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11/30/-0001

Join Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art for an afternoon of fun, free activities for the family!
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Suwanee SculpTour
Today - 3/31/2012

This inaugural exhibit features 15 works of sculpture on a 1.3-mile pedestrian-friendly loop in and around Suwanee Town Center.
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Free Art Treasure Hunt
Today - 3/12/2012

You've heard about it on WABE, so just follow the instructions to find your free art created by students of the Georgia Perimeter College Department of Fine Arts.
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Bloom! An Invitational Exhibition
Today - 5/12/2012

Take talented artists, give them a theme of flower subjects, and amazing things happen. This regional exhibit features works by 17 artists who work in all styles and mediums from throughout the United States.
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ArtWorks! Gwinnett
Today - 6/30/2012

ArtWorks! Gwinnett connects you to more than 100 arts organizations just minutes from Atlanta in Gwinnett County, including organizations producing theater, dance, music, literary events, visual art exhibitions, film screenings, comedy, festivals and more. Both free and ticketed activities are available for adults, groups, and children, including major productions and exhibitions, classes, and ...
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Writers
Today - 11/11/2012

This exhibition features photographer Nancy Crampton’s images of authors, poets, novelists, journalists and other writers. A small selection of materials from the Manuscript Archives and Rare Book Library — chosen by guest curators from the Emory community — complements each photo. The materials illuminate the connections the writers have with each other and the special collec...
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Like a Purple Haze Across the Land: The Art of Benny Andrews
Today - 11/2/2012

Gallery Talk: Wednesday, April 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibition features 20 original drawings by Benny Andrews dating from 1959 to 2005 that are on loan from The Andrews Humphrey Family Foundation. The exhibition consists of line drawings, many of which Andrews created while he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Also on view are some of Andrews’ sketchboo...
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Spring into Yarn
Today - 4/28/2012

Discover the work of urban knitters in Norcross as they "yarn bomb" the city by covering bicycle racks, lamp posts, fences, utility poles and even trees with their colorful creations coordinated by ArtWorks! Gwinnett.
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Greetings From Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective
Today - 3/16/2013

Postcards have always been a way to send friends and family a souvenir snapshot of one’s travels and surroundings. Once a primary form of communication, postcards are now sometimes the only remaining images of some buildings, monuments and places from a particular moment in time. This exhibit draws from the Atlanta History Center’s collection of more than 3,000 postcards to provide ...
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Hook-In
4/14/2012

Discover the tradition of rug hooking at ArtWorks! Gwinnett's fun family-friendly event featuring hands-on activities, vendors, demonstrations and more.
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Jewish Pop Art
Today - 10/1/2012

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by Yitzchok Moully. He is quickly gaining recognition for his use of vibrant colors and traditional Jewish symbolism. This event takes place at:
Marcus Hillel Center at Emory University
735 Gatewood Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30322
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Flower Power Family Day
4/21/2012

Bring the entire family for a day of free admission, guided hands-on art activities, and a fun scavenger hunt through the exhibits.
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Independent Visions: Sculpture in the Garden
Today - 10/31/2012

Nine internationally renowned artists transformed this urban oasis with 19 monumental sculptural works, some of which are the largest sculptures ever shown at the Garden.
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Barefoot Gala
5/4/2012

This gala returns after a two-year hiatus with special performances by Dance Truck, a dance company with a unique mobile performance venue, and Pulp Fashion II, an incredible fashion show featuring beautiful fashion designs made out of paper.
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Barefoot in the Park Fine Arts Market
Today - 5/6/2012

Enjoy fine visual artwork by artists from across the Southeast and beyond, a continuous schedule of musicians and dancers, and family activites at the eighth year of this festival.
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Kessenich Contemporary Pop Up Gallery
Today - 9/1/2012

Reception: Wednesday, July 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. This pop up gallery features artwork by Kim Anderson, John Folsom, Angus Galloway, Jennifer J. L. Jones, Julie Jones Boulee, Christopher Parrott and Jay Wiggins. This event takes place at:
Marquis Tower Two
285 Peachtree Center Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30303 
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Homes and Heroes of the Civil War
Today - 9/9/2012

This exhibit features 27 photographs of local Civil War homes by photographer Jim Divitale, along with Civil War photographs on loan from collector David Wynn Vaughan. The exhibit combines Vaughan's fabulous collection of original Civil War Confederate images of Georgia soldiers and Georgia Military Institute cadets with DiVitale's black and white photography of Marietta's antebellum homes...
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Botanicals Mirabilis
Today - 8/31/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 17 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This two-person exhibition features classic floral images in two distinct styles. Acclaimed Amsterdam photographer Margriet Smulders' works recall the rich, dense burgundy, eggplant, umber and verdigris tones of the Dutch Golden Age painters in lush bouquets and cinematic formats. New Yorker Bryan Whitney’s alternative techni...
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Concepts
Today - 8/31/2012

Additional time: Saturday, August 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. This exhibit includes works that feature unique styles and techniques by artists who have developed their own approaches to seeing the world. The exhibit includes both abstract and representational works by Stacey Brown, Kimmy Cantrell, Jeffrey Waller, Marcella Muhammad, Alfred Conteh and Aaron F. Henderson.
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Drawn: From Athens
Today - 8/25/2012

From the miniature and obsessive to the boldly impressionistic, these works highlight the creativity of drawing with a variety of mediums. 
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Summer Sk8
Today - 8/25/2012

Reception: Saturday, June 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features skateboard designs by Didi Dunphy. The boards vary in style from razor to fishtail and vary in materials from upholstery and embroidery to ceramic and marble. Dunphy is interested in the intersection of art and design, and she makes objects that explore the nature of cooperative play.
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Pulp Fashion: The Art of the Paper Dress
Today - 8/25/2012

Rethink fashion at this exhibit that transforms discarded books and magazines into full-sized, wearable paper fashions and creations.
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Altered Books Exhibit
Today - 8/25/2012

Reception: Saturday, June 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features winning pieces and other selected works from Gwinnett County Public Library's annual altered books competition. The guidelines for the competition are that entries may be concocted using any creative technique on an old book that is ready for recycling, but library books are not to be used for the contest. The compe...
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Putting Lipstick on a Sculpture
Today - 8/24/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, June 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Kelly O'Brien. “Defining beauty is problematic — so is defining sculpture,” O'Brien says. These works are investigations of the fragile boundaries that separate beautiful from grotesque. O'Brien says, "My curiosity lies in opposites that share similar qualities. Cheap becomes classy, blan...
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The Paper Dolls
Today - 8/31/2012

Reception: Thursday, July 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by a group of emerging women artists who show love, life, and what it means to be a girl in the South through colorful designs. Artists showcasing works in the exhibit include Helen Ferguson Crawford, Robin Fay, Casey Olsen, Rebecca Salcedo, Teri Levine, Adriana Antequera and Diana Bidulescu.
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Savior of Mothers: The Forgotten Ballet of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
Today - 9/5/2012

Travel to an imaginary 19th century ballet created by artist Joanna Ebenstein that chronicles the true story of brilliant Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) and his scientific breakthroughs.
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Seat
Today - 9/22/2012

This installation by Brian Bush and Yong Ju Lee is a garden pavilion composed of 300 simple wooden chairs arrayed and stacked in a 3-dimensional sine wave surface rising above the ground. From afar the installation looks like a foreign object in the landscape, inviting curious contemplation of its strangeness in context. Closer yet, the work reveals its unique geometric texture created by the c...
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Candy Coated
Today - 9/21/2012

Artist and SCAD Atlanta professor Ann-Marie Manker creates a fantasy world for the female figure in these works, employing pastel hues, stuffed animals and lacy ornamentation that belie their darker implications.
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Drew Galloway: Shadow and Light
Today - 8/18/2012

Closing Reception: Saturday, August 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Drew Galloway. Painting on asymmetrically applied sheets of patinated metal, Galloway's innovative technique perfectly achieves his mission of conveying the intricate beauty and optical complexities of nature. The uneven panels of metal echo the reflection of the water, the tangled textures of iri...
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Designed by Nature
Today - 9/8/2012

This exhibit features photographs by nine artists whose works underscore nature’s quest for equilibrium. The exhibit includes works by Al Weber, Robert Weingarten, Wynn Bullock, Bob Kolbrener, Peter Essick, Tom Murphy, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Philip Hyde and sculptor David Hayes.
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What We Wore: Mid-Century Women’s Fashions
Today - 9/30/2012

Travel back to height of rock 'n' roll, pop art, the Golden Era of film and fashion at this exhibit featuring women's clothes and accessories from the 1950s.
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Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges
Today - 12/9/2012

Two minority groups with a history of prosecution came together in search of freedom and opportunities and shared the early years of struggle in the Civil Rights movement. 
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Vivian Schuyler Key: Artist of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
Today - 8/26/2012

Reception: Sunday, July 15 from 2 to 5 p.m. This exhibit features works by Vivian Schuyler Key, a Harlem Renaissance artist who was the first African-American fine arts graduate of the famed Pratt Institute. Key was a sculptor and painter who had established herself during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and she was a mentor to many New York-based artists. However, Key's place in a...
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Flight from Ashes: Atlanta Artists
Today - 8/11/2012

Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 27 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit is an alternative art show amidst the columns, windows and architectural elements of the historic downtown Macy's building, which is now a co-working space. Atlanta, with its diverse population and international airport, has emerged as a hub for art and culture in the South. This unique art exhibition features artis...
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Durations
Today - 9/30/2012

Artist Performance: Wednesday, September 19 at 7 p.m. This exhibit features a mix of new works and previously seen pieces by Craig Dongoski. The exhibit is a visual exploration of the relationship between sound and line, departing from Dongoski's technologically based works to present a compelling representation of drawing's inherent substrates. The works in the exhibit represent a retu...
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National Black Arts Festival
Today - 7/15/2012

The National Black Arts Festival allows visitors chances to celebrate and explore the arts through music, dance, visual arts, humanities and children’s programming. The festival consists of conversations and panels, theatre performances, the NBAF Gala, an art competition, a book fair, concerts, a marketplace and art exhibitions all througho...
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The Gray Room
Today - 8/31/2012

Artist Reception and Performance: Friday, July 13 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. This exhibition features works by Los Angeles based artist Todd Gray. He is known as Michael Jackson’s personal photographer from 1979 to 1984 and for his portfolio of intimate Jackson shots from that period. For this exhibition, Gray creates a multi-media installatio...
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David Cannon: Menage
Today - 9/7/2012

Receptions: 
Thursday, August 2 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features enticing and intriguing works by David Cannon.
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I See the Rhythm of Gospel: The Art of Michele Wood
Today - 9/14/2012

Artist Michele Wood explores the history of African-American Gospel music in these visually compelling images taken from the award-winning illustrated children's book I See the Rhythm of Gospel.
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Summer Show
Today - 8/31/2012

This exhibit features a selection of works by gallery artists, including some pieces by Caio Fonseca and Donald Sultan.
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NBAF International Marketplace
Today - 7/15/2012

Artists and artisans from all over the world including Senegal, Ghana, Haiti and India gather in Atlanta's beloved park to sell their wares at this special marketplace.
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SCADDY Awards Exhibition
Today - 8/17/2012

This exhibit features works by the top SCAD student finalists in 26 advertising-related categories, including brand identity, posters, advertising campaigns, animation, photography and illustration. Each year a panel of respected industry professionals reviews the student submissions and votes for the award winners. SCADDY Award-winning works are entered into the ADDY Awards, the advertising ...
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Deliverance
Today - 9/16/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, July 13 from 7 to 10 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, July 14 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Artist Talk: Thursday, September 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibition presents works by four artists who use performance strategies to create provocative meditations on identity, sexuality, race and contemporary society. Like many of the figures from the history o...
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Fair Game
Today - 8/26/2012

Closed August 5 through August 21. Opening Reception: Friday, July 13 from 7 p.m. to midnight Closing Reception: Sunday, August 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. For this exhibit, Shanequa Gay turns her amazing visual eye toward the subject of the plight facing African-American males. Quality of life indicators suggest that African-American males are in trouble. The artist consid...
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Return to the Valley of the Dolls
Today - 8/26/2012

Closed August 5 through August 21. Opening Reception: Friday, July 13 from 7 p.m. to midnight Closing Reception: Sunday, August 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. The new works in this solo exhibition by Sankofa Selassie seek to serve as a reminder that all people have the capacity to be creative in any and all areas of their lives. Through the works Selassie asserts her opinion that p...
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Child Proof
Today - 8/12/2012

Nick Madden and Leigh Davis Smith are not shy to claim their art students as their greatest influences; Madden's paintings mirror the assignments he gives his students, and Smith's drawings often tell the stories that play out in the classroom.
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Objects as Artists' Books
Today - 9/13/2012

This exhibit features artists' books that push the medium and challenge the notion of the book. SCAD Atlanta's artists' book collection contains such unlikely items as an eraser, a pack of cigarettes and a shoe. The exhibit is on view in the ACA Library.
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Summer Salon
Today - 8/18/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. This group show features works on paper by Andy Moon Wilson, Dawn Black, Gyun Hur, Harrison Keys, Jill Storthz and Rick Froberg.
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Industrial Scars
Today - 12/11/2012

Photographer J. Henry Fair shows the effects of industrialization and pollution on the earth in this stunning series of photographs. Fair's exhibition is meant to challenge the way viewers think about the way they live.
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European and American Impressionism
Today - 9/30/2012

After a two-year tour of the Southeast, this collection of European and American Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and work return to their home at the High Museum of Art.
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Fifty Fifty
Today - 9/8/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14 from 7 to 11 p.m. This show is a collaborative exhibition involving 24 artists who work in pairs to create 13 finished pieces. The artists either work side by side, feeding off each others' moves or complete half of the piece and pass it along. The objective of the show is to mesh styles, creating new works that would not typically be created indepe...
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Summer Salon
Today - 8/18/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. This group exhibit features a selection of works by Alejandro Aguilera, Michael Scoggins, Craig Drennen, Jiha Moon and Rachel Hayes, and Stuart Hawkins.
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Palmer and Barber Exhibit
Today - 8/31/2012

This exhibit features abstract works by artists Jennifer Palmer and Lamar Barber.
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Room In My Head: Staging Psychological Spaces
Today - 10/5/2012

Reception: Thursday, October 4 from 6 to 7 p.m. This group exhibition features works by contemporary photographers whose constructed or manipulated interiors present varied states of mind. These artists charge their environments with a heightened sense of drama and suspense, emphasizing particular vantage points, lighting, imaginative architecture, and symbolic and often unsettling re...
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Barefoot in the Park Student Art Competition Award Winners
Today - 8/25/2012

Bring the students in your life to see these award-winning works from this summer festival and find inspiration for their own art this school year.
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smART Program Art Exhibit
Today - 8/25/2012

This exhibit features sculptural works by students in the smART Program at Hudgens Center for the Arts. The smART Program is a community arts initiative that strives to make a measurable, positive difference in the lives of Gwinnett County high school students through an intensive program of art education during the school year. This scholarship program is provided to selected students at no ch...
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Membership Exhibit
Today - 8/13/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by members of the South Cobb Arts Alliance.
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Purge
Today - 9/8/2012

Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Rocio Rodriguez that focus on an activity that has been her lifelong engagement — painting. This series of drawings discard color in favor of a very limited and muted palette. She brought order and stability to her canvases purposefully calming down the frenetic activity of her previo...
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Volare
Today - 8/25/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, July 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by the late Italian painter Alfredo Bovio di Giovanni. His works are conceptual but they look filtered through the maturation of Symbolism and Abstractionism. Di Giovanni's art is expressed with a strong taste for color that imbues his paintings, both large and small, with a constant creative vitality.
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Art of Transition
Today - 8/20/2012

Corey Barksdale experiments with traditional acrylic painting and aerosol art to create refined paintings fresh with elements of raw urban street art.
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Four Artists
Today - 8/24/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, July 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit includes works by Clem Bedwell, Maxey Andress, Cathy Hegman and Steve Hickok. Bedwell introduces a new series of still life paintings that incorporate black and white drawn images on one panel and contrasting color driven images on the other. Andress uses a variety of media to create his abstract works on wood panel. Hi...
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Summer Lights
Today - 8/26/2012

In this collection of clay works, artists set out to capture the essence of summer. The display is a study in clean, soft lines. The works showcase nature's palette of whites, green pastels and an occasional splash of water blue. The exhibit includes a selection of functional dinnerware, vases and decorative objects.
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Grits, Greens and Griots
Today - 8/19/2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, July 22 at 3 p.m. This photographic exhibition captures the oral history of elders ages 90 and older who were born and currently reside in the South. The exhibit is a collaborative effort between two extraordinary storytellers: author and educator Julie Rainbow and photographer Connie Cross. The exhibit is funded by a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council....
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The Fall of Spring Hill
Today - 9/8/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Holly Andres that showcase her examination of personal narratives and feminine subjectivity. Through a suite of 13 photographs, Andres illustrates an incident from a summer church camp in which a child injures himself by falling from a dilapidated wooden play structure. She then shows the mothers&r...
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Lost Crown
Today - 8/29/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 26 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This exhibit features more than 20 original works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. In the works Basquiat expresses his feelings about how young people deal with the love/hate relationship that comes with stardom. The title of the show comes from a quote Basquiat uses in one of his pieces, "most young kings get their heads cut...
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Vik Muniz: On Loan
Today - 9/8/2012

Vik Muniz recreates famous images using unconventional materials like chocolate syrup, diamonds, magazines and garbage in this exhibit.
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Pop!
Today - 9/7/2012

Try to hide a smile as you view these meticulously designed, layered cut paper pieces exploding with vibrant color and depth that are designed to make viewers do just that — smile.
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Autumn Higgins Exhibit
Today - 8/26/2012

This solo show features works by Autumn Higgins. Her cups, plates, bowls and other tableware necessities combine fun and function for a completely original collection of handmade ceramics. Using fine porcelain and intricate sgraffito techniques, Higgins presents a cast of characters that would make Tom Waits lurch for his pen and paper. Down and out, a little sad, a little funny, a little boozy...
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Ashley Anderson: Shinobi Marilyn
Today - 9/1/2012

An online discovery of Marilyn Monroe imagery in a 1987 classic Sega game inspired Ashley Anderson's latest works of art. Listen to Myke Johns' interview with artist Ashley Anderson that aired on WABE 90.1FM's "City Café."
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Martha Whittington: deus ex machina
Today - 10/6/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, July 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Thursday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m.  Recalling the moment when machines became gods and workers became machines, Martha Whittington has made and positioned the works in this exhibit to create a precisely constructed environment of obscurely comprehensible machines and devices. Through a series of Martha Whittington: deus ex machina create a precisely constructed environment of obscurely comprehensible machines and devices. In a series of performances, dancers perform as workers and react within the installation, performing tasks for reasons and results tha...
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African Americans for the Arts: Collective Exhibit
Today - 9/23/2012

This exhibit highlights original art by members of African Americans for the Arts, a local non-profit art advocacy group. In the works artists celebrate the rich artistic legacy of African Americans.
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UGA Alumni Art Showcase
Today - 10/31/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, August 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. This fourth annual exhibit showcases works by alumni of the University of Georgia. The show is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association's metro Atlanta Chapter, the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art and McDonough Arts. This event takes place at:
Winsor Gallery
34 Macon St.
McDonough, GA 30253
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The Colors of Summer
Today - 8/25/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, August 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. This group exhibit features brightly colored paintings, prints and glass art by eight different artists from around the country. The exhibit features works by H. Gay Allen, Gwen Gunter, Namita Kapoor, Colin O’Reilly, Joe Baskerville, Pedro Gonzalez, Kay Vinson and Ava Werner.
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Patty Bilbro Exhibit
Today - 9/2/2012

What do curious llamas, startled owls, happy monkeys and grumpy little girls have in common? They are all wonderous creatures in Patty Bilbro's line of handmade stoneware pottery featured in this exhibit. Masterfully thrown and glazed with traditional shino glazes, Bilbro's studio pottery stands out with characters that come to life through brushstrokes and whimsical expressions. Illustrated "...
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Scoutabout
Today - 9/2/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features abstracted landscape and botanical paintings by Allyson Cummings. The name of the show was inspired by a scavenger hunt that led Cummings and her two sons on a journey around a Florida island wildlife preserve. The search for adventure, natural treasures and hidden discoveries are common themes in Cummings' pa...
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Marilyn Feingold: One-Woman Show
Today - 8/31/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. This one-woman exhibit features works by noted pastel artist Marilyn Feingold. The show includes an array of dramatic landscapes, serene and bucolic snapshots of nature, still lifes, and unique abstract and figure works. This event takes place at:
The Gallery at Vista Grove
2840 LaVista Road
Decatur, GA 30033...
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As in a Mirror, Dimly: Scenes From a Film I Will Never Finish
Today - 8/31/2012

This exhibit features a set of all new drawings by Atlanta artist Jason Butcher. His new works focus on imagery related to what Butcher describes as "a film I will never finish." Each drawing gives a voyeur's perspective from someone working on a surreal dream-like set, with each scene laid out and lit exactly as the artist would do in order to shoot the film. The drawings depict a series of ...
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Art in Retrospect: Works by Bronislaw Marion Bak
Today - 9/1/2012

Gallery Talk: Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. This exhibit features signature works from the ES Paper Collection by painter, graphic artist, designer and sculptor Bronislaw Marion Bak. As an artist, his explorations took many paths, testing ideas and applying design theories in both the realm of abstract and figurative art. Bak was a thinking man's artist who left a considerable legacy...
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Symphony of Color
Today - 9/27/2012

Closing Reception: Saturday, September 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. This group exhibit features works by Jorge Arcos (Mexico), Stanley Bermudez (Venezuela), Aixa Caldera (Venezuela), Pedro Fuertes (Peru), Carlos Solis (Venezuela), Dora Loez (Peru), Alexi Mendoza (Cuba) and Rigo Peralta (Dominican Republic).
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Same River Twice
Today - 8/31/2012

This exhibit features paintings, drawings and mixed media works by Brandon Crawford, Teresa Bramlette Reeves and Lisa Tuttle. The artists examine the past in this exhibit, creating contemporary works based on the stories, photos and ideas of the times that are slipping from their memories. The art lets the viewers examine these glimpses of long lost days and bring to the present their own golde...
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In a Different Light: Infrared Photography
Today - 8/31/2012

This exhibit features infrared photographs of landscapes in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the United States by David Batley.
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Baring the Soul: A Figurative Exploration
Today - 9/30/2012

Artists reveal — with or without intention — their deepest and often subconscious feelings about themselves in this exhibit.
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Now I Lay Me...
Today - 9/1/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, September 1 at 4 p.m. This exhibit features drawings and installations by Charlie Brower. The children's prayer "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" inspired the body of work and influenced the creation of several wash pencil and acrylic paint drawings in black, white and various shades of grey. The principal feature of the exhibit is an installation piece that include...
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Pressing Matters III
Today - 9/29/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. The works in this exhibit demonstrate a wide range of dynamic print techniques — from basic woodcuts to the more technically challenging forms such as ultraviolet screenprints and wintergreen transfers. This is a judged exhibition that features works by members of the Atlanta Printmakers Studio.
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Death is the Destination
Today - 9/21/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. The works in this exhibit explore one of the greatest mysteries of human existence — death. The 30 artists featured in the exhibition provide meditations on several questions: Why are people here? What is the nature of existence? Why do people do the things they do? What is the meaning of life? The exhibition is part of the...
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Emerging Artist Show
Today - 8/22/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, August 10 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by more than 30 up-and-coming artists, including Amy Duke, Anne Olmstead, Barbara Stanfill, Carolyn Landers, Denis Byrd, Gary Golby, Janet Suarez, Jeannie Paty, Kathy Cousart, Kay Hunt, Susan Westmoreland, Taylor Dubeau, Tommye Easterlin and others.
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Spaces
Today - 10/21/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, August 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibition features abstract landscape paintings by four Atlanta artists: Loretta Paraguassu, Helen Ferguson Crawford, Eva Magill-Oliver and Martha Stiles. Paraguassu experiments with oils, watercolors and inks to create paintings that explore the human experience and the beauty of the world. Crawford uses the medium of painting...
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Aura: The Ensemble Series
Today - 9/1/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, August 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. The works in this exhibit showcase the intersection of fashion, photography, art and technology. In the exhibit artist Amy Rader explores the synergy of bringing together multidisciplinary talents in a collaboration using photographs by Alex Martinez and fashion designs by Bill Hallman.
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Knight and Meliopolis Exhibit
Today - 9/6/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 11 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features sculptures by Julia Trawick Knight and paintings by Kathy Meliopolis.
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Atlanta Printmakers Studio: Selections from the Emerging Artist Residency
Today - 10/27/2012

Explore the archives of the Atlanta Printmaker Studio's Emerging Artist Residency program, and see works by the next generation of printmaking artists.
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Ninja Puppet Shenanaganza
Today - 8/30/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 11 at 8 p.m. This puppet based exhibit showcases works by Michael Haverty, David Stephens, Ron Binion, Beau Brown and Raymond Carr. With more than 60 years of combined experience, these puppeteers have worked on projects such as "Sesame Street," "Nick Jr.'s Lazytown," "Crank Yankers," "Walking With Dinosaurs," Free!]]>
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Jump Up: A Teen Night
8/25/2012


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Gwinnett Technical College Portfolio Show
Today - 10/27/2012

This exhibit features a presentation of portfolios by the 23 graduating seniors of Gwinnett Technical College's Commercial Photography program. The works include portraiture, still lifes, photojournalism, landscapes, fine art and architectural photography. The show also features a series of cinemagraphs created by the students. Cinemagraphs can best be described as moving still images in w...
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The Unguarded Moment
Today - 9/28/2012

Reception: Thursday, September 20 from 7 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features a selection of photographs by photojournalist Steve McCurry. McCurry is well known for his compelling portraits and landscapes from all over the globe and particularly for his work in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. His photograph "Afghan Girl," which originally appeared on the cover of National Geographic<...
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Artist’s Corral
Today - 9/1/2012

Reception: Friday, August 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. This juried show features local artists who hang their work in an area of the gallery of their choosing. This show exposes fresh new faces in the Marietta art scene and gives the public a chance to decide which artist gets to participate in a month-long gallery show at a later date.
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Katharina Grosse Exhibit
Today - 5/19/2013

Katharina Grosse's works challenge the conventional notions of a painting's limits, creating unique works in nontraditional shapes.
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Passages
Today - 10/12/2012

This exhibition features photography, collages and sculptures by resident artists Bob Burkhardt, Peggy Dana, Rob Simmons and Jack Simonetta.
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Paper Moon
Today - 10/1/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit focuses on works that, in one way or another, serve as imperfect substitutes for real things. The show examines how the substitutes are intended to function, the nature of their appeal, and what roles authenticity and the ability to make believe play in the proffered illusion. This group exhibition features contemporar...
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Paper Moon
Today - 12/6/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit focuses on works that, in one way or another, serve as imperfect substitutes for real things. The show examines how the substitutes are intended to function, the nature of their appeal, and what roles authenticity and the ability to make believe play in the proffered illusion. This group exhibition features contemporar...
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Bazaar Noir
8/31/2012

Feel the ambiance of a warm summer's night by browsing and shopping through an array of artisan goods satisfying your festival-shopping needs. Eat amazingly delicious food and take in the music with a backdrop of lights, stars, fireflies and lanterns. The event also features live music and is kid-friendly.
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Marietta Art in the Park
Today - 9/3/2012

This art festival has been a part of the Marietta Square's history for the last 26 years. This year continues the tradition of celebrating fine arts from all over the country, as well as those from local artists in Marietta. The fine art extravaganza features an artist market, children's art alley and the famous Painted Pots. Art displayed will include paintings, photography, pottery, grap...
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Chalk It Up!
9/1/2012

Artists of all ages will transform sidewalk squares into unique and dynamic art works during the 26th annual "Marietta Art in the Park" festival. The squares will be along Anderson Street, which is adjacent to Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art and one block off the Marietta Square.
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French Feature
Today - 9/28/2012

In honor of the recent opening of Besharat Gallery's space in Barbizon, this exhibit features works by three of the gallery's favorite French artists: Antoni Taulé, Jean-Francois Larrieu and Jean Arcelin.
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Potluck
Today - 10/24/2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 2 from 3 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by members of Sunday Southern Art Revival, including George Long, John Tindel, Michi, Jesse Cregar and Mario Schambon. A potluck is a meal constructed of dishes brought from a collection of homes, together forming a communion of thoughts, histories and flavors, which mimics the Sunday Southern Art R...
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Burden of Proof: National Identity and the Legacy of War
Today - 12/9/2012

Experience the juxtaposition of the American and Vietnamese experiences of the Vietnam War and its aftermath at this exhibit.
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South Africa
Today - 9/28/2012

This exhibit features black and white photographs of South African people, animals and landscapes taken over a 10-year period by Bill Boley. Boley is a nature photographer living in Decatur who has lived and travelled extensively in South Africa since 2002. This event is part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography FestivalFree!]]>
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On the Road Again
Today - 11/2/2012

Reception: Sunday, September 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. Closing Reception: Friday, November 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibition features works by Ruth Gogel taken as she travels with her camera capturing the shapes, colors and patterns of verdant mountains, sandy seashores and urban environments. Her images reflect the natural beauty in the universe — beauty that frequently escape...
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French Inspirations
Today - 9/28/2012

This exhibit features works by Monika Meunier that present collectors with idealized versions of the beautiful region that surrounds Meunier's studio. Towering amid cypress and olive trees are the local sights that constantly inspire her. She brings landscapes to life with scenes — the sun is always shining and the flowers are always in bloom. Meunier uses only oil paints and carefully ap...
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Landscapes and Wildlife
Today - 9/30/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features oil paintings by Don Maier and Betty McGlamery. Both present a selection of works that focus on wildlife with slightly different approaches. Maier's many expeditions out West are reflected in his choices of animals, while McGlamery's love for her South Georgia rural roots are the themes of her landscape and...
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Martin Parr Exhibit
Today - 10/15/2012

Artist Reception: Friday, September 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by Martin Parr. Following this summer’s exhibit at the High Museum of Art, Parr showcases unseen Atlanta images and a concise career survey in black and white and chromogenic color. Parr’s chromatically charged images — s...
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Figurines
Today - 10/15/2012

Reception: Friday, September 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Atlanta designer John Oetgen debuts his photographic portfolio in this exhibit. His pictures of colorful and whimsical objects in unique contexts recall both POP art and the surrealists, particularly Duchamp and Magritte. Like these artists, Oetgen takes found pieces from the environment and marries them to exotic places and unusual co...
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Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists
Today - 12/1/2012

Explore the innovative ways that these seven black women artists fuse fine art and craft with materials such as hair, beads, tissue paper, volcanic stone, rubber tires and plastic.
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Southern Women - Southern Photography
Today - 10/27/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. With their various approaches, the three Southern women photographers featured in this exhibit — Corinne Adams, Lucinda Bunnen and Judy Lampert — leave viewers with impressions of strength, courage and endurance though their works. The photographs draw viewers inward into a complex world of symbolism, meditation, inti...
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Pin-Ups Show
Today - 9/28/2012

Reception: Thursday, September 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. For this show the public was invited to submit pieces of art in any style for exhibition in the gallery. Come see what creative items have been pinned up on the walls!
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Stories
Today - 11/1/2012

Closing Reception: Friday, November 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit focuses on amazing works by six narrative artists. Whether historical or created from the minds of the artists, this exhibit takes viewers on a journey through ideas and thoughts. The show includes both abstract and representational works by Charly Palmer, April Harrison, George Nock, Georgette Baker, Alfred Conteh and...
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Domiciled
Today - 10/13/2012

Artist Talk: Thursday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m. This exhibit showcases works by Meg Aubrey in which suburbia's inhabitants are pared down and scrutinized to reveal a disquieting psychological isolation. Aubrey's middle-aged, upper-class women inhabit perfectly planned domestic realms, secure with all the trappings of the American dream: picket fences; manicured lawns; polished tree-lined...
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Outside: In
Today - 9/29/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by street artist Stephanie Rond. Her works blur the line between outdoor and indoor spaces and seek to challenge the traditional gender roles associated with each. Street art is an outdoor art form; it is also dominated by males. For this exhibit Rond creates faux brick walls from paper and paints i...
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Equus
Today - 10/6/2012

Melissa Mason and Dave Wertz take inspiration from the bold forms and mystical nature of horses to create lyrical paintings and three-dimensional constructions.
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Fifth Annual Creativity and Arts Soiree
9/7/2012

Celebrate the 2012-2013 arts season at Emory University with this annual kick-off party! Enjoy free performances, explore the Schwartz Center, and be the first to find out what great events the season has in store. The Center for Creativity & Arts Awards will be presented in a ceremony at the end of the evening.
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A Visitation of Spirits
Today - 9/30/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 7 from 7 p.m. to midnight This exhibit features new works by Terence E. Jackson.
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1961
Today - 10/13/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 7 at 7 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, September 15 at 1 p.m. This series by conceptual photographer Nikita Gale showcases diptychs and collages of appropriated photographs and texts created, in a way, as an archaeological study. As a contemporary black artist based in the southern United States, Gale makes her initial foray through these works i...
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Elements: A Pictorial Dialogue
Today - 10/6/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Jacqueline Heer along with works on paper by the artists who are a part of Michael David's Fine Arts Workshop known as FAWS. Classified by the artist herself as "holographic super graffiti,” Heer digitally creates abstract finger paintings, which are then printed on Plexiglas and canvas. Heer st...
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Robot Dreams
Today - 10/4/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features robot-themed sculptures by Heiða Halldórsdóttir and Michael Klapthor and paintings by Travis Smith, as well as a special creation by artist Nathan Nardi.
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The Lotus Eaters
Today - 9/30/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features paintings of melancholy and ennui by Margaret Mroczek and Steven Dixey. Dixey is known for his apocalyptic themes and highly detailed painting style. Mroczek is a painter who depicts classical yet slightly morbid themes in her works.
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Benched Ritual
Today - 9/30/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit showcases a compelling mix of mystery and quest in the midst of a concrete reality. In the exhibit Atlanta artist Travis Dodd combines found materials with photography as evidence of his journeys into the internal. In this series of works he explores abandoned or neglected spaces and excavates by boring into walls ...
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Horse Bucks
9/8/2012

During this event visitors can see the gallery's miniature horses and bid on wonderful silent auction items, including artwork, jewelry and specialty items donated by local artists. This event is a benefit for the SaveTheHorses.org Barn Buddy Program for Georgia's foster children.
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The Southern Crescent: Views From the Southside of Atlanta
Today - 11/4/2012

Reception: Saturday, October 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. The southern side of Atlanta is a very diverse section of the city and beyond. Not only is this area home to one of the world’s busiest airports, it is home to many farms and suburban neighborhoods. For this exhibit photographer Greg Newington judged entries that capture the essence of the southside. Also on display is "Barbie Beach...
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Little Victories
Today - 9/29/2012

Come check out this exhibit featuring some interesting multimedia installations accompanying prints, photographs, drawings and paintings. To exhibit a dissection and reconstruction of fabricated environments, artists Chris Chambers, Jason Kofke and Matt Whitehead augment the gallery space via deconstruction, artifact, commodity alteration, photo, video, drawings and writings.
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Rob Simmons: Southern State
Today - 12/23/2012

Photographer Rob Simmons III is intrigued by more that traditional photography — he enjoys pushing the boundaries beyond the expected.
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Collections in Clay: The Works of Eight Georgia Artists and Their Collections
Today - 12/22/2012

Reception: Saturday, September 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. Artist Talk: Thursday, October 4 from 6 to 7 p.m. This diverse exhibit showcases works by eight Georgia clay artists who are also collectors. Some started collecting before they started working with clay, and some were potters/sculptors who over time acquired their collections. Each of the artists will have two of their own wo...
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The Hudgens' Juried Members Exhibit
Today - 12/22/2012

Reception: Saturday, September 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. This exhibit celebrates members of the Hudgens Center for the Arts by featuring their one-of-a-kind works to show off their talents. The exhibit is a way for the gallery to support the arts in the community. Noted art critic Jerry Cullum will select the works to be included in the exhibit as well as choosing first place and three honora...
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Jerry La Point Exhibit
Today - 9/29/2012

This exhibit features works by Jerry La Point, who uses a relaxed and contemplative approach to create conceptual works with a hint of abstraction.
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#FAFATL
Today - 10/7/2012

Just two years ago, Free Art Friday Atlanta began as a way to encourage creativity and get people walking their neighborhoods. Today Free Art Friday has grown into a large, supportive community of people from all walks of life who create pieces of art to be hidden throughout the city for others to find — always on the first Friday of the month. This movement has fostered a creative and en...
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Todd Selby: Edible Selby
Today - 11/17/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. In this exhibit blogger extraordinaire Todd Selby transforms the gallery space into a cornucopia of international food artisans with their delectible creations drawn passionately from his highly acclaimed The New York Times T Magazine column. In the exhibit Selby utilizes his signature style to photograph and inter...
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Matthew Pillsbury: City Stages
Today - 11/17/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Matthew Pillsbury's latest series of works uses long exposures of New York City landmarks represented in large scale black and white photographs to convert a contemporary space into an elaborate backdrop of the seductive city. Pillsbury uses the exposures spanning an hour or more to document the way people use the public spaces ...
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Live/Work
Today - 10/9/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. Closing Reception: Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. This exhibition showcases works by Rusty Wallace, Cody Vanderkaay, Denton Crawford, Kelley Johnson, Michael Oliveri, Anthony Wislar, Emily Farranto, Dale Inglett, Daniel Finch and Chase Westfall.
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Artist Talk with Aaron Henderson
9/13/2012

Narrative and visual artist Aaron Henderson exhibits his works and discusses his influences and creative process at this special event. The exhibit includes works from his "Afrolantica," "Jazz and Blues" and most recently completed "Negro Spiritual Series." This event takes place at:
Emory University's Center for Ethics
1531 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322 
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Linda Dragonette: American Landscapes
Today - 9/27/2012

This exhibit features works by Linda Dragonette, an award-winning artist who is passionate about color and atmosphere. Misty, cloudy days, the lights of city streets on rainy nights, and the brilliant colors of fall are all things that inspire her. She is multi-talented in her use of oil, pastel and palette knife.
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Georgia Natural
Today - 11/9/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features Diane Kirkland's collection of photographs of natural landscapes in the South. The exhibit also showcases her more recent portfolio of images, which includes the layering of textures and drawings on top of the photographs. This event is part of the Buy Now]]>
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Dressing A Canvas... Expressed in Color and Graphics
Today - 10/6/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features art and fashion by artist and celebrity stylist Melissa Laskin. The show includes abstract paintings on unstretched, raw canvases; abstract tee's from Laskin's T-shirt line; and red carpet-worthy sequined dresses. All the pieces of apparel are genuine pieces of art inspired by her own paintings.
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Spray
Today - 10/20/2012

Atlanta-based artist HENSE adapts to the demands of outdoor expression with these arresting works, pushing the indoor category with the largest work measuring 12 feet wide and 8 feet tall.
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AntiBellum
Today - 9/28/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit by Whitney White presents a series of sculptural works that use iconic drug paraphernalia made from Southern heirlooms as a metaphor for consumption. The works deal with American notions of luxury while identifying money as an emotional anesthetic of choice. Accompanied by artist-designed textiles, silkscreen prints...
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Autumnal
Today - 11/2/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. This five artist group exhibition features works by Carl A. Linstrum, Wallace DuVall, Dale Clifford, Tom Francis and Greg Noblin. The organic, subtle and nature-inspired artwork in the exhibit ushers in the autumn season.
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Another Nice One
Today - 10/20/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 20 at 2 p.m. This exhibit by Greely Myatt consists of four mixed material sculptures — one in the stairwell leading to the rooftop deck where the other three sculptures are installed. One piece actually realizes the title phrase of the exhibit using reclaimed and repurposed signage. Other pieces forgo the use of letters but use signs in a different m...
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Festival on Ponce
Today - 9/16/2012

Join local artists and crafters in the beautiful parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue at this festival for the entire family.
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Jaline Pol Exhibit
Today - 10/10/2012

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, September 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, September 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features new works by popular French impressionist painter Jaline Pol. Born in Northern France, Pol's works are influenced by the places she has lived and visited, including her native France, Cameroon, New Caledonia, the Middle East and Bora Bora. She has developed a...
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Atlanta Arts Festival
Today - 9/16/2012

This professionally juried fine arts event features 200 exceptional local and national artists, live entertainment, hands-on art activities and tasty food bites. From painters and photographers to sculptors and glass blowers, the artists in this festival represent a wide variety of trades and backgrounds. Don't miss the Art of Cooking and Lil' Artist Alley areas, where the enti...
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East Atlanta Strut
9/15/2012

This 15th annual one-day extravaganza features five stages of live local music, a comedy stage, artists market, the famous Strut Parade, free kids village, carnival stalls, community booths, food and beverages, and much more! Leave the car at home, and come enjoy a day of fun for the entire family. This event takes place at:
East Atlanta Village
Glenwood Avenue ...
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Relics of Marriage
Today - 11/10/2012

This mulit-media installation by Elyse Defoor continues her exploration of the many forms — hidden and exposed — of the feminine body and spirit.
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Dreams Still Deferred: Contemporary Lynchings in Post-Racial America Art Exhibit
Today - 10/29/2012

This exhibit features works by renowned Atlanta artist Janine Monroe. The exhibit is a provocative examination of historical racial violence and its contemporary manifestations in the current American socio-political landscape.
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Fiber Art Fusion: Artifacts
Today - 9/27/2012

This exhibit features works by members of Fiber Art Fusion. Each artist has defined the term "artifact" within their own personal context and within the context of their pieces. Each piece contains, but is not limited to, fiber.
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Arthur Grace Exhibit
Today - 10/17/2012

This exhibit features silver gelatin photographs by Arthur Grace, who began his career as a documentary journalist in the 1970s.
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Relative Connections: New Work by Stephen Marc
Today - 12/8/2012

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, September 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Stephen Marc, a contemporary American griot who uses photography to construct thematic mélanges of metaphor and memory. Marc is a digital montage artist whose work provides a visual interpretation of American history with an emphasis on the black experience. His ima...
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Michele Mikesell: Upon the Wheel
Today - 10/27/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features works by Michele Mikesell, whose new works are an homage to Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle (1906) about Lithuanian immigrant life in the Chicago meat packing industry. Comparing current society with that of the turn of the 20th century, Mikesell focuses on the similar relevant issues such a...
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Gabriel Benzur: The Geometric Landscape
Today - 10/27/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features works by internationally acclaimed architectural and interior commercial photographer Gabriel Benzur. A native Atlantan, Benzur has been a photographer for nearly 50 years. He began as a teenager and served as a photojournalist for four years in the Navy. Benzur is also was a master wood turner. His wood tur...
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Arvid: Reflecting the Good Life
Today - 12/15/2012

Closing Reception: Saturday, December 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. This exhibit presents viewers with unique opportunities to study Thomas Arvid's development as an artist through his works, beginning with his early works and "red period" and continuing through his focus on the accoutrements of wine and the rituals surrounding its enjoyment. The exhibit brings together nearly 50 of Arvid's works...
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Atlanta Printmakers Studio's 2nd Annual Silent Auction
9/21/2012

This fundraising event features a silent auction with the Print Big! steamroller banners plus a variety of prints and works on paper by emerging and established artists. Services, printmaking experiences and other great items from businesses in the community round out the selection of auction items. Proceeds will support Atlanta Printmakers Studio's in-studio classes, workshops, visiting artist...
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A Web of Artists – Friends of a Social Network
Today - 10/20/2012

Additional Time: Friday, October 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features 10 remarkable painters occupying different creative and geographical spaces. Reflecting the importance of social networking today, the exhibition presents works by a diverse group of painters from various regions of North America that Thomas Deans brought together through the Internet. The exhibition comprises b...
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Group Exhibit
Today - 11/3/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features photography by Deanne Andrus, Bailey Davidson, Liesa Cole, Tony Rodeo, Robin Davis and Thomas Dodd. The exhibit also features works in other media by Suzy Shultz, Joe Remillard, Morris Mitchell, Purvis Young and Thornton Dial. This event is part of the Monday, 9/24:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 9/25:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 ad...
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Convergence: Sistagraphy and ZONE III Remember Denise Kight Gray
Today - 10/26/2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, October 7 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by members of Sistagraphy, a collective of African-American women photographers, and Zone III. This event is part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival.
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Images From Around Georgia
Today - 12/5/2012

Opening Reception: Sunday, October 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features wildlife, landscape and macro images by members of the Georgia Nature Photographer's Association. The images represent a sample of the best works by the more than 300 members of the GNPA. The organization is dedicated to helping nature photographers of all skill levels improve their photography, learn, grow,...
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Rawiya Collective: She Who Tells a Story
Today - 11/16/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Rawiya Collective was founded by five female photojournalists from across the Middle East. The members' diverse perspectives are informed by their working locations in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Palestine, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon and Iran. The group presents insiders' views of a region in flux, balancing its contradictions wh...
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Mix It Up
Today - 12/7/2012

For this group exhibit, students and instructors at the Spruill Center for the Arts were encouraged to smash, break, combine, attach and mix things up to create new works. The exhibit includes multicolored works, mixed media works and pieces created by combining metals.
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Groundstory
Today - 11/17/2012

Artist Talks: Saturday, November 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This exhibit showcases a gathering of visual artists and writers whose works have firm roots in the Southeastern United States. The works are narrative tales that piece together locations, histories and experiences through nuances and direct narratives. Some pieces shovel stories into grains of photographs, while others lay word...
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Eliot Dudik: Road Ends in Water
Today - 11/16/2012

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, October 4 from 4 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Eliot Dudik, a fine art photographer who is currently exploring Southern cultures and landscapes in a large format documentary style. His first monograph, "Road Ends in Water," was published in 2010. This series has enjoyed much recognition through exhibitions across the country, as we...
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Open Studios: Meet and Three
9/28/2012

This event spotlights the 14 amazing artists in the Studio Artist Program. Meet the artists and enjoy three other enticements: food, drinks and music by Bernadette Seacrest. What goes on behind the doors of artists' studios is a private mix of ambition, contemplation, mastery of materials, and the courting of various muses. But on this night, the artists welcome the public in to see their spa...
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Eye to the World
Today - 11/2/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Artist Talk: Sunday, October 28 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. This exhibit features images of the world captured by photographers on the Fulton County Public Art Artists Registry, including Terrell Clark, Carlton Mackey, Greg Newington, Judith Pishnery, John David Raper and Marcia Vaitsman. This event is part of the ...
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Jane Jackson Selects
Today - 11/10/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, September 28 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. This dynamic show features photography in a variety styles, subjects and techniques. The works have been submitted to be judged by Jane Jackson, founder of Jackson Fine Art. Two artists featured in the show may also be chosen to have their works added to the permanent...
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My Atlanta Exhibit
Today - 10/27/2012

Closed Saturday, October 20 This exhibit is an opportunity for photographers of all ages and with all levels of experience to exhibit their works and to compete for prizes. Photographers are invited to hang their best photos on Saturday, September 29. The general public, including elementary, middle and high school students as well as residents from senior centers, are encouraged to par...
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Fall Festival at Riverview Landing
9/29/2012

Enjoy an array of fall-themed entertainment that's fun for all ages at the event. The festival features live music, hay rides and obstacles, more than 40 arts and crafts vendors, a football tailgating station, the only corn maze inside the Atlanta city limits, and more. Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) will be a part of the...
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Silver to Silicon
Today - 11/10/2012

Artist Talks:
Saturday, October 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, November 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This group exhibit features works by a range of artists who span traditional 20th to 21st century imagery, underscoring the acceleration in breadth and degree of change in the photographic arts. This event is part of the Schedule of events:
6 p.m. Musical arts, dance and theatre performances
7:45 p.m. Visual arts exhibition This event takes place at:
Chris...
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Believe It
Today - 12/28/2012

Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, October 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features a selection of works by artist Hank Willis Thomas from his 2010 "Fair Warning" series. In these works Thomas highlights the visual dynamics of cigarette ads aimed at African-American audiences — specifically African-American women — who historically have been disproportionately targeted by...
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Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival
Today - 10/31/2012

This annual, citywide photography festival transforms Atlanta with almost 200 photography-related events and exhibitions that engage and inspire photo enthusiasts around the city and throughout the surrounding communities. The festival's diverse offerings bring together professional and amateur photographers, general art enthusiasts, gallery owners, critics and collectors. Monday, 10/1:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 10/2:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 ad...
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exposABLE ENVIRONMENTS
Today - 10/31/2012

This exhibit features the urban landscape as imagined and real through Brian Schutz’s glimpses of idealized grid structures and Kristin Thorsen’s raw gothic urban landscapes. The works grow from each other while exposing opportunities to consider accepting fate or the power of imagining and creating reality. This event takes place at:
Modern Now Gallery
659 Auburn ...
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Red
Today - 12/15/2012

Red is a color that tells many stories. Power, energy, danger, love, happiness and excitement all come to life when red is involved. When an artist partners red with the elements and principles of art, including line, shape, space, form, texture, movement, rhythm, unity, balance, emphasis, size and contrast, a work of art is created with feeling and excitement. This exhibition combines contempo...
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HISPANOAMERICANOS, Traveling Souls
Today - 10/31/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by 43 artists of the Hispanic-American Visual Artists Project, which includes members from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Cuba. The exhibit is an exchange of information and demonstrates cultural networking through art.
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Working Artist Project: 2010/2011 Studio Assistants
Today - 10/27/2012

As part of the Working Artist Project, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia helps with the selection of and pays for studio assistants, usually younger artists, to work alongside the more established artist winners. They assist the winning artists and in turn receive valuable mentoring. The following 2010-2011 studio assistants are being honored with an exhibition at MOCA GA: Stephen Calsbeek ...
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3 Feet Above Sea Level: A Pinhole Exploration of the French Quarter
Today - 10/27/2012

Artist's Talk: Friday, October 12 at 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by Terrell Clark that convey an unconventional perspective of the French Quarter in New Orleans. Through the works Clark challenges the idea of a perfect picture by portraying battered atmospheres with smears of light from skewed perspectives that still appear picturesque. This event is part of the&nbs...
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International Vendors Market
Today - 10/7/2012

This market features unique art, crafts, jewelry, CDs, books, clothing, trinkets, hats, shoes, souvenirs and more. This event is part of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. This event takes place at:
Loews Atlanta Hotel
1065 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Affrilachia in Words and Images
Today - 10/31/2012

The works in this exhibit acknowledge the presence and cultural contributions of African Americans in the southern Appalachian region. The exhibition features an art installation by Marie T. Cochran and showcases photographs and historical research by students at North Georgia College & State University and North Georgia Technical College.
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Modern Masters of Contrast, Composition and Form
Today - 10/31/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features new sculptures, works on paper and paintings by Dennis Campay, drawings by Andre Petterson and new works by Elena Zolotnitksy.
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Art on the Atlanta BeltLine
Today - 11/4/2012

Atlanta's largest temporary public art exhibition celebrates its third season within the historic railroad corridor. New and returning, and established and emerging artists showcase nine miles of dynamic installations and performances on trails in southwest, east and southeast Atlanta. In addition to performances and temporary art works in key locations, The Atlanta BeltLine is also home t...
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Views of the Unknown
Today - 10/26/2012

The Senior Interior Design studio at The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, through the works presented in this exhibition, is exploring the topic of death and its representation. This exhibit is part of the Welch Symposium on Death. The exhibit can be seen through windows from outside the buildings along Upper Pryor and Alabama streets.
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Latitude 34
Today - 11/24/2012

Artist Talk: Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. Austrian-Moroccan photographer Malika Sqalli illuminates the cultural life of cities with a shared characteristic — their position on the 34th latitude — in the works in this exhibit. During a stay in Los Angeles while she was contemplating her next project, Sqalli was surprised to find that Los Angeles falls on the same latitu...
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Re-Placing Atlanta
Today - 11/9/2012

Take a closer look at what is woven into a contemporary landscape at this exhibit highlighting Atlanta's neighborhoods, landscapes and architecture.
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Dreaming Identities
Today - 12/1/2012

This exhibition curated by Deborah Willis includes works that explore topics such as memory, family, culture and history. The works also reflect the personal and social experiences of each of the featured artists and explore dream sequences and the notion of lineage. The exhibit includes 40 works by photographers Delphine Fawundu, Linda Foard Roberts, Susan Kae Grant, Nashormeh Lindo, Lynn Mars...
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Art for Owen
10/5/2012

This evening of art and entertainment is in honor of the Atlanta area’s Boy of the Year for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Owen’s friends and family have formed “Team Owen” to raise funds for the society's Light The Night Walk, which occurs Saturday, October 13. The gallery is proud to have the support of artists, performers, local businesses and restaurants to help ...
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NBAF International Marketplace
Today - 10/7/2012

Artists and artisans from all over the world will sell their wares at this special marketplace. They will be showcasing paintings, sculpture, fabrics, clothing, jewelry and much more. This event takes place at:
Cumberland Mall
1000 Cumberland Mall
Atlanta, GA 30339
 
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Celebrating Fernbank Museum
Today - 1/21/2013

Closed Christmas Day. The works in this exhibit commemorate and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fernbank Museum. The exhibit features 45 original photos by members of the Decatur Digital Photography Meetup that highlight the beauty and wonder of the museum’s incredible exhibitions, special features, Fernbank Forest and more. Visitors can experience artistic and modern views of ...
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Kukan Series
Today - 10/26/2012

Mixed-media artist Michelle Scott takes inspiration from photographs passed down by her filmmaker grandfather, depicting his harrowing travels to war-torn China in the 1930s and '40s.
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The Airport Show
Today - 11/14/2012

Selected from a nationwide call for entries, "The Airport Show" consists of seven single artist exhibitions in the central atrium of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A second show of the work and auction will be held in the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery in January 2013. This event is part of the Atlanta Celeb...
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Kindred Spirits
Today - 10/20/2012

Reception: Saturday, October 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Southern artist Marilyn Sparks as she explores the area's abundant beauty and its disappearing icons. In her paintings Sparks depicts still lifes and iconic barn paintings. A portion of the proceeds from the reception will benefit The Nature Conservancy.
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FLUX NIGHT 2012
10/6/2012

FLUX returns to the Castleberry Hill Arts District with a diverse array of projects that include multimedia, sound and light installations, projections, dance, performance, music and other audience interactions. This annual event is an exciting glimpse into the range of temporary public art projects that are possible in the city, including a performance from dance group gloATL, sound inst...
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Norcross Art Fest
Today - 10/7/2012

Fun and funky artists from across the country gather at this whimsical festival for a day of art, music and hands-on activities.
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The 15 Year Anniversary Retrospective
Today - 10/28/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. The owners of Young Blood Gallery and Boutique invited all artists who completed a major show with the gallery in the past 15 years to participate in this retrospective and celebratory anniversary show. The exhibit includes pieces by Abby Glassenberg, Cole Gerst, Daisy Winfrey, El Camino, Steven Dixey, Ruth Marks, Jason Kelly, Jen...
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Rough Draft
Today - 10/27/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features a collection of new paintings by Atlanta artist R.Land that is based on images taken out of the pages of his sketch books and doodle pads from the last 20 years. This solo exhibition, his first Atlanta gallery show in 20 years, presents a new direction for the artist. Instead of finishing these raw sketches or...
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Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia's Fifth Annual Fine Art Exhibit
Today - 10/31/2012

The Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia's fifth annual exhibit is an exciting showcase of nearly 70 works of art by artists from all over the Atlanta area. The works are also judged for prizes.
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Scottdale Mills Exhibit
Today - 3/29/2013

Scottdale Mills, founded by George Washington Scott, opened in 1901 and was a vital part of the manufacturing landscape of DeKalb County until its closure in 1982. The mill provided employment for the surrounding community, as well as a store and a cemetery. The items in this exhibit include tools and signage from the shop floor, historical photographs, original documents and samples of the pro...
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Portraying the South
Today - 11/16/2012

Artist Talk: Wednesday, November 7 at 6 p.m. This solo exhibition showcases photographs by French photographer Pierre Gonnord. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner, Gonnord conducted a three-month residency in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Through the faces and landscapes encountered, "Portraying the South" captures a gli...
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Apache Cafe - October 8th through 14th
Today - 10/14/2012

Monday, 10/8:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 10/9:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
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PBA 30
Today - 6/30/2013

Each week, PBA 30 brings arts and culture television programming into the homes of hundreds of thousands of viewers in the Atlanta metropolitan area. PBA 30 offers fine arts and cultural programs from PBS, BBC, American Public Television, Executive Program Services and NETA, as well as local PBA 30 productions that are not available via commercial television stations. PBA 30 makes a special eff...
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Juvenile-in-Justice: Photographs by Richard Ross
Today - 11/1/2012

This exhibit features works by Richard Ross, who spent five years interviewing and photographing juveniles in the justice system. The resulting photographs reveal the realities and hardships of daily life for incarcerated minors. The exhibit is presented in conjunction with the Center for Sustainable Journalism and the KSU student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Choose Me: Arthur Grace’s Portraits of a Presidential Race
Today - 1/6/2013

Arthur Grace is an award-winning photojournalist and documentary photographer who has covered stories for some of the most reputable news sources. This installation highlights selections from a project Grace undertook for Newsweek magazine, which culminated in his book Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race, featuring the candidates of the 1988 campaign, including George ...
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A3C Hip-Hop Festival 2012
Today - 10/13/2012

The A3C Festival is a two day, three night event held annually in Atlanta featuring live performances from some of hip-hop’s elite artists. The live performance schedule is enhanced by day and nightly events showcasing some of the most exciting break-dance, graphic art, fashion, film, equipment demonstrations and panels relating to hip hop culture.

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NBAF International Marketplace
Today - 10/14/2012

Artists and artisans from all over the world will sell their wares at this special marketplace. They will be showcasing paintings, sculpture, fabrics, clothing, jewelry and much more. This event takes place at:
Perimeter Mall
4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30346
 
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Atlanta: Hip-Hop and the South
10/12/2012

This one-night exhibit features photographs by Michael Schmelling. From 2007 to 2009, Schmelling made several extended trips to Atlanta to document the city’s renowned hip-hop scene. Schmelling uses this fertile center of popular culture as the backdrop. From off-the-map teen clubs to bedroom studios to Northside mansions, Schmelling traversed the eclectic world of Atlanta hip-hop do...
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Fifty Shades
Today - 10/26/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. This group exhibit features new works by all of the gallery's artists. Each artist presents his or her own interpretation of the theme “Fifty Shades” with a wide variety of views represented.
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Clay Pride
Today - 11/18/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 12 from 5 to 9 p.m. MudFire Gallery and ceramicist Kathy King have joined forces to create a very special exhibition to coincide with the 42nd Atlanta Pride Festival. Participating artists were asked to create works for the show in support for the LGBT community. The results are humorous, heartfelt, insightfu...
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The Neruda Project
Today - 11/3/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. Once called "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language," the Chilean poet (and later political activist) Pablo Neruda penned "Twenty Poems of Love and a Song Of Despair," among other works. In this exhibit David Swann illustrates some of the personal tragedies as well as celebratory moments found in Neruda's poems.
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Morris, Means and Brenner Exhibit
Today - 11/6/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Kathleen Morris, Taylor Means and Barbara Brenner. Utilizing the disciplines of painting, drawing or collage — often a combination of all three — Means’ imagery evokes self-contained emotional experiences layered within his cryptic narratives. Through heated, pigmented wax, Brenner&rs...
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Insecurities Collection
Today - 10/26/2012

This M.F.A. thesis exhibition is presented by SCAD photography student, documentary photojournalist, mixed media and installation artist Rori-TAI Williams. The works in this exhibition reflect insecurities, both physical and psychological, that everyone has experienced at one point in time. Williams is fascinated by the way one's perception of good vs. bad can be shaped by ideas conveyed throug...
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A Thin Space
Today - 10/23/2012

"A Thin Space" was created from what Ben Rollins describes as a process of discovery in both his body of work and spiritual life. This exhibit is a response to searching for the connection between the physical world and the one unseen. It also highlights the empty pursuit of trying to control both. The duality of Rollins' themes are further propelled by the coupling of old and new within his cr...
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Culture Shock: Inspired Pop-Ups
10/13/2012

The High Museum of Art asked Atlanta dancers, actors, singers and designers what inspired them in their current exhibit, "Fast Forward: Modern Moments 1913 >> 2013." See what they came up with at this event filled with performances, art and more. Visit the exhibit then pause for inspiration with special guests from t...
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ACP Portfolio Walk and Reception
10/13/2012

Visitors are invited to come view works by the 51 photographers selected from all over the United States to participate in the ACP portfolio reviews. During the event the public can also meet the distinguished panel of reviewers. This is a great opportunity to see what is happening right now on the international photography scene. Get inspired, buy some great art directly from the artists, or ...
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Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival
10/13/2012

The 15th annual "Oakhurst Arts & Music Festival" kicks off with a 5K Arts Run/Walk and continues with local artists displaying and selling their work, live musical performances, community vendors, children's activities, a parade and more at the center of the Oakhurst community. This event takes place at:
Harmony Park
East Lake Dr. and Oakview Rd.
Decatur, GA 30030
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Clear Distinctions... Characteristics of the Moment
Today - 12/30/2012

Photography takes on a new range and diversity with the works of Ilia Varcev, Thomas Hager, Channing Longo and others at this exhibit.
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Patterns in the Void
Today - 2/9/2013

This exhibit showcases Sam Parker’s new body of work, which is an exploration of mark making and patterns that occur internally and manifest physically. Utilizing pen and ink, Parker’s collection showcases patterns in comparison to his journey through life.
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Portraits
Today - 12/28/2012

Two modern photography masters boldly capture 20th century social transformations through the faces of everyday people in Mali and Germany in this exhibit.
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In/Between: Time in the Desert
Today - 11/30/2012

Artist Talk: Friday, October 19 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibition by Eric Baden presents a series of photographic landscapes from the Peruvian desert. The works explore connections that link the appearance of the physical landscape with the cultural practices of mark-making and marking time. This event is part of the At...
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Believe in Me: Dancing from the Inside Out
Today - 5/31/2013

Reception and Performance: Wednesday, March 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. Through life-sized photography panels, photographer JD Scott celebrates Moving in the Spirit's 25th anniversary with "Believe in Me: Dancing form the Inside Out" and depicts the strength, dignity and dreams of Moving in the Spirit students and alumni in this exhibit. The exhibit includes an interactive element that is acces...
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HIGHlights Tours
Today - 1/13/2013

Get to know the High Museum of Art on this interactive guided tour through the galleries.
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GSU Arts Fair
10/17/2012

The Arts Fair provides students and community members a sneak peek into the arts at Georgia State University, including representatives from the Rialto Center for the Arts, School of Music, Welch School of Art & Design, CENCIA, Five Points magazine and the Creative Writing program, as well as the Art Student Union and other student arts organizations. Activities include live jazz music, vis...
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Modern Nature
Today - 12/1/2012

Artist Reception: Wednesday, October 17 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, October 27 at 11 a.m.  This exhibit features works by photographer Ruth Dusseault, who has been shooting manmade interventions in the landscape since the early 1990s and has produced several series exploring urban and suburban environments. The series "Modern Nature" focuses on tourist attra...
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Infrastructures
Today - 12/1/2012

This exhibit features works by Bryan Whitney, who has been exploring the formative internal structures of man-made products, flora and fauna, and architecture since the 1990s. The formal portraits of "Infrastructures" are reminiscent of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s black and white industrial topologies. They investigate the anatomy of telecommunication towers and their relationship to the lan...
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A Hero’s Welcome: The Appling Sword Returns to Georgia
Today - 4/15/2013

Discover the story of the Appling sword and its unusual return to Georgia at the Georgia Capitol Museum.  Listen to John Lemley's feature on the Appling sword that recently aired on WABE 90.1FM's "City Café."
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Arts and Ales
10/18/2012

Find pottery, wood working, jewelry and more crafted by local and regional artists at this annual fall market. Start your holiday shopping early, and meet local artisans Ali & Bird, Robert Andersen, Just Add Honey, Angela Kang and others. This events takes place in conjunction with "Fest-of-Ale."
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Letting Go
Today - 11/24/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, November 10 at 4 p.m. In the works in this exhibit, Suellen Parker investigates how an individual can find his or her own voice despite the ideals and gender roles foisted on that person by society. Parker's characters look within themselves to find out who they are, letting go of cultural standards and expectations. Instead of limiting themselves to prescribed ge...
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Life in the Abstract
Today - 11/2/2012

This group exhibit features abstract works by Susanne Carmack, Maureen Chatfield, Charlotte Foust, John McCaw, Christel Minotti, Betty Anglin Smith and Adele Sypesteyn with a guest appearance by Sally King Benedict.
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Shared Southern Stories: A Selection of Artists from Oxford American’s 2012 Visual Arts Issue
Today - 11/24/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, October 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. Oxford American, a regional literary magazine highlighting the Southeast, acted as an impetus for this show when it came out with a fantastic group of visual artists for its 2012 Visual Arts Issue. The exhibit features nine talented painters and photographers from the list who were born and raised in the South. By drawing ...
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Glenn and Bowdish Exhibit
Today - 11/17/2012

Opening Reception and Benefit: Friday, October 19 from 6 to 10 p.m. This exhibition features paintings by Jean Glenn and Chuck Bowdish. Bowdish’s emotionally powerful oil paintings explore the human condition, relationships and the inner landscape. In contrast, Glenn’s polychrome abstract paintings are reminiscent of densely populated urban or cellular environments. The exhi...
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Brian Dettmer: Elemental
Today - 1/5/2013

Brian Dettmer questions the past, present and future of books by reconstructing them in new ways, from compressing paperbacks into solid wooden forms to creating pixilated patterns from encyclopedia sets. Listen to Myke Johns' feature on Brian Dettmer that aired on WABE 90.1FM's "City Café."
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Elevate
Today - 10/27/2012

World-class graffiti artists, performers and muralists enhance downtown Atlanta's cultural experience with temporary and permanent art works in this contemporary art series. Listen to Susan Mittleman's story on "Elevate" that recently aired on WABE 90.1FM.
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Dawn Dishaw Exhibit
Today - 11/18/2012

This exhibit features recent works by Dawn Dishaw, a talented potter who illustrates her works with richly colored patterns inspired by traditional Islamic and Persian art and architecture.
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Guy Mendes: 40/40
Today - 12/1/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 20 at 1 p.m. Opening Reception: Saturday, October 20 at 7 p.m. This exhibit traces Guy Mendes' career through portraits and texts, guiding viewers through moments in the lives of 40 people who have crossed paths with the artist along his own meandering course. From the streets of New Orleans to the hills of Kentucky, Mendes has spent the past 40 ye...
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Arts and Music Fall Festival
Today - 10/21/2012

Hear live jazz, blues and acoustic music performances on three different stages, and stroll the juried artists market area featuring 100 booths displaying painting, sculpture, photography, needlecraft, jewelry and other crafts at this festival.
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NINE: Frames of Reference
Today - 11/30/2012

This exhibition showcases nine talented local and national photographers spanning diverse fields, specialties and subject matters. Styles range from more traditional representational imagery to unusual contemporary techniques. Featured photographers include Michael Bryant, Bob Burkhardt, Alex Darling, Robin Davis, Don Harris, Jodi Hersch, David Andrew Hollander, Joey Potter and Rob Simmons.Get More Info]]>
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AutumnFEST
Today - 10/21/2012

This fall festival brings together more than 75 artists from across the Southeast, kids activities, live music and more!
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Phantasm
Today - 12/1/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, December 1 at 12 p.m. This exhibit features works by photographer Tommy Nease, a young soul who uses his obsession with imagery to unearth deep secrets within his subconscious. Nease's works lie in a no man's land between the spiritual polars of light and dark, and he attempts to live his waking life with the same respect. Nease spends his days primitively traveli...
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Michael Flohr Exhibit
Today - 11/30/2012

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, October 20 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, October 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features original oil paintings by Michael Flohr. Known for his colorful urban scenes, Flohr has created a body of work exclusively for this show featuring one of the world's most extraordinary cities and titled "Paris — The City of Lights."
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Open X-Change
10/21/2012

Artist Talk: Sunday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m. The Arts Exchange’s artists-in-residence open their studio doors to the public for this annual open house. More than 20 artists working in a wide variety of disciplines will be on hand to talk with the community about their current work. The event includes performances, tours and a volunteer recognition event. Refreshments, including a...
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Back to the Future
Today - 11/10/2012

The artwork in this exhibition blurs the line between lived and observed experience in late 20th century America. S. Patricia Patterson's large-scale watercolor paintings investigate how people construct memories over time. She draws from an archive of collected family photographs, combining images of her own relatives with those of strangers. With these archival materials as her starting point...
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Elise Engler: List Drawings
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. In this exhibit New York City-based artist Elise Engler presents her painstaking, humorous and moving drawings that extensively chronicle a wide range of experiences. From the intimate contents of a woman's handbag to everything in an Invertebrate Lab in the Galapagos, Engler renders hundreds of images in detailed drawings, along ...
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Terri Friedman Exhibit
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. In this exhibit San Francisco-based artist Terri Friedman presents her fluid landscape paintings. To create the works, Friedman pours vibrant, transparent colors onto frosted Plexiglas sheets. The sheets rest three inches away from the wall on shelves. The transparent colored projection on the wall behind each piece has a filmic q...
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Collective Genius
Today - 11/16/2012

This exhibit features original paintings by Debra Nadelhoffer, Junko Rothwell and Daly Smith. All the paintings are oils on canvases.
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Recent Paintings
Today - 12/7/2012

Reception: Thursday, November 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Kelley Johnson.
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The Sutra Project
Today - 10/27/2012

Gathering Wild Dance explores the thread and weave between dance, live music and visual art in this unique performance.
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Michelle Armas Solo Show
Today - 11/15/2012

Preview Reception: Friday, October 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features new works by abstract painter Michelle Armas.
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What Once Was
Today - 12/1/2012

Artist Talk: Saturday, November 17 at 2 p.m. This exhibit features recent works by Marshall Davis, Mario Petrirena and Lisa Tuttle, who all have different approaches to photography. Davis photographs found objects. Petrirena uses old, found photographs of meaningful events, such as weddings and christenings, then collages them. Tuttle uses old, found photographs and her current pho...
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Bily Brown Exhibit
Today - 11/18/2012

This exhibit features new works by Asheville potter Bily Brown. Relatively new to Asheville's River Arts District scene, Brown's works boast strong lines, calm forms, and the unique touches of wood and atmospheric firings. His pots are well-thrown with a straightforward beauty.
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Maria Andrade Troya Exhibit
Today - 11/18/2012

This exhibit features works by long-time MudFire Clayworks artist Maria Andrade Troya, who is a consummate craftsperson with extensive range. The works include a large grouping of new pots, including many with her newish line drawings alongside her more familiar and favorite patterns.
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Susan Cofer: Draw Near
Today - 2/10/2013

This exhibit presents the first career survey of drawings by Atlanta-based artist Susan Cofer. For more than three decades, Cofer has been recognized in the Southeast for her painstakingly delicate abstract drawings. The exhibit features nearly 100 drawings dating from 1975 to the present day. Cofer works with colored pencils in a labor-intensive process, slowly “carving” away the ...
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Art on the Atlanta BeltLine: Adair Park
10/27/2012

Bring chairs and blankets to enjoy this evening at the historic railroad corridor in the Adair Park neighborhood.

Schedule of Performances:
5:20 p.m. "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" follows Priscilla Smith in a multi-media performance that imagines the future of the Atlanta Beltline.Free!]]>
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Fabulous '80s Grand Re-Opening Event
10/27/2012

Deck out in your best '80s attire and join in a celebration of Decatur Market & Gallery's grand re-opening of its newly renovated space. The event is also a celebration of the gallery's fourth anniversary. Meet the artists and enjoy food, drinks, music and lots of great art.
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The Goat Farm Halloween Party
10/27/2012

This Halloween event is back from the dead, and more blood-curdling than ever. Enjoy an evening filled with debauchery, spectacles and spooky surprises at every corner. Consider yourself warned — this will be a night that will haunt your memories. The event features live performances from Bernadette Seacrest and Noot d' Noot, a one-night-only performance piece by Saïah, science exper...
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Small Works Exhibition
Today - 11/30/2012

Artist Reception: Sunday, November 11 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. This exhibit features small, original paintings and drawings by members of the Atlanta Fine Arts League that make great, affordable gifts.  This event takes place at:
Limelight Gallery at Binders
3330 Piedmont Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30305 
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Multiple Personalities
Today - 1/31/2013

This exhibit features works by members of the Atlanta Critique Group and is curated by Jerry Cullum. The Atlanta Critique Group is a diverse group of working artists comprised of painters, photographers, sculptors and printmakers who meet quarterly for a critique and lively discussion session. Participating artists include Patrick DeAngelis, Jeanne Flint, Mike Jensen, Corlia Potgieter Kock, Kat...
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You Decide: A Teen Exhibition
Today - 11/15/2012

This exhibit features works inspired by the current presidential campaign and the exhibition "Choose Me: Arthur Grace’s Portraits of a Presidential Race" on view at the High. Selected works will be on display in the High’s Greene Family Education Center Gallery.
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Colors of the Beloved Community: The Art of Social Justice and Change
Today - 1/28/2013

In collaboration with Our Gallery and the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "Colors of the Beloved Community: The Art of Social Justice and Change." This exhibit celebrates creative expression as a powerful tool to examine the human condition and affect deep and lasting social change. All the artwork in this exhibit is the creation of artists fr...
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Masterful Traditions
Today - 11/28/2012

The masterful touch and technique of the infamous Dutch masters continues in art by Cornelis le Mair, whose works are celebrated and displayed in this exhibit. Le Mair works in the best of three traditions – the Renaissance, the Romantic and the Modern. His paintings are inspired by the artistic elements of composition, working light and shadow, and body positions seen in works by the Old...
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Lifespan
Today - 11/17/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. In this exhibit students from the textiles studio at The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University examine both the ephemeral quality of fabric and the ability of fabric to mark a moment in time. The connection of fabric to memory is explored using both heat-shaped 3-D surface designs as well as digitall...
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WithInviSion
Today - 11/17/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Jeremy Adams that range from detailed to abstract and from digital imaging to sculpture. The exhibit includes the “Suspension of Flow” sculpture series that unveils the works Adams has been working to perfect using melted CDs to capture the beauty of water in motion through sculpture. The...
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Dia de los Muertos
11/1/2012

This celebration features live Mexican dance and music, food, craft activities, mask painting and a visual art exhibit from Contrapunto, Latino visual artists living and working in metro Atlanta. This event is part of the "First Thursdays Downtown Arts Walk."
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Sometimes the Devil Bites Back
Today - 11/15/2012

This series of works by Michael Donovan explores the radical fringes of Christianity in an Appalachian community of West Virginia. The photographs were shot on a Sunday morning in September of 2011 and document Pastor Mack Wolford preaching to his Pentecostal congregation. Eight months after these images were captured, during a church service on May 28, 2012, Wolford was bitten by his yellow t...
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Steve McCurry Permanent Collection
Today - 7/13/2013

Steve McCurry's photographs of the Soviet war in Afghanistan were some of the first of the conflict, which he captured by sewing the film into his clothes.
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Wet Ink
Today - 1/5/2013

Alan Avery Art Company welcomes three new artists to the gallery with their mixed media works, hauntingly hopeful paintings and nature-inspired bold scenes.
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Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show
Today - 11/3/2012

Artist Reception: Friday, November 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. The sixth annual Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show features 25 of the nation's premier, award-winning jewelry artists who will present high-quality, handcrafted jewelry. This event is a unique opportunity to meet the artists, see inspiring works and purchase one-of-a-kind jewelry to fit all budgets. A portion of the proce...
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Missiles, Plastics and a Bear
Today - 1/20/2013

Atlanta-based artist Kevin Byrd reduces nuclear weapons to just their black and white markings in these works, exploring minimalism, light and materials.
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All Mixed Up: A Mixed Media Show
Today - 12/3/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. This group exhibit features mixed-media artwork by several local artists, including Syd Atkinson, Helen DeRamus, Barbara Dunham, Cameron Hampton, Allison McElroy and Leisa Rich. The opening reception is also a celebration of the gallery's fourth anniversary.
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Deborah Schwartzkopf Exhibit
Today - 12/9/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Deborah Schwartzkopf, who builds porcelain forms whose defining lines and soft planes are geometric and sensual, elegant and animated, architectural and organic. This new body of work includes familiar everyday favorites and some exciting large new forms.
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Decatur Art Walk
11/2/2012

Decatur galleries, shops and restaurants kick off the Decatur Wine Festival with an evening art walk. Visit local spots to view art of all kinds, meet artists, and enjoy complimentary food and beverages.
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Open Studio Night
11/2/2012

This event showcases the best of faculty, student and alumni works, including more than 200 original pieces of art. Featured art includes painting, printmaking, illustration, sculpture, photography and animation. All exhibited works are for sale. Guests are invited to join students for hands-on demonstrations, including a photo light demonstration and printmaking intaglio. Live music and hors ...
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Feelings Deep Within
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by David Kidd and Scott Upton, who are both painters who share an intense interest in the process and act of painting, though they achieve very different results. Kidd's recent paintings continue an evolving series of images inspired by and based loosely upon botanical forms. His paintings, in acrylic on ...
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Chastain Park Arts Festival
Today - 11/4/2012

This two-day outdoor event brings together outstanding local, regional and national visual artists in the largest public park in Fulton County. View the work of nearly 185 fine painters, photographers, sculptors, leather and metal craft persons, glass blowers, jewelers and others. The festival also offers visitors the opportunity to view artist demonstrations, enjoy live entertainment, particip...
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The Sutra Project
11/3/2012

For this performance the artists of Gathering Wild Dance analyzed the definition of "sutra," which literally stands for a rope or thread and metaphorically refers to the human condition in verse. The performance introduces the thread and weave between dance, live music and visual art. The show features choreography by Jerylann Warner, dancing by Gathering Wild Dance, original music by Joe Pales...
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ArtCAN Art Auction
11/3/2012

This event is a fundraiser that includes hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and fine art, which will raise money and awareness for pancreatic cancer. A silent auction features works by 44 acclaimed artists from all over the globe who are cancer survivors or who have had their lives affected by cancer. The artists came from as close as inside Atlanta and as far away as Korea and Ireland. The evenin...
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Artists' Sale
Today - 11/4/2012

At the second annual Artists' Sale visitors can shop for clothing, accessories, gifts, household textiles, artwork and much more created by regional fiber artists. Find unique and special items that make perfect gifts for friends and families. This event takes place at:
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance Center
1705 Commerce Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
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Art for Impact
11/3/2012

This silent auction features art by Georgia State University students, faculty members and alumni. The event includes a raffle with prizes, food and live music. Proceeds from the event go to Positive Impact, an organization that seeks to eliminate the risk of HIV transmission and to empower those affected by HIV through culturally competent and inclusive prevention, education, mental health and...
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Night Birds
Today - 11/21/2012

Artist and sculptor Chris Condon's interpretations of nature ride the edge of rustic and whimsical, carved and sculpted from wood, stone and cement.
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Kin
Today - 11/24/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. This group show/family affair features works by sisters Katie and Meagan Ridley along with their respective husbands Jason Murphy and Brendan Danielsson. Aside from the familial relationships, the four have several connections in the art world. Individually they are all accomplished exhibitors having shown their work at a numbe...
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Woodstock Art and Wine Festival
Today - 11/4/2012

Enjoy a juried fine art show, high-end crafts, wine tastings, live music and entertainment, an interactive kid's activity area, and plenty of great food at this event. The festival showcases more than 70 of the most talented artists in the Southeast representing a variety of media including painting, photography, sculpture, pottery, jewelry and more. Patrons can purchase a wine tastin...
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Day of the Dead Show
Today - 11/25/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit sponsored by Tweet Design features custom works on miniature coffins. More than 45 artists from a wide variety of backgrounds, including fine artists, crafters, musicians and graphic designers, from Atlanta and across the United States showcase works in the gallery. Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico on November...
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Small Works Show
Today - 11/25/2012

Artist Reception: Saturday, November 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery 4463 member artists have been working hard getting great and affordable original art ready for the holidays. This exhibit includes paintings, drawings, pastels, fine jewelry, glassworks and ceramics. An original work of art by one of North Georgia's leading artists is a unique gift that is great for the holidays.
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Mimic and Matter
Today - 11/24/2012

Closing Reception: Saturday, November 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Jef Brown and Jeanne Harriman and is curated by Katherine Taylor. The desire to mimic as a way of understanding the material and immaterial aspects of the world finds new forms in works by Brown and Harriman. Both artists elevate aesthetic questions in individual works made in paint and clay. Brow...
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Practical Imaginations: Who Needs A Bow?
Today - 1/5/2013

Reception: Tuesday, December 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. This group exhibit includes works by local artists Erin-Elizabeth Durham, Sharon Crumley, Shirley Harrison, Paola Seguel and the husband/wife duo of Cheryl and Paul D’Amato. Durham's love of medieval literature seeps into the layers of her paintings. Crumley's 3-D works on 2-D surfaces portray her version of her favorite children&rs...
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Small Works
Today - 1/2/2013

Closed December 24 through January 1. This exhibit features small works of art by members of the Atlanta Artists Center. The works are judged for prizes by Brett Osborn, an artist and Associate Dean of Fine Arts at SCAD Atlanta.
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Bodies of Art
11/8/2012

Get a sampling of the local arts community at "Bodies of Art," an evening of arts, food and spirits. The event features Wabi Sabi, Atlanta Ballet's off-season contemporary dance group; Atlanta Music Project's teaching artists; and Felipe Barral's "Fire Woman," a multimedia installation based on his elegant...
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Atlanta Cityscapes
Today - 11/30/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This group exhibit features works by Gary Bodner, Barbara Flowers, Christine Bray, Wesley James Drake, Yvonne Mendez, Sabre Esler, Terry Miura, Ken Auster, William Wray and others.
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Humanscapes
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This exhibit features workd by Jeanne Wierda, who sees the world through a looking glass of her own devising and portrays those views in her abstract paintings. 
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Ayokunle Odeleye: 32 Years of Public Art
Today - 1/12/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Friday, December 14 at 7 p.m. This retrospective exhibition, which includes models, drawings and photographs of sculptures commissioned for public spaces across the United States, represents an impressive body of work by Ayokunle Odeleye, one of Georgia’s most celebrated public art specialists. Odele...
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Group Exhibit
Today - 12/31/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. Artists in this exhibit include painters Teresa Fischer, Robert Marx, Luke Allsbrook, Virginia Parker, William Entrekin, Jeanie Tomanek, Spencer Herr and Ashley Surber. The exhibit also includes works by mixed-media artist Pam Moxley, photographer Andrew Michael Phillips, and drawing masters Paul&n...
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Today - 11/11/2012

Vinings Gallery opens its second location in the charming Historic District of Roswell with a weekend of artist appearances and tours.
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Martin, Hess and Schwartz Exhibit
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Jared Martin, Maxine Hess and Karen Schwartz. Martin is a photographer, novelist, actor, director and mixed-media artist who taught himself photography in between scenes on film sets. Photographs became Martin’s guide and interpreter, as well as his way of documenting or proving he was present in...
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Affinity
Today - 12/8/2012

Six artists, including Patrick Heagney, Jason Kofke, Sam Parker and others, showcase a diverse collection of metaphysical art works in this solo exhibition.
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Cowboys and Angels
Today - 12/12/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, November 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit showcases paintings by Scarlett Jimison along with works by other gallery artists that depict themes such as clouds of dust, rays of light, horses, cowboys and Thanksgiving time. Specializing in children's portraits, Jimison is a top portrait artist in Atlanta. "My goal as an artist is to take an image of a child and ...
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Keiko Coghlin: Atlanta Pet Rescue Benefit Exhibit
Today - 12/2/2012

This exhibit features works by Keiko Coghlin. Her elegant functional and decorative vessels have tightly controlled forms balanced by surfaces with happenstance. The exhibit is a special benefit show with 30 percent of the proceeds going to Atlanta Pet Rescue.
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Stephanie Galli Exhibit
Today - 12/2/2012

This exhibit features works by Stephanie Galli, an emerging artist who looks to the multiple lines of the great houses of fashion of the 1960s — Dior, Balenciaga and Chanel — for inspiration in forms, patterned surfaces and even business practices. She sees her pots walking down the runway with movement, content, intent and style that work together to bewitch viewers. She approaches...
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Figure and Form
11/10/2012

This fifth annual one-night sculpture exhibition features works by six Atlanta sculptors, including award-winning Jane Jaskevich, Larry Bottomley, Jill Gandossi, Hoke Kimball, Jack Simonetta and Annie Whiteside.
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An Evening of Fine Art and Vintage Fashion
11/10/2012

This event provides visitors a chance to enjoy fine art and fashion in a fun atmosphere. Stuart McClean Gallery partners with Spice Boutique to showcase styles by Porcsha, featuring original designs from Kwesi Nabate and Stuart McClean. The fashion show begins at 8 p.m.
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My Bungalow Home
Today - 12/29/2012

This exhibit features works by Nashville artist Wade Lincoln. His works depict a distinctive style of heavily textured acrylic on canvas panel that is reminiscent of stained glass. Lincoln's works are shown in handcrafted quarter sawn oak frames with hand rubbed bungalow brown stain finishes. His works show the deep, personal relationship between the craft and the craftsman.
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Christmas Shoppe
Today - 12/23/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. This annual Christmas Shoppe features hundreds of original items made by local artists such as ornaments, stocking stuffers and the like that are perfect for gifts or holiday decor.
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Eyesection Art Annual Holiday Sale
11/10/2012

This annual holiday sale features handmade crafts, holiday ornaments, original art works and one-of-a-kind gifts. Find unique affordable gifts and support local artists. This event takes place at:
Pine Lake Clubhouse
400 Clubhouse Dr.
Pine Lake, GA 30083
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The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge
Today - 3/31/2013

Part exhibition, part competition, this show pairs designers of interior spaces with object designers who together create currently unimaginable vignettes throughout the museum. The exhibit features designers in fields including furniture, fashion, jewelry and home accessories who exemplify the myriad of new directions the Southern aesthetic has taken. Each vignette is technologically enabled ...
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Holiday Festival of Arts
11/11/2012

This event features a diverse artist market, homemade goodies, a silent auction, live entertainment and a highly anticipated return visit from the Grinch. The festival also coincides with the McDonough Merchants Holiday Open House. Schedule of performances:
12 p.m. Danny Ray
1 p.m.&nbs...
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The Tunnel: The Secret of the Siege of Sarajevo
Today - 11/16/2012

This week-long series looks at the siege of Sarajevo and culminates in the screening of the film "The Tunnel: The Secret of the Siege of Sarajevo" by Nedim Loncarevic. The film is a powerful story of the secret underground tunnel that the citizens of the city of Sarajevo dug out to escape the four-year long siege during the Bosnian war (1992-1995). The tunnel was used to smuggle the people out ...
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Fall Senior Exhibition I
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. For this exhibit senior art majors exhibit from portfolios in a wide variety of concentrations, including studio arts and art education. This exhibition is required as partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
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Fall Senior Exhibition II
Today - 12/1/2012

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. For this exhibit senior art majors exhibit from portfolios in a wide variety of concentrations, including studio arts and art education. This exhibition is required as partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. 
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and School: A Journey of Faith, Spirituality and Social Justice
Today - 2/24/2013

In collaboration with Our Lady of Lourdes, the first African-American Catholic Church in Atlanta, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and School: A Journey of Faith, Spirituality and Social Justice." This exhibit celebrates the founding of Our Lady of Lourdes in the early 1900s and examines the church and school's historical impact on Atlanta as a commu...
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RAWards SemiFinals 2012
11/14/2012

Atlanta's most outstanding artists in the fields of accessories design, fashion, film, hair and makeup artistry, music, performing art, photography, and visual arts compete to be recognized as Atlanta's Artists of the Year. Winners will advance to the national round of competition to vie for nationwide exposure and career-defining prizes. The RAWards are a night of exciting creative energy with...
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Beneath the Setting Sun
Today - 1/31/2013

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. Sarah Emerson's paintings present viewers with highly stylized versions of nature by taking patterns already visible in the natural world and painting them in pastel hues and paint-by-number repetition. In the exhibition, Emerson refers to a phrase from Lewis Carroll's introduction to Alice in Wonderland where Carroll r...
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Passport to Celebrations
Today - 12/30/2012

This one-of-a-kind installation takes visitors on a whirlwind flight around the world. The exhibit features tablescapes and vignettes created by an impressive roster of interior designers and retailers showcasing holidays from across the globe — both secular and religious — that tantalize the eye and educate the spirit. "Passport to Celebrations" offers visitors a unique opportunity...
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Perfectly Legal Art
Today - 12/1/2012

This exhibit features works by Harold Kraus, who is fascinated by color. He says, "Many people live lives starved of color. It seems as if they are intimidated by it, so they surround themselves with 'safe' naturals like gray or beige. My paintings aspire to fill this color void."
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What's Under There
11/15/2012

This dance theater performance incorporates dancers’ voices, bodies and experiences set among the hauntingly beautiful photographs from the exhibit "Laurel Nakadate: Photographs, Videos and Performances." The event focuses on Nakadate’s "365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears," a rigorous photographic performance during which the artist ...
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Atlanta Akwaba Arts Festival
Today - 11/17/2012

Celebrate Africa's rich, diverse culture through visual arts, music, dance, lectures and delicious food at this arts festival.
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The Artist Attic Holiday Show and Sale
Today - 12/16/2012

This show and sale features great handmade gifts and decor made by The Art Place's students, instructors and staff members.
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Annual Holiday Artists Market
Today - 12/23/2012

OJewelry Trunk Show: Saturday, December 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The annual holiday market features more than 90 local artists with unique gifts and decor for everyone. The market includes ceramics, jewelry, art, paper, wood, fiber, toys, glass and holiday items.
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Ethics and the Arts Cafe
11/15/2012

Join Emory University's Ethics and the Arts Initiative as they present the fourth annual "Ethics and the Arts Café" with WonderRoot. The event features works in progress by Jessica Caldas, The FTP Movement, Jill Frank, George King and Mike Molina. Also on display are works by the Emory Arts Club. Attendees are encouraged to wear an outfit that reflects "incompleteness" as a part of a con...
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Holiday Pottery Sale
Today - 11/18/2012

Preview Reception: Friday, November 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. This annual holiday pottery sale includes functional, decorative and sculptural one-of-a-kind ceramic works created by Callanwolde’s renowned pottery program instructors and assistants. The sale takes place in the beautiful indoor courtyard at Callanwolde.
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Baptism by Fire
Today - 1/5/2013

John Tindel and Michi Meko, known as TindelMichi, work on the same pieces as one pair of hands, creating art that is full of humor and wit.
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Holiday Show and Sale
Today - 12/21/2012

This annual event is organized to showcase works by the students and staff of the Chastain Arts Center. This is a perfect event to purchase unique handmade gifts. There is a variety of handmade media created at the facility, highlighting the offerings of the Chastain Arts Center.
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Winter Wonderland: Celebrations and Traditions Around the World
Today - 1/6/2013

Closed Christmas Day. This exhibition features dozens of trees that twinkle with lights, glimmer with color, and shine with a variety of cultural ornaments that recognize the diversity of celebrations, holidays, traditions and events around the world. Cultural partners have decorated trees and display cases with images, symbols, decorations and colors that reflect celebratory customs. T...
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Art Visions Art Market
Today - 11/18/2012

This art market and show continues a 30-year tradition of introducing art lovers to new works by some of the city’s greatest established and emerging artists. This unique market includes original paintings, sculptures, photography, fashion accessories, home accessories, pottery, jewelry, candles, soaps and toys. More than 100 local artists are featured, including eco-friendly artists...
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Grand Opening and Glass Blowing Event
11/17/2012

Enjoy an evening of glass-blowing demonstrations, a silent auction, food, drink, dancing and live music to celebrate the opening of Decatur Hot Glass. Bring the whole family to this festive occasion. This event takes place at:
Decatur Hot Glass
250 Freeman St.
Decatur, GA 30030
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Holiday Open House, Art Show and Sale
11/17/2012

Artist Reception: Saturday, November 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. Don't miss a festive gathering of neighbors, friends and new friends at Peachtree Flowers, a unique floral shop and art gallery. Enjoy an incredibly creative atmosphere of holiday decorations and works by local artists, including the series "Visions of the World" by photographer Mike Scott. This event takes place at:
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Crusade for Collecting Tour Kick-Off: Atlanta Pop-Up Gallery
11/23/2012

Jennifer Schwartz Gallery pulls up Lady Blue, a 1977 VW Bus, to the High Museum for a pop-up exhibition and unique auction where money is not involved — creativity will win you a new work of art at this event.
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Holiday Studio Sale
Today - 12/23/2012

MudFire's huge annual holiday studio sale is back, and it is bigger and better than ever. Fresh works from the kilns will be added daily. The show features works by Becky Strickland, Adam Posnak, Adrina Richard, Alex Matisse, Amanda Barr, Amy Evans, Andrew Massey, Autumn Higgins, Bary Gregg and many others. Come find handmade gifts just in time for the holidays.
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Holiday Show
Today - 12/22/2012

Reception: Sunday, November 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This holiday exhibit features works by Charles H. Reinike III, Peter J. O'Halloran, Joyce Garner, Henry Callahan, Donna Johnson and Gretchen R. Eppling. This is also the last year the gallery presents a new ornament in the pewter angel ornament series. There are a total of 25 different designs dating back to 1988.
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Salvador Dali: The Argillet Collection
Today - 12/8/2012

Salvador Dali's publisher, Pierre Argillet, and Dali enjoyed a collaboration and friendship that spanned five decades and produced what art historians have termed the finest bodies of the Master's art. Together, Argillet and Dali created remarkable editions of original prints, lived the true Surrealists life and developed images that are prized by collectors today. This exhibition includes wor...
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Salvador Dali: The Argillet Collection
Today - 12/8/2012

Salvador Dali's publisher, Pierre Argillet, and Dali enjoyed a collaboration and friendship that spanned five decades and produced what art historians have termed the finest bodies of the Master's art. Together, Argillet and Dali created remarkable editions of original prints, lived the true Surrealists life and developed images that are prized by collectors today. This exhibition includes work...
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Hemingway in the Veneto
Today - 12/20/2012

Discover a new side of the great American writer Ernest Hemingway, and see how the city of Venice shaped his career.
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Monochrome: Capturing the Value
Today - 12/19/2012

"Monochrome: Capturing the Value" is an exhibit featuring various mediums that explores the use of one color through various values and textures that change across a surface to express a wide variety of emotions, intentions and meanings.
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Trading Cards Exhibition
Today - 1/11/2013

Artist Trading Cards are original, self-produced works of art produced on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch surface. Artist Trading Cards have been a growing movement since 1997, and they have sparked interest among artists who also like to trade their works with other artists participating in exhibitions.
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Little Things Mean A Lot
Today - 1/5/2013

This holiday show and sale features more than 300 small works of art in all mediums by a multitude of Georgia artists. The exhibit includes works by Meg Aubrey, Teresa Bramblett Reeves, Dennis Campay, Victoria Campbell, Jerry Cullum, Terri Dilling, Sarah Emerson, Paul Hagadorn, Jennifer Hartley, Maxine Hull, Masha Kouznetsova, Wen Huei Lin, George Long, Pat Magers, Sarah Perez, Barbara Kendall...
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All Things Beautiful
11/29/2012

This evening of fun, fashion and friends is an event to support those in need as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Enjoy lite fare and libations in an art filled atmosphere as well as a ladies' designer fashion show and shopping. The fashion show starts at 7 p.m.
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Georgia Clay Council's Holiday Market
Today - 12/16/2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. At this market 15 clay artists and potters offer their works for sale. From functional pottery to funky sculptures, each visitor is sure to find something to tickle his or her fancy or to make a great gift. The Georgia Clay Council is a non-profit organization set up to meet the needs of clay artists and potters in Georgia by pro...
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Unsettled
Today - 1/8/2013

Six women artists showcase new works reflecting Atlanta's "shifting environment" in a non-predictable way, yet incorporate historic forms of quilting, embroidery and papermaking.
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Classic Georgia
Today - 12/31/2012

Open House: Sunday, December 23 from 12 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features photographs by Robert Matre that celebrate "The Empire State of the South." There are also works by Mark Boomershine, Ruth Franklin, Susan Grossman, Deborah Llewellyn, Cedric Smith, Tommy Crow, Evan Jones and Ridley Stallings.
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The Gift Box
Today - 12/15/2012

Preview Reception: Friday, November 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. This annual artist market is full of one-of-a-kind gifts made by local crafters that are great for any occasion.
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Christmas House Arts and Crafts Show
Today - 12/9/2012

At this show and sale visitors can purchase gifts from hundreds of unique handmade items displayed in a beautiful holiday setting. There is something for everyone, including bath items, scented candles, clothing, decorations, edibles, fiber art, glass items, home decor, jewelry, pottery, wreaths and more by more than 60 exhibitors.
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Euclid Arts Collective Annual Holiday Sale and Studio Tour
Today - 12/2/2012

At this event visitors can tour five working artist studios and meet 14 local artists, including Lorraine Brennan, Hollis Hildebrand-Mills, Carla House, Michelle Jordan and T.W. Meyer. Guest artists include Obayana Ajanaku, Kathy Colt, Cathy Cooper, Ann Davis, Patty O’Keefe Hutton, Judy Parady, Dina Perea, Rush Searson and Hellenne Vermillion. The event features jewelry, paintings, photo...
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Myers and Yen Jewelry Show
Today - 12/1/2012

This show features collections of jewelry by Rebecca Myers and Liaung-Chung Yen. Myers makes jewelry inspired by nature, while Yen's creations have a contemporary, abstract style.
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Ladson and Hai Exhibit
Today - 1/7/2013

Charles Ladson's gritty-surreal paintings take viewers on a fascinating visual journey that opens many doors but leaves most questions unanswered.
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Bruce Davidson: Central Park and Paris
Today - 2/16/2013

This exhibition features exquisite black and white photographs by Bruce Davidson. In "Central Park and Paris," viewers discover “the park,” a common theme throughout art history, to be a democratic retreat from bustling city-life. Davidson wrote, “Central Park is a man-made environment that can make us believe we are in the wilds of Minnesota or on the peaks of the Bridger ...
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Gordon Parks: The Segregation Portfolio
Today - 2/16/2013

In collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation and Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Jackson Fine Art is honored to premiere and celebrate on his 100th birthday, "The Segregation Portfolio" by acclaimed African-American photographer Gordon Parks. This unique collection of 12 recently discovered color photographs were taken during a LIF...
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Jack Smith's Normal Love
11/30/2012

Enjoy a restored version of Jack Smith’s "Normal Love" (1963-1965, 120 mins), an act of queer cinematography and an essential part of the story of underground film. As part of Andy Ditzler’s "Film Love" series, this version allows one to see the sometimes astonishing material with which Smith created his theatricalized film projections. 
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Holiday Artist Market
12/1/2012

At this event visitors can meet 10 of Atlanta’s top local artisans and find exceptional gifts for adults and children, including handblown glass, custom-made jewelry and more. The market features jewelry artists Marci Fried, Charles Reinike, Monica E. Lewis and Jenifer Lyons Glass, artistry by Shadows Unlimited Designer Don Meadows, humanity dolls by artist Paige Martin and more.
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9th Annual Glass Show
12/1/2012

The South's most celebrated glass artisans will be in attendance for the 9th Annual Glass Show and Toys for Tots fundraiser. This event features original fine glass sculptures, as well as functional works in glass by artists Robert Burch, Brenda Griffith, Houston Llew, Licha Nicholson and Pam Smith. For every new unwrapped toy brought to the gallery or $10 donation, visitors receive a raffle ti...
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Dr. Seuss Holiday Show
Today - 12/8/2012

Dr. Seuss’ popular Grinch and the Cat in the Hat characters are back for Ann Jackson Gallery’s annual Dr. Seuss Holiday Show. Enjoy a fun-filled weekend of exclusive art work from the Art of Dr. Seuss Collection. See and purchase the book illustrations from the many classic Seuss books as well as the rare and unique art pieces by Theodor Geisel.
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A Moveable Feast
Today - 12/29/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. The annual whitespace "December Show" returns this year with a new twist. This year, "A Moveable Feast" incorporates three different shows into one exciting event: "December Show" with new works on paper by Whitespace artists in the main gallery, "Decembrist Revival" featuring pieces by emerging local artists in Whitespec, and "A...
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Don't Box Me In!
Today - 1/15/2013

Reception: Saturday, December 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. For this exhibit 45 sculptors, woodworkers, potters, furniture makers, and basket makers from Atlanta and across the country illustrate their interpretations of the box. The form seems simple, but there are so many possibilities. The exhibit includes depictions of a cube, a quiet humble box, an exceptionally functional box, a box that tel...
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#weloveatl
Today - 12/30/2012

Young Blood Gallery Gallery and Boutique's last exhibit unites the citizens of Atlanta in telling simple and authentic photographic stories of their love for the city and the people who inhabit it.
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Thomas Arvid One-Man Show
Today - 12/2/2012

This exhibit features works by Thomas Arvid, a critically acclaimed artist and purveyor of fine living. The artist believes there is a shared, universal appreciation of fine wines that goes beyond the product itself and overflows into the unique memories and associations people hold for the events surrounding a particular bottle or evening. It is these connections Arvid highlights and strengthe...
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Alchemy
Today - 12/22/2012

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 1 from 7 to 10 p.m. For this group show, Beep Beep Gallery organizers cut a bunch of multi-sized triangles and handed them out to artists. The resulting plethora of works are combined to create a series of patterns and designs where each artist's work plays off another. This in turn allows for a unique collective exhibit. Artists include Sean Abra...
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New Legends of Atlanta
Today - 12/31/2012

This exhibit features large oil paintings of some of Atlanta’s newest superstars, like Ryan Seacrest, created by Georgia professional portrait artist Ann Marshall Bailey. The dynamic solo show portrays young, professional Atlanta-bred talents who left high school in Atlanta and went on to legendary successes. Other people featured in the series are new legends in music, media and sports, ...
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Bertani and Genovés Exhibit
Today - 1/14/2013

This exhibit features selected works by Ernesto Bertani and Graciela Genovés.
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Atlanta Printmakers Studio Open House
12/2/2012

At this annual open house visitors can meet several local artists while enjoying cider and refreshments. Artwork on display includes works by Deborah Sosower, Jason Kofke, Exlibris Exchange Prints and the 2012 Print Big! literature-themed steamroller banners, as well as handmade works, including etchings, relief prints, monotypes, screenprints, letterpresses, handmade cards, books and more by l...
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Visual Poetry
Today - 1/25/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This multimedia group art exhibition is presented by members of the Women’s Caucus on Art of Georgia, a unique national organization with a membership comprised of artists, art historians, students, educators and others involved in the visual arts.
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Who Needs Feminism?
Today - 12/28/2012

Young men and women within the Emory community give a new look to the feminism movement with handwritten signs and statements in these photographs.
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Annual Holiday Art Sale
Today - 12/21/2012

This annual event offers downtown shoppers the opportunity to peruse handcrafted fine art items available for purchase at prices that fit into a holiday gift-giving budget. The eclectic selection of works comes from veterans of the event as well as new talents. The show features books, boxes, paintings, origami, jewelry, textiles, ceramics and stained glass works.
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Fall BFA Exhibition
Today - 12/18/2012

Reception: Thursday, December 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works of art by BFA students at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design.
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8th Annual Plein Air Exhibit
Today - 1/3/2013

Reception: Saturday, December 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. This exhibit consists of approximately 70 works in media including watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastels, collage and mixed media by members of the Atlanta Artists Center Plein Air Painters Group.
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Chihuly Outside
12/5/2012

"Chihuly Outside" covers nearly half a century of Dale Chihuly's epic outdoor installations. The film chronicles Chihuly's first experiments with floating glass on water and using ice and neon, his early work at Art Park in Upstate New York, and his decade-long exploration of large-scale installations at 12 of the world's preeminent botanic gardens and conservatories. "Chihuly Outside" co...
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Masterpiece and Its Minis
Today - 12/22/2012

This exhibit features full-sized masterpieces flanked by miniature pieces that either complement or replicate the larger works.
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Transformations
Today - 12/30/2012

This exhibit features works by Tom Kells and Alton Coleman, who create evocative and tantalizing art in quite different media. Kells demonstrates his uncanny skills as a photographer working his themes through the lens and digital tools to create incredible imagery. Coleman's mixed-media canvases are saturated with color, common objects and materials that are transformed into bold abstract geom...
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Works in Clay Holiday Show and Sale
Today - 12/9/2012

Reception: Thursday, December 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. This sale features handmade, signed functional pottery and sculptures at all prices by more than 40 artists. The show is a wonderful opportunity to purchase locally made works of art for gifts and for collectors. This event takes place at:
Roswell Art Center West
1355 Woodstock Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075 
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Nick of Time
Today - 12/29/2012

Closing Reception: Saturday, December 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. This holiday season group show features contemporary art with small pieces all priced under $300. The exhibit includes works by Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Lisa Tuttle, Lisa Alembic, Robert Sherer, Michi Meko, Tim Flowers, Bethany Collins, Brandon Crawford, Caroline Annandale, Angus Galloway, Sarah Perez, Grace Kim, Christine Lu, Ji...
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Charming ARTifacts
Today - 12/18/2012

“Charming ARTifacts” showcases fine arts and crafts created by Callanwolde instructors and students. Visitors can purchase handmade art items for themselves or as gifts for friends and family. One-of–a-kind items include paintings, drawings, pottery, jewelry, ornaments and more. The show is located in the Conservatory (Greenhouse) on the grounds of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center...
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Holiday Pottery Sale
Today - 12/22/2012

Shop early, shop often and find one-of-a-kind ceramic treasures at this sale featuring works by teachers and current students of The Hudgens Center for the Arts.
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Holiday Pop Up Shop
Today - 12/16/2012

This pop-up shop occupies two spaces in Town Brookhaven with works by as many as 30 artists and artisans. The shops feature unique art and artisan crafts, including paintings, metalwork, ceramics, glass and jewelry. Find un-expected gifts among pet accessories, leatherwork, tin ceiling tile frames and much more. This event takes place at:
Town Brookhaven
804 Town Blvd.
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Small Works Show
Today - 12/31/2012

Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features small works of art by several gallery artists, including Yvonne Mendez, Christine Bray, Lynn Johnson, Gary Bodner, Jane Filer and Anne Neilson.
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Holiday Exhibition
Today - 1/5/2013

Opening Reception​: Friday, December 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. ​​ This annual holiday exhibition features new and familiar artists with works in ​a variety of subjects, styles, media, sizes and prices. ​The exhibit showcases works by Temme Barkin-Leeds, ​Donald Beal, ​​Allison B. Cooke, Jason Craighead​, ​Chris Dolan, David Kidd, Kathryn Kolb, Tracy Sharp, Rick Stevens and...
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Small Treasures
Today - 1/26/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features small works of art by Amalia Amaki, John Belingheri, Holle Black, Alex Brewer aka HENSE, Corrine Colarusso, Don Cooper, Peter Hamilton, Tom Judd, Yanique Norman, Mario Petrirena, Dixie Purvis, Susan Robert and Rocío Rodríguez.
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Favorite Things
Today - 1/20/2013

Additional Time: Saturday, January 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features some favorite works that have been seen during the year in gallery exhibits as well as some newer works by the gallery's roster of talented artists. The exhibit includes works by April Harrison, Charly Palmer, Kimmy Cantrell, Aaron F. Henderson, Alfred Conteh, Caroline Laffargue, Charlotte Riley-Webb and Stacey...
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Holiday Boutique
Today - 1/18/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. This small works group show features both Atlanta-area and national artists. The show includes small paintings, prints, sculptures, jewelry, and fine art gifts ranging in price from $25 to $600. The boutique features works by H. Gay Allen, Cully Burnet, John Clemmer, Pedro Gonzalez, Gwen Gunter, Joey Hannaford, Dennis Ichiyama, Mega...
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North Georgia Art Ramble
Today - 12/9/2012

This inaugural event is a self-guided, open studio tour of 27 studios and galleries situated in six North Georgia counties. Come experience the creative process as the artists demonstrate their unique techniques and talk about what inspires them and how that spark finds its way into their art. There are more than 50 participating artists, all working in different media, which means there ...
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Iron Pour 2012
12/8/2012

This unique event has set sparks among the community for more than 40 years, giving you an up-close look at this art form.
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Art for the Holidays
Today - 1/12/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. This special holiday exhibit showcases a selection of photography, paintings, collages, glass assemblages and raku teabowls. The exhibit includes a group of Jack Simonetta's collages and paintings. In addition, Bob Burkhardt, Peggy Dana, Robin Davis, Joey Potter and Tresha Glenister are displaying an array of photography. Chris...
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Winter Glass Fest '12
12/8/2012

This event features open artist studios, an artist market, a glassblowing show, flameworking demonstrations, live music, a kids craft corner and refreshments. This is a great show to find custom and unique gifts like ornaments, home décor and class certificates for the holidays. This event takes place at:
Janke Glassblowing Studios
659 Auburn Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30...
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7th Annual Postcard Pinup Show
12/8/2012

This exhibit is a non-curated show that is open to all artists. The event allows each participant a chance to share their creative output with a large audience. Additionally, buyers are able to purchase art at reasonable prices, and the MINT staff is able to learn about new up-and-coming talents to include in future exhibitions.
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On Holiday
Today - 12/22/2012

This group exhibit features works by Sid Avery, Lillian Bassman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Allan Grant, Bud Gray, Frank Horvat, Michael Kenna, William Klein, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Neil Leifer, Saul Leiter, Vivian Maier and others.
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Holiday Candlelight Open House
12/9/2012

Get away from the frantic pace of the malls this holiday season with a candlelight open house in the historic Stone Mountain Village. The talented artists of SMart, Inc. invite visitors to sip cider as they browse their unique creations. There are incredible assortments of one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork available, including fused and blown glass, jewelry, drawings, paintings, forged iron, pu...
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Traces of Myth
Today - 1/26/2013

Reception: Saturday, January 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. This group exhibition showcases works that reflect on the effect of history and the lure of narrative in people's understandings and valuations of physical space. The exhibit features works by Chris Buck, Paul Hagedorn, Lisa Kereszi, Laura Noel and Landon Nordeman. Myth — literally a traditional story that embodies and provides...
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Mary Engel: Solo Exhibition
Today - 1/26/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, December 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features works by Mary Engel, who has exhibited her found object assemblage sculptures of animal figures at Marcia Wood Gallery for 16 years. Throughout her career Engel has employed a range of media, scale, surface and sculptural techniques in the depiction of a variety of animals, including her main figure, the dog,...
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Portfolio Show 2012
Today - 2/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, December 14 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Juror's Talk: Saturday, December 15 at 11 a.m. This exhibit features photography by Alan Chimacoff, Tony Chirnos, Will Fenn, Philip Grossman, Timothy McCoy, Mark Mitchell, Barry Noland, Svjetlana Tepavcevic and Shari Zellers. The works are judged by Paul Martineau.
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Illuminate
Today - 2/9/2013

For this group holiday exhibit artists created works based on the definition of the word illuminate, meaning to enlighten intellectually or spiritually, to become lighted, or to glow. The exhibit features new art works by John Tindel, Larry Anderson, Greg Noblin, Nathan Sharratt, Lucha Rodriguez, Mike Lowery, Katrin Wiehle, Alex Leopold, Ashley Schick, Sean Abrahams, Cassidy Russell, Steve Fre...
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EK Huckaby: The Ocean Casts the Greatest Shadow
Today - 2/2/2013

EK Huckaby's carefully translucent images are inspired by out-of-print tomes of Near Eastern travel, the behavior of honey-bees and 19th century inventions, giving viewers a glimpse into the mysteries and travails of early modernity.
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HomeGrown Decatur
Today - 7/15/2013

This member-staffed, cooperative-style artist market provides local artists, artisans and craftsmen a venue for showing, selling and demonstrating their work. Artists establish a retail presence in the Atlanta area, and customers get an ever-changing, exciting shopping experience while supporting their local economy. HomeGrown provides a range of work and products to include potte...
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Gordon Parks: The Segregation Portfolio
Today - 3/29/2013

Closing Reception: Friday, March 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. In collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation and Jackson Fine Art, Arnika Dawkins Gallery is honored to premiere and celebrate on his 100th birthday, "The Segregation Portfolio" by acclaimed African-American photographer Gordon Parks. This unique collection of 12 recently ...
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come celebrate with me: The Work of Lucille Clifton
Today - 8/27/2013

Closed May 26, May 27, June 29, June 30 and July 4. This exhibition includes a family reunion of writings by Lucille Clifton taken from her archive in the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. The items range from her earliest poems in her delicate penmanship to poems composed on her beloved VideoWriter word processor. The exhibit also includes Clifton's last works composed at wri...
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Inspired by Rubens: Works by Hans Laagland
Today - 1/25/2013

This exhibit features stunning and masterful works by Belgian artist Hans Laagland. His works capture the elegance, feelings and techniques of historical artists such as Rubens and Rembrandt. His detailed textures draw in viewers — from soft fabrics to silky skin, from cool vinyl to lush petals. Using paints that he creates himself, Laagland’s colors burst from his paintings.
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Marcia R. Cohen: Carnet de Voyages
Today - 2/16/2013

Artist Marcia R. Cohen chronicles the indigenous colors of ancient Rome in this project, inspired by her time in a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome.
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The Art of the Landscape
Today - 2/15/2013

This exhibition features landscape images by the Georgia Nature Photographers' Association. The photographs in the exhibition are shown in black and white/monochrome, color, and with digital effects.
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She Sang So Sweet: Lucille Clifton’s Children’s Literature
Today - 8/27/2013

Closed May 26, May 27, June 29, June 30 and July 4. Curated by Amy Hildreath Chen, this exhibit highlights Lucille Clifton’s career as a children’s author. The exhibit is on display in the Concourse Gallery at the library's level two entrance, and it is a companion exhibit to "come celebrate me: The Work of Lucille Clifton."
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Conversations with Albers
Today - 2/8/2013

This exhibit features recent works by Brooklyn-based artist Ridley Howard in conversation with a pioneer of 20th-century Modernism, Josef Albers. This selection of Howard's portraits, landscapes and abstractions reveals a delicate balance of color, geometry and space within his observations of modern life. Alongside Howard's oil on linen paintings, paintings on paper, and drawings from his accl...
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Dine and Mize Exhibit
Today - 2/22/2013

This exhibit features prints by American Neo-Dada Pop artist Jim Dine and works by Atlanta artist William Mize. Dine entered the New York art scene in 1958 and is considered one of the fathers of the Pop Art movement, participating in more than 220 solo exhibitions worldwide. Focusing on recognizable imagery from the typical American consciousness, his works often depict hearts, tools and bathr...
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The Signature Exhibit
Today - 1/27/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. This group exhibit features works by current members of Gallery 4463 as well as works by a number of new artists.
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In Unison
Today - 2/16/2013

Curator Talk: Saturday, February 16 at 12 p.m. "In Unison" is a group exhibition organized by artist William Downs that unites works by 17 artists who embrace multiple approaches to art making. The artists — in addition to maintaining sustainable art practices — also work as musicians, managers, recruiters, curators and educators. They are mediators and connectors, not only ...
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Day Glow Night Mare
Today - 2/9/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. "Day Glow Night Mare" is a a neo-psychedelic group show that assaults the senses. With a color palette that can be simultaneously beautiful, obnoxious and nostalgic, the show features new works by five local artists who incorporate an ecstatic vibrancy into their works. Each artist has abused this gradient of colors in their own ...
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Living Things
Today - 1/26/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. Closing Reception: Friday, January 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features a collection of animal-themed works by Aaron Artrip and Chris Neuenschwander.
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Streaming Spirits: New Prints by Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith
Today - 3/29/2013

Traditional spirit photography of the 1800s reinvents itself in the 21st century with these works by Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith.
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Synchronicity
Today - 1/31/2013

Reception: Sunday, January 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. Synchronicity is often described as a meaningful coincidence of seemingly unrelated people, places, things or ideas that come together by chance in a significant and meaningful way. The works in this group exhibit are inspired by the idea of synchronicity. The works are judged by Alan Avery, owner of Get More Info]]>
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Joyous Brush
Today - 1/31/2013

This exhibit features Chinese watercolor paintings by Tehwan Tso, an artist who applies her life and art to proclaiming truth, promoting love and pursuing beauty.
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1.2 cm =
Today - 2/16/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, February 2 at 2 p.m. For artist Constance Thalken, 1.2 cm = 1.2 billion microscopic cells, $285,748.24 in medical expenses, 95 10 mg doses of Prochlorperazine, 5,064 mg of Herceptin, 4,500 centigray protons, 139 medical appointments and, in a word, cancer. "1.2 cm =" is a photographic response to the artist's encounter with breast cancer, an iconic disease of cont...
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Re-Collections: Four Artists Respond to the L.P. Grant Mansion
Today - 2/16/2013

Archival materials, including photographs and written accounts available through the Atlanta Preservation Center, serve as the source materials for four artists — Jon Ciliberto, EK Huckaby, Sharon Shapiro and Nancy VanDevender — to each create bodies of work for this exhibit. Infused with the hallmarks of their own oeuvre, the artists create architectural renderings, portraits of Gr...
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Alix Pearlstein: The Dark Pavement
Today - 3/16/2013

Pearlstein utilizes the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center's architecture and surrounding environment — the derelict Bankhead Highway bridge, exterior pavilion and graffiti wall — along with performers from local theater companies for this unique installation.
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Tony Labat and Tad Savinar: Nice to Meet You
Today - 3/16/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 11 from 7 to 10 p.m. Artists Talk: Thursday, March 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibition combines the interdisciplinary works of Tony Labat and Tad Savinar, who each use humor and straightforward presentation strategies to explore human foibles, social structures and political history. Labat is an influential teacher of new genres at the San F...
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Annual Instructor’s Showcase
Today - 2/15/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features works in various mediums that reflect the creative expressions and artistic achievements of the Abernathy Arts Center instructors, including Lauren Adams, Karen Bradshaw-Boucher, John Horne, Matthew Lewis, Barbara Major, Stewart McDonough, Lora Rust, Ed Thomas and others.
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Arturo Lindsay: Portraits of Yemaya
Today - 3/22/2013

Arturo Lindsay's photographs capture the power and sublime found in nature through to Yemaya, the African goddess of seas and lakes.
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Deborah Llewellyn Exhibit
Today - 2/5/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features photo encausic works by Deborah Llewellyn.
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Vignettes of America
Today - 3/24/2013

"Vignettes of America" is an exhibition of selected landscape paintings from the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art's permanent collection. The majority of these paintings were created between 1850 and 1910. American artists during this period were influenced by several different art movements, including the Barbizon school, Impressionism and Tonalism. Ranging from landscapes to seascapes and farmland...
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Yarbrough: 53.9 Years and Still Unpredictable
Today - 3/24/2013

Artist Tour and Talk: Friday, March 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by James "Jim" Yarbrough, a unique, original artist who is both a precise professional and a masterful draftsman. Yarbrough is inventive and constantly testing his chosen materials to achieve his desired effects. He goes about bringing to canvas a world he envisions and explores. Yarbrough has painted th...
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Branching Out: Art by Tom Chambers
Today - 3/2/2013

In Tom Chambers' art, each piece begins with a single stem. Limbs are added in an artistic pattern, replicating naturally occurring branches and creating one-of-a-kind framed and free-form wall sculptures or free-standing sculptures. Combinations of wood and acrylic, the pieces have illusions of naturally flowing branches. Each sculpture is one-of-a-kind just like the branches found in nat...
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Quilting in the Heartland
Today - 3/2/2013

This exhibit features works by members of the Cotton Boll Quilters of Covington. This group’s purpose is to preserve the tradition, culture and history of quilting and to promote knowledge and understanding of the art of quilting to future generations.
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Reverie
Today - 3/22/2013

"Reverie" features recent works by SCAD alumna Claire Rosen (B.F.A. photography, 2006), who was selected as one of Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" in the category of Art & Design in 2012. Rosen constructs theatrical, dream-like settings inspired by her fascination with fairy tales, folklore and mythology. Enchanting and surreal, Rosen's photography entices viewers into realms of re...
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Shadow Puppets: Traces of New Documentary Practices Exhibition
Today - 2/8/2013

Artist Talk: Thursday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m. Closing Reception: Thursday, February 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. "Shadow Puppets" is an exhibition of photographic and video works that transgress traditional documentary practices in search of greater truths. The exhibit includes works by Daniel Bejar, Paul Chan, Debbie Grossman, Guillermo Gudiño, Sergei Isaenko, Lamia Joregie, Jaso...
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Group Exhibit
Today - 1/31/2013

Artist Talk: Thursday, January 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This group exhibit features new works by Felice Sharp, Harry Paul Ally, Kim Frohsin and Mark Perlman.
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Women Enchanting the Muses: Selections From The Cochran Collection
Today - 4/30/2013

Reception: Sunday, January 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. “Women Enchanting the Muses” continues Clark Atlanta University’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of Hale Woodruff's “Art of the Negro” mural series. The exhibition includes 40 selections from the collection of works on paper by African-American women artists from the extensive American art...
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A Legacy of Excellence: African American Exceptionalism in the United States
Today - 2/24/2013

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, January 18 at 6:30 p.m. In collaboration with the City of Atlanta and the office of City Councilman Ivory Young, this exhibit by Atlanta artist Nelson Williams honors both the historical and contemporary contributions of African-Americans. The exhibit is presented in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Art in Nature: Nature in Art
Today - 7/15/2013

Explore the Nature Center's grounds to find works of art by several artists who have been inspired by nature.
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Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings
Today - 3/15/2013

On May 10, 1933, university students across Nazi Germany burned thousands of books in an ominous "cleansing" of the "un-German spirit" from German culture. Writings by scores of German and foreign authors, including Helen Keller, Ernest Hemingway and Sigmund Freud, were consumed in spectacularly staged bonfires. Americans quickly condemned the events as hostile to the spirit of democracy and th...
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Pedro: Menaboni’s Lost Story
Today - 5/2/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibition presents illustrations by Athos Menaboni from an unpublished children’s book. The story follows the migratory journey of a Scarlet Tanager named Pedro who travels from Mexico to the United States. The drawings border on the surreal and are quite different from what people have come to expect from Menaboni.<...
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Annual Art Faculty Exhibition
Today - 2/23/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. This showcase exhibition features works by the faculty artists of the KSU School of Art and Design.
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30th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Today - 2/21/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by Visions Student Art Guild and celebrating 30 years of spirited competition among KSU student artists, the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition is open to all students. Judged by distinguished Atlanta-area arts professionals, many of the works are available for purchase to support the artists and future gallery progra...
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Southern Industrial Landscapes: Photographs of the Marietta Bell Bomber Plant
Today - 6/21/2013

Lecture: Wednesday, April 17 at 4 p.m.  Presented in partnership with the KSU Archives, this exhibition highlights 25 photographs of the Marietta Bell Bomber Plant from the collection of the Kennesaw State University Archives. These photographs offer compelling glimpses of the dramatic economic and social changes in Cobb County during the early 1940s and the impact of technology, i...
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Seems Like I Done Had to Fight My Whole Life
Today - 2/24/2013

For this exhibit U*Space Gallery goes deep down in its archives to bring out this powerful and moving exhibition of original press photographs documenting the struggles faced by African-Americans in the United States during the 20th century. Many of these people often found themselves literally having to fight for the right to be accepted as the American citizens they were.
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United Apart
Today - 2/1/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. This thesis exhibition features works by M.F.A. photography student Deanne Calder Andrus. "United Apart" is a visual representation of a modern day marriage. It shows an intimate relationship challenged by a physical separation caused by employment. The struggle to want to stay close and in contact, despite the distance in miles, cr...
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Song Bird: Notes from a Transient Mind
Today - 2/8/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 7 to 11 p.m. This exhibit features works by local surrealist fine artist Scott Dupree. The pieces range from very large acrylic on canvas paintings to limited edition prints. This event takes place at:
The Cube Gallery 
662 Memorial Dr. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
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Overture
Today - 2/15/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Whitney Wood-Bailey and Calvin Jones. Wood-Bailey explores themes of a metaphysical nature, such as how design and orchestration within nature affect one's consciousness. The dramatic large-scale mixed media works on paper have all the verve and energy of Wood-Bailey’s canvasses, but the moments ...
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A Grand Affair
Today - 2/1/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. For this show, all the works of art are priced less than $1,000. The group exhibit features works by several gallery artists.
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aplicação
Today - 2/26/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. "aplicação" is an exhibition of notes written over coffee by pairs of local artists and local activists. The pairs were randomly matched on a "blind date" and given a coupon to visit one of several sponsoring coffee shops where free coffee and a documentation kit were waiting for them. The goal of the experience, titl...
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Ford Smith Exhibit
Today - 3/9/2013

Opening Receptions:
Friday, January 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.  This exhibit features works by Ford Smith, who creates contemporary landscapes conjured from the stunning horizons that he witnessed during his travels. He never paints from a photograph, nor does he do studies. Instead he enjoys the freedom and creative abandon of seeing where ...
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Small Jewels
Today - 1/31/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 19 from 6 to 10 p.m. This group show puts the skills of 21 local artists to the test as they produce amazing works that are each priced lower than $200. The range of materials includes oil paintings, pen and ink, photography, encaustic, mosaic, glass, ceramic, and jewelry that features everything from fine gems to seashells.
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Assemblage: A Culture Shock Event
1/19/2013

This exciting evening of storytelling and sound features musical guests performing in the most unlikely spaces among the "Fast Forward" and "Thornton Dial" exhibits.
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Culture Shock: Pre-Party
1/19/2013

The High Museum of Art is hosting the first-ever "Culture Shock Pre-Party." A ticket to this event includes a drink ticket and a special tour of "Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial." You'll also get to meet with the performers of "Assemblage: A Culture Shock Event", hang out at sound check, and, of course, entrance into the main...
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Best in Show 2013
Today - 2/5/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This group exhibit features works by several gallery artists, including Lynn Johnson, Gary Bodner, David Arms, Christy Kinard and Sabre Esler.
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Visions
1/19/2013

This group exhibit features contemporary works by Luke Ballard, Edgar Wiggins, Blake Lee, David Morico, Adam Kowzun, Chevy Shavers, Matt Ketchum, Donnie Reider, Shawn Night, Sam Parker, Eric Nine, Alli Rivenbark, Debi Coleman Singleton and others. 
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Dear Dr. King
1/21/2013

Playwright Pearl Cleage uses the unique voice of teenagers to explore the power of social change in this play, inspired by the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
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The Dream: Five Black Artists, Five Voices
Today - 3/9/2013

From historical events to personal identity, the subjects of these works showcase the diversity of Georgia's contemporary artistic voices.
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Reflections from 1965: The Civil Rights Movement
Today - 3/9/2013

Lithuanian-born American artist Ben Shahn is best known for his works of social realism and left-wing political views, but his keen interest in the Civil Rights Movement also found its way into his art. 
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The Atlanta Collage Society: SHARED VISIONS
Today - 3/9/2013

Artist Talk: Thursday, February 21 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit showcases works by members of the Atlanta Collage Society that were created around the theme of diversity. The Atlanta Collage Society was formed in 2006 to foster appreciation, interest and understanding about the medium of collage and to advance the stature of collage as a contemporary art medium. With a membership of...
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Elements: Mixed Materials
Today - 3/2/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. "Elements: Mixed Materials," is an exhibition that showcases artists who use unusual elements to create their art. The exhibit features works by Kem Alexander, Andrew Crawford, Tom Haney, Stephen Hayes, Maxine Hull and Steven Sachs. The capacity to create is present in all, however creating something new and different requires an ...
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A Word is Worth a Thousand Images: And the Word Is ... Silent
Today - 3/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, January 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works that reinterpret the word "silent" to show how a word can inspire and motivate the creation of endless imagery. The artists were challenged to disclose and share ideas, secrets and stories, organizing them into visual compositions.
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Ruth Laxson: Hip Young Owl
Today - 3/30/2013

This retrospective for Atlanta’s beloved Ruth Laxson features more than 125 works, including paintings, drawing and sculptures, as well as original artist books, mail art and more. Included in the exhibition are works from several public and private collections and early works that have never been shown before. Curated by Marcia Wood, a prominent Atlanta gallery owner, and Jo Anne Paschal...
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Maddie the Coon Hound Exhibition
Today - 2/17/2013

Maddie the Coon Hound traveled with her caregiver, Theron Humphrey, around the country for 365 days last year, meeting countless strangers and documenting her knack for perching on all sorts of objects for a good laugh.
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Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jews and the Promised Land
Today - 4/21/2013

"Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jews and the Promised Land" is an exhibition that explores the mass migration of Ethiopian Jews into modern Israeli society and the integration difficulties they face. The exhibition is inspired by the book The Ethiopian Jews of Israel by Len Lyons and features 100 photographs by South African photojournalist Ilan Ossendryver. Lyons and Ossendryver have colla...
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Roswell Roots Festival
Today - 2/28/2013

Roswell Roots celebrates Roswell's African-American history and culture throughout the month of February. This 12th year features a series of unique and fun events for everyone, and is the largest and most comprehensive celebration in the state of Georgia. Share in the city's rich history and contemporary culture, and discover something exciting about Roswell that you didn't know before! <...
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Atlanta Portrait Society Juried Exhibition
Today - 2/24/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features portrait works by members of the Atlanta Portrait Society. Nationally prominent California representational artist Tony Pro is the juror for this exhibit of some of the best portrait artists in the South.
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Echoes
Today - 4/20/2013

This exhibition features nature-inspired photographs and paintings by Carolyn Meltzer and Anne Patterson. Photographer Meltzer uses her camera to capture the beauty and dynamism of the natural world. Visual artist, director and designer Patterson draws inspiration from nature and music. Meltzer and Patterson created the works for "Echoes" through a process of collaboration in which each used ...
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Kim Anno: Grand Tour
Today - 3/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features Kim Anno's new body of paintings titled "Grand Tour." The show includes spectacular images of iconic cities and landscapes that people cherish as well as damage by "loving them too much." "Grand Tour" showcases a uniquely new approach to painting in which photographic images are inkjet printed directly onto eit...
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Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild Exhibit
Today - 2/28/2013

Explore the many events of the Roswell Roots Festival throughout the month of February, including this exhibit featuring the handcrafted works of the Ebony Stitchers.
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Sharing the Story of Slavery Exhibit
Today - 2/28/2013

In this unique exhibit, each room of Bulloch Hall has a display of many of the chores and tasks of the Bulloch slaves. The exhibit is meant to open discussions about the important role these enslaved people played in the Bulloch household and throughout the South. This event is part of Roswell Roots Festival...
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Slave Life on the Plantation Exhibit
Today - 2/28/2013

The items in this exhibit represent various aspects of a slave’s life, focusing on work, food and everyday tasks. The exhibit is located in the barn and the slave cabin, and most artifacts are from the original Smith family collection. This event is part of Roswell Roots Festival.
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Members of the Family ... ?
Today - 2/28/2013

This exhibit investigates the lives of the enslaved African-Americans held by the King family. The exhibit title is taken from a letter written by Catharine King, Barrington King’s wife, referring to the enslaved married couple Abram and Flora as members of the family. Using family documents and photographs, the lives of some of these members of the family are traced over a period of 20 y...
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An Exhibit of Works by Lionel Daniels
Today - 2/28/2013

Reception and Performance: Tuesday, February 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by painter and performance artist Lionel Daniels. He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta and an up-and-coming African-American artist in the Atlanta art scene. Daniels' traditional acrylic paintings present images that captivate thoughts about social issues. This ev...
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Slave Cabins: The Architecture of Enslavement
Today - 2/28/2013

This exhibit features a selection of works by acclaimed photographer Curtis Graves that examine plantation architecture — particularly the living quarters of enslaved Africans. This event is part of Roswell Roots Festival. This event takes place at:
Roswell Public Library<...
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Beneath the Bridges of Atlanta
Today - 2/24/2013

This compelling photographic exhibit by photojournalist Tony Smart explores the unseen world of poverty and homelessness found under Atlanta’s bridges and overpasses. In the legacy of iconic photographer Gordon Parks, Smart uses documentary realism to create haunting socially conscious images of the human condition that chronicle Atlanta’s invisible underworld.
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All that Glitters
Today - 2/23/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. “All that Glitters” features stunning chainmaille jewelry by Helen Rule. She has been making chainmaille in both the form of jewelry and armor for 12 years. Rule was inspired to start working with chainmaille as a result of her archaeological studies at Johns Hopkins University where she received an B.A. in Anthropology ...
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Suburbia
Today - 4/4/2013

"Suburbia" is a group exhibition of photographs by five artists who reflect on the ideas of repetition and seriality that shape middle class culture. The show includes pieces by Martin Adolfsson, Jonathan Lewis, Sarah Malakoff, Brian Ulrich and Christina Price Washington. The idea of suburbia, created after World War II as an artificial dream world, offers a space in which one could escape from...
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Atlanta: Lens on Landmarks
Today - 3/9/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit allows visitors to experience some of Atlanta’s most renowned landmarks, cityscapes and natural landscapes through the lens of Atlanta-based photographer Rob Simmons. "Atlanta: Lens on Landmarks" offers a tour of Atlanta’s familiar and memora...
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Soar: A Group Exhibition
2/2/2013

This group photography exhibit features images of flight — from feathers to flocks. The exhibit includes photography by Rebecca Norris Webb, Tom Chambers, Randi Lynn Beach, Jason Houston, Kat Kiernan, Clay Lipsky, Kerry Mansfield, Michael Marshall, Dorothy O'Connor, Emma Powell, Kathleen Robbins, Heather Evans Smith and Marisol Villanueva. This event takes place at:
The ...
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Patriot Expressions: Ulysses Davis' Presidents from The Beach Institute and Works from the Carter Library
Today - 4/21/2013

Ulysses Davis was a barber in Savannah. He cut hair for nearly 50 years, and when business was slow at his barbershop Davis whittled and carved wooden sculptures, including all the United States presidents through George H.W. Bush. This exhibit includes the wonderful collection of busts of the presidents, along with works from the Museum's collection.
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MINT and Young Blood Boutique Grand Re-Opening Party
2/2/2013

This re-opening event showcases the newly renovated Young Blood Boutique as well as the new gallery space occupied by MINT Gallery. The event features works by artists Nick Madden, Henry Detweiler, Jared Kelley, Joe Tsambiras, Chris Carder, Jane Garver, Sean Fahie, Estela Semeco, Jason Travis, Ashley Anderson and others. There will be a DJ, music from Little Tybee and readings curated by L...
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Dale Hendricks Photography Exhibition
Today - 2/28/2013

This exhibit features works by Dale Hendricks, a photojournalist and editorial photographer who strives to tell stories through pictures. His photos depict everyday people going about everyday business in ways that are unique to the complexities of life.
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Boom City
Today - 3/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 2 from 7 p.m. to midnight Each year Dashboard Co-Op selects a group of cutting-edge artists from Atlanta, New Orleans and New York. Online portfolios and interviews give these artist a platform to explain their processes and intents and to display the works they feel best depict their individual practices. The process culminates in an exhibit that tra...
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Shared Obstacles
Today - 3/5/2013

The works in this exhibit embody the quiet struggles of shared human experiences and reflect internal and external stimuli as seen by the surreal figurative visions of artists Cindy Billingsly and David Robinson. The works are up close, passionate and intensely heartfelt with purpose and vulnerability. The exhibit also introduces the multimedia "Collaborative Series" by William Rossoto and Davi...
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Western Edge
Today - 2/23/2013

Get a glimpse of the active art scene just west of Atlanta with works that explore both human and animal behavior in a variety of media.
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Transcendence
Today - 5/20/2013

This exhibit features works by Susan Libby Siegel, whose paintings depict her reactions to personal life experiences. Blank canvases present Siegel with opportunities to explore the interplay of colors. Sometimes this is accomplished by using various media such as crayon and watercolor or perhaps a waxy oil bar and loose oil paint creating a flowing effect. No matter where the inspiration com...
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Design with the Other 90%: CITIES
Today - 5/24/2013

Even though the majority of the earth's inhabitants live in cities, close to 1 billion live in informal settlements (or slums). See the innovative plans some urban planning experts propose in response to the rise of these communities.
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Soar: A Group Exhibition
Today - 2/28/2013

This group photography exhibit features images of flight — from feathers to flocks. The exhibit includes photography by Rebecca Norris Webb, Tom Chambers, Randi Lynn Beach, Jason Houston, Kat Kiernan, Clay Lipsky, Kerry Mansfield, Michael Marshall, Dorothy O'Connor, Emma Powell, Kathleen Robbins, Heather Evans Smith and Marisol Villanueva.
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Apache Cafe - February 4th through 10th
Today - 2/10/2013

Monday, 2/4:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 2/5:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

Hard Truths at the High Museum of Art, Thornton Dial debuts new works in this exhibit at Bill Lowe Gallery. The new pieces are juxtaposed with his principle earlier works (1989-1994), allowing viewers insight to the evolution of his artistic vocabulary. ...
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Echoes of the Collapse
Today - 2/22/2013

Reception: Friday, February 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. "Echoes of the Collapse," a thesis exhibition by M.F.A. photography student Sergei Isaenko, reflects an ongoing collaboration between the artist and his family. The exhibit was created as a way to come to terms with as well as commemorate the reasons for the family's emigration to the United States. Through the use of visual metaphors, thi...
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14th Annual ART PAPERS Art Auction
Today - 2/9/2013

Collectors' Preview: Friday, February 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. The 14th Annual ART PAPERS Art Auction features an impressive showcase of works by famed and emerging artists from around the world that are being auctioned to benefit ART PAPERS’ award-winning programs. The event is a silent auction that includes works by a broad scope of artists working in a variety of media, including pho...
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Jerilyn Virden Exhibit
Today - 3/16/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 8 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features sculptural vessels, hollow forms and utilitarian ware by Jerilyn Virden. Her forms are inspired by dough bowls and grinding stones that she came across while working on her M.F.A. at Southern Methodist University. Virden was taken in by these large, rough objects that had acquired their curved interiors as a...
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Showing, Thinking
Today - 3/8/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 8 from 2 to 3 p.m. Artist Talk: Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m. Closing Reception: Thursday, February 28 from 1 to 2 p.m. "Showing, Thinking" presents the often hidden side of being an artist, writer and scholar. By highlighting the process, the exhibit gives presence to that which nourishes the product, recognizing the value of the ma...
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Shadow May Exhibit
Today - 3/24/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 8 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Chattanooga artist Shadow May. The solo exhibit features a bold line of new works based on several years of sculptural explorations. In addition to a large selection of contemporary, abstract sculptures, the exhibit includes works in which May was able to capture and apply the energy and freedom of scu...
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Free Family Day
2/9/2013

Enjoy free admission all day at this special event for families. Guided hands-on art activities for children will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Flowers: Secrets Within
Today - 4/15/2013

Reception: Thursday, March 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Bayberry L. Shah. Her artwork is described as sensuous, provocative and regal. Her depictions of flowers lure viewers in to take a closer look at their shadowy interiors. The artwork is so detailed that one can continue to find new and fascinating shapes each time the works are viewed. Shah's works are a celeb...
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Henry Asencio One-Man Show
Today - 3/9/2013

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, February 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, February 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. This exhibit features the latest body of original paintings as well as a retrospective collection of limited-edition works by Henry Asencio. His signature style combines elements of abstract expressionism and abstract realism. Working mainly in oils, Asencio's open brushwork, sweepin...
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Body and Soul
Today - 3/22/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. The fourth annual presentation of "Body and Soul" features works by Bob Burkhardt, Cayce Callaway, Trevor Green and Li Su. The exhibition features four unique approaches to capturing the human form.
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Born and Bred
Today - 3/30/2013

"Born and Bred" is a group exhibition that features works inspired by American people, places and things. Twenty-two artists join forces to display a new body of work centered around American culture. Featured artists include Aaron Crawford, Ash Lethal, Greg Mike, Ted Murphy, Kristina Dutton, Dessie Jackson, Tommy Bronx, Scott Dupree, Oliver Black and others.
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Black History Month at Underground Atlanta
Today - 2/23/2013

Head to one of Atlanta's most historic attractions this February for Black History Month programming and events at Underground Atlanta, all free to the public. The Black History Month Parade will be held in Atlanta this year with a post-parade event at Underground Atlanta, and guests can enjoy other activities throughout the month. The African-American Cinema Gallery Exhibit honors some of the ...
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Second Sunday Family Fundays
Today - 3/10/2013

It's art-filled fun for the whole family! Delight in an artist demonstration, express your inner artist in art-making workshops, and enjoy magical live performances.
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Weaving and Fiber Arts Open House
2/10/2013

At this open house visitors can learn about weaving and other fiber arts. Instructors will be on hand to demonstrate floor-loom weaving, rigid-heddle weaving, inkle weaving, tapestry weaving, basketmaking and card weaving, along with kumihimo braiding, spinning, crochet and knitting. Visitors can also tour the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild classroom, view an exhibit of fiber art and try weavi...
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The Red Dash
Today - 2/28/2013

This exhibit features works by members of the Atlanta Artists Center, including Geri Zaki, Anne Hall, Lynda Ellis, Cynthia Frigon, Kathy Rennell Forbes, Craig Ford, Wesley Channell, Mickey McConnell, Mary Derbes, Robert Christie, Judith Dunne and others. The common denominator of the works is the use of the color red. Artists explore their relationships with this powerful, dominant color by emb...
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Interconnection
Today - 3/8/2013

Artist Talk: Wednesday, March 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. "Interconnection," featuers artwork by Akilah Sade Passmore. The works are photographic prints made by digital photography and digital imaging using mixed media materials, including oil, water, magazine cut-outs and alternative light sources. Passmore's works focus on spirituality and the interconnection of life. This event ta...
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Homecoming: African-American Family History in Georgia
Today - 4/28/2013

Reception: Sunday, February 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. On loan from Auburn Avenue Research Library, this collection of photographs celebrates the process by which African-Americans established homes and families in a hostile land. The photographs are of people and families living in Georgia that date from the 1800s into the 20th century...
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The Gees Bend Experience: Quilts from Tinnie, Minnie and Claudia Pettway
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. In this exhibit fiber artist Marquetta Johnson showcases her colorful, hand-died quilts.
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Drawing on the Unexpected: Works from Asheville Artists
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. Curated by Julyan Davis, this exhibit introduces painters Ernesto Torres and Stephen Bach. In addition there are new works by Davis, Frank Hyder, Ashley Surber and Terry Turrell, a selection of Herbert Creecy paintings, and Mark Karelson’s new body of work titled "Originem."
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Bronze Pour
2/15/2013

Cast your own bronze masterpiece with help from Atlanta's Inferno Foundry and inspiration from the extraordinary cast bronze works in the Greek and Roman, Egyptian and Asian galleries at the Carlos.
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Karen Newgard Exhibit
Today - 3/24/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. This solo exhibit features Karen Newgard's salt-fired porcelain works in a variety of functional forms. Clarity of image, a tactile approach to graphics, and a process that is both meditative and precise are some of the elements that make Newgard's works unique.
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Sam Parker Retrospective: 1989 to Present
Today - 3/23/2013

An extremely prolific artist with a mixed artistic background and interest set, Sam Parker has already managed to create what most artists work their whole lives to achieve. With that in mind, this exhibit showcases a retrospective of Parker's works over the last 24 years with a variety of works highlighting this diverse artist's many creations. The exhibit showcases works from his development...
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bowl, home, energy, culture, corner, table, earth, space, embrace, everything: In Kyoung Chun
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 16 at 7 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. In her first solo exhibition, Kyoung Chun considers materiality and its dissolution along with their connection within the never-ending continuum of energy. Beginning with an installation of disparate objects and surfaces, Chun creates large and small paintings in watercolor and oil that ...
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Whim
Today - 3/16/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 16 from 8 to 11 p.m. "Whim" is a exhibition featuring six artists whose works are influenced by the subtle chaos of intuition. Vaguely organic forms, created both intentionally or by some automatic process, populate paintings, drawings and prints. The featured artists are Rebecca Hanna, Jacklin Jones, Emily Maxwell, Erin Palovick, Stephanie Raborn a...
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Passages
Today - 5/31/2013

"Passages" features a selection of embroidery paintings and large-scale drawings on paper by artist Jessica Rankin. For Rankin's first solo show in the Southeast, this exhibition presents conceptually driven "mental maps" that include imagery of charts and diagrams, pathways and landscapes, poetic text and coded language, that form organic compositions that are influenced by her personal experi...
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And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Fight for Social Change
Today - 12/1/2013

This exhibit features original materials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference archive kept by the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library at Emory University. The exhibition highlights the tireless efforts of this significant civil rights organization to achieve positive social changes in the years after the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ashlynn Browning Exhibit
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features brave new paintings by Ashlynn Browning. The impetus for her works is a combination of autobiography and exploring the process of painting. In Browning's current series, she is interested in creating a hybrid of geometric forms and intuitive processes. Many of these paintings are read as places and even still-...
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A Time and Place
Today - 4/5/2013

This group exhibition features photography by four recognized artists whose works span the 20th and 21st centuries. While each photographer’s images reflect a period in history, the continued relevance of the works defies a time stamp. Richard Pare’s prints from recent major museum exhibitions in London, Berlin and New York reveal designs still influencing contemporary art and arch...
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Gurgle and Seep
Today - 3/30/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m. "Gurgle and Seep" showcases Laura Bell's stitched mixed media works that reference the human body and its functions and processes, as well as the exuberant persistence of living forces both deadly and benign. Bell has moved away from painting on flat surfaces to create sewn works that rise from the frames toward viewers. For Bell, the act of sti...
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Introductions: New Artists Joining us from Emily Amy Gallery
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Emily Amy is closing her gallery in Atlanta and joining Anne Irwin Fine Art as the new gallery director. This exhibit introduces some of the artists formerly represented by Emily Amy Gallery to her new audience. Artists featured include Jen Bradley, Paul Brigham, Sara Cole, Jules Cozine, Dorothy Goode, Bernd Haussmann, Melanie ...
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Push Pin Show
Today - 3/9/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For the 26th Annual Push Pin Show photographers are invited to showcase their latest visual creations by bringing their un-matted images and pinning them up in the gallery. Prints are attached to the wall with push pins in this freeform exploration of the photo arts.
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Introductions
Today - 3/20/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by several artists who are new to Pryor Fine Art. Included artists are Anke Schofield, Jenny Nelson, Jen Garrido, Lisa Noonis, Yasharel Manzy, Richard Kooyman and Kevin Sonmor.
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George Georgiou: Fault Lines/Turkey/East/West
Today - 4/13/2013

Visit one of the world's leading tourist destinations in this exhibit through Georgiou's colorful and captivating photographs of Turkey's changing landscape.
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Michael Kenna: New Works 2011-2012
Today - 4/13/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features Michael Kennaʼs new black-and-white images of exotic destinations from 2011 and 2012.
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Andrew Moore: New Work from Cuba
Today - 4/13/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features Andrew Mooreʼs richly colored large-format photographs of Cuba.
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Gustafson and Nyimicz Exhibit
Today - 4/20/2013

This exhibit features new works by Greg Gustafson and Shannon Nyimicz. Gustafson’s landscape paintings are imbued with a sense of sweeping romance. Nyimicz works from her imagination to create playful paintings that are primarily representational but have an element of abstraction.
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College Night
2/23/2013

Explore the paintings, passion and politics of the art world's most fiery duo, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Take a tour of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, then, like Frida, turn part of your body into a work of art with a body-paint artist. Work with artists from the Indie Craft Experience to make Frida- and Diego-inspired swag, th...
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Broken Window Theory
Today - 4/13/2013

Artist Reception: Saturday, March 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. This photography exhibit features works by Soul Thick Fotography. There are 19 brilliant photographs in this collection that are all uniquely framed in restored windows.
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Fifth Annual Jewelry Market
2/24/2013

This exciting fundraising event showcases beginning to professional level jewelry artists who exhibit and sell their unique handcrafted jewelry. Selections include diverse jewelry styles in precious metals, glass, beads, gemstones and more at prices to fit every budget.
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Apache Cafe - February 25th through March 3rd
Today - 3/3/2013

Monday, 2/25:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 2/26:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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Landscapes of the Mind
Today - 3/30/2013

Ten artists push the boundaries of traditional landscape painting to create highly personal visions of nature in this exhibit.
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Square Root
Today - 4/27/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. Reception: Friday, April 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features recent works by Pedro Gonzalez. The works include paintings, drawings and prints that reflect the origins of alphabet systems, signs and symbols to evoke a primordial, yet fictional, code of communication. For these pieces Gonzalez draws inspiration from petrogly...
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Cut and Paste: Contemporary Collage and Mixed Media
Today - 4/12/2013

Fulton County Arts Council drew from its public art registry for this collage and mixed media exhibit featuring nearly 10 artists, including Jaynie Crimmins.
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Occidental Accidents
Today - 3/14/2013

Reception: Friday, March 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. "Occidental Accidents" is a thesis exhibition by M.F.A. painting student Sausan Saulat. The works in the exhibit explore notions about the artist's home country of Pakistan and the Muslim world at large as seen through the eyes of the West. Layered with metaphors for tradition, gender, sexuality, politics and religion, Saulat's paintings and i...
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Kukumbuka Kifo and Ikiru
Today - 3/31/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1 from 7 to 11 p.m. These two new exhibitions explore the common thread that links each and every human being: life and death. In Gallery I, Jamele Wright Sr. presents "Kukumbuka Kifo" (to remember the dead), an exhibition that explores the strained relationships between Africans and African-Americans because of colonization and particularly the slave tr...
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Body Language
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features Holly Irwin's new series of abstract figure paintings. Irwin says, “My new figurative work is a passionate journey through feelings, identities and relationships, focusing on the language of gesture. I traveled through various stages of abstraction, exploring some new materials and seeking a deeper level of ...
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New Freedom: A Visual Study of Women in Early African-American History
Today - 4/28/2013

In recognition of Women's History Month, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "New Freedom: A Visual Study of Women in Early African-American History" featuring works by Atlanta artist Charmaine Minniefield. This series of works celebrates female strength from post-emancipation to after the turn of the century. This exhibit also features images that were influenced by the Selena Sloan But...
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Form Revisited
Today - 8/18/2013

This exhibit features contemporary wildlife art by Pen Brady. This collection of 25 original acrylic and India ink paintings reveals eye-catching portrayals of birds, insects, fish, mammals and flowers. Both intricate and fluid, her works offer movement to the subjects of her designs. Brady’s extremely fine lines and ability to master solid colors with no signs of brush strokes often mis...
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Andy Moon Wilson: 10 x 10
Today - 4/20/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, April 20 at 12 p.m. This exhibit features new works by Andy Moon Wilson, who likes to work in series but doesn't like to title pieces. This series features works that are 10 x 10 inches, and it has been in the works for three years. The drawings appear to be flashes of something bright and glorious, possibly a mirage that confounds all manners of approach. As if b...
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Reverie
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 2 from 6 to 10 p.m. Closing Reception: Saturday, March 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.  This exhibit features new works of abstractions by Erin Palovick and Julianne Trew.
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Anderson Bailey Exhibit
Today - 4/2/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. This exhibit features works by Anderson Bailey. Subtle combinations of softly glazed and raw porcelain make Bailey's functional pottery a treat for the hands as well as the eyes. Smooth transitions from texture to glass combine with cool colors and metallic accents. The works are refined but not dainty and artistic but strong for eve...
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Rail Arts District Studio Cruise
3/2/2013

This year marks the Rail Arts District Studio Cruise’s sixth annual celebration of local artists. Working artist studios, local boutiques and formal galleries all host art sales, artist demonstrations, performances and food. The event continues to thrive with dozens of venues and thousands of attendees each year. Visitors can sample a deliciously diverse group of artworks, see art in...
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Apache Cafe - March 4th through 10th
Today - 3/10/2013

Monday, 3/4:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 3/5:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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Converge
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. The works in this group exhibit explore the individual concepts of each artist with a connectivity between the mediums of printmaking, painting and bookmaking. The works include natural abstractions, figurations, interpretations of the mapped and measured, and textual studies. The exhibit features works by Merritt Cates, Megan Heal...
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Rock Iconic
Today - 4/19/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, March 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit celebrates 40 years of iconic rock and roll photography with exclusive images by legendary photographer Martin Frias. Most of his photography is centered in the world of rock music, spanning the '70s to present day with photos of rock icons like Freddy Mercury, Rober...
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Wonder Years: Designers Reach Back
Today - 4/26/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. High school is anything but black and white. It is a unique fusion of experiences for everyone. Atlanta designers reached back, dug deep and shared what it was like for them in high school through artwork created for this special "Wonder Years" pin-up show at WonderRoot.
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30 Paintings in 30 Days
Today - 4/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. Dawn Kinney Martin is the featured artist for the inaugural exhibit in the Decatur Arts Alliance's new location. This exhibit includes Martin's new paintings created for a "30 Paintings in 30 Days" challenge. This event takes place at:
Decatur Arts Alliance
113 Clairemont Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
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Culture Shock: Fiesta para Frida
3/9/2013

Party on the piazza, revolutionary style, at this special event. Grab a drink, and sit at the community table to meet other museum goers. Check out the homemade piñatas, enjoy a margarita, dance to live music, or play a table game. What's the best part? You can visit "Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting" i...
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East Atlanta Village Block Party
3/9/2013

Join Living Walls to celebrate the visual transformation of East Atlanta Village. In true fashion, bars, businesses and venues have joined forces with Living Walls to put together the biggest Block Party as of yet — an all-day event featuring an artist market, drink specials at six different bars, a live show at 529 (and a secret show at a certain secret spot), a live Iron Pour at So Ba, ...
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Square-Foot Fiber Art Pin-Up Show
Today - 4/21/2013

Reception: Sunday, March 10 from 2 to 5 p.m. This group exhibit features works by several members of the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance. The pieces are made up of various materials using various techniques, but all measure one square foot in size. This event takes place at:
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance Center
1705 Commerce Dr. NW
Atlanta GA 30318
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Apache Cafe - March 11th through 17th
Today - 3/17/2013

Monday, 3/11:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 3/12:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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involves a series of interactive, interconnected installations designed exclusively for the historic Erickson Clock space. During the course of the evening, each person who enters shifts from an eavesdropping party guest to a puzzle-solving pathfinder to a proactive guest star in the story. You will emerge amused and confused, but better connected with the outside world, y...
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Today - 4/14/2013

Stemming from a fascination with the industrial world, Andrew Massey's works reinterpret machinery in clay form with wheel-thrown and assembled components. Presented beyond illusion, these works make a connection to a long gone Victorian-Industrial era with a bit of modern Steampunk thrown in. Jars, jugs and shot glasses with threaded pipes and rivets trick the eye and pull viewers in for a to...
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Kessenich Contemporary Group Exhibit
Today - 4/5/2013

This group exhibit features works by Atlanta artists Neda Abghari, Daniel Biddy, Julie Jones Boulée, Jef Brown, Jaynie Crimmins, Patrick DeAngelis, Erika Hibbert, Angus Galloway, Ben Goldman, Kent Knowles, Paul Rodecker and Douglas Stratton. Binders Limelight Gallery
3330 Piedmont Rd. NE
Suite 18
Atlanta, GA 30305 
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Art on the Circle: Miami Circle Art Walk
Today - 7/20/2013

Explore the galleries of Miami Circle at this monthly event that features art spanning more than three centuries.
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Ford Smith Exhibit
Today - 4/15/2013

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, March 16 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, March 17 from 1 to 4 p.m.  This exhibit features an extraordinary collection of original paintings and fine art limited editions by Ford Smith. His immense talent showcases a repertoire of styles, including Expressionism, Impressionism and abstract landscapes.
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10th Anniversary Show
Today - 4/12/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16 from 7 to 10 p.m. For its 10th anniversary, The Seen Gallery presents a group exhibit that features most of the artists the gallery currently represents along with works by others who have contributed to gallery’s history and success. Opening its doors in October of 2002 in the old Scottish Rite Hospital in the Oakhurst business district, the ...
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David J. Sencer CDC Museum Permanent Exhibits
Today - 7/12/2013

Visitors can learn about environmental health issues at "Global Symphony" - an unparalleled multi-media installation highlighting the world of the CDC.
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Spring Senior Exhibition I
Today - 3/30/2013

Opening Reception: Monday, March 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. The senior exhibition is required as partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In this exhibit senior art majors exhibit from portfolios in a wide variety of concentrations, including studio arts, art education and graphic communication.
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Apache Cafe - March 18th through 24th
Today - 3/24/2013

Monday, 3/18:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 3/19:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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The South’s Next Wave: Design’s Spring Fling
3/21/2013

Since "The South’s Next Wave: Design Challenge" exhibition opened in November, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) has collected viewers’ votes for their favorite of the 17 vignettes that comprise the show. The time has come to announce the winners! At this event, MODA will award the creative team behind the vignette that’s been vote...
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Black to the Future: the Octavia E. Butler Celebration of the Fantastic Arts
3/21/2013

Pioneers in black speculative fiction will gather at Spelman College to celebrate the legacy of science fiction novelist Octavia E. Butler at "Black to the Future: the Octavia E. Butler Celebration of the Fantastic Arts." The events includes a black science fiction short film festival, lobby art exhibition, staged readings, writers' panels and more. The event will also be&...
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Theories of Everything
Today - 5/3/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. Dayna Thacker's new body of work takes inspiration from the “thousand invisible cords” of modern string theory, ancient Islamic sacred geometry and the all-pervasive principles of ecology. These complex areas of study have several overlapping concerns: the harmony of relationships, the correlation between the very large a...
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Don Cooper: Path Within
Today - 6/1/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, May 18 at 2 p.m. This exhibit features recent works by Don Cooper, who for the past seven years has followed a ritualistic, meditative path through concentric circle paintings inspired by the concept of bindu. Bindu, a drop or dot, represents a point in space where everything begins and ends. In Cooper's most recent works he deals with a water media on synthetic...
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Cloud Bouncing
Today - 5/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. "Cloud Bouncing" is a solo exhibition featuring new works by Tennessee artist Nathaniel Galka. The series is based on the effects of playful day dreaming in the state of twilight. As a departure from true reality, the works in the exhibit take viewers to a state of complete bliss and comfort. These paintings are a delicate balance...
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Avalanche
Today - 5/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. "Avalanche" is a solo exhibition in the new works on paper gallery, The Grey Gallery, featuring new works by SCAD Atlanta painting professor Kent Knowles. The drawings in this series encapsulate a diversity of moods and ponderings as each character peers out into the world thr...
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Revolucion: Frida and Diego Teen Night
3/23/2013

Explore the paintings, passion and politics of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera with other teens at this special event. Choose to paint a self-portrait that celebrates your uniqueness — à la Frida — or work with all your new friends on a large-scale mural — à la Diego. Singer/songwriter Faye Webster pays tribute to the fiery duo with love and anti-love songs, and pri...
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Jermaine Clark: Untitled
3/23/2013

This exhibit is a celebration of works by Jermaine Clark. Rather than title the show, Clark said he "wants people to look at each piece as an individual and let their minds wonder what mental or emotional state I may have been in at that particular time." This event takes place at:
Doo Gallery
205 Holtzclaw St. SE
Atlanta, GA 30316
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Victoria Jackson Exhibit
Today - 4/14/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features landscapes and abstract paintings by Victoria Jackson. Drawing inspiration from her travels through Europe, Jackson uses simplified shapes and muted hues to bring forth a sense of tranquility and emotional bonds with the lands in her paintings.
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We Love Lucy Stovall: A Benefit for the Artist
3/23/2013

On Christmas Day 2012, Lucy Stovall was diagnosed with multiple cancers, which are currently being treated. The expenses far outstrip her existing medical insurance. At this event at Marcia Wood Gallery, attendees can enjoy an exciting program of musical performances and a silent auction of artwork by more than 30 of Atlanta's important artists as they come together to support Stovall. ...
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Lithograph Prints from Rolling Stone Press
Today - 7/13/2013

The art in this exhibit on display at the Mechanicsville Library is a tribute to Rolling Stone Press' significance to Georgia's art history.
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Bohemian Circus
Today - 5/27/2013

Art lovers will enjoy this interactive art evening at the Apache Cafe with exhibited works by emerging artists.
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Apache Cafe - March 25th through 31st
Today - 3/31/2013

Monday, 3/25:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 3/26:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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Board Walk
Today - 4/28/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. MINT's board took on the great responsibility of selecting pieces for this show, which presents works by Brian Colin, Amber Singleton, Dave Williamson, Marcy Starz, Michi Meko, Kristi Kent, Jonathan Welsh, Jahson Fuller and Kayla Rachelle.
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National Museum of Decorative Painting Permanent Exhibits
Today - 7/12/2013

No matter what your favorite style of decorative painting, you will find it at this premiere repository of the style.
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Rialto Visual Arts Series: Paint
Today - 7/12/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Reception: Thursday, May 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibition features works by Elizabeth Sheppell and Justine Rubin that celebrate the application of paint to surfaces through the use of abstraction. The exhibit is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Rialto Center for the Arts, Comer Art Advisory (a visual art consult...
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The Sportsman's Gallery
Today - 7/13/2013

This gallery sports one of the largest, most diverse collections of contemporary sporting and wildlife art found today.
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The Window Project
Today - 7/15/2013

The Window Project is a curated outdoor, new media installation space facing the southern end of Woodruff Park from the windows of the Digital Arts Entertainment Lab. The infrastructure consists of six high-definition projectors synchronized to create a rear-projection screen that stands more than six feet high and spans more than 80 feet in width. Th...
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Museum of History and Holocaust Education Permanent Exhibits
Today - 7/12/2013

Don't miss this Kennesaw museum's tribute to the Jewish children who perished during the Holocaust — a breathtaking 1.5 million hand-crafted butterflies.
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The Annual Dogwood Show: Spring Spectacular
Today - 4/30/2013

Reception: Sunday, April 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. "The Annual Dogwood Show" began in 1985 and has continued to be the gallery's spring celebration. Note that this is not a themed show. All the works in the exhibit will be judged for prizes.
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Fallen Animals
Today - 5/14/2013

Reception: Tuesday, May 14 at 5 p.m. "Fallen Animals" is a solo exhibition of black-and-white photographs by SCAD alumnus Marcus Kenney (M.F.A. photography, 1998). This exhibition offers haunting portraits and landscapes as well as repeated motifs such as masks, hands and religious iconography that recall a Southern Gothic style. Displayed collectively, the imagery evokes an ominous and...
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Photography on the Color Line
Today - 4/28/2013

"Photography on the Color Line" is a photographic exhibition about the lives and achievements of African-American Georgians at the turn of the 20th century. Curated by Dr. Shawn Michelle Smith, this exhibit epitomizes the efforts of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, professor of sociology at Atlanta University, to debunk racial stereotypes and ideas of inferiority that were prevalent in the United States.
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Michael C. Carlos Museum
Today - 7/14/2013

Stand next to ancient mummies, Roman marble statues, Greek pottery and more at this premier art museum located in the heart of Emory's campus.
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Taylor Kinzel Gallery
Today - 7/14/2013

Check out this gallery in Roswell that specializes in representing original fine art by internationally renowned and emerging Southern artists.
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Watson Gallery
Today - 7/13/2013

Watson Gallery features a selection of artwork by more than 30 well-established, mid-career and emerging artists with a focus on artists from the Southeast. Exhibiting artists include Ann DerGara, Elsie Dresch, Joan Hilliard, Liefje Smith and Carey Watson. More than 300 original works of art are on display in a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, wood and raku.
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Symmetry/Asymmetry: African Textiles, Dress and Adornment
Today - 8/25/2013

"Symmetry/Asymmetry" draws attention to African textiles as abstract works of art to highlight their aesthetic dimensions. At the same time, the works in the exhibition suggest a synaesthetic experience as these once kinetic works engage multiple senses. More than 40 works of African textiles, dress and adornment — including objects from throughout the continent, from South Africa to the ...
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The Latino List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Today - 5/19/2013

"The Latino List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders" exhibition is a portrait survey of 30 important Hispanic-Americans by photographer and documentary filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Portraits include Gloria Estefan, Victor Cruz, America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, George Lopez, Sen. Robert Menéndez, Soledad O'Brien, Pitbull, Chi Chi Rodríguez, Christy Turlington Burns a...
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Hand Pulled Images
Today - 4/28/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. Printmaking Demonstration: Saturday, April 13 at 2 and 4 p.m. This exhibit of works by Kennesaw State University students and alumni showcases the fine art of printmaking. The exhibit includes more than 50 works that demonstrate the wide range of creative possibilities in this art form as well as tremendous talents of the a...
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Expressions in Color
Today - 4/26/2013

This exhibit features Fauvist-inspired pieces by Monika Meunier. Her works present collectors with idealized versions of the beautiful region that surrounds her studio. Towering amid cypress and olive trees, she brings landscapes to life with scenes — the sun is always shining, and the flowers are always in bloom. Meunier uses only oil paints and carefully applies them to canvases with he...
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First Thursdays Downtown Arts Walk
Today - 6/6/2013

Stroll through downtown on this self-guided evening tour to experience Atlanta's art scene and some of the finest contemporary art the South has to offer.
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Marti Schmidt Exhibit
Today - 4/19/2013

Artist and printmaker Marti Schimdt's distinct works combine the tropical ambiance of the pan-Caribbean with elements from the Orient and European flavor.
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Marc Villanueva: The Helix Collection
Today - 4/30/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4 from 4 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Marc Villanueva, a painter who creates contemporary abstract works on canvas. His compositions are fusions of color, texture and movement achieved through the application of oil and acrylic paints, sometimes married with organic material. The colorful, soothing images reveal themselves through the artis...
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It's About Blooming Time!
Today - 4/25/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. The first annual garden and outdoor living art show and sale is a judged exhibit that includes items such as birdhouses, planters, outdoor living furniture, stepping stones, flower pots, sundials, garden stakes, water fountains, bird feeders, garden framed paintings and more.
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First Friday Art Walk
Today - 7/5/2013

Start your weekend with this free self-guided tour of Marietta Square's eclectic arts scene, as galleries, museums and cultural venues open their doors to the public.
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Examining the Overlooked
Today - 5/24/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. “Examining the Overlooked” features works by Jaynie Crimmins that honor people's daily preoccupations and the tasks traditionally associated with women’s work while investigating the inherent meanings in mundane household papers.
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Under the Rainbow
Today - 5/11/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. "Under the Rainbow," a new body of work by Ann-Marie Manker, focuses on the inner struggles of a femme fatale. Manker's carefully rendered female subjects reveal the many sides of anima/animus through their actions. They play the roles of oppressor, the victim or both. These women have remorse and delight for their actions, and they are simultan...
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Spring Show
Today - 5/11/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. This group exhibit features drawings by Robert Marx and paintings by Jeanie Tomanek, Karen Hollingsworth, Craig Hawkins and Will Rafuse. The exhibit showcases paintings from new artists to the gallery, including animal portraiture by Ray Hare and urban landscapes by Valerio D’Ospina. Additionally, there are photo-based works by ...
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Marlan Yoder Exhibit
Today - 4/30/2013

Reception: Friday, April 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Marlan Yoder, whose style crosses the lines of Surrealism, the abstract and Impressionism while rendering his own brand of pointillism in the process. Also an author, Yoder's book, "The Muck Memoirs," is a fictional coming of age story based on Yoder's youth.
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PeaceLoveFear
Today - 4/28/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 11 p.m. Megan Reeves Williamson’s new solo exhibition explores the complexities of the human experience and the dueling tensions that exist in all people. The artist creates what appear to be brightly colored fun works that are infused with multiple layers of paint, paper, images and adornments that help reveal complexities and the fact...
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Deceptive Seduction
Today - 4/28/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 11 p.m. This exhibit features pieces by Sydnei SmithJordan, whose works are mash-ups of Surrealism, symbolic portraiture and graphic design. Together these powerful combinations allow the artist to create uniquely original works that capture the strength and beauty of dreamscapes and realities. By painting both what she has seen and what she ...
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Fur and Feathers
Today - 5/5/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. From the whimsical to the fantastic to the macabre, "Fur and Feathers" brings forth an invigorating span of imaginative works. Going well beyond “putting a bird on it,” these artists deliver a diverse expression of creatures. The collection features sculptural and functional pottery by nearly 20 artists, including Charlie...
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Traveling Souls
Today - 4/18/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. Additional times:
Saturday, April 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 from 12 to 5 p.m.  This exhibit celebrates Hispanic-American art from 11 Caribbean and Latin American countries with works by artists from Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puert...
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Passages
Today - 5/17/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. In this exhibit Masha Kouznetsova aims to capture an ephemeral space, translating fleeting moments of thought through her synthesis of drawing, sculpture and experimentation with pinhole photography. Paper allows Kouznetsova to investigative moments of lines and mark-making, serving as an archaeological journal for the vast labyrinth...
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
Today - 4/27/2013

This exhibit features works by Susan Easton Burns, Kathy Cousart, Helen DeRamus, Barbara Dunham, Carolyn Goldsmith, John Guernsey, Alberto Mier, Charles Emery Ross and Marissa Vogl.
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Poetry and Vision
Today - 5/17/2013

Artist Reception: Saturday, April 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features Walter Cumming, Jack Simonetta and Staci Swider in an exhibition featuring works created in pastels, oils and pencil. The subject matter of the works includes local Atlanta and Georgia landmarks, landscapes, and interpretations of poetry by the late Bruce Stern.
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Vessels
Today - 4/27/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6 from 6 to 10 p.m. Closing Reception: Friday, April 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features new figural works by Christine Lu, Asia Matos and Morgan Victoria. The paintings and drawings showcase each artist's distinctive approach to depicting the human form.
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Blow-Up
Today - 5/25/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6 at 7 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Taking its name from the classic 1966 Antonioni film, "Blow-Up" features works by five artists: Nikita Gale, In Kyoung Chun, Sharon Shapiro, Ben Steele and Nancy VanDevender. Each artist explores aspects of cinematic language or storytelling, but more specific to the film, they explore ideas...
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Jacarte Exhibit
4/7/2013

This exhibit features handmade, optical crystal sculptures, vases and perfume bottles by the artists of Jacarte. Each piece is completely hand sculpted and then hand painted on the inside utilizing a traditional small hooked brush. The glass art masterpieces transport skills and techniques established hundreds of years ago into contemporary times. 
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URBANfronts
Today - 4/20/2013

Empty retail spaces and lobbies along Peachtree Street get a face-lift as they are transformed into temporary galleries by AIA Atlanta.
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Spring Senior Exhibition II
Today - 4/20/2013

Opening Reception: Monday, April 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. The senior exhibition is required as partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In this exhibit senior art majors exhibit from portfolios in a wide variety of concentrations, including studio arts, art education and graphic communication.
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Selected Works from the Permanent Collection
Today - 5/25/2013

The Hudgens Center for the Arts' permanent collection features works by a variety of famous and up-and-coming artists.
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Senior Capstone Exhibit Group 2
Today - 4/21/2013

Reception: Thursday, April 18 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. In this exhibit graduating seniors in the art education, art marketing, film studies and studio art programs present works that represent the culmination of their studies within the department of visual arts.
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Consuming Passions
Today - 6/15/2013

"Consuming Passions" is a group exhibition of works by six young American artists — Becca Albee, Phillip Birch, Colby Bird, Jessica Bowman, Nikita Gale and Bryan Zanisnik — curated by Amanda Parmer. The show nods to Judith Williamson’s collection of essays published in 1988 titled "Consuming Passions, the Dynamics of Popular Culture." These practices are held together by a com...
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Repetition and Ritual: New Sculpture in Fiber
Today - 5/25/2013

Hear exhibit curator Sonya Yong James discuss the 17 featured artists' expressions of repetition at a special talk this Saturday, April 20 at 10:30 a.m.
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Jes Schrom: Confession
Today - 5/25/2013

This select collection of secrets originated from a public art project artist Jes Schrom created for Flux Projects called "Secrets of Atlanta." Featuring vintage handkerchiefs hung on clothes lines in the gallery, each handkerchief is embroidered with text revealing a secret, which range in content from silly things like "I shave my big...
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Needles and Threads: Gwinnett Celebrates Traditional Fiber Arts
Today - 5/25/2013

This is the first judged fiber arts show at The Hudgens. Local fiber artists were invited to submit their works to be considered for inclusion, and the resulting exhibit features works by 15 artists, including quilts, a handful of cross stitch samplers, several needlepoint examples and more.
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Africa Belle Festival
Today - 5/23/2013

The Africa Belle Festival is a celebration of French-speaking Africa with an emphasis on film, lectures, gallery talks, children's storytelling and a community soirée. All events take place at Alliance Française d'Atlanta's midtown location, unless otherwise noted. Schedule of events:
April 10 at 7 p.m
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Seismic Reflection
Today - 5/24/2013

Closing Reception: Friday, May 24 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. This exhibition features sculptures, photography and videos by Bethany Springer.
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2nd Friday Art Stroll
Today - 7/12/2013

All participating galleries, artist spaces and neighborhood restaurants invite patrons to stroll the Castleberry Hill Historic Art District every second Friday.
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A Homecoming: The Art of Langdon Quin
Today - 5/18/2013

Atlanta-born artist Langdon Quin has never lost touch with his roots, though he ventured far away to pursue what became an esteemed career in fine art. Quin is a representational painter who is in no way conventional. His subjects, derived from both observation and imagination, include landscapes, interiors, figures and still lifes — often in combination — rendered with an exquisite...
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Barbara Flowers Solo Show
Today - 5/1/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 12 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by Barbara Flowers, whose art combines energetic brushwork and palette knife technique to create a variety of soft passages mixed with a heavy build-up of paint to capture viewers' attention.
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TechArts Festival
Today - 4/13/2013

The TechArts Festival is a two-day annual event showcasing the creative spirit through student and faculty projects. Music, dance, theatre, digital, literary and visual arts flourish at the technological research university, inspiring and reflecting research and education. The 2013 festival includes works that showcase the convergence of art and technology, and also works that are solely artist...
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Surface
Today - 5/31/2013

Artist Talk and Reception: Thursday, April 18 at 6 p.m. "Surface" by Bibhu Mohapatra is an exhibition encompassing works from many seasons, including the designer's first collection in fall of 2009. Inspired by the sumptuous fabrics and vibrant colors of his native India, Mohapatra is known for his innovative garment construction, attention to detail and exquisite, richly developed surf...
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Photographer's Choice
Today - 6/8/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by several Atlanta photographers. Each person is represented by an image he or she has personally selected for inclusion in the annual show. The exhibit is often a chance for photographers to show a work that has not been featured because the image doesn't fit within a current or past body of work.
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Sean O'Connell Solo Show
Today - 5/5/2013

This exhibit features a refined portfolio of fluid porcelain pottery by Sean O'Connell. The functional vessels exude an atmosphere of softness and light while balancing this sensation with a grounding vividness and strength of purpose.
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Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Permanent Exhibit
Today - 7/14/2013

Browse through this impressive permanent collection of 19th and 20th century American art, from Warhol to Wyeth.
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Marietta Square Artists Market
Today - 7/13/2013

This fine arts open-air market showcases the best of local work. Created as an extension of the Marietta Square Farmers Market, the Artists Market is located adjacent to Glover Park on Mill Street (from Church Street to the railroad tracks) in historic downtown Marietta. Visitors can peruse paintings, jewelry, fiber art and photography from various local and regional artists.
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Second Saturdays at Spruill Gallery
Today - 7/13/2013

This outdoor market features a diverse group of local artisans. Shoppers can peruse a variety of handcrafted items, meet the artisans behind the works, and enjoy the historic Spruill family homestead. Each month features new and returning artists with an extraordinary collection of items, including ceramics, jewelry, glass, candles, sculptures, paintings and more.
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Print Big!
4/13/2013

Atlanta Printmakers Studio reveals the world of printmaking at this special event in which groups of artists ink up prints as large as 4 x 8 feet.
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Festival on Ponce
Today - 4/14/2013

This local arts and crafts festival takes place among the beautiful parks, trees and paths of the Ponce de Leon corridor. Enjoy fine art and crafts, folk and "outsider" art, a children's area, and local food and beverage. Visitors are encouraged to stroll the event to enjoy the art on display and the historic gardens.

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Alpharetta Arts StreetFest
Today - 4/14/2013

Celebrate the arts at one of Alpharetta's most popular events. The streets of Historic Downtown Alpharetta will be closed as nearly 100 artists, musicians and performers from throughout the U.S. are showcased. Enjoy a beautiful spring weekend as you stroll through outdoor galleries filled with fine art in 14 medium expressions, create children’s art, and experience live jazz, roots ...
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MOCA GALA Art Auction
4/13/2013

The ever delightful James H. Landon serves as auctioneer for the 2013 MOCA GALA Art Auction. MOCA GA is going hi-tech this year — there will be less emphasis on the live auction to allow more time in the silent auction area, where all bidding will be made by the buyers' smart phones and e-notepads or a MOCA GA computer. There will be written instructions and lots of staff members and volu...
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In the Mind's Eye
Today - 6/30/2013

This textile exhibition features fiber art and works that reference or utilize fiber or fiber techniques in innovative ways. The exhibition includes works by fiber artists from the Southeastern United States.
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The American Academy of Equine Art Spring Invitational Exhibit
Today - 6/30/2013

The American Academy of Equine Art hosts this annual spring invitational exhibit that features the highest quality of equine sporting art.
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Celebrate Art!
Today - 6/1/2013

Artist Reception: Saturday, May 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. "Celebrate Art!" features works by emerging artists from Atlanta and San Francisco, including Dawn Sanders-Myers, Rae Broyles, Jorge Arocs, Phillip Hua and Zoe Martell. Portions of the proceeds from this exhibit will support the educational and scholarship opportunities of Saint Anne's Day School in Atlanta.
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Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts
Today - 4/28/2013

Celebrate music, film and visual art from more than 700 professional and student artists at this fifth annual Festival of Arts.
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Visions Art Show
Today - 4/28/2013

Student artists exhibit their best works and compete for cash prizes in the fifth year of this festival.
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Abstractions
Today - 6/15/2013

Reception: Sunday, April 14 from 2 to 3 p.m. This exhibit features recent works by DAW'U Ayanna and Ha Vared. Ayanna strives to create harmony in her works by joining her spirituality with her love for color and texture. Ayanna said, "I want people to connect with my art in their own way." The exhibit is located across from the visitor's center on Upper Alabama Street between Pryor Stre...
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2013 City of Atlanta Emerging Artist Awards
4/15/2013

The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs presents the 2013 Emerging Artist Awards at this reception and ceremony. These awards are given to five artists in the categories of literary arts, dance, visual arts, theatre and media arts. Each recipient will receive a $1,500 grant. The 2013 recipients include Corey Bradberry (Theatre Award), In Kyoung Chun (Visual Arts Award), Takara ...
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Scratching the Underbelly
Today - 4/27/2013

Reception: Thursday, April 25 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit is a showing of graduate-level art work that is meant to highlight and showcase the programs at Georgia State University's Welch School of Art and Design. The works are judged by Conner McKissack and Adrienne C. Lynch. The exhibit is on view through the windows in the former Balboa space at the corner of Upper Alabama and ...
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Apache Cafe - April 15th through 21st
Today - 4/21/2013

Monday, 4/15:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 4/16:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
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Spring Show and Sale
Today - 5/25/2013

Reception: Friday, May 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This show and sale features a unique array of artwork created by instructors and students at Chastain Arts Center.
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World of Art
Today - 5/28/2013

Reception: Saturday, April 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit showcases a plethora of art pieces from watercolors to glass works. The pieces are judged for cash prizes by Mikki Dillion.
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Thirteen Moments Exhibit
Today - 4/28/2013

Highlights from the dance photography book "Thirteen Moments" mark this exhibit, which closes with a live performance by Axam Dance Theatre Experience.
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Duncan Johnson Exhibit
Today - 5/25/2013

Closed May 14 and 15. Duncan Johnson returns to Marcia Wood Gallery with a solo exhibition of works of reclaimed wood from in his native Vermont. Strikingly graphic colors and patterns are blended with warm, faded wood grain, resulting in assemblage paintings with a vibrant physicality.
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Cell Biology
Today - 5/25/2013

Closed May 14 and 15. In her first exhibition at Marcia Wood Gallery, Mery Lynn McCorkle presents sumptuous abstract paintings in brilliant glitter. The patterns of the compositions are derived from electron micrographs of cell structures. McCorkle works closely from grainy black and white electron micrographs of cell structures published in the 1970s. This subject matter allows her to ...
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Made in Georgia
Today - 5/11/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit features original paintings by Linda Dragonette, Jan Eubanks, Theresa Forman and Dianne Harrison.
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Short and Sweet
Today - 5/16/2013

Closing Reception: Thursday, May 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. Much like springtime in Georgia, this show will have a brief and beautiful run. Students and instructors are challenged to follow the theme and share their own thoughts about fleeting moments and emotions that are "Short and Sweet." The exhibit is located in the hallway of the Spruill Education Center.
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ArtSSpring 2013
Today - 5/17/2013

"ArtSSpring 2013" is a 30-day celebration of arts that includes dozens of unique experiences for the community to enjoy. The calendar of events includes music, theater, dance, literature, art displays and culinary adventures. View the full schedule of eventsGet More Info]]>
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ArtSSpring 2013: Artists in Action
4/18/2013

This event is an open house featuring several artists who will be painting on site, including Brushstrokes founder Lynn Tolleson and Art Guild of Sandy Springs founder Suzanne Engel. This event is part of "ArtSSpring 2013." This event takes place at:
The Frame Source
222 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
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2013 Juried Student Exhibition
Today - 4/26/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. The 15th Annual Juried Student Exhibition features works by students from GSU's Earnest G. Welch School of Art & Design and selected by noted Atlanta art critic Cathy Fox. This highly anticipated annual exhibit occupies both gallery spaces at the Welch School Galleries.
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Wabi Sabi: New Work by BORN
Today - 6/1/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. Nothing lasts, nothing is finished and, most importantly, nothing is perfect. These are tenets of wabi sabi, a traditional Japanese notion of beauty. Inspired by this concept, artist BORN reveres the art of imperfectionism. He lets the materials he finds be his guides, crafting abstract...
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Folsom and Burega Exhibit
Today - 5/9/2013

In this dynamic show, Atlanta artist John Folsom and Santa Fe artist Peter Burega explore the binding and often controversial ties between the natural and man-made worlds.
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Atlanta Dogwood Festival
Today - 4/21/2013

Head to Piedmont Park this weekend for the 77th annual Dogwood Festival featuring fine art, food and a free concert with country superstar Sara Evans!
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Shara Hughes: Don’t Tell Anyone But ...
Today - 6/22/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Shara Hughes is an Atlanta-based artist whose paintings combine elements of landscape, still life and figuration to a dizzying effect. The works slide easily between abstraction and representation, establishing perspective spaces with bodies and objects, if only to complicate their togetherness through acts of erasure, overlapping an...
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Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit: The Olympic City
Today - 6/22/2013

Panel Discussion: Thursday, May 23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. "The Olympic City" is an ongoing project that looks at the legacy of the Olympic Games in former host cities around the world. Since 2008 Gary Hustwit and Jon Pack have sought out and photographed the successes and failures, the remnants and ghosts of the Olympics. They’ve documented structures, streets, signage and ephemera i...
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Artistic License: An ArtsATL Experience
4/19/2013

"Cocktails and Critics" Pre-Party: Friday, April 19 at 6 p.m. Join ArtsATL and The Goat Farm Arts Center for an evening of boundary-blurring art, music, dance and strange experiences (like a private disco and a performance in a car ride). Prior to "Artistic License," ArtsATL is hosting "Cocktails and Critics," an intimate cocktail party at JCT. Kitchen and Bar, just a stone's...
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Emmet Gowin: Photographs
Today - 7/27/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibition by Emmet Gowin marks a 50-year career starting with his early unforgettable, honest and tender exploration of family and domesticity. Following his marriage to Edith in 1964, he began taking intimate photographs of his new wife and family in the small town of Danville, Virginia. Using the exquisite and classic silver...
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Richard Benson: North South East West
Today - 7/27/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Richard Benson has spent his life exploring the landscapes of America. He first worked with an 8 x 10 view camera producing prints in silver gelatin as well as platinum. With the tremendous advances in technology in recent years, Benson has since embraced the digital in both camera and print mediums. With a unique printing process usi...
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Charity Hofert: Charm and Color
Today - 5/19/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 19 from 5 to 9 p.m. Charity Hofert's charming functional works bring together color and pattern in a whimsical way. Drawing from her inspirational travels, Hofert creates her multi-layered tableware in her Atlanta studio. From wall pockets to butter dishes, her works are strong enough for daily use but especially wonderful as gifts to brighten someone's ...
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We See Them/Coming Into View: A Year of Work by Agnes Scott College Students
Today - 5/10/2013

Reception: Friday, April 19 at 2 p.m. This exhibit features works by Katherine Wilson, Jenna Liuzzi, Tesla Miller, Seung Yoon Kim, Alexandra Hoffman, Sarah Klingenberg, Suzy Stuckey and others.
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Westside Art Walk
Today - 7/20/2013

Enjoy the Westside's burgeoning art district at this monthly art walk. Participating galleries include Get This! Gallery, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and Sandler Hudson Gallery.
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Artful Stories at the Museum
Today - 5/4/2013

Young imaginations will flourish as children hear stories of jaguars and the moon from the Toba people in Bolivia and explore the skies of the ancient Americas in the planetarium.
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ArtSSpring 2013: Sandy Springs Artsapalooza
Today - 4/21/2013

The "Sandy Springs Artsapalooza" is a two-day outdoor event with an emphasis on visual arts and handcrafts. The event includes a children's play area, local musicians and interactive art stations, as well as 150 arts and crafts participants in every discipline. The event fills the street of Lake Forest Drive between Mt. Vernon Highway and Hammond Drive. This event is part of "Get More Info]]>
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Steven Quartly One-Man Show
Today - 5/18/2013

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, April 20 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. Visitors can experience the captivating romance of works by Steven Quartly in the California native's fifth annual one-man show at Vinings Gallery. Quartly's works depict vineyards of Tuscany, the waterways of Venice and a myriad of alluring destinations, all seemingly designed specifica...
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Spring ArtFest
4/21/2013

McDonough's signature Spring ArtFest festival features a diverse artists market, live entertainment and the second annual Tastiest Pound Cake Contest. Just three weeks before Mother's Day, it's an ideal time to seek out unique gifts for mom. This event takes place at:
McDonough Square
34 Macon St.
McDonough, GA 30253
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WonderRoot
Today - 9/30/2013

WonderRoot is committed to uniting artists to inspire positive social change and has hosted more than 400 music, literary and visual arts events since opening its doors in 2008.
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City Café
Today - 8/30/2013

Each weekday at noon, "City Café" host John Lemley serves up "a plateful of classics and a variety of sides" on WABE 90.1FM. The program features classical music, a medley of stories on culture, arts and other interesting events happening in and around Atlanta, as well as NPR and BBC news breaks. Listen to s...
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Apache Cafe - April 22nd through 28th
Today - 4/28/2013

Monday, 4/22:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 4/23:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
General Admission: $7 adv

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Drink and Doodle
4/24/2013

During this event 12 artists gather around a table in the gallery to create new works. All the works created are available for purchase at the end of the evening. Watch as the works are created while enjoying drinks and music.
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Toddler Thursdays
Today - 8/15/2013

Pack up the stroller because this is a play date that you don't want to miss! Bring your child to look at works of art and create a masterpiece to take home at this popular pre-school art education program.
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Thirsty Thursdays
Today - 9/26/2013

Relax and rejuvenate at the High after work! The extended hours allow you to visit special exhibitions and avoid the weekend crowds.
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Drink in Design
Today - 5/30/2013

Join MODA each month for a special evening of music, wine and design!
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Barry Sons Exhibit
Today - 5/11/2013

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, April 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features paintings by Barry Sons, whose works most often begins en plein air. He starts by drawing up the feeling of the place and then lets his charcoal find its way. Sons builds layers on his compositions until they feel complete.
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Franke, Foltz and Friends Exhibit
Today - 5/18/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Doug Foltz and Nancy Franke that are accompanied by paintings by selected gallery artists. Foltz, a native of South Miami, has spent much of his life exploring the water, the horizon and the relationship between the two. Those elemental moments of sky and water — and the space in between — ...
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Student Exhibition and Open Studios
Today - 5/13/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by graduating seniors and other visual arts students, including Jarvis Dean, Rica Haraguchi, Camille Kim, Biqinq Li, Chloe Saeks, Mengyi Shen and Taylor Trew.
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Studioplex Fourth Fridays Artwalk
Today - 7/26/2013

During this unique art stroll, you are invited to meet the many resident artists, as well as SCAD students and faculty, who live and work at Studioplex.
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Martinis and Music
4/26/2013

Jump start your weekend with cocktails and live music at metro Atlanta's only museum dedicated to American art. View the museum's special exhibits and impressive permanent collection of 19th and 20th century works as you enjoy a fun evening out with friends. Light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar are provided, and entertainment for the evening will be provided by Boozer McClure & Friends. ...
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7th Annual Pottery and Art Sale
Today - 4/28/2013

This annual pottery and art sale features original, artist-made ceramics, drawings, glass works, jewelry, metal pieces, mixed-media works, mosaics, paintings, photography and sculptures. The works are made by Spruill Center instructors and students and range in price from $5 to $500.
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Recent Paintings
Today - 6/1/2013

This exhibit features works by renowned American artist Robert Kipniss and also introduces new works by Gregory Botts. Kipniss is highly recognized for both his paintings and prints. His landscapes and still lifes have solitary yet inviting characteristics because of the familiar symbols found in his compositions — trees, houses, windows and vases. A veritable master of the mezzotint, Kip...
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Voices and Vibes Teen Festival
Today - 4/27/2013

The "Voices & Vibes Teen Festival" is a two-day talent showcase and workshop series celebrating artistic teens in the Atlanta community. Teens will have the opportunity to audition to perform in day one of the festival, "Voices," and will then have access to some of the most exciting discussions and activities on day two, "Vibes." Get More Info]]>
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ONE ONE: An Exhibition of New Works
Today - 6/8/2013

Reception and Performance: Friday, April 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artist Talks:
Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 25 at 1 p.m.  This exhibit is the culminating event of the 2012-2013 Walthall Artist Fellowship. The exhibition features multidisciplinary works by 11 Atlanta-area artists. Each of the 11 fellows — Andre Kei...
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A Conversation With Trees
Today - 5/24/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works by Daniel Blignaut. This body of work unabashedly aims to achieve aesthetic beauty by evoking a primal fascination with the allure of gold and the aesthetic pleasure of color, pattern and texture — as evident throughout human visual history. Blignaut's process involves making bold aesthetic statements...
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Aline Smithson: Spring Fever
Today - 6/21/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. "Spring Fever" features works by Los Angeles-based photographer Aline Smithson. In the exhibit Smithson captures pubescent girls on the verge of adolescence in an uncanny and disarming manor by juxtaposing their innocence and youth with their attire, having the girls wear pieces that women wore in a by-gone era. The works celebrate s...
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Rhythms
Today - 6/14/2013

Additional time: Friday, May 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibition focuses on works by three artists and explores the rhythmic inspirations found in some of their creations. The exhibit includes works by Charly Palmer, Aaron F. Henderson and Georgette Baker.
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Stephanie Galli: New Work 2013
Today - 5/26/2013

Reception: Friday, May 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features pieces by Stephanie Galli whose works combine layered fabric-related imagery and contrasted slip decoration with a crackled glaze for a sophisticated finish. Her collectible works resonate with design lovers.
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Mixed Media Art Exhibit
Today - 5/31/2013

Reception: Saturday, May 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. This mixed media art exhibit features works by 19 members of the Atlanta Artists Center. It includes pieces by Wendy Adams, Catherine Costolo, Cheryl D'Amato, Erin-Elizabeth Durham, Tao He, Robert Kelly, Barbara Sheehan, Sallie Ritter Smith and others.
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Alpharetta Art in the Park
Today - 4/28/2013

Approximately 50 local artists and vendors display their quality wares available for sale at this outdoor arts event.
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Weekend Family Tours
Today - 6/30/2013

Explore the High as a family on this interactive guided adventure in the galleries. Tours meet in the Greene Family Learning Gallery. No advance registration is required.
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Spring Senior Exhibition III
Today - 5/9/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. The senior exhibition is required as partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In this exhibit senior art majors exhibit from portfolios in a wide variety of concentrations, including studio arts, art education and graphic communication.
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Jenene Nagy: Phenomena
Today - 6/8/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. Artist Talk: Saturday, April 27 at 11 a.m. This solo exhibit features works by Jenene Nagy, whose drawings reward those who look and keep looking. The works exploit the inherent properties of graphite and rely on the materiality of surface, challenging the limits of human observation. As the act of looking builds up, the vie...
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The 18th Annual Hambidge Art Auction and Performance Gala
4/27/2013

VIP Party: Saturday, April 27 at 6 p.m. This silent auction benefit features artwork by more than 200 established and emerging artists. In an effort to encourage young collectors, the auction features a Works on Paper Wall of artworks priced at $50 each. Attendees at this event can anticipate a schedule of musical acts, dance performances, short plays performed by local theater gro...
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Night of Spectacles
4/27/2013

Vision hits the runway at the sixth annual "Night of Spectacles" fashion show. Fashion design students from art schools across Georgia created these unique dresses using pieces of recycled eyewear. The winning student of this juried show will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Doctors serve as models in the show, and a separate silent auction benefits the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation in its e...
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Inman Park Festival
Today - 4/28/2013

Inman Park presents this annual neighborhood festival, widely regarded as Atlanta's most spirited and eclectic street fest. This year marks the 42nd spring festival and "Tour of Homes" featuring a market with more than 250 booths of antiques and handcrafted wares, an eclectic parade along Edgewood and Euclid Avenues, outdoor ...
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ArtSSpring 2013: Art on the Circle
4/27/2013

This event features original fine art by members of the Brushstrokes art group, an ensemble of accomplished artists who work and exhibit in the Atlanta area. This event is part of "ArtSSpring 2013." This event takes place at:
Bank of North Georgia
280 Sandy Springs Circle
Sandy Springs, GA 3032...
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Made in the '80s
Today - 6/8/2013

This exhibit features works from the MOCA GA permanent collection curated by Amy Johns, Eric Kaepplinger and Shana Barefoot, who are all MOCA GA staff members born in the 1980s.
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Something in Particular
Today - 5/26/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. This event features works by 10 artists invited to Atlanta through Something in Particular, a project started in late 2011 as a movement to bring attention to the creative forces in the South. For the initial documentary project, the SIP team traveled to more than 20 Southern cities and towns to meet and record the stories of musi...
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Local Color
Today - 5/25/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 27 from 6 to 10 p.m. This exhibit includes selected small works by 21 local artists created with the theme of local color.
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Flowers
Today - 6/22/2013

Spring is in the air, and its a wonderful time for flowers. The images of gardens, macro images and still life photos of flowers included in this exhibit capture the best of spring. The works in this exhibition are judged, and the exhibit is located in the River Resource Gallery at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.
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The UNICEF Experience
4/28/2013

For this event the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is transforming Mason Murer Fine Art into an exhibition of things that many children in developing countries often lack: clean water, shelter and basic nutrition. Guests have the opportunity to make a difference and can experience the challenges that vulnerable children in developing countries face for survival. UNICEF’s core programs for children a...
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Evert Ploeg and Kurt Sutton on Stage
4/29/2013

This one-man "An Evening with Mark Twain" show brings together live theater and live art on one stage with guest Australian painter Evert Ploeg.
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Apache Cafe - April 29th through May 5th
Today - 5/5/2013

Monday, 4/29:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 4/30:
Sound&Lyrics
Doors open at 9 p.m.
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Orange Gallery
Today - 5/13/2013

This exhibit features art by members of the Emory University Emeritus College, an association of the University’s retired faculty and administrative staff who have joined together to advance their intellectual interests, to serve the University and to maintain social contact with University colleagues.
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The Landy Collection of Ceramics
Today - 5/19/2013

Audrey and Michael Landy began collecting in 1978 with a passion for contemporary ceramics. The Atlanta-based, long term supporters of the High Museum of Art gifted their significant collection of predominantly figurative ceramic works to the High in 2012. In celebration of The Landy Collection gift, this installation offers a glimpse into the international studio craft movement that often blur...
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An American Century
Today - 6/2/2013

Drawn from the High Museum of Art's Collection of American Art, this exhibition features a selection of works in a variety of media made on paper between 1850 and 1970. A simple writing implement when applied to paper is the most basic of an artist's tools. Affordable and portable, these simple materials have enabled artists to prepare a sketch or a fully developed composition nearly anywh...
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Life Inspirations
Today - 5/29/2013

Modern twists of impressionistic beauty fill “Life Inspirations,” an exhibit featuring works by American artist Alice Williams. A quaint interior with warm sunlight streaming in, a lush garden filled with blooming buds: the welcoming paintings by Williams are intensely personal as she depicts her own home and her own garden in many of her works. Her subject versatility — creat...
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Lost Dreams Found
Today - 5/26/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features mixed-media works by Sheila Giddens and pastel pieces by Baba. Giddens' areas of study include Japanese rice paper collage, Raku jewelry and pottery, and colored pencil works. Most of her art involves some form of wildlife. Baba is an award-winning pastelist known for her rich impressions of capricious women, nud...
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A Knot of Regeneration
Today - 5/10/2013

"A Knot of Regeneration," is a thesis exhibition by M.F.A. printmaking student Freda Sue featuring a body of new work in printmaking, sculpture and installation. The title is inspired by the ancient Chinese practice of tying a knot to record an event or point in time. Each knot serves as a witness of the past, as well as the human acknowledgment of loss and its effort to be restored. The artist...
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Jazz Giants: Visions of the Original American Art Form
Today - 5/19/2013

In recognition of "31 Days of Jazz" in Atlanta and in collaboration with French Quarter Art, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "Jazz Giants: Visions of the Original American Art Form" by renowned artist and New Orleans native Aaron Harvey. This visual art exhibition is an artistic homage to the founding fathers of jazz music, and it includes de...
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ArtSSpring 2013: Spring Up Art Exhibit
5/2/2013

This one-night reception and exhibit features works by artists Greta Mattingly and Patrick Dennis with the theme of “Spring Up.” This event is part of "ArtSSpring 2013." This event takes place at:
Holy Innocents Gallery 
805 Mt. Vernon Hwy. NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
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Print Fair
Today - 5/5/2013

First Look Reception: Thursday, May 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. During the third annual High Museum of Art Print Fair, co-sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Association, expert dealers present prints made by artists of art historical importance and international repute. A print is a work of graphic art that has been conceived by the artist to be realized as an original work of art...
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Spring BFA Exhibition
Today - 5/10/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by GSU Bachelor of Fine Arts students.
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(un)real: A Mixed-Media Student Exhibition
Today - 5/6/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. "(un)real" is a mixed-media exhibition displaying the artworks of graduate and undergraduate art and design students. These works coalesce diverse aspects of life and psyche ranging from repurposing found objects posing as community indexes, to satirical vantages of human behavior, to otherwordly phantasmagoria. Encapsulating the breadt...
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Teen Arts Night
Today - 9/6/2013

Bring your guitar, karaoke CD, poetry, artwork or short stories to share with other creative, arts-minded teens. Ages 13 through 15 will need to have a parent sign them in and out at the door.
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The Animal
Today - 5/8/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features animal-themed works by students in the Georgia State University Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design. The exhibit is on view through the windows in the former Balboa space at the corner of Upper Alabama and Pryor Streets.
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ArtSSpring 2013: Georgia Artists - A Juried Art Exhibit
Today - 6/14/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This showcase features accepted works by established and emerging artists from across Georgia. The exhibit includes various mediums such as oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, drawing, pastel, photography, clay, sculpture, printmaking and wood. This event is part of "Get More Info]]>
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Print on Clay
Today - 6/2/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. In "Print on Clay," MudFire Clayworks brings viewers a collection of works created by artists leading the print on clay evolution while taking image transfer to a three-dimensional arena. In a time when print media and the printed word are falling by the wayside, these artists are bringing words and imagery onto pottery and sculpture usi...
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Scott MacQuarrie Exhibit
Today - 5/31/2013

See the award-winning photographs of Antarctica by Scott MacQuarrie, an international Canadian photojournalist who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 46, at this Marietta exhibit.
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Long Live the Dirty South
Today - 5/17/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features collages by Carla Aaron-Lopez depicting the pantheon of characters in the court of King Carla, her online moniker. In the works the influences of pop culture and blackness collide to create a visual tale of gods, monsters and freak shows that one could only find deep in the dirty South. This event takes pla...
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Downstream and Abstractions
Today - 6/1/2013

For the month of May, dk Gallery features two solo exhibits in the gallery: "Downstream" by Joyce Howell and "Abstractions" by several gallery artists. In "Downstream" Howell shows paintings she describes as "sensory memories" of nature. Through her deeply instinctive work, she attempts to share beauty that appears spontaneously when she stops to observe. "Abstractions" features works by Gaby S...
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Collaborative
Today - 5/18/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by painter Carol Christie and photographer and author Robb Helfrick. Helfrick's photographs have appeared in many national publications, including National Geographic, Sky, and Audubon, as well as multiple published books of his works. Christie is an award-winning painter whose works can be found in galler...
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May-retta Daze Arts and Crafts Festival
Today - 5/5/2013

"May-retta Daze" is an annual arts and crafts festival in the heart of historic Marietta Square. The festival features exhibitors and artists showcasing handmade goods including painting, pottery, woodwork, metal, glass, fabric, soap, candles and more. All work is made and displayed by the artist, and the event draws both local Georgia artists as well as artists from around the Southeast. The e...
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The Birds and the Bees Day
5/4/2013

This event is a celebration of birds and bees for everyone with an interest in ornithology or apiculture. Fernbank staff, as well as people from the Atlanta Audubon Society, the Chattahoochee Nature Center and Wild Birds Unlimited, will be on hand to explain, show and answer questions about birds and bees. A bird photography contest will...
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Passages
Today - 5/25/2013

Closing Reception: Saturday, May 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. This exhibit showcases new colorful works of abstraction by Mike Black and Cathryn Miles.
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ArtSSpring 2013: Art in the Park
5/5/2013

For this event local artists show their artwork at Morgan Falls Park. The event is hosted by Sandy Springs Conservancy, Sandy Springs Education Force, Keep North Fulton Beautiful and Leadership Sandy Springs. This event is part of "ArtSSpring 2013." This event takes place at:
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Cinco de Mayo with Frida and Diego!
5/5/2013

Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo with two of Mexico's most famous artists! Listen to the sounds of a DJ spinning Latin music, have fun at the photo booth, go on a bilingual tour of the "Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting" exhibit, participate in family art-making activities, and enjoy margaritas and Mexican food for purc...
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Apache Cafe - May 6th through 12th
Today - 5/12/2013

Monday, 4/29:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 4/30:
Sound&Lyrics
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Horizons and Vistas
Today - 5/29/2013

In the works in this exhibit, members of the Atlanta Artists Center share what horizons and vistas mean to them, whether that takes them inside or outside to the land, sea or sky.
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Empty
Today - 6/15/2013

"Empty" showcases new works by Brian Giowjna, who is concerned with loss and the passage of time relating to his own personal experiences, his family history and the place where he grew up in Long Island, New York. Giowjna alters household imagery to expose the true face of suburbia, illustrating a dark side that exists within the beautiful exterior. These images represent a place lost in time,...
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Artrospective
Today - 9/30/2013

Additional times:
Friday, May 24 from 5 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 from 12 to 5 p.m. The Decatur Arts Alliance marks the milestone 25th anniversary of the Decatur Arts Festival with "Artrospective," an exhibit highlighting the history of the event's growth from humble local beginnings to a popular regional success. The collection i...
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Nexus Award 2013
5/7/2013

This year’s Nexus Award recipient is Atlanta legend Lucinda Bunnen, a successful photographer who has shown her work around the globe for more than four decades. The ceremony and celebration features remarks from Chris Appleton, executive director of WonderRoot; music from DJ Kemit; and photos by Jason Travis. C...
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Jay Shapiro Arts Legacy Foundation 3rd Annual Art for a Cause Gala
5/9/2013

Featured artwork for this gala comes from local art organizations and well-known local artists. Area high school seniors are encouraged to participate in the art competition for scholarships and have their works prominently displayed at the event as well. Artwork is on display in a silent auction format, and a portion of all winning bid proceeds goes to support the Foundation. The Jay Shapiro A...
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Mother’s Day Soiree
Today - 5/30/2013

Reception: Thursday, May 9 from 3 to 7 p.m. This exhibit features new paintings by Christy Kinard, Dan McCaw and several other gallery artists.
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Realms
Today - 7/21/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. "Realms" is an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Jeanie Tomanek, Scott Dupree and George Long. Tomanek's works explore memory, dreams, literature, folk tales and myths. Dupree had a nomadic childhood, and his works are influenced by his early exposure to regional traditions and cultures. Dupree's works display his curiosity and ap...
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Environment: Organix and Street Art
Today - 6/24/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. This exhibition continues Douglas Stratton’s quest to seek out and capture environments that permit classic and timeless compositions. The works in "Environment: Organix and Street Art" explore the dichotomy between naturally occurring settings and man-made street art from all around the globe. Placed together, these contrasting ...
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Inhabited
Today - 7/5/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. "Inhabited" is a triple solo exhibition featuring new art works by gallerist and SCAD Atlanta professor Carl Linstrum and SCAD professor Larry Jens Anderson with works by Ashley L. Schick in the works on paper gallery at Kai Lin Art, Grey Gallery. In his series Linstrum explores...
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Drawing Attention
Today - 5/18/2013

This exhibit by Marcia Deitz is an exploration of mark-making by simple machines and the sculptural machines that make them. There will be robots drawing in the gallery that are all made from coat hangers and other household items. A table of tiny draw-bots will also be showing their skills. All the robots are free to roam, allowing guests to interact with the art-making fun. This ev...
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Barefoot in the Park
Today - 5/12/2013

A juried visual artists market, children's art activities, live music performances, wine tastings and more highlight this annual festival in the heart of Duluth's Town Green.
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Buckhead Spring Arts and Crafts Festival
Today - 5/12/2013

The fourth annual "Buckhead Spring Arts and Crafts Festival" features 175 artists and artisans, live acoustic music, a children's area, delicious local foods and beverages, plus a lot of surprises! Children and pets are welcome, and the kids will enjoy the fun children's area filled with inflatables, sand art and other activities. Almost 25,000 visitors attended this festival last year, and mor...
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Arts Fuel 2013
5/11/2013

At this event C4 Atlanta artists, members and supporters celebrate Atlanta’s working artists. The evening kicks off with the launch of the group's first ever art show, titled “Tension,” featuring works by graduates of the Ignite program, an eight-week entrepreneurship seminar designed for working artists. This is a great opportunity to purchase original works by Atlanta's prof...
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Adios Frida and Diego: Overnight Fiesta!
Today - 5/12/2013

Stay up all night with the High Museum to say adios to "Frida & Diego" at this overnight extravaganza! Throuought the night, you'll experience a Frida-inspired fashion show, music from DJ Speakerfoxxx, salsa music with Sabor, face painting, family activities, special exhibition tours, Lucha Libre wrestling, a photo booth, Mexic...
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Into This World: Shanamisims
Today - 6/15/2013

Opening Reception and Performance: Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m. This solo show features new works by Atlanta-based artist Shana Robbins. "Into This World: Shanamisims" is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory exhibition featuring installations, performances both musical and physical, video and sound pieces, and a series of mixed-media paintings and drawings.
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Barefoot in the Park Annual Arts Gala: Pulp Portraits
5/11/2013

"Pulp Portraits" highlights this year's Barefoot in the Park gala, featuring an incredible fashion show of wearable works of art made from re-purposed books, magazines and newspapers!
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Colors Festival of Arts
Today - 5/12/2013

Mother's Day Weekend brings lots of "colors" to Roswell's historic town square. The beautiful flowers of spring combine with sparkling glass, paintings, photography, captivating jewelry, whimsical sculptures and a wide array of original arts and crafts at this spring arts festival for the entire family. This year marks the 23nd year of this event, which has become a traditional way for many fam...
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Depiction
Today - 6/15/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11 from 7 to 10 p.m. "Depiction" features illustrative and often surreal works by eight local artists of varying backgrounds. Featured artists include Ashley Anderson, Rory Hawkins, Phil Jones, Laurence Laufer, Sam Parker, Adam Pinney, Estela Semeco and Dorothy Stucki.
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Dunwoody Art Festival
Today - 5/12/2013

A Mother’s Day tradition in the City of Dunwoody, the "Dunwoody Art Festival" returns, rain or shine, for its fourth year. Chamblee Dunwoody Road, across from Dunwoody Village, transforms into a whimsical artist market, and the normally traffic-lined street becomes a shoppers’ paradise at this event. Bestowed the trophy for the “Best New Event of 2010” by the Southe...
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Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints
Today - 8/25/2013

Explore the art of Japanese woodcut printmaking through the works of shin-hanga master Hiroshi Yoshida at Oglethorpe University's art museum.
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Apache Cafe - May 13th through 19th
Today - 5/19/2013

Monday, 5/13:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 5/14:
Sound&Lyrics
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Nudes
Today - 6/15/2013

This solo exhibition showcases Lucinda Bunnen’s photographic series on nudes. The artist’s 22 black and white works shot in natural and studio lighting are a departure from her strong resume of landscapes and travel photography, but the new works align with her older works in their exploration of the ephemeral everyday and their fresh views of subjects. Like the surrealists of the '...
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Rani Garner Exhibit
Today - 6/1/2013

This exhibit features works by Rani Garner, a landscape painter living in rural Georgia. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Garner speculates that growing up in a desert environment made her appreciate the trees that now fill her canvasses. Her main focus is on capturing the essence of light. The paintings often feature a glow of sunlight glimpsed through trees.
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Mistaken Identity Part 3
5/16/2013

"Mistaken Identity Part 3" is a one-night photography exhibition produced by professional photographer Kat Goduco about how everyday people get mistaken for celebrities. Sometimes physical appearances determine how some people initially react to other people. However, once strangers become acquaintances and acquaintances become friends, layers begin to peel and the true nature of individuals ar...
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Faculty Collects
Today - 8/2/2013

Reception: Thursday, May 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. "Faculty Collects" features works from the private collections of Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design faculty members. The exhibit includes a diverse group of works ranging from a handcrafted Chinese cricket cage to an eclectic compilation of audio recordings. Artists have always collected art, objects and ephemera of all kinds, and ...
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Friday Jazz
Today - 6/21/2013

Make plans this Friday for live music and cocktails to kick off the weekend at the High Museum!
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Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition
Today - 7/13/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. Critical Mass, a program of Photolucida, is about exposure and community. The idea is simple — photographers (from anywhere) submit a 10-image portfolio. These works are then pre-screened by a committee of approximately 20 jurors. From those votes, the 200 top finalists are determined, whose works then go on to a jury of approxima...
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Safe
Today - 6/15/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. For "Safe," Sandra-Lee Phipps presents two series of photographs that deal with the quest for safety in a cultural environment of fear. These works are set in the untamed forests and rural farmlands of Maine, a place of personal reflection and security for Phipps. Interweaving archetypal images with a symbolic color of power, prote...
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4 x 4
Today - 6/29/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. "4 x 4" features works by four artists in four compelling series. Though each artist is unique, their common visual threads are raw and bold, weaving the works together. Benjamin Jones, a notoriously reclusive artist, is ready to reveal the inner voices and thoughts behind his iconic drawings by opening the pages of his visual journals...
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Group Exhibit
Today - 7/27/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. This group exhibit features paintings by Henry Bermudez, Ashley Surber and Barbara Fisher. VSA Arts of Georgia, a group that provides access to the arts for people with disabilities and those with low incomes, is sponsoring a show by painter Knox Wilkinson. The show also contains works by mixed-media artists Larry Walker and Ab the Fla...
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Group Show
Today - 5/31/2013

This exhibit features new works by Atlanta artist Tracey Lane, Wyoming artist Matt Flint and Saliha Staib, who lives in New Orleans. The body of work includes landscapes, wildlife works and abstracts.
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The Troubled Seat
Today - 5/31/2013

Reception: Friday, May 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. "The Troubled Seat" features M.F.A. sculpture student Carina D. Maye's most recent body of work. Maye uses mixed media and assemblage to narrate the contentions minorities face in education, as well as their links to the larger concerns of the defective educational structure. "The Troubled Seat" directs attention to the unrecognized students wh...
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Medical Treasures at Emory
Today - 10/1/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 17 at 5 p.m. Closed May 26, May 27 and July 4. “Medical Treasures at Emory” features materials from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library's historical collections, which include 18th- and 19th-century works on human anatomy, pathology, surgery, midwifery and alternative medical practices. Artifacts include a Civil War surgeon&rsqu...
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Mistaken and Deluded
5/18/2013 - 6/16/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 18 from 7 to 11 p.m. This is a collaborative exhibition between North Florida artists Tony Rodrigues and Mark George that explores the American experience through its recent history, relics and shiny things. George and Rodrigues bring vivid colors, drama, tension, humor and trashy seduction to their series "Mistaken and Deluded." The works on plexiglass ...
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Canton Festival of the Arts
5/18/2013 - 5/19/2013

Step outside this weekend at Canton's Historic Brown Park for a family festival celebrating fine arts and crafts along with the literary arts.
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Dmitri Danish Exhibit
5/18/2013 - 6/15/2013

Opening Receptions:
Saturday, May 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.  This exhibit features new works by Dmitri Danish as well as a retrospective collection of his limited edition works. Danish's paintings depict the great cities of Europe through the artist's unique point of view.
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Apache Cafe - May 20th through 26th
5/20/2013 - 5/26/2013

Monday, 5/20:
Bohemian Circus
Doors open at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 5/21:
Sound&Lyrics
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Decatur Arts Festival: Fine Arts Exhibit
5/21/2013 - 6/2/2013

Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 21 from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Additional Time: Friday, May 24 from 2 to 10 p.m. Closing Reception: Sunday, June 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. This exhibit features an intriguing collection of paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and mixed-media works selected by this year’s distinguished jury, which includes Nell Ruby, Chris Appleton and Temme B...
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Taste du Animation
5/22/2013

"Taste du Animation" is an animation inspired evening that includes a vanguard dining experience that will evolve into an after party with a live, brutal animation showdown. Hosted by Erikson Clock, The Goat Farm Arts Center satellite concept, Taste du Animation transforms the historic v...
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Decatur Arts Festival
5/24/2013 - 5/26/2013

The 25th Annual Decatur Arts Festival includes more than 165 artists displaying their works along with musical entertainment, children's activities, dance performances, literary events and more. The festival is held in the Old Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in Downtown Decatur. Singer and songwriter Shawn Mullins headlines the schedule at the performance arts stage on May 25. Get More Info]]>
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Eight Painting Exhibition
5/24/2013 - 6/1/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, May 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Eight graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts painters from SCAD Atlanta are participating in this exhibition: Candace Caston, Natalie Escobar, Ana Gardiner, Jose Hadathy, Caitlin Markli, Patrick Pair, Anne-Marie Stephens and Arzu Yontar.
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Decatur Arts Festival: Art Walk
5/24/2013

During this event local shops, restaurants and educational institutions host free exhibitions and receptions. Participating galleries include The Seen Gallery, HomeGrown Decatur, Agnes Scott College, Free!]]>
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Duff, Yang and Yuh Exhibit
5/27/2013 - 6/25/2013

This exhibit features works by Judith Duff, Seung-ho Yang and Sunkoo Yuh. Internationally recognized Korean potter Yang joins Duff at her studio for a weeklong wood-fire workshop this May. The works fired in the workshop will then be exhibited along with works by local artist Yuh in this three-person show.
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Spring Art Show
5/31/2013 - 6/2/2013

Celebrate local art at this show hosted by the Tucker Arts Guild in the Weatherly Building in Stone Mountain Village. This event takes place in conjunction with the quarterly ART Stroll in Stone Mountain Village, hosted by ART Station and its arts incubator galleries.  This event takes place at:
Weatherly Building
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Stone Mountain Village Art Stroll
6/1/2013

This art stroll includes stops at the ART Station galleries and the Arts Incubator galleries in Stone Mountain. The Clothesline, an independently owned gallery is also a highlight. Galleries are located on Main Street, Manor Drive and East Mountain Streets, all within about a two-block walking distance radius. Light appetizers and wine will be served in the galleries during the ART Stroll,...
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Summer ART Station Member Juried Exhibition
6/1/2013 - 8/18/2013

This exhibit showcases works by ART Station’s member artists.
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Smile Haiti!
6/1/2013 - 8/25/2013

Artist Talk: Saturday, June 8 at 5 p.m. In recognition of National Caribbean American Heritage Month, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "Smile Haiti!," an exhibition by photographer Shaina Oliphant. This documentary photographic exhibit highlights the strength, dignity and hope that the people of Haiti have managed to hold on to in the face of harsh economic realities. The photog...
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Key of C by Cynthia Frigon
6/1/2013 - 8/18/2013

In this exhibit Atlanta artist Cynthia Frigon uses the colors and patterns of recycled magazine ads and calendar artwork to create imaginative images of a complex world. Each cut piece she uses in her collages reflects the daily choices people make to color and shape their lives.
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The Art of R. Gregory Christie
6/3/2013 - 8/25/2013

In collaboration with Gregarious Art Statements, the Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts "The Art of R. Gregory Christie." Renowned illustrator R. Gregory Christie is the 2013 Ashley Bryan Illustrated Africana Children's Literature Award Winner.
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Smoke School of Art Exhibition
6/3/2013 - 8/31/2013

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. This exhibit features works by members of Smoke School of Art, an Atlanta-based non-profit art collective. The exhibition presents a new generation of artists of color whose works connect authentic cultural traditions and histories to contemporary issues.
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All Kinds of Everything
6/6/2013 - 7/26/2013

"All Kinds of Everything" features mixed-media works by Atlanta-based artist Jiha Moon. These works were created during and after her residency at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Moon's vibrant and dense works are teeming with formal and conceptual elements such as bold color combinations, visual references to Eastern and Western cultures, and an engagement with high and low for...
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NATURE: Four Ways
6/7/2013 - 8/30/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. These images of nature draw from four past and present photographic series by Ronald Nuse. "The Falling Shadows" series explores the hidden mystery of nature. At first glance the images seem to be traditional landscapes, but at second glance they hint at another dimension of nature not usually seen. The "Street Art" series explores how ...
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Men in the Arts
6/7/2013 - 6/29/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This all-male group show features works by Gary Bodner, David Arms, Paul Brigham, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, John McCaw and other men represented by Anne Irwin Fine Art.
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Summer Pleasures
6/7/2013 - 8/3/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. This changing exhibition features new works by a diverse group of painters, including Curt Butler, Caren Canier, Rebecca Cochran, Allison B. Cooke, Mark English, Janis Goodman, Frank Hunter, Ken Kewley, Stephen Pentak, Tracy Sharp, Scott Upton and others.
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Peachtree Hills Festival of the Arts
6/8/2013 - 6/9/2013

The "Peachtree Hills Festival of the Arts" is a two-day outdoor local arts and crafts event. The festival is located in the very heart of Atlanta, connecting Buckhead with Ansley Park along a tree-lined thoroughfare near Peachtree Hills Park, easily accessible from Peachtree Road and the Lindbergh Marta Station. This event takes place at:
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Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks
6/9/2013 - 9/8/2013

With dozens of works in a range of media — including painting, photography, video and sculpture — "Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks" surveys the first 14 years of the Chicago-born artist's career. The exhibition explores the artist's own personal and cultural history, while humorously sharing a metaphysical journey as he contemplates the creation of the universe, art and the sel...
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Spruill Arts Student and Faculty Juried Exhibition
6/13/2013 - 8/17/2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibit features works in a variety of media by students and faculty members at the Spruill Center for the Arts. The works will be judged for prizes.
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Art Imitating Life
6/15/2013 - 7/1/2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit features works by Stephen Charles Shortridge, who is known as a Romantic Impressionist. The exhibit features a new body work, including landscapes, interior scenes and figurative works.
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CANCER: Survivors in Focus
6/17/2013 - 9/10/2013

"CANCER: Survivors in Focus" — a three-part photography exhibition —offers a glimpse into the lives of people living with, through and beyond a cancer diagnosis. An estimated 28 million people worldwide are living within five years of a cancer diagnosis. The exhibition tells survivors' stories through works by three photographers who examine cancer survivorship in different contexts...
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Works on Paper
6/21/2013 - 8/10/2013

Opening Reception: Friday, June 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. This exhibit features contemporary works on paper by Gregory Botts, Susan Davidoff, Caio Fonseca, William Mize, John O’Connell, Rana Rochat, Jason Rohlf, Allison Stewart and Donald Sultan. The exhibition brings together a group of emerging and established artists, whose works examine color, composition and the fluidity of line t...
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Summer
6/21/2013 - 8/3/2013

This exhibit features works by Paul Lange, a prominent New York City fashion photographer whose work has been featured in Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Mademoiselle, Bazaar, Elle, British Vogue and The New York Times. Lange has segued from editorial and celebrity images to fine art photography. The country estate of Manhattan florist Zeze, a former studio associate, provides the subject matter for t...
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Girl With a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis
6/23/2013 - 9/29/2013

"Girl With a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis" marks the first time Johannes Vermeer's iconic painting can be seen in the Southeast. The painting headlines the exhibition, which highlights the artistic genius of Dutch Golden Age painters, including Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and Jan Steen through the presentation of more than 35 exceptional works. Through land...
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Old Fourth Ward Park Arts Festival
6/29/2013 - 6/30/2013

The "Old Fourth Ward Park Arts Festival" is a two-day celebration of community and tradition for people of all ages, customs and interests. The festival is a major celebration of the arts while honoring the rich history of this community. Enjoy fine arts and crafts, a street market, children's play area, local food and beverage concessions, and live acoustic entertainment. The festival takes pl...
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Art in the Park
8/31/2013 - 9/2/2013

The 27th annual "Art in the Park" festival in historic Marietta Square welcomes more than 175 artists featuring fine works of arts and crafts. "Art in the Park" offers creative outdoor fun for the entire family, including a chalk exhibition, children’s activities, outdoor dining and walking tours. This is the third year for the ChalkArt Competition, in which amateurs and professional...
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Marietta ChalkFest
8/31/2013 - 9/2/2013

The "Marietta ChalkFest" is a weekend-long chalk art festival that takes place in front of and around the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, just one block south of historic Marietta Square. It is a celebration of art, and everyone is welcome to participate in the annual juried chalk art competition. Professional chalk artists from all over the country will also be on hand, creati...
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9/5/2013 - 9/8/2013

With more than 400 artists and crafters from 38 states and two countries, this festival is consistently voted one of the top five arts and crafts shows in the nation, complete with live entertainment, children's activities and demonstrations.
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Marietta StreetFest
9/21/2013

The 22nd "Marietta StreetFest," recognized as a Southeastern Tourism Society Top 20 Event, returns to historic Marietta Square with arts and crafts, an antique car show, the popular Jewelry Row, local musicians and plenty of fun for children. History buffs will also enjoy honoring the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with the Marietta Museum of History. ...
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10/19/2013 - 10/20/2013

The "Johns Creek Arts Festival" returns to the serene green space across from the Atlanta Athletic Club with 100 whimsical and fun artisans from across the country. This beautiful and sprawling spot overlooking Medlock Bridge Road is the perfect venue to showcase the talented artisans who will be exhibiting their paintings, pottery, metalwork, folk art, glass, jewelry, yard art and more. ...
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