Sunday, November 30, 2014

Upcoming Art Events - Mainly South Metro Atlanta

Here are a few South Metro and Atlanta area art events that might interest some or all of you!

Ongoing through December
Dogwood Gallery, Tyrone

"Southern Muse" features works by 11 local artists. The exhibit includes paintings,sculptures & photography. This show will hang through December, so stop by & enjoy artwork inspired by life in the South. Includes art by Martin Pate, Richard Hill, Dale Niles and other artists. www.dogwoodgallery.net

Monday, Dec. 1st
David Boyd - 12 Days of Christmas Sale
On-line; 25% off select art and free shipping; www.davidboydjr.com

Thursday, Dec. 4th
Children's Chair-ity Event
5:30 - 7:30p.m. at the Dolce, Peachtree City
Artists from across the South Metro area have painted chairs that will be auctioned (silent) off at the drop-in event to benefit The Children's Village at Christian City. Tickets are $25 and include food, beverages, plus there will be a photo-booth, a caricature artist, Santa and plenty of wonderful things to bid on at the annual event.

Saturday, Dec. 6th
Art Show at St. Andrews in the Pines
316 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree City, GA 30269
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Loads of great art plus the ladies of the church have a corner where they sell all kinds of cool things (including food). Free to attend. The show is coordinated by FAACE member Honey Corbin (you'll love her paintings!)

Tuesday, Dec. 9th
FAACE Christmas Party
Andrea Boswell's Home
1117 Montclair Dr Peachtree City, GA 30269-1879
7:00 p.m. until whenever...
RSVPs are a must as FAACE will be providing beverages. Members and those interested in finding out more about FAACE are invited. Bring your favorite dish to share, a piece of your art and your business cards, RSVP to faace.org@gmail.com.

Saturday, Dec. 13th
Open Studio Event
Janet McGregor Dunn
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Refreshments, art and a chance to play in the clay...
Steve Boykin and Noel Gilliam will be joining Janet at her studio to showcase (and sell) their art. Also, many of the artists who participated in the recent Southern Hands Artist Studio Tour will be showcasing their art.
RSVP to 770-631-9630 or janet@janetmcgregordunn.com.

Thursday, Jan. 1st 
Open Studio
Taste of SAORI Weaving with Denise Prince

Free; 10a.m. - 5p.m.
FAACE member Denise Prince is opening her studio and letting visitors test their skills on a loom! Call Denise @ 952-200-4869 to reserve your loom.

Callanwolde Arts Festival
Jan. 24th & 25th

The info in the link says "first annual" but they haven't updated the page, this is actually the second annual. Dates are correct. Free to attend (you'll see a cost but that's for the preview party portion, which is open to anyone who'd like to go/buy a ticket).
http://callanwolde.org/event/callanwolde-arts-festival/

Saturday, Feb. 7th
Art with Heart Fine Arts and Crafts Show
Peachtree City, GA
Details coming, mark the date!

FAACE
Fine Arts and Crafts Entrepreneurs
We're all about the business of art!
www.FAACE.org

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Meet the Artist, Honey Corbin, Nov 21

One of our FAACE members, Honey Corbin fine artist, will be participating in a “Meet the Artist” on Thursday, November 21, 4-9 p.m. at Chantilly, Main street, Senoia. Chantilly is a Paris and French themed home décor shop that includes a wine shop. Honey will be showing her paintings, prints and drawings based on her trip to Paris and Monet’s Gardens.

Art Studio Tour 2013 - Fayette County - Nov 16

On Saturday, November 16th ten (10) of your neighbors in the Fayette County area are participating in the Art Studio Tour 2013. These artists from across Fayette County will be opening up their studios for tours, and demonstrations.


Artists:
GrünHaus Studio --- Vikki Weigel & Helena Marette
Andrea Faye (Boswell)
Daryl Rickard
Denise Prince
Hanley Lewis
Janet McGregor Dunn
Kathy Schultz
Cathy Spitz
Studio GG --- Gail Jensen

They will be serving food and beverages at each studio location.

We hope that you will join all of the artists participating but especially would like for you to pass this information on to your friends, followers and family members!

Here is the link for the website: http://www.design29.com/tour2013/

Please contact any one of the artists for pre-sale tickets (only $5 gets you into ALL studios!) and they will make sure you get your ticket.

Friday, October 25, 2013

The Brush Lady is coming to Newnan

Many of you stopped by the last time Anita Stewart, aka the Brush Lady, was in the area. She sells top quality paint brushes and art supplies at heavily discounted prices. She will be here again next week, October 31st, at Farrago Studio in Newnan. 11 a.m.

Here is a link to the Farrago Studios blog with directions: http://farragostudios.blogspot.com/.  They are located in a beautifully restored loft space at 22 West Court Square - just over the coffee shop.

The event was posted on the Georgia FAACE Facebook page if you'd like to RSVP (always nice).

Hope to see you there next week!

Monday, September 30, 2013

Patrick Dennis to Speak at Oct 1 FAACE Meeting

Patrick Dennis, owner of the Decatur Gallery and co-founder and President of the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces, LLC (AFFPS), will be the guest speaker for the Tuesday, October 1st meeting of Fine Arts And Craft Entrepreneurs (FAACE).

Dennis is co-founder and manager of popular and successful festivals, outdoor public art events and shows such as the Chastain Arts Festival, the Spring and Fall Fine Art Festival on Ponce, the Summer Piedmont Art Show and the Sandy Springs Art Show. The foundation hosted 12 annual art events in 2012. Dennis is also a professional artist.

Dennis' talk and discussion at the FAACE meeting will focus on the jury process in art shows, how galleries and art shows work and art marketing.

FAACE group focuses on the business of art. The FAACE mission is to provide a forum for artists to develop their business and marketing strategies while also encouraging their talents and supporting local charities. The impetus for the group came out of a desire by the founders to better balance their creativity with business know-how.

Fine artists and fine crafters from all southern crescent counties are welcome to join FAACE. First time visitors are welcome at every meeting. Speakers at the monthly meetings include gallery owners, festival judges, specialists in fields such as social marketing, insurance, business development, web design and related. The group also hosts a number of art shows and events throughout the year.

FAACE meets on a quarterly basis on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews in the Pines Episcopal Church, 316 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree City. For more information and directions, please visit the website at www.FAACE.org or call Janet McGregor Dunn at 404-290-3638.

FAACE
Fine Arts and Crafts Entrepreneurs
We're all about the business of art!
www.FAACE.org

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Loose Change Announces First Writing Contest

Contest deadlines, awards and prizes announced

Attention writers, poets, persons of letters and literati:  Loose Change magazine, A Literary Magazine by WonderRoot, is excited to announce our first-ever writing contest series, awarding cash prizes in poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Contests will be judged by the Loose Change genre editors and our esteemed guest editors, composed of noted local writers representing each of the respective contest genres.

Funded by the success of our Power2Give fundraiser, all prize-winners will also be published in Loose Change magazine’s first print anthology, to debut in early 2014. The contest and awards are among the first initiatives launched under Loose Change’s plan for growth and expansion as it moves towards its first print anthology. Awarding writers with both prizes and print publication will connect more writers to the magazine, and turn more much-deserved attention to the winners and fellow published writers.

Grand-prize winners in each genre will be awarded $125, second-place winners will receive $75, and third-place winners, $50. Poetry contest submissions will be accepted through our current, Fall-issue, all-call deadline of August 15, 2013 (poetry already submitted for this cycle will also be considered).  Prose submissions will be accepted through November 15. Poetry contest winners will be featured in the Fall issue, while both Fiction and Non-Fiction winners will appear in the Winter issue.

All contest entries must be submitted online at www.loosechangemagazine.org/submit. Contest winners will be notified by email prior to publication.

Advance thanks and best of luck to all our submitters!

For Loose Change publication dates, submission deadlines, news and event announcements, please join our mailing list at www.loosechangemagazine.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Loose Change
Loose Change, a literary magazine by WonderRoot, curates artful writing and cultivates literary community through publication, education and collaboration. As part of an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that seeks to inspire social change by uniting art and community, Loose Change serves as a platform for emerging and outstanding voices, a resource for creative writers and readers, and a partner for community engagement through the literary arts. www.loosechangemagazine.org

Perspectives: 2013, Georgia Pottery Invitational

Schedule of Events

50 of Georgia’s Finest Studio Potters participating in this event:

Debora Adornato, Alpharetta
Chris Kelly, Demorest
A. J. Argentina, Roswell
Mark Knott, Suwanee
Jeff Bishoff, Farmington
Will Langford, Danielsville
Shelia Bradley, Bishop
Allya Macdonald, Athens
Lynne Burke, Hartwell
Pat McCaffrey, Winterville
Jerry and Kathy Chappelle, Watkinsville
Bob Marable, High Shoals
Triny Cline, Waleska
Yukiko Marable, High Shoals
Keiko Coghlin, Atlanta
David Morgan, Danielsville
Cameron Covert, Carrollton
Margaret Patterson, Atlanta
Sandy Culp, Atlanta
Don Penny, Hahira
Glenn Dair, Atlanta
Geoff Pickett, Farmington
Isabell Daniel, Farmington
Barry Rhodes, Decatur
Michael DeBerry, Tucker
Adrina Richard, Atlanta
Maria Dondero, Athens
John Roberts, Decatur
Marise Fransolino, Marietta
Lora Rust, Atlanta
Gwen Fryar, Atlanta
Jim Sandefur, Lizella
Anne Ginkel, Roswell
Ted Saupé, Athens
Jennifer Graff, Athens
Michael Schmidt, Valdosta
Nancy Green, Watkinsville
DeWitt Smith, Watkinsville
Barry Gregg, Decatur
Vernon Smith, Atlanta
Erik Haagensen, Decatur
Connie Stockdale, Atlanta
Matthew Henderson, Clarkesville
Becky Strickland, Atlanta
Sherry Holstein, Ellijay
Tim Sullivan, Marietta
Mark Issenberg, Rising Fawn
Rob Sutherland, Athens
Roger Jamison, Juliette
Alice Woodruff, Watkinsville

Opening Gala Reception and Preview Sale
August 30, 2013, 6 - 9 pm, $10 Admission

OCAF Art Center & Rocket Hall (old Watkinsville Gym), 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
The opening Gala Reception and Preview Sale is a pottery collector’s paradise with an extensive selection of hand-made functional pottery with over 5,000 pots to view and choose from in the Rocket Hall Sales Gallery.

Three significant exhibitions in the OCAF Art Center building will also be open. The Main Gallery will display an exhibit of 150 pots, titled “Participating Potters: 2013” consisting of two pots by each of the fifty potters and one pot from each of their private collections. In the Members Gallery an outstanding exhibit of pottery titled, "Made in Japan", and curated by Rick Berman, will showcase Japanese pottery from the kilns of Japan. The Exhibit in the 1902 OCAF Center Hallway Gallery will feature the most recent pottery of Atlanta clay artist and potter Rick Berman, titled "Rick Berman - Italian Influences".

Meet and mingle with this year’s participating potters while enjoying a wide assortment of tasty finger foods and liquid refreshments under the tents adjacent to the Memorial Sculpture Garden. Music on the outdoor stage will be provided by the well known jazz band Squat. This immensely popular jazz band has won the annual Flagpole Athens Music “best jazz band” award five times since 1999. The Gala Reception and Preview Sales are open to the general public. Ample free parking is available.

Three Exhibitions
Aug 31 through Sept 18, 10 am - 5 pm daily
OCAF Art Center, 1902 Building, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677

Free admission and open to the general public

Main Gallery – “Participating Potters:2013” - This annual exhibit, featuring the best works of each of the 50 Georgia potters and a very special piece selected from their private collections; this annual exhibit is considered by many as the finest display of contemporary pottery in the southeast.

Members Gallery – “Made in Japan” - This exhibition, curated by Rick Berman, will include approximately 35 pots from kilns in Japan. Living National Treasures Shoji Hamada and Tatsuzo Shimaoka will be shown. Kumano Kuroemon and several other potters from Echizen, examples from the kilns of Shino and Oribe, Bizen, Tamba, Onda, and many other pots from anonymous Japanese potters from private and museum collections will be included. Several large photographs of Japanese potters, kilns, pots, Zen Gardens, and a very thorough explanation of the Mingei Tradition will be shown on the walls of the gallery. Berman will give a Gallery Talk on this significant exhibit on Friday evening, August 30, starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Members Gallery.

Hall Gallery – “Rick Berman – Italian Influences” – An exhibit of clay art by potter Rick Berman. “Fortunately I was given the opportunity to teach ceramics for the University of Georgia’s Crotona studies abroad program in the spring of 2013. While living in Crotona, Italy and traveling to Rome, Florence, Lucca, Venice, Assisi and several other Italian cities I saw literally thousands of pieces of art by some of the greatest masters in the history of the world. I noticed that a common denominator used in almost every painting and marble or wood sculpture was the use of draped fabric. To me the greatest example of this common thread was the incredible use of this technique in Michelangelo’s pietà. I was so amazed by this illusion created in marble that I felt compelled to try it in clay. In my forty five years of clay work I have never been so pleased with the forms, and the seemingly endless possibilities of variations on a theme. Ironically I made a few of these forms as a graduate student in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia in 1973.”

Gigantic Pottery Sale
Aug 31 through Sept 18, 10 am – 5 pm
Rocket Hall Sales Gallery, OCAF Art Center, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Free admission and open to the general public

For twenty continuous days the old Watkinsville Gym, now called Rocket Hall, will be rocking with more than 5,000 pieces of hand-made pottery produced by 50 of Georgia’s finest potters. Most of the participating potters will have an average of 100 pots on display. This 11th annual premium sale of contemporary functional and decorative pottery is the largest of its kind in the Southeast.

Gallery Talks by Michael Pitts
Sunday, Sept 8 and 15, Starting at 1pm
Main Gallery, 1902 Building, OCAF Art Center, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Free admission and open to the general public

Expand your pottery proficiency in a gallery talk through both exhibition galleries. Michael Pitts, a well- known Georgia potter will lead these talks covering pottery styles, clays, glazes, firing techniques and general information about various pieces in the exhibit.

Pottery Workshop
“Attention to Detail”: A workshop presented by Tom Turner
Aug 31 and Sep 1; 10 am-5pm each day
School Street Studios, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Fee: $150 which includes continental breakfast and lunch each day

Register at www.ocaf.com or phone 706-769-4565; VISA, Master or Discover Credit Card
The workshop is limited to the first twenty-five paid registrations.

Tom, with 45 years experience as a potter, will conduct the two day demonstration workshop where he will throw various shapes of porcelain pots on the wheel the first day and trim and decorate the second day. He will also show visual images of his pottery created over his 45 years in ceramic arts. The workshop will be directed by questions raised by the audience along with his normal presentation. Tom’s work is recognized internationally for the beautiful forms he creates in porcelain. Recently he has focused on achieving chemical reduction fired pots using an electric kiln. Be sure to check out his website at www.tomturnerporcelain.com to see these amazing results.

Self-Guided Studio Tours - Watkinsville – Farmington Area Potters
Sunday, Sept 15, 1 – 5 pm,
Free admission, open to the general public
Potters opening their studios for tours are:
Alice Woodruff – 35 South Main Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677; Phone 706-207-5157
Isabell Daniel – 1100 Mayne Mill Road, Farmington, GA 30638; Phone 706-769-7796
Geoff Picket –1171 Freeman Creek Rd., Farmington, GA 30638; Phone 706-769-8100
Jeff Bishoff – 1790 Salem Rd., Farmington, GA 30638; Phone 678-863-1847
Nancy Green – 1500 Tappan Spur Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677; Phone 706-410-5200
Maps will be available in Hall Sales Gallery during the Exhibition and Sale.

Pottery Demonstrations by Participating Potters
Every Saturday, 1- 4 pm
Rocket Hall Courtyard, OCAF Art Center, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Free admission, open to the general public
Over the three hour period these experienced potters will demonstrate wheel throwing and hand building techniques and be available to answer your questions.
Saturday, Aug 31 – Vernon Smith, Atlanta
Saturday, Sept 7 – Chris Kelly, Demorest
Saturday, Sept 14 – Jennifer Graff, Athens

For more information on Perspectives 2013 contact:
Media Coordinator: Sheila Chrzan, 706-425-1927, Email: chrzan.sheila@gmail.com
Event Coordinator: Bob Marable, 706-612-8046, Email: bobmarable@att.net
Office Administrator: Sherry Woodruff
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF)
PO Box 631, 34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Office Phone 706-769-4565
E-mail info@ocaf.com
Website www.ocaf.com

The opening Gala Reception and Preview Sale is a pottery collector’s paradise with an extensive selection of hand-made functional pottery with over 5,000 pots to view and choose from in the Rocket Hall Sales Gallery.

Three significant exhibitions in the 1902 OCAF Center building will also be open. The Main Gallery will have on display an exhibit of 150 pots; two pots by each of the fifty potters and one pot from each of their private collections. Details of the "Made in Japan" exhibit in the Members Gallery, curated by Rick Berman, will showcase Japanese pottery from the kilns of Japan. The Exhibit in the 1902 OCAF Center Hallway Gallery will feature the most recent pottery of Atlanta clay artist and potter Rick Berman, titled "Rick Berman - Italian Influences".

Meet and mingle with this year’s participating potters while enjoying a wide assortment of tasty finger foods and liquid refreshments under the tents adjacent to the Memorial Sculpture Garden. Music on the outdoor stage will be provided by the well-known jazz band Squat. This immensely popular jazz band has won the annual Flagpole Athens Music “best jazz band” award five times since 1999. The Gala Reception and Preview Sales are open to the general public. Admission to the Gala Reception and Preview Sale is $10; plenty of ample free parking is available.