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Denise Lira-Ratinoff is giving an artist talk specially for SCAD on Thursday August 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the Hagedorn Foundation Gallery. She’s put up a fine show. Her dedication to her craft is extraordinary and her talk is worth a listen. Here’s an interview I did with Denise for Art Relish. I believe she’ll be moving on soon so you should all come out to see her show, hear her speak, and wish her well.

I was accepted to the ACP Portfolio Review (yay!). Who else will be there?

And, for those who’ve participated in the past, what did you do to prepare? Any wisdom to share? What kinds of questions did you ask? What kinds of questions did jurors ask you?

From what felt like a frenzied weekend of parties and cookouts, I found some time to shoot at Jason Kofke’s “Everything Will Be OK” at Arthouse and PhotoAwesome at Blue Tower. It’s not a bunch of photos but enough to laugh. Beware, I’m all over the pictures. Yes… Check them out before everyone graduates. Who’s gonna do the PhotoAwesome upkeep now?

www.whoiscarla.com

Today there’s a great opportunity to hear some great live music downtown in Centennial Park. Souther Comfort is sponsoring the event and the best part is it’s all free!! The only catch is you have to be 21, so if you are come on down and meet up with Kyle and I. Some bands of interest are Against Me! and Austins finest Ghostland Observatory. Both of these bands have been featured in multiple Ninja Dave podcasts so needless to say they rock. The event starts at 3pm, hope to see you campers there.

Yeah… I took shots at Lee’s opening, Ka-Chunk, on Saturday. I’m still working on the site but I get the few pictures I did take uploaded for him. Here’s the link:

Who Is Carla? Event Photography

Carla

What’s that? You didn’t know Lindsay and Travis customized bike frames? Well they did and it’s for charity. Saturday, April 26th The SOPO Bicycle Cooperative Presents the Bicycle Frame Show. Come out and buy or bid on ridable bicycle frames decorated and transformed by Atlanta artists and art collectives. All proceeds benefit SOPO Bicycle Cooperative, your nonprofit community bicycle repair shop. Oh did I mention Lindsay will be playing some music too? Don’t miss this one.

Reception is at Radial, located at: 1530 Dekalb Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307

What: A party.
When: Saturday April 26th - beginning at 9pm-ish
Where: House @ 1057 Faith Ave, Atlanta. Directions from L5P are as follows: South on Moreland, right on Faith Ave. (it’s the first light after Moreland crosses over I-20), house is towards the bottom of the hill, on the left, and is yellow with brown trim.
Who: Hosted by Chad Noellert, Jason Kofke, and Katie Falkenberg (residents of said house).
Why: Loosely, a move-in party… more specifically we are simply trying to motivate many people to show up in the same place at the same time for the enjoyment of all.

The nitty-gritty: Party is totally open-invitation, all are welcome, and all are encouraged to spread the word. They will likely be one keg (no charge for beer, but small donations always appreciated), but guests are encouraged to B.Y.O.B. Large front yard, large back porch, indoors as well. Depending on turnout/feedback may become an occasionally recurring event.

Silver & Ink 2008,a SCAD photography department exhibition will host its reception Saturday, April 26th, 5-8pm.  The exhibition will be at the River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.  A second viewing opportunity will be Sunday, April 27th from 12-4pm.
Come out and support your fellow photographers.

ART PAPERS launches a new program to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its international lecture series ART PAPERS LIVE!

ART BaBeL is a new program that aims to provide significant peer-learning opportunities for local artists by way of brownbag luncheon-discussions (BBL) with the internationally-acclaimed artists brought to Atlanta by ART PAPERS LIVE!

Free and open exclusively to professional artists and art students, ART BaBeL will create a forum for informal discussion of a broad range of questions—production and dissemination strategies; professional advancement; technical learning; residency; networking; and more—determined by the artists in attendance.

ART BaBeL’s first event—lunch with Daniel Canogar—will be held at Solomon Projects on Thursday, April 17th, from noon to 2pm.
Daniel Canogar’s talk, Electronic Baroque, will be presented the preceding evening, Wednesday, April 16th, at 7pm at The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech, 500 10th Street at Hemphill Avenue. Info: www.artpapers.org

For more information on this new initiative or on any of ART PAPERS’ programs, please contact Jina Kim at info@artpapers.org / 404.588.1837 ext 16.

Hey guys, I got this information from the SCAD Savannah photo blog: The photo department will self-host the their Silverworks Open Studio reception on Saturday April 26th 5-8pm at The River Club (3 MLK Jr Blvd.)  

Hello everyone,

In commemoration of Dr. King’s assassination, I have been asked to participate in a public reading part of “The World House”, an essay written by Dr. King. The event will be tomorrow, April 4, 2008, at 6:01 PM, at the Rialto Center for the Arts.

Apr 4, 2008
6:00 PM

Location:
Rialto Center for the Arts
80 Forsyth Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30302
Get Directions from mapquest

It would be great if you could make it.
Thanks,
Steve

On April 19, SCAD Pro Initiative will host a group of twenty minority children from the I Have A Dream Foundation.  Through a partnership with a local non-profit, the Youth Photography Program, these children will spend the day learning about basic photography, viewing historical images, and briefly practicing what they learned on the roof of SCAD. 

If anyone is interested in helping out, leave a comment and I will get you more details in the upcoming weeks. Your main duties will simply be to help the children compose their shots during the activity portion and conversation/mentoring the remainder of the time. 

So today ( he first day of school) there was a fire in the parking lot. Nice start to the Spring quarter.

March 13th, 6-8pm
C515 (photo studio)

Join the graduating photography seniors for their final student portfolio review.

Photographers: James Atwell, Katie Chapman, Jessica Day, Jessica Dodd, Paige Inabinett, Luann McEachern, Akilah Passmore, Tasha Taverns and Nathan Wharton

Meet the photographers, share refreshments, and review their portfolios.

Join us after the show at the Mellow Mushroom (just 2 blocks north of SCAD on Peachtree), for an end of quarter celebration and a fond farewell to the seniors.

Eric go to Earle tonight to see Beach House play. You want to go with Eric see Beach House pay ten dollar to see Beach House with Eric tonight to go see Beach House at Earle with Eric tonight and only pay ten dollar to go with me, Eric to go see concert Beach House. Yeahhh, Po……..  start at 9:30 door open…email my email want to go ehanco21@student.scad.edu

Schizophrenia (noun) - 1. a severe mental disorder characterized by but not limited to: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions and hallucinations; 2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

Awesome. That’s what Schizophrenia means. Now, come to the show at City of Ink. It’s called Schizophrenia and I’m in the show.

Here is the address:
City of Ink
323 Walker Street
Atlanta, GA 30313

Click here to view the flyer. It’s too big to put in here.

Lecture by artist Carrie Mae Weems
Friday, Feb. 15, 6 p.m. SCAD-Atlanta Join artist Carrie Mae Weems, Spring 2008 SCAD-Atlanta distinguished faculty member, for a lecture. Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Weems has investigated yearning, loss, cultural identity and the visual consequences of power throughout her world-renowned career. Her lecture will give an overview of her practice and introduce ideas and concepts that will be explored in her course and upcoming exhibition at the ACA Gallery of SCAD. For more information, call 404.253.2737. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Off-campus program interest meeting
Friday, Feb. 15, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
SCAD-Atlanta, Georgia Room
Learn more about upcoming off-campus programs to Chicago, New York, Italy, and Germany. For more information, e-mail offcampusprograms@scad.edu or call 912.525.4786.

West End gallery crawl Saturday, Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. SCAD-Atlanta
Hosted by the ACA Community Education Program of SCAD, gallery crawls begin with a brief orientation before setting off to explore some of Atlanta’s most exciting galleries. Join this tour showcasing the best of West End galleries and museums including Clark Atlanta University Galleries, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, and Hammonds House Museum. Groups assemble in the main lobby at SCAD-Atlanta. Lunch is not included in the registration fee. Registration fee is $65 per gallery crawl, $50 for two or more registrants or two or more crawls. The guide for this crawl is Joy C. Patty.

Alright people here’s the deal. Three photo grads from Savannah are coming up to Atlanta on Friday to see our wonderful show at the Defoor Centre. Not only that but they also want to meet with us on Friday afternoon to do a nice informal crit. This is a great opprotunity for us to share and discuss our work with our peers from our other campus. This is great practice if you’ve got your 45 this quarter.

Now here’s the kicker, They each need a place to crash. SO if you’re AWESOME and have a spare bed, couch or floor space for the evening show your love and offer it up to our fellow grads. If you have any of the above spaces leave a post or contact me. Lets not let them down.

The photography program is hosting a lecture by Thomas Neff on February 7 at 4:30pm in the shooting studio (515C). Tom is going to be in Atlanta in conjunction with a book signing for his new book Holding Out and Hanging On at Barnes & Noble. He teaches photography at LSU. Check out his web site.

thomasneffphotographer.com