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Category Archives: Daily meanderings
Bernd Hausmann at Emily Amy Gallery
On May 19th, Atlanta’s Emily Amy Gallery hosted an artist’s talk by German-born Bernd Hausmann, a Boston based painter having his first solo exhibition at the westside arts district gallery, through July 7th. The gallery’s blurb states: “The show title, Darwin’s Coral, is a … Continue reading
Seek ATL, studio visit with artist Nancy VanDevender
This past Saturday was jam packed with artists’ talks, a panel discussion on painting in the morning (more on that in the next post), and another Seek ATL studio visit and dialogue with artist Nancy VanDevender, who has a space over … Continue reading
Decatur Garden Tour
I volunteered a few hours of my time at the Decatur Garden Tour last weekend, specifically at a garden with pool and beautifully cared for antique roses. Pat Maddux, owner and gracious hostess, spent the entire shift with us volunteers. … Continue reading
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Tagged antique roses, decatur garden tour, flowers, gardening, georgia, plants, ryan gainey
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The Kress Project, Georgia Museum of Art
I am honored to be awarded inclusion in the Georgia Museum of Art’s Kress Project this year. A panel chose 24 artists out of those who gave responses to one of the Renaissance paintings in the museum’s collection, and whose work … Continue reading
Death as mystery
I know, no one wants to hear about death, dying, illness or misery.  My maternal grandfather once said, à la Yogi Berra, ‘if you live long enough, you will get old’. What do we talk about when we talk about … Continue reading
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Tagged art, death, edwin shneidman, loss, painting, poetry, rachel naomi remen, raymond carver, tess gallagher, transcendence
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Seek ATL, studio visit with painter Shara Hughes
The second monthly studio visit I attended with Seek ATL as host, was to Shara Hughes’ third floor Telephone Factory space. She showed several paintings that will be in an upcoming exhibit this fall. This visit, coordinated again by artists Ben … Continue reading
Good Growth Dekalb and their good fight
Good Growth Dekalb is a group of concerned citizens and neighbors who live in communities near Suburban Plaza, a 1960s shopping mall that’s been allowed to languish for over twenty years. There are some stores that have thrived despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, atlanta journal constitution, avondale-decatur patch, community, Creative Loafing, dekalb county, equality, FOX 5TV, Good growth dekalb, green party, justice, N. decatur presbyterian church, occupy atlanta, selig enterprises, smart growth, thomas wheatley, urban renewal, walmart, WSB-TV, WXIA-TV
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Alan Loehle, painter
I first met the painter Alan Loehle at a White Space gallery opening for his wife, the choreographer and performance artist Nicole Livieratos. The post on that event can be found here. This interview doesn’t follow much of a traditional question … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings
Tagged alan loehle, art, art opening, Atlanta, christian boltanski, correggio, guggenheim fellowship, jim herbert, marcia wood gallery, Nicole Livieratos, painting, seek atlanta, the drawing center, Two coats of paint, White Space
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Kronos Quartet and new music
Emory’s Schwartz Center brought the Kronos Quartet to Atlanta last night for an evening of transcendent, or as we used to say in the ’60s, mind-blowing music. In addition, the audience had a chance to see the Azerbaijan Alim Qasimov Ensemble, … Continue reading
Seek ATL, a studio visit
Like myself, Shara Hughes and Ben Steele are artists who have relocated to or moved back to Atlanta. In an effort to engage with more kindred spirits in the area, they recently set up a monthly salon for artists – painters, arts writers and curators are … Continue reading
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Tagged ACAC, art, art salon, Ben Steele, dayna thacker, frank stella, johannes itten, josef albers, Marc Brotherton, nancy vandevender, occupy atlanta, painting, Shara Hughes, studio tour, thomas nozkowski, walter darby bannard
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