Atlanta, GA — Lisa Tuttle’s postcolonial karma exhibition at Gallery 72 takes viewers on a journey that has been both complicated and enlightening for the Atlanta-based conceptual artist whose work addresses issues of gender, race and class. As a white woman born and raised in the South, descended from white Southerners, living in a progressive, multicultural Atlanta – Tuttle’s multi-media art practice has often reflected on the relationship, and conflict, between the races. postcolonial karma shares some of these observations. The exhibition opened on Friday, October 8 and will be on view through January 31, 2022. Gallery 72 is located at 72 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. Admission is free and open to the public.
“We are excited to present this timely and thought-provoking artwork by Atlanta artist Lisa Tuttle,” states Kevin Sipp, Manager of Gallery 72 for the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. “We hope the work encourages conversation.”
postcolonial karma is a focused retrospective of Tuttle’s artworks, created over the last 25 years, whose topic has been a personal exploration of the interaction of black and white cultures in the American South, and in the world, including Belgium and South Africa. These works have been shown in previous solo and group exhibitions, but never collectively.
Tuttle has created new artwork for this exhibition, focusing on alternative proposals to address the carving of the three Confederate leaders at Stone Mountain. In considering the current efforts to remove Confederate iconography from public space, the trajectory of her work shifted – focusing specifically on women’s roles in the erection of Confederate monuments and the construction of the myth of the “Lost Cause”.
Approximately 30 artworks are featured in postcolonial karma, including fabric works, photographs, mixed media constructions, and works on paper. *Artwork featured in this release is Klan Ghosts on Stone Mountain.
Gallery 72 is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Guests are required to wear masks and abide by COVID protocols when visiting the gallery.
This exhibition is part of this year’s ELEVATE Atlanta Art Festival and the project is funded by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
MEDIA: For artwork for this release, go to the ELEVATE media Dropbox https://bit.ly/ELEVATE-ATL-2021 and click on the Lisa Tuttle folder. To set up interviews, or for more information, contact Karen Hatchett at Hatchett PR, karen@hatchettpr.com.
A portrait of the former City of Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and his family from the collection of Thomas Dorsey.
Revered local photographer Thomas Dorsey has spent more than 30 years capturing the family portraits of Southwest Atlanta’s residents.
In “Family: Pride, Dignity and Togetherness II”, hosted at Gallery 72 from Monday, Feb. 10 to Friday, April 3, 2020, we explore Dorsey’s long career as a portrait photographer through select images that highlight the rich history and tight-knit families of Southwest Atlanta.
Dorsey made a name for himself, first in Chicago and then in Atlanta, with his authentic and loving family portraits. Dorsey’s images not only capture moments in time but the pride and love that bonds families together.
The exhibition showcases families of Southwest Atlanta taken between 1978 and 2002 and will feature photos from families including the Youngs, Vivians, Spriggs, Hills, Aarons, Arringtons and more.
Join us on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, for the opening reception at Gallery 72, 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, GA, from 6 pm to 8 pm. The reception is free and open to the public.
Gallery 72 is a municipal gallery operated by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. The gallery is dedicated to presenting stimulating and thought-provoking contemporary art and programs that focus on advancing Atlanta’s arts offerings.
Gallery 72 is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.
Join us at Gallery 72 on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 1 pm, for “Latinx Voices in Atlanta’s Contemporary Art Scene: A Conversation with Contrapunto”.
In this artist talk, artists Pedro Fuertes (Peru), Jorge Arcos (Mexico), Graciela Nunes-Bedoya (Peru), Dora Lopez (Peru), Catalina Gomez (Colombia), and Carlos Solis (Venezuela), collectively known as Contrapunto, will explore the contributions of Latin artists in Atlanta.
The collective will also share insights and their inspiration behind their current exhibition at Gallery 72 “Contrapunto: A Latinx Visual Artists Collective in Metro Atlanta”, which will be on display until Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Artwork by Carlos Solis “Negro Primero” -Oil Painting on Canvas 30×26 (2011)
Started in 2008, Contrapunto was created to address the lack of a Latin presence in Atlanta’s arts community at the time.
Hailing from various Latin American countries, the collective of artists strive to showcase Latin culture, folklore, and history through their artistic works.
In “Contrapunto: A Latinx Visual Artists Collective in Metro Atlanta”, exhibiting in Gallery 72 from Thursday, Dec. 5 to Wednesday, Feb. 5, artists Pedro Fuertes (Peru), Jorge Arcos (Mexico), Graciela Nunes-Bedoya (Peru), Dora Lopez (Peru), Catalina Gomez (Colombia), and Carlos Solis (Venezuela) showcase their art while building awareness of the artistic contributions of Latin artists.
Having already shared their works in multiple cultural institutions across the United States, Contrapunto hopes the exhibition helps exchange ideas and points of view across our society to those who still do not have a full understanding of Latin artistry.
In describing the collaborative nature of the group, member Carlos Solis states, “The best way to describe our collective is that we have connected and worked together harmoniously in a supportive and uplifting way, hence our name ‘Contrapunto’.”
In music, Contrapunto, which in English translates to the musical term Counterpoint, is the technique of combining two or more melodic lines in such a way that they establish a harmonic relationship while retaining their linear individuality.
Much like the musical term that inspired its name, Contrapunto recognizes that it is important to work with other people in harmony to make the presence of Latin American artists, both individually and as a community, stronger and more recognizable.
Gallery 72 at 2 City Plaza, a municipal gallery operated by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, is dedicated to presenting stimulating and thought-provoking contemporary art and programs that focus on advancing Atlanta’s arts offerings.
Gallery 72 is located at 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 and is open Monday through Friday from 10 am until 5 pm.
Opening on October 10, artist Gregor Turk explores the maligned neighborhood of Blandtown through “Reclaim /Proclaim [Blandtown]”, an exhibition at Gallery 72. Through a combination of sculptural installations, works on paper, and photographs. Turk provides insight into the community’s obscured history, playfully skews the neighborhood’s derided name, and raises a critical eye on the area’s rapid transformation.
In 2003, Turk purchased a house in the neighborhood and repurposed the cinderblock building as his studio. Today, that structure remains as one of the last four original houses still standing in Blandtown. The exhibition focuses on the demise and resettlement of the residential core of the neighborhood, exploring the shapes of both the original and newly-constructed building footprints. Turk produced several series of artwork in response. Much of this work was fabricated with reclaimed building materials from the new residential development surrounding his studio.
Through wit, lamentation and artistic probing, this one-man chamber of commerce provides options to proclaim Blandtown’s existence. Turk presents an exhibition that is part history lesson, part manifesto, and part civic rousing, with interviews of former residents providing historical context. Dubious propagandistic posters manipulated images of local signage, and unofficial merchandise rounds out the exhibit.
As the title indicates, Turk’s exhibition serves to raise awareness of the Atlanta neighborhood with its often-disparaged name. Better known as part of the Westside, Midtown West, and/or West Midtown. The area has a bit of an identity complex, further complicated by developers applying additional monikers to rebrand sections of the neighborhood (Huff Heights, Huff Trail, West Town, etc.) all while avoiding incorporating the proper name, Blandtown, which was named after freed slave Felix Bland.
Originally an African-American community comprised of two to three hundred homes, the neighborhood was strategically forced into decline through rezoning to an industrial district in the mid-twentieth century. Turk presents Blandtown as a case study for current development issues relating to the greater city: legacy housing, gentrification, and conflicts resulting from the proximity of residential and industrial land use.
The exhibition will open October 10, 2019 and run through November 22 at Gallery 72, a municipally owned art gallery located in the heart of downtown Atlanta at 72 Marietta Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, please contact the gallery curator, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
About the Gregor Turk:
Known for his public art installations, sculpture, photography, and mixed-media constructions, Gregor Turk often incorporates mapping imagery, signage, and cultural markings into his artwork. He has permanent public art installations at the Atlanta and Jacksonville airports as well as at the Metropolitan Library in Atlanta. His work is in the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, High Museum, MOCA-GA, and numerous other public and private collections. Turk grew up in Atlanta, received his B.A. from Rhodes College in Memphis and his M.F.A. from Boston University. Between degrees he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia.
Previous temporary projects include a set of five inwardly facing billboards emblazoned with tightly cropped images of General Sherman’s eyes (Atlanta BeltLine, 2014); a pop-up store stocked with over a hundred rubber wrapped objects including furniture and globes (Ponce City Market, 2016); a set of 17 convex security mirrors absurdly placed along the GA/NC border adjacent to a hiking path (Hambidge Center, 2017). Additional information and images at: www.gregorturk.com
For more information contact Gregor Turk: info@gregorturk.com
“Deep Crevice with Anomalies” by Michael Scoffield – Acrylic and texture on canvas – 60”x 48” – 2019
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is excited to host artist Michael Scoffield’s exhibition, “When Shallow is Deep and Other Musings”, Thursday August 8, 2019.
Scoffield’s artwork takes a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing professional sports, his work explores the varying relationships between the Black community, sports media, and its industry. Scoffield art reproduces familiar visual signs such as objects, drawings and paintings, while using a variety of materials and processes in each project.
Although there may not always be material similarities between the different projects, the works are linked by recurring formal concerns and through subject matter. Scoffield’s subject matter is determined by the materials and forms of the work. Multiple works are often produced consisting of different media, centered around specific themes and meanings.
Please join the City of Atlanta in celebrating this unique and talented artist. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, please contact the gallery curator, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
About the Artist
Michael Scoffield is a native of Tennessee, where he attended Fisk University and received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Fine Art. While at Fisk, he studied under such noted artists as Aaron Douglas, Martin Puryear, and David Driskell. Later, he attended Georgia State University where he received a Masters in Fine Art.
“Sacred Ground” Artist Talk
Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 12 and 7 pm
Gallery 72, 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, GA
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is proud to host Basil Watson’s exhibition “SACRED GROUND”, opening on Thursday, June 13, 2019. The exhibition will be the artist’s meditation on the transcendent, present and eternal power, beauty and sacredness of the female body.
On Thursday, June 20, join us for a public opening reception from 6 pm to 9 pm at Gallery 72.
For more than 40 years, artist and sculptor Basil Watson has been translating life’s most important attributes – positive emotions and attitudes, the spirit of freedom and spontaneity, strength, beauty, energy and vigor – into finely crafted works of art.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of internationally renowned painter Barrington Watson, it was a natural progression for Watson to study at the Jamaica School of Art. He then went on to establish a successful career as Jamaica’s leading sculptor. The most notable of his achievements include having monumental works on the campuses of the three primary universities in the island, as well as signature works at the two major Stadia.
In 2016, the Government of Jamaica awarded Basil the “Order of Distinction” (Commander) in recognition of his contributions in the field of Art.
Emigrating to the United States in 2002, Watson established his home and studio in Lawrenceville, GA. Having continued the steep climb to international recognition, he has completed major works in China, Guatemala, and in various States within the US.
Please join the City of Atlanta in celebrating this unique and talented artist. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, please contact the gallery curator, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
“SACRED GROUND”
Thursday, June 13 – Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Gallery 72
72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta GA.. 30303
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, at Gallery 72, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
African Jazz #10 ©1990 Michael A. Cummings Artist Collection, 1990 72×108 cotton blends, cotton fabric
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to present the exhibition of “The African Jazz Quilts of Michael A. Cummings” at Gallery 72 to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month. The exhibition opens to the public on Thursday, April 18 and runs until Thursday, June 6, 2019. An opening reception for the installation will be hosted at Gallery 72 on Thursday, April 18, starting at 6 p.m.
The exhibition coincides with 42nd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival hosted in Piedmont Park, Memorial Day Weekend, May 25 and 26.
Michael A. Cummings, a native of Los Angeles, is a world-renowned quilt maker. Cummings uses reclaimed fabric to create new art and narratives that evoke engagement from its viewers. He has had solo exhibitions with Bates College in Maine, Hallmark Cards, New York City’s Cinque Gallery and Studio Museum in Harlem, among others.
Concerning the quilts of Mr. Cummings, Michael James, Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln says “Michael Cummings has been working with the quilt form since the early 1980s. Cummings has successfully synthesized aesthetic qualities found in folk art, in African and African American art, in music (specifically, jazz), and in diverse textile and non-textile narrative traditions, to arrive at a unique and sincere expression… He’s committed to telling the stories of African-Americans across a broad historical, social, cultural, philosophical, and mythological spectrum”.
As observed and stated by author and curator Martha Sielman ‘the energy of Michael A. Cummings central applique images threatens to escape the boundaries set by his traditional pieced borders, combining elements from his African American heritage, Yoruba Mythology, and formal art training his narratives focus on subjects such as Jazz musicians, historical heroes, and the Yoruba water goddess. Cummings has produced a body of work filled with energy edginess and excitement.“
Please join the City of Atlanta in celebrating this unique and talented artist. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information, please contact the gallery curator, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
The Atlanta Jazz Festival Presents: The African Jazz Quilts of Michael A. Cummings
Thursday, April 18 – Thursday, June 6, 2019
Gallery 72, 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta GA.. 30303
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18th 2019 at Gallery 72, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
About Gallery 72
Gallery 72 at 2 City Plaza, is a municipal gallery operated by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs dedicated to presenting stimulating and thought provoking contemporary art and programs that focus on advancing Atlanta’s arts offering. Gallery 72 is located at 72 Marietta Street NW Atlanta Ga. 30303 and is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.
NEARBY PARKING FOR GALLERY 72: 104 Marietta Street Parking Garage (176 feet NW), 79 Marietta Street Parking Garage (245 feet NE) Centennial Tower Parking Garage (332 feet NE), Paid street parking is available near the gallery.
NEARBY MARTA RAIL STATIONS: Take the Gold line to Five Points Station. Exit the station on the Forsyth street side and turn right, walk northeast on Forsyth Street, and turn left on Marietta Street. Walk one block to Fairlie Street. After crossing Fairlie Street the gallery will be on the left.
“Away from the Noise/Welcome to Atlanta” runs from March 1 – April 12 at Gallery 72
The City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to present “Away from the Noise/Welcome to Atlanta”, a collaborative installation from multimedia artists Carolyn Carr and Michael Gibson at Gallery 72.
In this dual artistic exhibition, Carr and Gibson explore the complicated nature of Atlanta and their shared southern heritage.
The artists share the fruits of their exploration through an immersive installation, which seeks to embed gallery visitors into a welcoming space while delivering a transformative and participatory public art experience.
“Away from the Noise/Welcome to Atlanta”, runs from March 1 – April 12 at Gallery 72 on 72 Marietta St. NW.
An opening reception will be held Thursday, March 14, starting at 6 p.m.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Contact Gallery Supervisor, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
With more than 400 pieces in the City’s Collection, art is infused into the DNA of Atlanta.
Kevin Sipp, Gallery 72 Project Supervisor and Co-Public Art Manager for the “Art On Loan” Program, recently shared some of the artistic gems lining the walls and hallways of the City of Atlanta’s various offices.
Artwork by Yanique Norman (Left) and Namwon Choi (Right)
Gallery 72 is proud to present the dual exhibitions of artists Yanique Norman and Namwon Choi from November 29 to January 31, 2019.
Housed in the gallery’s South Gallery, Yanique Norman’s exhibition, “Lesson on How to be a More Interesting Woman”, is a visual exploration of Safiya Sinclair’s poems “Notes on the State of Virginia, I-III”, where Sinclair’s surveys Thomas Jefferson’s denigration of the black woman.
Norman follows a similar vein by uniting drawings and film to create a radical re-imagining of how one can further construct a more complex and nuanced internal black narrative.
Fellow artist Namwon Choi’s exhibition “In-Betweenness”, on display in the North Gallery, investigates the concept of “migrancy” through its movement in both space and time.
According to Choi, “Since [relocating], the idea of transitional states and the notion of ‘in-betweenness,’ have led me to [become] interested in the network of spaces…”
Throughout both of these works, the two artists provide dynamic and thought-provoking artistic voices that explore the importance of an internal narrative and its role in constructing a resilient self-identity in a changing world.
Gallery 72 encourages you to stop by the gallery and experience the engaging narratives Norman and Choi are sharing in their respective exhibitions.
Image Courtesy of Ken West
The Beauty of Everyday Thangs Artist Talk
Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 pm
Gallery 72, 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, GA
About the Artist Talk:
Images are often time capsules to days long forgotten, but the keepers of memories and moments in history we oftentimes forget to appreciate. Ken West’s “The Beauty of Everyday Thangs” is an exhibition his documentary photographs that seek to illustrate the natural beauty and power of these everyday moments. West’s series of images capture life in its purest form, unstaged and free of social influences.
During his talk, West will discuss his artistic influences, the creative process behind his work and the journey that helped produce this exhibition.
To learn more about Ken West and his work, visit www.kenjajawest.com.
Ken West
“The Beauty of Everyday Thangs”
A-side: October 18 – November 16, 2018, at Gallery 72
B-side: October 18 – December 31, 2018, at The Mayor’s Gallery @ City Hall
Opening Reception – Thursday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m. at Gallery 72
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce a dual exhibition by photographer Ken West at Gallery 72 and The Mayor’s Gallery @ City Hall.
“The Beauty of Everyday Thangs” is an exhibition of documentary photos that illustrate the natural beauty and power of normalcy.
This series of images seeks to display a sliver of the emotional truth and power of our world as it is. Shot almost entirely using film cameras and captured over the past decade, these images speak to the values of simplicity and beauty that exist in all of us.
The photos cast aside the stereotypes associated with marginalized members of our society. Instead, the exhibit encourages audiences to appreciate the intricate realities of who we are and how we choose to live. Each image is the product of West’s conscious awareness of the importance and beauty of Now.
This exhibition will be exhibited in two City’s galleries. Part one will display at Gallery 72 on 72 Marietta St. NW with an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m., at Gallery 72.
Part two of the exhibition will be at The Mayor’s Gallery @ City Hall located on the second floor of Atlanta City Hall Annex in the Mayor’s Executive Suite Foyer. Both exhibits are free and open to the public.
Please contact Gallery Supervisor, Kevin Sipp, for more information at 404-546-3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
Respected artist will discuss her latest exhibit on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.
Image courtesy of ArtsATL.com
Today Maybe Forever, a podcast hosted and produced by arts and cultural journalist Floyd Hall, will record a series of podcasts in Gallery 72 in the month of August, starting August XX
Featuring compelling ideas and discussion with extraordinary people, Today Maybe Forever discusses the importance of context and cultural memory in the arts, sciences, design and pop culture.
Subscribe and Listen to the newest episode on SoundCloud and iTunes.
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Deanna Sirlin opening Thursday, August 16 at Gallery 72
This exhibition features 21 of Deanna Sirlin’s new works, including mixed media collages that incorporate both traditional art materials and pieces of her own works alongside elements of recycled and found objects. a site-specific large-scale window installation created exclusively for Gallery 72, and paintings on canvas.
Sirlin is well-known as a pioneer of using digitally printed transparent materials as a vehicle for her intensely colored abstract imagery. She has completed eight such installations around the world; this will be her first, new installation exhibited in Atlanta since 2006. Sirlin will also present a video work that she made in collaboration with New York artist Matthew Ostrowski.
As the artist herself states,
“My works employ collage because of a desire to hold a color in my hand and place the color into the composition. The works are made by creating and finding color shapes that are cut into particular forms. My interest is in the interaction of color and shape; the structure is based on affinities and inclinations between and among the elements that are found, made, and rescued. Forms and shapes overlay each other–sections are embedded into the surface as a response. Elements conceal and reveal the underpinnings of the structure of map-like compositions that are also a kind of plan view. As I place each piece on each color in the composition, all is in response. I replay, reply and reaffirm with each piece in the individual conversation to create a place, a thought, and a pictorial idea.
I am repurposing my paintings and drawings into new works. With each piece of a former work that I hold in my hand and place within the new work, a new history is created that calls upon my past. I also create new pieces of color and add found images to this visual dialogue. Forms overlay, overlap, reveal and conceal as they are placed in the work.”
Opening Reception
Thursday, Aug. 16. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
RSVP for the reception here.
The City of Atlanta’s Gallery 72 is honored to present the first solo exhibition of Rusty Miller’s vintage and later photographs of Atlanta, circa 1960s to 1970s, in “The Compassionate Eye in Forgotten Atlanta.” The exhibition, in collaboration with curator Susan Todd-Raque, features a selection of 50 photographs portraying the people in various communities now gone or changed forever.
Russell Stough Miller (1933-1992) grew up in Atlanta and decided he wanted to be a commercial photographer rather than work in the family printing business. Rusty Miller followed his personal passion on the weekends by documenting the residents of Old Fourth Ward, Vine City, Summerhill, Washington-Rawson and Buttermilk Bottoms, where there were unpaved streets, electricity was rare and life went on as usual, outside of the turmoil during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement activities in downtown Atlanta,
Stored away for more than 20 years by friends and then his daughter, Miller’s photographs now give visibility to those who were marginalized and invisible to the world at the time. There is a simple connection to people, their spirit and their hearts, rarely seen in photography today. Each image is a fresh experience captured. Children laughing and giggling as they squish into a makeshift go-cart made from a fruit crate or as they roll old tires in a race down a hill. Whether sitting on a porch or hanging near the local grocery store, men and women are making small talk on a hot summer day and watching people go by. We see life in Atlanta’s neighborhoods soon to be destroyed or negatively affected by the building of the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The bus series from the 1970s shaped another setting for Miller to quietly study the moods of the passengers; some lost in thought and distant from Miller, others aware of his camera.
This is where we need YOU, the people of Atlanta! Please come and help us identify who the people are and where the places were. Their history is unfinished and we would like to give recognition to those who have been forgotten.
Panel Discussion: Memory, Race, and Erasure in Urban Atlanta.
July 6, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Panelist: Paul Crater, Maurice J. Hobson, Kelly Kristen Jones, and Mtaminika Youngblood
For more information please contact the gallery at 404.546.3220 or KSipp@AtlantaGa.Gov.
The exhibition will feature a selection of artworks that were used over the years to create posters for the Atlanta Jazz Festival. The exhibition will feature the artwork of notable artist such as Wadsworth Jarrell, Sam Middleton, Michael Bryan, Charly Palmer, Zachariah A. Anderson, Anthony Liggins, Latrelle Dubose, Corey Barksdale and others. The exhibition will open April 27TH with a reception to take place May 4th. The show will run until June 1st 2017.
Join us Thursday, February 16th, for the opening reception of our new exhibition- Southern Graphics Council International Conference Exhibition Featuring University of Georgia Alumni.
The City of Atlanta’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) was established in 1974 to encourage and support Atlanta’s cultural resources. The initial mission was to solidify the role that arts and other cultural resources play in defining and enhancing the social fabric and quality of life of Atlanta citizens and visitors.
Today the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs understands that the arts play an essential role in defining the cultural vitality of the city and is working to enhance Atlanta’s reputation as a cultural destination. The OCA aims to produce programs that contribute substantially to the city’s economy and quality of life.
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ programming is executed in four key areas: Arts in Education, Municipal Support for the Arts, Performing Arts, and Public Art. The OCA also manages the Chastain Arts Center/City Gallery at Chastain, the Mayor’s Gallery at City Hall and Gallery 72. Our individual programs are:
The Cultural Experience Project (CEP), which aligns the City of Atlanta with the philanthropic arm of business organizations throughout the area, provides opportunities for over 30,000 Atlanta Public School (APS) students, Pre-K through 12th Grade, to experience the broad range of Atlanta’s premiere cultural venues and artistic programs at no cost to the student.
The Municipal Support for the Arts annually contributes funding to arts organizations and individual artists for art projects and experiences in Atlanta. This allows us to support artistic efforts throughout the city and provide an opportunity for arts organizations to increase access to the arts within the city of Atlanta.
The Atlanta Jazz Festival (AJF) welcomes thousands of residents and visitors to Piedmont Park for our annual free, multi-day jazz festival each Memorial Day Weekend. The Atlanta Jazz Festival, Incorporated, a 501(c)(3), supports AJF programming through donations and the support of its members, the Atlanta Jazz Society, Inc., a philanthropic group comprised of individuals dedicated to the preservation of jazz.
The Public Art Program (PAP) focuses on the conservation and maintenance of Atlanta’s Public Art Collection and also produces ELEVATE, an annual free Public Art festival featuring local, national and international artists throughout the city. ELEVATE has been named one of the Top 50 Public Art Projects in the Country by Americans for the Arts and has also been nominated for the Livable Cities Award. The PAP also manages City of Atlanta Public Art Audio Tours which focus on educating the residents and guests about Atlanta’s Public Art Collection located in the central downtown Atlanta area.
Chastain Arts Center (CAC) serves over 500 students, employs about 30 instructors and continues to maintain a steady stream of revenue from class enrollment, Art a la Carte summer camp, and the Shop at Chastain. The City Gallery at Chastain hosts exhibitions throughout the fiscal year, adding to Atlanta’s unique cultural landscape.
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs also interfaces with the international community by providing opportunities for cultural exchange. These exchanges are evident in our programming for the Atlanta Jazz Festival, ELEVATE, and workshops in our facilities by artists, primarily from Atlanta’s Sister Cities. In addition, the OCA routinely works with the Airport Art Program and the Atlanta Beltline on their initiatives, including representation on artist selection panels, and oversight of their installations.
On March 12th, at 1:00 PM, join us at the Chastain Arts Center Gallery for an artist talk with F. Geoffrey Johnson as he discusses the core mission of his work, which is to re-purpose environmental waste that is globally endangering humanity, especially the youth of many impoverished African, Asian and European countries.
COVID safety guidelines are required for all indoor activity.
On the evening of May 20, 2021, tune in for the live projection on Atlanta City Hall. Pitroda Art will unveil “Movement: Art for Social Change,” an annual juried art exhibition that celebrates artists as champions of positive social change. The artworks, dedicated to the theme of racial justice, will be projected onto the Atlanta City Hall, and auction proceeds will benefit the National Urban League.
The winning artworks, created in response to the theme of racial justice and equity, will be projected onto iconic buildings in five U.S. cities: Washington, D.C. (starting May 13), Atlanta (May 20), Los Angeles (May 27), Chicago (June 3) and New York City (June 15).
Follow Pitroda Art Gallery on social media (@pitrodaartgallery) and connect directly with them if you would like to get involved.
In October, Chastain Arts Center teaching artists Iris Eve Schaer, Jessica Locklar, and Georgia Nagle created a miniature garden for the Tiny Little Parks along Buckhead’s PATH400 experience.
A partnership between Livable Buckhead and Tiny Doors ATL artists, the project re-invented the annual PARK(ing) Day hosted along PATH400 into an outdoor event that adorned the path with miniature green spaces from October 16 to 18.
The event’s goal was to demonstrate the value of increasing green space in our community by showing the impact of community art and the value of parks – no matter how small.
The three Chastain instructors collaborated to make a “Tiny Chastain Sculpture Garden” sponsored by the arts center. The miniature sculpture garden also featured recycled elements and found items to add p
ersonality to the tiny green space.
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) begins to have an increased impact on the region, we feel it’s important to keep you updated on the steps we are taking to help keep you, our staff, our instructors, and our community safe and healthy. This page serves as an evolving guide to the Chastain Arts Center’s response to the virus and will include the most up-to-date information on the status of our programs and events.
How Can I Get Tested for COVID-19?
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Experts have been working hard to understand this new strain of coronavirus. Because new information is coming out every day, please visit the sites below to stay up to date and informed.
The Centers for Disease Control provides updates on the virus and safety information for the public and healthcare professionals.
Georgia Department of Health provides updates on the disease’s spread within the state, as well as frequently asked questions available here.
Please read about the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America – 15 Days to Slow the Spread
On behalf of the entire Chastain Arts Center team, we appreciate everyone being flexible and continuing to work together with us and we thank you for choosing our arts organization to support.
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5th Grade
Study Guide – High Museum of Art
Things To Know, Before You Go – High Museum of Art
6th Grade
Study Guide – Alliance Theatre
Things To Know, Before You Go – Alliance Theatre
7th Grade
Study Guide/Things To Know, Before You Go – Arts Bridge
8th Grade
Study Guide – National Center for Civil & Human Rights
Things To Know, Before You Go – National Center for Civil & Human Rights
Things To Know, Before You Go – ZuCot Gallery
Apex Museum
Stories and Lessons They Teach
Things To Know, Before You Go – Apex Museum
Atlanta Opera
Study Guide/Things To Know, Before You Go
Carter Library & Museum
Study Guide – Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
Things To Know, Before You Go – Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
Chick-fil-A Backstage Tour
Study Guide – Chick-fil-A Backstage Tour
Things To Know, Before You Go – Chick – fil- A Backstage Tour
Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame
Study Guide – College Football Hall of Fame
Things To Know, Before You Go – College Football Hall of Fame
David J. Sencer CDC Museum
Study Guide/Things to Know, Before You Go – David J Sencer CDC Museum
Georgia Aquarium
Teacher Guide – Georgia Aquarium
Student Guide – Georgia Aquarium
Things To Know, Before You Go – Georgia Aquarium
Giwayen Mata
Things to Know Before You Go – Study Guide
King Center
Study Guide e-Visit Assignment – The King Center
Things To Know, Before You Go – The King Center
Oakland Cemetery
Study Guide – High Museum – Historic Oakland Cemetery
Things To Know, Before You Go – Historic Oakland Cemetery
Rialto Center for the Arts
Study Guide – Rialto Center for the Arts
Things To Know, Before You Go – Rialto Center for the Arts
Theatrical Outfit
Study Guide – Theatrical Outfit
Things To Know, Before You Go – Theatrical Outfit
Threepeat Teach Production
Study Guide – Threepeat Teach Productions
Things To Know, Before You Go – Threepeat Teach Productions
True Colors Theatre Company
Study Guide – True Colors Theatre Company
Things To Know, Before You Go – True Colors Theatre Company
ZUCOT GALLERY
Things To Know, Before You Go – ZuCot Gallery
On July 22nd, 2016 the City of Atlanta- Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs introduced a new ELEVATE event called ELEVATE: Summer. This new event was the beginning of making ELEVATE a year-round public art experience with seasonal programming. ELEVATE: Summer took place on Broad St. SW from 3:00-11:00pm. This one day event featured performance art, dance, music, public art installations by nearby arts organizations, an artist market, and food trucks. The purpose of ELEVATE: Summer was to bring attention to the performing arts of Atlanta and the state of Georgia while also showcasing the arts organizations that have created an arts district in the Broad St. SW area. Atlanta artist and long-time contributor to the arts, Priscilla Smith, was the emcee for the day.
During ELEVATE: Summer event, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs announced its plans for the sixth annual ELEVATE public art festival, to occur later this year in October. The week-long ELEVATE public art festival will take place from October 13-21, 2016 along Broad Street SW in South Downtown. Included in this announcement was the unveiling of the ELEVATE curatorial team—comprised of Allie Bashuk, Monica Campana, Pastiche Lumumba and Mark DiNatale. This diverse curatorial team will help bring unique public art experiences through the festival theme “Microcosm.”
For ELEVATE: Summer the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) partnered with Poetry Slam Inc. to bring Georgia poetry slam groups Java Monkey, Just N Thyme, Fountain City and Art Amok to the event. Additionally, OCA curated an artist market and commissioned the 5 arts organizations (i.e. Mammal Gallery, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, Downtown Player’s Club, Murmur, and Broad Street Visitors Center) in South Downtown to create art installations for ELEVATE: Summer.
Fountain City Slam Poets
Artistic Director of the Natya Dhaara Performing Arts Center, Uma Palam Pulendran
Ajmal ” Mas Man” Millar’s performance “We Are One”
Mausiki Scales & the Common Ground Collective
BOSCO and Speakerfoxxx
Brandon English’s Black Lives Matter Photography Exhibit at Broad Street Visitors Center
Dream Collection Agency takes over Downtown Player’s Club
Precarious Bodies exhibition at Murmur
William Kennedy’s 32 CRT TV wall installation in the entrance of Mammal Gallery.
Art On The Wall artist painting live
“Come Over,” an exhibition by award winning artist Paul Stephen Benjamin, focused on the politics of aesthetics, (mis) representation, and cultural assumption. Words and images, unhinged from their initial context and meaning, were re-mixed into critical confrontations that called into question our historical perceptions of ourselves and others. Benjamin used language and visuals to interrogate long established cultural narratives, and their casual acceptance by and effect on the American public.
“Come Over” is an invitation to closely look at black: the color, the people, and by his own merit, the culture of blackness. Through centuries of oppression, the black body has been left abused by the system, engendering feelings of inadequacy in the collective psyche. Benjamin’s work is an affirmation, a piecing together of the broken and bruised body to be made beautiful again.” –
About the Artist
Paul Stephen Benjamin received his BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his MFA from Georgia State University. Benjamin is a recipient of the 2014 Artadia Award. Recently, he was featured in the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center exhibition “Coloring” and is currently on view at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta–his work titled “Black is the Color” is on view on the contemporary art floor.
He was also featured in the group exhibition Emerging Artist Award Winners 15th Year Retrospective Exhibition at The Swan Coach House. Among his awards to date are the Winnie B. Chandler Fellowship, Diasporal Rhythms Artists Recognition Award, Hambidge Fellowship, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center Studio Program and the Forward Arts Emerging Artists Award.
Reviews:
BURNAWAY: http://burnaway.org/review/studies-in-blackness-paul-stephen-benjamin-at-high-gallery/
CREATIVE LOAFING: http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2016/02/23/paul-stephen-benjamin-explores-the-color-black
ARTSATL: http://www.artsatl.com/2016/03/review-paul-stephen-benjamins-come-over/
Artist Email: jonisculptor@gmail.com
Artist Website: www.joniyounkinsherzog.com
Medium: sculpture, metal, stone, fiberglass
Artist Statement
I grew up in the suburban sprawl outside of Atlanta, Georgia. After enjoying extended undergraduate studies in Athens, Georgia I moved to pursue my MFA in Sculpture from Indiana University. My work has been featured in exhibitions across the country, including New York, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, the “Art Prize” in Grand Rapids, Michigan; internationally in Pabianice, Poland; Cajabamba, Peru, and recently in Sang Arts Village, Ghana where I created large outdoor works. My sculptures combine beauty with absurdity often blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Utilizing many mediums, I lure the viewer in with luscious colors and materials, to contemplate anxious content in close proximity.
My search for beauty and purpose manifests into forms that abstract femininity and vitality. Reshaping the body reflects a delight in making allegory; combined with grafting elements of the human form demonstrating my curiosity about science, medicine and the search for human perfection. My sculptures are hybrids, psychological mythologies, and manifestations of our bodies. Within my work the human body is displaced retaining ranges of recognizable features-but what remains behind is an interest in the dispersal and fertilization of the feminine mystique. I am exploring the metaphors of flowers with shifts in scale and material. I like to emphasize the physical strain and tension present in actual flower petals as they push to open and invite pollination. My objective is to ask the viewer to confront the interior and exterior space with an invitation to peek inside.
When Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Pat “Sleepy” Brown formed Organized Noize in the early 1990s, hip-hop was in the midst of a vicious (and ultimately fatal) bi-coastal turf war. While historically polarized between (North) East Coast rap artists and West Coast rap artists, Organized Noize completely changed the direction of hip-hop culture, its sounds and expression.
This exhibition traced the legacy of Organized Noize and their Dungeon Family Collective (which includes Outkast, Goodie Mob, Joi, Slimm Cutta Calhoun, Big Rube and more) from their dirt-floor basements to stages around the world. The exhibition featured archival items from Organized Noize and the Dungeon Family including photographs, artwork, studio equipment, notebooks, costumes and more.
This exhibition was a part of the ELEVATE 2015 Program. For more information, please visit our ELEVATE page.
Exhibition Press/Reviews
Georgia State University: African American Studies
IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBITION
ELEVATE 2012 opened with a vivacious block party on South Broad Street. View Creative Loafing’s Photo Gallery of the Opening Block Party here: http://clatl.com/atlanta/elevate-block-party/Slideshow?oid=6776588
South Broad St. Mural Paintings
ELEVATE 2012 brought four of the world’s most interesting street artists from around the world to Atlanta to create mural paintings on four South Broad Street building facades. These murals are still up on South Broad!
Artists were:
SEVER
Born- Atlanta, GA
Push- Los Angeles, CA
HENSE- Atlanta, GA
TILT- Toulouse, France
Roni Nicole, Lillian Blades, Linda Costa, Banho De Luz- “Banho De Luz”- Carnegie Education Pavilion
Mixed Media installation and interactive video event featuring the art of Lillian Blades, Linda Costa, and Roni Nicole Henderson. A historical monument of the City of Atlanta located at John Portman Boulevard and Peachtree Street, the Carnegie Education Pavilion was the site for an ambitious interactive ELEVATE project. A quilt like drapery by Lillian Blades, laden with LED lights enclosed the existing structure transforming the pavilion into a softly glowing public space. Passerbys were invited into the monument where they become the subject of an art- piece by photographer Linda Costa, best known for light painting and long exposure artworks. Photographs were then projected for public viewing in real time within the plaza area by video artist Roni – Nicole.
Pierre Rigal Dance, Toulouse France
Jessica Caldas, Avien Reese, Back on My Feet
Randy Walker, Colorfalls Woodruff Park Fountain
Woodruff Park Fountain, a landmark of downtown scenery, was the site of a subtle installation by Minnesota artist Randy Walker. The installation piece subtly integrates colored fibers behind the water fall feature on the fountain. This artwork examines the impact of even a slight creative transformation to heighten the public’s awareness of their environment.
Adrian Barzaga, Save it or Pave it
Located at 143 Alabama street, this five story building, once serving as a thriving hub of activity for the Atlanta Constitution may potentially be removed upon the construction of Atlanta’s new Metro Modal Passenger Transport. Numerous activist groups are currently working to save and memorialize this building advocating for the structure’s importance and historical significance. Through this minimal contemporary facade design, the artist looks to illustrate the nervous human-like energy within the building as it currently knows not what the future holds in store.
The Imaginary Million- The artwork of 100 artists was on display at the 200 Peachtree Street Atrium. During the evening, each of the 100 artists bid on the work of his peers with $10,000 in “play” money. At the end of the night, artists took home the work they won, and no real money was exchanged.
See another promo video for ELEVATE 2012 here:
Now thru December 23rd, Chastain Arts Center’s Annual Holiday Show & Sale continues in the City Gallery at Chastain until 5:00 pm each day.
Each year, the Holiday Show & Sale features work skillfully crafted by Chastain Arts Center instructors and students and promises an incredible variety of jewelry, pottery, paintings, prints, scarves, garden art, photographs, and more! Support local artists and find one of a kind, handmade, and affordable gifts and fine art.
We guarantee there will be something to suit any taste and budget.
The arts center is located in Chastain Park. Call 404.252.2927 for details. https://www.ocaatlanta.com/
2014 HOLIDAY ART SHOW AND SALE
Join us at the Chastain Art Center’s Holiday Show and Sale! One of our largest fundraisers, the Show and Sale offers instructors and students an opportunity to showcase their talents.
This marketplace event will feature items from across the disciplines that have been created at the center.
This year’s Show and Sale will run from Novmeber 7th to January 3rd.
An opening reception will be held on the 7th from 6-8pm.
Come do some holiday shopping and view the fantastic work being produced at Chastain!
CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER PRESENTS
THE SCHOOL
Visit the Chastain Arts Center Gallery through September 20th to see THE SCHOOL. The exhibition consists of work by artists Bethany Collins, Carina D. Maye, Joe Lester, Michael Scoggins, Andrew Crawford and Paul Stephen Benjamin. The exhibit showcases work inspired by objects you would see in a school with varied conceptual meanings. From Andrew Crawford’s sculptural ruler to Michael Scoggins oversized report, this show puts a conceptual spin on school supplies.
August 15 – September 20, 2014
Chastain Arts Center Gallery 135 West Wieuca Rd. NW Atlanta. GA 30342
Admission: FREE
*Dates Changed*
May 9 – May 30, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, May 9, 6:00pm-8:00pm
2014 OCA Emerging Artist Award Exhibition
Featuring Award recipients
Aubrey Longley-Cook & Jessica Caldas
Atlanta – The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is proud to announce the recipients of the Emerging Artist Award, as part of the Contracts for Arts Services program. An exhibition, showcasing the work of this year’s recipients, will be on view at the Chastain Arts Center Gallery, 135 W. Wieuca Rd. NW, Atlanta, GA 30342, starting on the 17th of March. The exhibition’s closing reception will take place at the Gallery on April 16th from 6:30-8:00pm. For gallery hours, please call 404-252-2927.The 2014 Emerging Artist Award will be presented to Jessica Caldas, a visual artist, and Aubrey Longley-Cook, a media artist. Each artist will receive a $1,500 grant. During the reception, Councilmember Natalyn Archibong will also present each artist with an official Proclamation on behalf of the Atlanta City Council.
“Atlanta is recognized as one of the top cities in which to make a living as an artist,” said Camille Russell Love, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. “This award is one of the ways that we support professional artists living and working in the City of Atlanta. As these two artists’ careers continue to flourish in the coming years, we look forward to seeing the positive impact they make in Atlanta’s creative community.”
Emerging Artist Award recipients are chosen by a community panel. Priority is given to artists 35 years of age or younger or with less than 5 years experience in their field.
About the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), a division of the Mayor’s Executive Offices, was established in 1974 with the mission to encourage and support Atlanta’s cultural resources. The OCA continues to promote Atlanta as a cultural destination through a variety of events and educational programming, including the Emerging Artist Award. For more information, please visit www.ocaatlanta.com.
About the Emerging Artist Award
The Emerging Artist Award, presented by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Contracts for Arts Services program, recognizes and rewards talented professional artists living and creating art in the City of Atlanta. By honoring these artists, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs aims to increase awareness of their work and further the careers and professional development of each individual.
CHASTAIN ARTS CENTER ON CNN
Chastain Arts Center artist Marie Matthews and her iPhone Photography class were interviewed for a video on the CNN website.
Click below to watch her story (please be patient, the video takes a while to load).
You can also watch it on the CNN website by clicking here.
FROM THE NORTH: From I-285, exit at Roswell Road SOUTH. Travel approximately 2.5 miles, then take a RIGHT onto West Wieuca Road. Continue straight past the first stop sign at in intersection of Lake Forrest and Chastain Park Avenue NW. Continue past the baseball fields on the left and the playground on the right, Chastain Arts Center is immediately on the RIGHT, directly across from the baseball fields and gym. You will drive up our long driveway and enter the parking lot to the left.
FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-85 NORTH; exit onto Georgia 400 (Buckhead, Exit 2). Turn LEFT onto Georgia Connector 141 West. Turn RIGHT on Piedmont Road (Georgia 237). Turn RIGHT on Roswell Road. Turn LEFT on West Wieuca Road. Continue straight past the first stop sign at in intersection of Lake Forrest and Chastain Park Avenue NW. Continue past the baseball fields on the left and the playground on the right, Chastain Arts Center is immediately on the RIGHT, directly across from the baseball fields and gym. You will drive up our long driveway and enter the parking lot to the left.
FROM INTOWN: From Peachtree Street, NORTH, branch LEFT onto Roswell Road (by the Buckhead Theater). Turn LEFT onto Powers Ferry Road. At the 5-way stop, continue straight and travel past the golf course on the right. Take a RIGHT onto Chastain Park Avenue NW at the 3-way stop sign by the tennis courts. Chastain Arts Center is on the LEFT, directly across from the baseball fields and gym. You will drive up our long driveway and enter the parking lot to the left.
FROM THE WEST: Take West Paces Ferry Road towards Buckhead. Turn LEFT onto Northside Drive. After travelling a few miles, turn RIGHT on Hillside Drive. Hillside Drive will dead-end at Powers Ferry Road. Take a LEFT onto Powers Ferry Road at the stop sign. Turn RIGHT at the first stop sign onto Chastain Park Avenue NW. Chastain Arts Center is on the LEFT, directly across from the baseball fields and gym. You will drive up our long driveway and enter the parking lot to the left.
BY MARTA: Take bus 5 from the Lindbergh or Dunwoody Station. Exit the bus at the intersection of Roswell Road and W. Wieuca Road and walk about 1/2 mile to reach the park, at the intersection of West Wieuca and Lake Forrest. Cross over Lake Forrest and walk 1/4 mile to the Chastain Arts Center, which will be on the RIGHT, directly across from the baseball fields and gym (Click to see Map).
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut, 1963
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1962
Diploma, Bosse High School, Evansville, Indiana, 1958
APPRENTICESHIPS
Charles & Ray Eames Office, Venice, California, 1974-76
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS & COMPETITIONS
Public Artist, Alexandria Police Memorial Competition Finalist (on-going), 2010
Public Artist, University Circle Rapid Transit Station Finalist, Greater Cleveland Transit Authority (RTA), 2010
Public Artist, Indianapolis International Airport Public Art Entry-Way, Indianapolis, IN, 2007
Public Artist, LightPath on Pine, Long Beach, CA, 2006
Public Artist, San Luis Rey Wastewater Treatment Plant Public Art Project, City of Oceanside, CA, 2001-2004
Public Artist, Long Beach Passport Center (Pine Street) Project, Light Sculpture, Long Beach, CA, 2001-2004
Public Artist, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Washington, DC (Competition Finalist), 2000
Public Artist, City of Escondido East Valley Parkway (Competition), Escondido, CA, 1999
Public Artist, STart (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Artist Initiated Projects, Seattle, WA 1998
1998 Public Artist, Linear Park Phase III, Centre City Development Corporation, San Diego, CA, 1998
Environmental Designer & Public Artist, City of National City Public Right-Of-Way Improvement Program,
Community Development Commission, National City, CA, 1995
Environmental Designer & Public Artist, Martin Luther King, Jr. Extension Project, Center City Development
Commission (CCDC), San Diego, CA, 1994
Public Artist, Peace Memorial Competition, Washington DC, 1989 (Competition
Public Artist, Vietnam Memorial Competition, Washington DC, 1984 (Competition)
Public Mural Artist, Carnegie Museum of Art Mural Project, Pittsburgh, PA, 1970
LEGISLATIVE/GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION
California State Senate Certificate of Recognition for the public art project LightBridge, Long Beach, CA, 2004
California State Legislature Certificate of Appreciation for the public art project, LightBridge, Long Beach, CA, 2004
California State Legislature Certificate of Recognition for the public art project LightBridge, Long beach, CA, 2004
1992 Federal Design Achievement Award, from the National Endowment for the Arts, for the Environmental Graphics
Program, the Escondido Civic Center, Escondido, CA, 1992
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
One-Man Show, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1968
One-Man Show, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1967
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Biennial, Owensboro, KY 2005
Salon, ArtsCollege International Exhibition, San Diego, CA, 2000
Group Show, Dimension Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1971
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 61st Annual, Pittsburgh, PA, 1971
Board of Directors Show, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 1971
Sixth Invitational Regional Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1970
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 60th Annual, Pittsburgh, PA, 1970
Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by Pittsburgh Artists, Carlow College, Pitt., PA, 1969
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 58th Annual, Pittsburgh, PA, 1968
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Center Member’s Work, Harrisburg, PA, 1968
Art of Our Time, Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 57th Annual, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967
Two-Man Show, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1965
New Haven Arts Festival, New Haven, CT, 1965
Yale University Branford College Exhibition, New Haven, CT, 1965
Museum of Arts & Sciences Tri-State Exhibition, Evansville, IN, 1963
First Annual Indiana Salon of Collegiate Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1962
Museum of Arts & Sciences Tri-State Exhibition, Evansville, IN, 1962
TEACHING
Professor of Design, New School of Architecture & Design, 1984 to Present
Assistant Professor of Environmental Graphics, San Diego State University, 1984-85
Visiting Lecturer of Architecture & Fine Arts, University of Oregon, 1971-72
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1968-70
Instructor of Art/Painting/Design/Art History, Chatham College, 1965-68
Teaching Assistant Fine Arts, Yale University, 1964-65
ART & DESIGN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: WORK EXPERIENCE
Principal, Nicholson Design, San Diego, California, 1976 to Present
Art Director, Marsteller, Inc., Los Angeles, California, 1972-74
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Board Member, Art In Public Places Advisory Committee (AIPP), Commission For Arts & Culture, Public Art
Program, City of San Diego, CA, 1994-1997
Board Member, The Architectural Foundation, San Diego, CA, 1994-96
President, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969-71
Board Member, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1968-71
Board Member, Steering Committee for the Formulation of an Arts Council for Pittsburgh, PA, 1967-68
Member, Pittsburgh Council for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969-71
Member, Associated Artisits of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1965-71
Member, Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 1968-71
Exhibit Chairman, Arts & Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967-71
US PATENTS
Patent #D-360-745, Therapeutic Shoulder Device, 1994
Dear Friends and Supporters:
I am delighted to share a copy of the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) fiscal year (FY) 2021 annual report with you.
This past year we were put to the test as we continued to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatened so much of what we hold dear. With the support of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the Atlanta City Council, as a part of the City’s pandemic response efforts, we were able to keep culture thriving by supporting our local arts organizations and independent artists through our programming and relief efforts.
The pandemic presented a challenge for the production of the Atlanta Jazz Festival and while we were not able to present a jazz festival in FY 21, we adjusted our plans to return to Piedmont Park in FY 22, on Labor Day weekend. We shifted our program outreach to a hybrid model due to the pandemic. Through a combination of physical and virtual platforms we were able to deliver meaningful programs and engage the Metro Atlanta and global community. Our public art festival, ELEVATE, pivoted to a hybrid model with limited public displays and virtual interviews, performances and visual art exhibitions in collaboration with local museums and art professionals in cities throughout the country.
A portion of American Rescue Fund dollars were committed to the City, in support of arts and culture, and we utilized that funding to provide relief to our creative community through commissioned artworks for projects like Pandemic Atlanta 20/20. Through our Contracts for Arts Services (now known as Municipal Support for the Arts) grant program, we were able to also offer almost $2 million in much needed support to local artists and arts organizations who met application requirements.
As we move forward, the OCA team remains steadfast in our mission to create opportunities for artistic growth and access to the arts. Over the past year, it has been reassuring to witness Atlanta’s communities coming together to support this city. There is a lot we don’t know about the coming months, but I remain confident in our ability to overcome this global challenge and come out of it even stronger. We are counting on your continued support of our creative economy, ensuring that our local arts community continues to thrive.
Yours in art and culture,
Camille Russell Love, Executive Director
Previous Annual Reports
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 20 Annual Report
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 19 Annual Report
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 18 Annual Report
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 17 Annual Report
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 16 Annual Report
City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ FY 15 Annual Report
