SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS
ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
*Event 11 am – 12 pm*
535 Means Street NW (404) 688-1970
www.thecontemporary.org Open 11 am – 5 pm
Members, Free; General admission, $5; Students/Seniors, $3;
Kids under 12, Free
*Event: Artist Talk: Jessica Jackson Hutchins and John Heward
Exhibiting artists Jessica Jackson Hutchins and John Heward discuss their works with Artistic Director Stuart Horodner. Topics include process, inspiration, and the history of Minimalism and assemblage.
On view: Jessica Jackson Hutchins: The Important Thing About A Chair, and John Heward: Things
Two exhibitions that combine expressive gestures, sensual materials, and space-altering invention. Works by Jessica Jackson Hutchins bring together glazed ceramic vessels nestled into altered furniture, and mixed media works on paper combining printmaking, collage, and drawing/writing. Hutchins was an acclaimed participant in the 2010 Whitney Biennial. John Heward is one of Canada’s most respected artists, and his formal investigations into the possibilities of painting and sculpture are well known in that country. He is also an internationally known jazz drummer. This is the first major presentation of his work in the United States.
SANDLER HUDSON GALLERY
*1pm Artist Talk (Brett Smith)*
1009-A Marietta Street NW (404) 817-3300
www.sandlerhudson.com Open 11am to 5pm.
Alex Brewer, Dixie Purvis, and Brett Smith: Mark Making in Black and White. This exhibition is about the act of painting, specifically mark making in a restrictive palette. The artists share the art of mark making in their work. This gestural act is used dramatically and differently by each of these three artists.
{Poem88} at Tanner-Hill Gallery
*4pm New Exhibition and Performance*
White Provision Bldg.
1170 Howell Mill Rd., Ste. 111. (404) 580-4299
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www.poem88.net Open 11am – 5pm.
{Poem88} will present visual artist David D’Agostino in collaboration with the Atlanta Poets Group in a language performance, drawing on both scripted scores and as-yet-unknown thoughts that may emerge during the performance. D’agostino’s “Whiteout” paintings series (part of the current Axis Mundi exhibit) will provide the spark; the APG will navigate the possibilities.
ADDITIONAL GALLERIES OPEN FOR VIEWING:
AT HOWELL MILL + MARIETTA ST >>>
EMILY AMY GALLERY
1000 Marietta St. NW, Ste. 208 (404) 877-5626
www.emilyamygallery.com Open 11am – 5pm.
Exhibition: Meta Gary: Animal Instinct. Emily Amy Gallery is pleased to present new works by emerging Atlanta-based artist, Meta Gary. Painting on untreated, exposed wood, Gary incorporates a contact paper/stencil technique to create a strong visual contrast and to accentuate her whimsical and seemingly simple imagery. Gary’s dreams about animals inform her work. Human and animal interaction, specifically the intimacy between the two, serves as the catalyst for the imagined scenarios that occupy her exposed wood panels. The distinct parallels that can be drawn between animals and humans serves as a significant theme the can be found throughout Gary’s work.
JENNIFER SCHWARTZ GALLERY
*Special Temporary Exhibition*
1000 Marietta St. NW Ste 118. (404) 351-1050.
www.jenniferschwartzgallery.com Open 11am – 5pm.
Slanted Aesthetics: A student exhibition presented by Georgia State University’s Art Student Union. The annual year-end GSU Student Exhibition, Slanted Aesthetics, featuring works from 23 artists in a variety of artistic mediums, including photography, painting, textiles, video, performance, sculpture, and ceramics.
KIANG GALLERY
*New Exhibition*
1011-A Marietta Street. (404) 892-5477.
www.kiang-gallery.com Open Noon – 5pm.
Danille Roney: On the Edge of Self. In collaboration with Jeff Conefry and contributions from Penny Aviles. Roney’s newest multimedia project deftly sets the stage of a poignant moment in time, a choice, “to stay or to leave”. Circumstances are deconstructed through a series of parallel, bifurcating movements in which randomization software plays a key role, allowing a third and final author to participate, beyond the artist’s creation. Roney explores the psychological space “ in between”, where hybrid identity is crystallized and personal and social identities are transformed by multicultural and virtual influences in a real-time world.
OCTANE COFFEE BAR
*New Exhibition*
1000 Marietta St. NW. (404) 815-9886.
www.octanecoffee.com Open 10am to 10pm.
On view: Big In Japan. New works inspired by the songs of Tom Waits by artist Chris Hamer.
AT 11TH STREET >>>
GET THIS! GALLERY
662 11th St. NW. (678) 596-4451.
www.getthisgallery.com Open Noon – 5pm.
Jill Storthz: Woodcuts. On view is San Francisco based artist Jill Storthz’s third solo exhibition with Get This! Gallery. The exhibit focuses exclusively on Storthz’s reductive woodblock prints.
SALTWORKS
*New Exhibition*
664 11th St. NW. (404) 881-0411.
www.saltworksgallery.com Open Noon – 5pm.
Saltworks is pleased to present “Black Drawings” works by Atlanta-based Cuban artist Alejandro Aguilera. The Black Drawings began as “formal experiments in technique and improvisation inspired by music, textile design through geometrical forms and the natural landscape.” The works then expanded to incorporate early modernist takes on African Art specifically those from the art historical movements of Primitivism, Cubism and Futurism. Since his arrival to Atlanta, Aguilera added the Southern Vernacular Art to his library of influences.
TWIN KITTENS GALLERY
TK Currently Dark due to Moving!
TWIN KITTENS is dedicated to promoting the work and lives of contemporary artists from near and far. We do this by presenting the viewing public with thought-provoking, ambitious, exhibitions unencumbered by the marketplace and introducing the artists through creative programming and community engagements. We are currently changing locations and will re-open soon! www.twinkittens.com
AT WESTSIDE PROVISION DISTRICT >>>
ASTOLFI ART
*New Exhibition*
1170 Howell Mill Rd., Ste. P-16. (404) 307-0215.
www.astolfiart.com Open 11am – 4pm.
Astolfi Art will be presenting new works from Anke Schofield and Luis-Garcia Nerey from the Bosque series. The gallery will also be exhibiting works by Todd Murphy, Tony Hernandez, Kevin Archer, and several others.
ABOUT THE WESTSIDE ART WALK
The Westside Art Walk is a presentation of the Westside Arts District and occurs on the third Saturday of every month from 11am to 5pm, unless otherwise noted. This art-centric event is intended to encourage public interaction and education of visual art in the emerging art district in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood. There is plenty of free parking at each venue. Information can be found on the group's website http://wadatlanta.org/. Sign up for our email newsletter here. View or download our neighborhood gallery map at http://wadatlanta.org/wad-map/.
