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I interviewed Carl Martin at the Opal Gallery last Friday for Art Relish. See if you can spot the rock star at the opening…

Hello Everyone!!!

Denise is giving an artist talk next weekend so if you are in Atlanta come check it out!!!

June 28 at 6pm

Hagedorn Foundation Gallery

425 Peachtree Hills Avenue , suite 25
atlanta georgia 30305

Need some stuff? Live in or near Atlanta? Buy my stuff. I put it on craigslist. Oh yeah, included with the couches and vacuums are a color enlarger and darkroom lab sink.

Check it out.

Those of you experiencing the boredom of summer may be inclined to go see some art with friends. If that’s the case for you, then join us for two openings tonight. The first will be at Kiang Gallery, featuring the photography of Lori Waselchuk: “Grace Before Dying: Angola Prison Hospice Project”. The work on their web site looks pretty stunning, imho. As a matter of fact, based on their programming so far, Kiang is looking like a gallery to watch in Atlanta.

The second show we’re heading to is a solo exhibition by our good printmaking buddy, Jay Fox. He will be showing at Genema Gallery, up the road off Peachtree. Let’s go out and show him some support. So here’s the breakdown:

• Meet at Kiang Gallery - 7pm
• Head to Genema Gallery - 7:45pm
• Eat somewhere afterwards

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?

The ACP Portfolio Review sign-up has been extended through Sunday. Three reasons why you should not miss this opportunity:

• I did it last year and I would highly recommend it. They usually have a very impressive list of reviewers.
• I also did it last year and thought it was terrific! It’s a great place to network and also get your work shown… plus it’s in Atlanta, so really there is no reason not to do it.
• I reviewed the year before last. It is well worth the investment of money and time.

Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP)

Hey, you all should go to The Opal Gallery on June 20, 6-9 p.m. for the opening of Carl Martin: 1986-2007. Carl taught me color photography sometime in the last century at a lil ol school on up the road a ways. He appears to have maintained his handle on the vernacular Southern image. He’s also a bang up portraitist and an all around good guy.

I’ll be bringing a camera if somebody would like to help with a video interview for Art Relish.

Hey I’d like to put together a gang show for all the grad photo students in Sept.  If you’re interested please let me know (I need to get numbers together for the people at the Defoor center) and i will get you more info about it.   Thanks everyone and anyone that reads this and is interested….but let me know ASAP!

http://www.Allencooley.com   allencooley@gmail.com

I hope everyone enjoyed the graduation ceremony today. I would’ve walked, but I hate graduations with a passion.

I’m just writing to wish everyone the best in their careers and personal lives. I hope everyone decides to stay in touch (whether through this web site or not) and at the very least, give us a way to get in touch with you if the need ever arises. I’ve really enjoyed my two years of grad school with y’all, even if it didn’t always seem to be the case, and I would venture a guess that most of you felt the same.

So I’ll take this opportunity to fill everyone in on my summer plans, and hopefully you’ll do the same. See the comments for info…