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There is a lecture at 4pm today at Georgia State University, by Marcia E. Vetrocq, Senior Editor of Art in America. Obviously this one will be hard to make, as it happens during classes, but make it if you can.

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How did I/we miss this? Both our own Robert Gill (above) and Karen Williams (below) were featured on the Hey Hot Shot! blog this month.

Yo people meet up on the 5th at 7:00pm to catch a ride down to Castleberry hill.  Be there or be square.

Sounds like an interesting opportunity…

Saturday November 3, 1-5pm

“This was/is your only chance in 2007 for an open conversation with art curators at Eyedrum.  Show and tell is just that.  You, the artist brings some images or even real work to Eyedrum and then, tell us about it.  We’ll listen, and take notes!  If we think it has potential for a show, we will make it happen.

This opportunity is mostly to meet candidates for one-month solo shows in our small gallery.  It is humble is size but ample in imagination.  Perfect for bustling installations or intimate gestures.  Mailed submissions are always welcome for group/curated shows or for our larger gallery spaces. See our website for further details.  http://eyedrum.org/submitProposal.asp

If you are looking for an opportunity to break into the art world or even been here done that, show and tell is a fun way to test new ideas and get real feedback.  I hope you’ll stop by and show me something new.

details:
+A sign-up list will be crafted on nov 3, based upon arrival  (first come, first served)
+Sign-ups are open 1-5 and the event will run until all names are crossed off
+Bring an identifying piece of paper for Eyedrum art to keep - must include: Name, e-mail, phone number, some indication of what you presented.”

COME AND GET SOME FREEEEEE FOOD……….. YES FREE FOOD and see some art work by printmaking and photo grad-student Omar aka B.RICH Richardson……..p.s Steve bring your rich friends to buy art….lol

Yeach if you can see the words for it being to small the show is on……….. Oct. 30 at Shop SCAD, 3096 Roswell Road, Atlanta. Not Shop SCAD in Savannah…… P.S. Buy a raffle founds go to a high school art department in Bahamas my old high school………

Got Chops? Then you got to get your photo taken tomorrow at 2ish in the studio.

See you there. Chops are mandatory.

Deadline: 10/26/07

KoKoSphere Fine Art wishes to make original fine art accessible to many. Whether established or emerging, we invite Atlanta artists to join us in this effort by offering original, contemporary abstract or figurative art priced for sale at $100. Art will be displayed during the Roswell Art Walk being held November 4-5, 2007. 20% will be retained by the Gallery with the proceeds benefiting The Drake House (www.thedrakehouse.org).

If you are interested, please send an email to info@kokogallery.com with a subject line of “$100 Art” and include the medium and dimensions of the art, an image of the art if possible, and your contact information. You will be evaluated for future gallery representation. Art must be delivered to the gallery on October 26, 2007 from 2-6pm and will not be received at any other time. Please include the art title, dimensions, year created and artist name on the back of the art.

KoKoSphere Fine Art is an art gallery located in historic Roswell, GA and features original, contemporary abstract and figurative art by local self-trained artists. For more information, please visit our website at www.kokogallery.com.

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As part of the SCAD 24 hour challenge my team and I created this animation

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I just got a call from Gallery RFD in the art capital of Swainsboro, Georgia where I submitted some images for their portraiture show last week.

At least one picture of mine was accepted, this one…

They also wanted to let me know that it was chosen as…

Best in Show!

So that is pretty amazingly awesome. And I get $150. I think that’s the first time since high school that I’ve gotten any money for “art.”

I feel pretty good about myself right now, so please excuse the bragging.

I have to figure out how to tell my sister-in-law because I’m afraid it’s not a very flattering picture of her. But it’s Art so that’s okay, right? And I’ll explain the art-critical concept of the Object. I’m sure she’ll understand.

Show opens November 10, nice of them to do it on my birthday!

Here is the schedule for the photos.  Try to get them to me ASAP.

STARTING FRIDAY MORNING, ENDING SATURDAY MORNING

10am - Jeff Roffman
11am Susan Hadorn
12pm Arnika Dawkins
1pm - Lidsay Appel
2pm - Jason Franklin
3pm - Rebecca Stern
4pm Lee Jones
5pm -  Karen Williams
6pm - Walker Pickering
7pm - Daniel Agee
8pm - Sharon Forbus
9pm - Travis Dodd
10pm -
11pm - Chowoon Lee
12pm - Kylpe Petersen
1am - Todd Vinson
2am - Jason Kofke
3am - Val
4am - Ryan Nobulsi
5am - Steve Aishman
6am - Zubair Lawrence
7am - Jason Parker
8am - Suellen Parker
9am - Dave
10am -

On the to do list:

Gallery See (4th Floor)

APG, Fay Gold

Lets meet up on the 5th at 6:00, we can head down to the 4th floor for the opening and then ride out to APG for the Fay Gold thing.  Be sure to wear shoes.

SCAD Savannah professor Rebecca Nolan has an opening here in Atlanta at Gallery Stokes. Also on Thursday Meryl Truett has an opening at Barbara Archer Gallery. Meet up at the school at 6:00 to catch a ride.

This friday night is the annual Fay Gold Selects. Karen and I both got in so we all should definitely go. Plus, there is a talk the next morning at 10 am with APG and Fay Gold that should be as interesting as last time. We all should meet at 7:15 pm on the 5th floor. Here is the rest of the info:

Opening Friday, October 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

As part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography month in October, the APG Gallery will present a special photography exhibition juried by local gallery owner Fay Gold featuring the single best images by regional artists..

Fay Gold Talk

Saturday, October 20 at 10:00 at the APG Gallery,
Tula Art Center, 75 Bennett Street NW, Lower level - Space B-1. Admission is free.

Review by Rebecca Stern

Allan deSouza has incorporated a variety of differing tools in his photography/mixed media. His lecture Rituals in Transfigured Time, presented at Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta on October 3, showcased many different series of his works. DeSouza described both the techniques he used as well as more in-depth interpretations that focused on the unwritten histories hidden in the images.

His series Threshold includes 24 images of airports, train and bus stations. The series focused on waiting areas and transitions between places in time where one has left behind the familiar, but has not yet arrived at the new venue. DeSouza mentioned that he wanted the viewers to imagine a first encounter with a new place and how they might emotionally engage with the physical space presented. The goal of the work is to demonstrate the promise of the West and this goal is achievable if we use Orientalism as the primary interpretation tool.

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Last Thursday, Alec Soth spoke at the High Museum of Art Atlanta. Prior to the lecture, the PhotoAwesome crew met up with him and Michael David Murphy of Atlanta Celebrates Photography for a quick interview.