: art events, art shows , photography, Composition Gallery, call for entries, Candler Park
November 19, 2009 • 8:59 pm 0
Exploring visual tactility for one night only.
Former Agnes Scottie Rhonda Lowry (now studying at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago) sent an invitation to a show she’ll be a part of this Saturday night. “Growth Spurt,” which will be shown for one night only on this Saturday, 11/21, and is the collaborative effort of 6 (mostly) Atlanta-based fiber artists (Ms. Lowry, April Leigh, Masha Kouznetsova, Aubrey Lonley-Cook, Corinne Kornder, and Jane Gillian Morrow). As the event info indicates, “the artists in this exhibit use their chosen processes of knitting, embroidery, twisting, binding, and much more to give life to material, to experiment with form and embellishment, and to expand our perception.” Sounds pretty cool! The show will run from 5pm-midnight in the upstairs of Danneman’s Coffee. (Click flyer image for the official Facebook event page.)
Danneman’s Coffee is located at 466 Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, at the corner of Edgewood Ave. and Boulevard. No cost for attendance (though you should probably buy some coffee while you’re there).
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November 17, 2009 • 4:41 pm 1
At the Talking Water event last week, visiting Professor of Biology Dr. Joanne Chu brought up the notion of how our reality is shaped by our language. In other words, how the very words we choose to communicate with essentially create meaning as their use (and the limitations of their use) shape and inform our perception of various people and events.
Case in point: The term “Water Wars” is often thrown around in describing the current conflict over water resources between Georgia, Alabama and Florida (not to mention a number of other places around the world). In fact, Linda Armstrong’s installation piece goes by that very title (pictured above, and currently up in the Still Water exhibit), and the work’s name is derived from the many headlines detailing these conflicts occurring all over the globe.
Based upon the concept of the linguistic construct, or the theory that the very words we choose to describe a situation impact the way in which we understand and deal with that situation, Dr. Chu posed the following questions: What if our governing bodies were female-lead? Would this change the way we understood and dealt with this conflict? (Would it even be considered a conflict?)
Perhaps surprisingly for an all-female institution of higher education, the response of the audience seemed to be largely one of doubt, silence, and a good part resistance.
While we may acknowledge that to simply say “A woman would have done it differently,” would be a generalization, and does little to explain the how and why of the matter, it remains for me an interesting and exciting mental exercise to wonder, “How might a woman (or any individual with historically less political sway than the average white, male, upper-class politician), approach this issue?”
(I don’t mean to diss white, male, upper-class folks here, only to consider the potential benefit of heteroglossia within our political system.)
So, would a female governor handle the current water situation differently? Depends on the individual woman, right? Myself, I think that we could definitely benefit from framing this issue differently. We know we have one watershed, and we have to learn how to share it between three states. Let’s start there: SHARE. How can the governors of each of these states hold their citizenry more accountable for their own personal water use? Educate us on the fact that our individual water usage doesn’t just impact our water bill, but a community of people spread across three states? Do we really need to be pitted against our friends and family across state lines in claiming that our water needs are truly higher, more dire?
-Olivia
Filed under: art events , female leadership, Linda Armstrong, linguistic construct theory, Still Water, The Dalton Gallery, Water Wars
November 16, 2009 • 5:02 pm 0
Nine students and two faculty members enjoyed a trip to Spelman College Museum of Art’s exhibition: UNDERCOVER, Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities. Thanks to Anne Collins Smith, Curator of Collections for an engaging gallery talk.
http://www.spelman.edu/museum/index.shtml
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November 5, 2009 • 3:38 pm 1
A still from the video “Mater Matrix Mother & Medium,” a collaborative film based on the artwork by Mandy Greer—which is in the trees at ASC, near E. College & S. McDonough and tucked in near Presser Hall and Buttrick.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
7:00pm in the Dalton Gallery
If you are interested in art as advocacy, water issues and sustainability this is a happening for you!
“Talking Water” is a casual discussion with students, artists and environmentalists around the “STILL WATER” exhibition–anyone can take part in the conversation.
In conjunction with the “Still Water” exhibition, the Dalton Gallery presents “Talking Water,” an evening of discussion about artmaking and advocacy. Local artists from the exhibition along with students and environmentalists Shana Udvardy of the Georgia Conservancy & Jim Abbot of the Ogeechee Riverkeeper will be in attendance.
Exhibited artists include:
Linda Armstrong (GA), Linda Gass (CA), Mandy Greer (WA), Steve Jarvis (GA), Kathryn Kolb (GA), Michael Murrell (GA), William J. Nixon (GA), Aviva Rahmani (NY & ME), Jeff Rich (GA), Lauren Rosenthal (PA), Steven Sachs & Rebecca Des Marais (GA), Katherine Taylor (GA), Patricia Tinajero (TN via Ecuador), Stan Woodard (GA), Tom Zarrelli (GA)
Shana Udvardy is the Georgia Conservancy’s Water Program Manger and has been involved in state and regional initiatives to protect Georgia’s water quality and quantity.
Jim Abbot is chairman of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, a nonprofit advocacy organization that he co-founded. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper belongs to the international Waterkeeper Alliance and is a lead organization within the 165-member Georgia Water Coalition. Abbot is an adjunct professor of classics at Agnes Scott, where he has also been a director of foundation and corporate relations and assistant dean of the College.


This event is co-organized by the Dalton Gallery & the Office of Sustainability.
"Ecological Art is an art practice, often in collaboration with scientists, city planners, architects and others, that results in direct intervention in environmental degradation. Often, the artist is the lead agent in that practice." —Aviva Rahmani
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November 4, 2009 • 4:40 pm 2
Crochet River
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October 26, 2009 • 8:11 pm 0
Opening installation for "Pink Seductions" by Luca Rodriguez
Having become something of a regular opening attendee at Gallery Stokes in Castleberry Hill, I had the good luck of seeing the new “Pink Seductions” show by SCAD graduate student Lucha Rodriguez, as part of the Gallery’s Emerging Artist Series. The show, which runs through this Saturday, explores the body as an “intimate private space” and includes some incredibly intricate, truly lovely work.
The following week, Craig Donkoski will open “Durations,” which will run through December 11. Look for a post on that post-Halloween!
Gallery Stokes is located in the Castleberry Hill Arts District, 261 Walker St. SW Atlanta, Ga. 30313. The Gallery is open by appointment as well as during Castleberry Hill 2nd Friday Art Strolls, 7-10 PM.
More from "Pink Seductions" by Lucha Rodriguez
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