February 7, 2009: 1st Westside Arts Distrct Art Walk Terry's Tiny Review

Artists and galleries featured in these pictures:
Kessenich Contemporary not active, Veronica Kessenich, Atlanta Contemporary (Art Center), Amy Pleasant, Bobbe Gillis Gallery not active, Jo Baskerville, Emily Amy Gallery not active, Clayton Santiago, Paul Rousso, Carl Plansky R.I.P., Elizabeth Stockton, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez, Kiang Gallery not active, Saltworks Gallery not active, Brian Holcombe, Get This Gallery not active, Drew Conrad, Kevin Archer,

I have 10 years of Atlanta art show pictures.

Click here for 29 pictures from the February 7, 2009: 1st Westside Arts Distrct Art Walk right here on Flickr. More shows to come.

Atlanta Contemporary, Amy Pleasant

Bobbe Gillis Gallery not active, Jo Baskerville

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Clayton Santiago

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Clayton Santiago

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Paul Rousso

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Carl Plansky R.I.P.

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Elizabeth Stockton,

Emily Amy Gallery not active, Clayton Santiago

Sandler Hudson Gallery

Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez at Kiang Gallery not active

Kiang Gallery not active

Saltworks Gallery not active, Brian Holcombe

Get This Gallery not active, Drew Conrad

 Kevin Archer at Kessenich-Contemporary not active

Click here for 29 pictures from the February 7, 2009: 1st Westside Arts Distrct Art Walk right here on Flickr. More shows to come.

February, 07 2009 Rail Arts District Studio Cruise, Avondale Estates Terry's Tiny Review

Little Tree Studio, James Wakeman, Barry Gregg, Corina Pia,Lainey Welsch, Andy Cherewick, Mudfile, and more.

I have 10 years of Atlanta art show pictures. Here are 53 pictures from the February, 07 2009 Rail Arts District Studio Cruise right here on Flickr. More shows to come.

James Wakeman

Corina Pia

Barry Gregg

Lainey E Welsch

Andy Cherewick

Here are 53 pictures from the February, 07 2009 Rail Arts District Studio Cruise right here on Flickr.

Flux Night 2015 "Dream" Terry's Tiny Review and Big Video

I enjoyed Flux Night 2015: Dream. It wasn't like the others. It was smaller "acts" in a more legible place. More legible than Castleberry Flux Nights. You know what I mean about Castleberry? It's kind of a mystery to itself even if you are familiar with it. There was no disorienting mystery in the straightforward grid of Edgewood and Auburn Avenue. There was no squeezing together at Castleberry bottlenecks. I like it both ways.

And I've always complained about Flux, I couldn't see everything, sometimes I couldn't even take in a single "act," not in total. I didn't mind the 2014 hiatus. We tend to overdo everything. I was a bit wary abut the theme. I'm resistant to art with a message. I was worried about the rain too. And there was some good football on the tube.


The last thing I saw was "The Dream Lives" by Stephon Ferguson, excerpts from seven speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it was drizzling but I don't think we cared.

So I didn't find any "huge" acts. The location itself wasn't a mystery. It was easy to get there and get around.

Kind of a let down at first. But I stayed with it, just hanging out. I saw everything twice, some three times. I ran into at least 50 people I know.

After about 90 minutes Flux had absorbed me. I found myself in a crowd of young ladies in choir robes. "What's going on?" "We're singing in 10 minutes." I walked with the choir.


The Parable is a performance in which a local African-American choir sings a new composition by Malik Gaines.

I was worn out by 11:30 but didn't want to leave so I didn't get to see everything or all of anything.

All the Flux's were running though my head and I was feeling good.

And I'm wondering about next year.

Here's a 15 minute video. You are probably in it. Music starts at about the 10 second mark.

The first thing you see is "Passage of Sankofa & Nkonsonkonson (a two-part installation)" by Jessica Scott-Felder. You can just spot Jessica in the blue jacket about 01:40.




See you next year.

Flashback 2010: Meet Atlanta's Young Art Shakers at Gather Atlanta

This was July 31, 2010 but all these folks still seem young to me. It was Gather Atlanta at Trees Atlanta in Reynoldstown, kind of an outreach / networking thing. I didn't know a soul but it's where I first stuck my nose into the Atlanta arts scene, where I ate my first Good Food Truck Poodle.

This blog post has been setting here for five years. I never finished so I never published it. I'm not going to check the links, maybe later.

Here are 36 more pictures, maybe one of you or Paul Boshears.

BurnAway.org Burnaway "is an online visual arts journal. BurnAway covers Atlanta, GA's art scene through weekly reviews, columns, and studio visits with local artists." I follow Burnaway's excellent weekly to-do list. Pictured: Susannah Darrow- Executive Director, Cofounder, Jeremy Abernathy - Editor-in-Chief, Cofounder, Ciara Sames - Intern twitter.com/burnawaygaBurnAway on Facebook

WonderRoot WonderRoot "is a 501(c)3 non-profit community arts organization located in Reynoldstown. WonderRoot aims to unite artists and community to inspire social change by providing production facilities, facilitating arts based service projects, and encouraging artists to engage their communities." That hardly does it justice. As co-founder Chris Appleton (pictured, center) told me, "If it needs doing, we just do it." They have already done more to support Atlanta artists and musicians than any 10 people can think of. twitter.com/wonderroot WonderRoot on Facebook

Mint, Inc. Mint Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated developing a stronger creative community within Atlanta and throughout Georgia." I'd call it a community minded gallery and music space at the Virginia Cotton Docks in the Old 4th Ward. Pictured: left - Phil, center -Brandt. twitter.com/mintatl Mint on Facebook

Wren's Nest "By preserving the legacy of Joel Chandler Harris and the heritage of African American folklore through storytelling, tours and special events, the Wren’s Nest serves as an educational resource and entertainment venue for the community, the greater Atlanta area and visitors from around the globe." The Wrens Nest and staff cross every community line in Atlanta. Pictured: Lain Shakespeare, Executive Director, Amelia Trace Lerner, Program Director twitter.com/TheWrensNest Wren's Nest on Facebook

The B Complex "Founded in early 2000, The B Complex is rapidly unfolding as Atlanta’s only artist conceived and developed cooperative ownership community." It's on Murphy Avenue south of the West End MARTA station. This place DEFINES reclaimed warehouse / industrial. (Heaven for Architecture Tourists.) Pictured: Jack Kinley, Gallery Director. twitter.com/thebcomplex The B Complex on Facebook

i45 A group of 5 galleries in Inman Park, the Old 4th Ward, and Little 5 Points. Henley Studios, WM Turner Gallery, Whitespace, and Barbara Archer Gallery. Their second biannual event "Convergent Frequencies" will be open to the public, free of charge, 6pm - 12 midnight during the weekend of September 17, 18 and 19. Pictured: Left - Susan Bridges, Owner/director of Whitespace i45 on Facebook

Twinhead Theater "Twinhead Theatre has been providing affordable thrills to the Atlanta community since 2003. Formed as an arts collaborative by a group of Georgia State students, the ensemble grew and mutated over the years to become an independent, non-profit theater company." Face it, theater people are fun at conferences. Pictured: Molly K Shepherd, Rob Bullard, James Yates, Diana Brown. twitter.com/twinheadtheatre Twinhead Theater on Facebook

Atlanta Printmakers Studio "Atlanta Printmakers Studio (APS) was founded in 2005 to promote the fine art of printmaking by offering access to a well-equipped studio and diverse educational programs that foster the development of printmaking as a vibrant and progressive art form." This is the place to learn and practice printmaking. Its one the West site of I-75 near Turner Field. Atlanta Printmakers Studio on Facebook

SCAD-Atlanta Animation Society "SAAS is an Atlanta-based student organization that operates from the SCAD-Atlanta campus." SCAD-Atlanta Animation Society on Facebook

Kibbee Gallery Kibbee Gallery is an alternative art space in Atlanta Georgia for emerging artist. Located in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood. Kibbee is on Linwood Ave, directly behind the Fellini's Pizza on Ponce De Leon. Pictured: Ben Goldman - gallery manager Kibbee Gallery on Facebook

Push Push Theater "... dedicated to the development of performing artists, aims to be a force in cultural progression by supporting and providing artistic and cultural development and offering the outcomes to the community through a wide range of innovative programming...by attracting artists from other dynamic cultural centers and providing opportunities for performing artists to grow...push boundaries, take artistic risks, explore new ideas, and collaborate with other artists." Pictured: ? twitter.com/pushpushtheaterPush Push Theater on Facebook

Flux Projects Le Flash has become Flux, but remains one of Atlanta's unique one night event on October 1, 2010 in the Castleberry Hill Arts District. Pictured: Ann Archer Dennington - executive director twitter.com/FluxProjects Flux Projects on Facebook

Bottoms Up and Blooming: Nexus Press & Atlanta Zine Fest

Do the Nexus Press alums ever mix it up with the zinesters?

I was thinking: Why wasn't the Atlanta Zine Fest at The Contemporary? Underground printing has come a long way but it's got deep roots.


Here is Taylor Moon's zine, Lost in Time and Space, with her self portrait from the new "Murmur Media" space on Broad Street in South Downtown.


Underground printing at maximum quality required expensive equipment and materials with maximum craftsmanship. These artistic avenues remain open while technology has reduced some of the costs. Picture from the superb "Endless Road: A Look at Nexus Press" show at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

The Atlanta Zine Fest would have been perfect amidst the Nexus Prsss show. But our young, fearless, risk oblivious, poor arty crowd looks elsewhere.

"They" are building an arts district from the bottom up in downtown Atlanta, it's even on MARTA. It's edgy, it's risky, it has a big-city feel. It's the perfect place for the Atlanta Zine Fest.


Downstairs at Mammal Gallery.

Thanks to the Goat Farm folks.

"Vernacular Cracker" Closing May 28 Re-post: Heather McPherson's Cabbagetown House Portraits

CLOSING: "House Portraits - House Painters - Vernacular Cracker" at VintageATL. Please come.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
VintageATL 517 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta, Georgia 30316



We have a new pieces by William Mize and Joe Dreher (JoeKingATL).

We have three of Heather McPherson house portraits on loan. Here are re-post that shows some the rest.

Heather's House Portraits of Cabbagetown from ArchtectureTourist.com January 19, 2012

You should consider commissioning Heather to do a house you love.

Full disclosure #1: Heather McPherson is Sam's daughter. Sam McPherson is my friend, my daughter's too. Katherine and I are especially devoted to Sam as only music students can be devoted to a favorite teacher.



So of course I went to Heather's first solo show at Get This Gallery last Saturday. I've followed Heather and enjoyed her work for a couple of years. If you are an in-town architecture tourist, you've probably seen her work. She's getting somewhere.


Here's Heather, coat on her arm next to my tall son, getting a lot of attention at her opening.


Full disclosure #2: I was and I am touched by her house portraits, plywood cut to shape, drawn and painted. The houses are all in Cabbagetown.


But they are familiar to anyone from a Southern mill-town, including High Point where I grew up.

Full disclosure #3: I am impossibly sentimental. Heather's houses made me remember.


My mom preferred the clothesline even after she got a dryer.


This summer I searched for my grandfather's house in High Point. I couldn't find it. It may be gone and the neighborhood isn't so hot now.

If Heather could have painted it's portrait, maybe his great great grands could know him a bit better.


Cabbagetown is a going concern, a real community in a house museum.



Folks put their yard waste on the curb every week.



This end of the house has some stories to tell.



You can do color in Cabbagetown.



Heather shows them as they are today, modern living in a century old setting.



Not all evolution is elevating.


It's uncanny to see them this way. The real houses are shoulder to shoulder with their neighbors. Cut out and separated, these could be anywhere in the rural south.


But this is how they look. Heather's paintings ring true to me.

Full Disclosure #4: You should consider commissioning Heather to do a house you love before it's gone. Architect: This would be an extraordinary gift for your clients.