Pam Moxley has an exhibition opening @ Botanical Gardens, via Mason Murer, on Thursday, at 6pm. Sounds like a great collaboration between Mason Murer and the Gardens, and you can swing by on your way to (or from) the Christopher Bucklow Lecture at Woodruff Arts Center!

Here’s what’s happening with participating galleries this week, in terms of events/openings/workshops. And you thought ACP was only in October?

Nancy Floyd, Constance Thalken, Joan Tysinger
@ Georgia State, Thurs., Sept. 11th, 5pm
Martha Rosler @ Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Thurs., Sept. 11, 5:30pm
Pam Moxley @ Mason Murer, Thurs., Sept. 11th, 6pm
Christopher Bucklow ACP 10 Lecture @ Rich Theater, Thurs., Sept. 11th, 7pm
Zhang Dali @ Kiang Gallery, Fri., Sept 12th, 6:30pm
Arnold Newman @ Lumière, Fri., Sept. 12th, 7pm
Edith Maybin & Christopher Bucklow @ Jackson Fine Art, Fri., Sept. 12th, 7pm
Michael David Murphy @ Opal Gallery, Fri., Sept. 12th, 7pm
The Ikaros Art Collective @ The Mark Ultralounge, Fri., Sept. 12th, 7pm
Contemporary Southern Photographers @ APG, Fri., Sept. 12th, 7:30pm
Frank Hunter Platinum Paladium Workshop @ Studio Swan, Sat., Sept. 13th, 5pm
Photography at Eno, VIP Preview @ ENO, Sun., Sept. 14th, 4pm, $35

If you make it to any (or all!) of these events, we’d love to see your pictures. Please send them to info@acpinfo.org, or feel free to upload them to flickr and tag them “acp10“.

Lumière has an opening of photographs by Arnold Newman this Friday night, Sept. 12th. Gregory Heisler, Newman’s assistant, will be in attendance.

Iconic images of people of achievement recognized by millions…including: Picasso to Monroe; Bernstein to Dietrich; Eisenhower to Kennedy.
All with his unique style in their own environments.

In Attendance: Gregory Heisler,
internationally recognized photographer.
His images include 70 TIME Magazine covers,
reflecting his experience working with Arnold Newman.

Friday, September 12, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Lumière
Galleries of Peachtree Hills
425 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Suite 29B
When you enter the complex, bear to the right,
Building 5 (furthest from the gate).
404-261-6100

For Directions Visit our website: www.lumieregallery.net

Women in Focus, judged by Fay Gold, is now up at Art Station in Stone Mountain. Have a look!

Sistagraphy, Atlanta’s collective of African American women photographers, are having two shows this fall. There’s an online exhibition, called “New Works by Sistagraphy”, which will be unveiled on October 1st. A second exhibition, at the Auburn Ave. Research Library on African American Culture and History will open on October 2nd, with a reception at 6:30. The exhibition is called “Changing Faces, Moving Dreams”, and includes work from Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier and Members of Sistagraphy. Here’s a description:

“Members of Sistagraphy, the collective of African American women photographers, collaborate with the Center for Working Families, Inc., and neighborhood residents, to present Changing Faces, Moving Dreams, an interdisciplinary project that uses oral history, drawings, photography, and quilt arts to create a portrait of six communities from NPU-V. Artist and Sistagraphy member, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, directs the program, which includes members: Catherine J. Alston, Rita Nicholas King, Malikah Bakir, and Sauda Jackson. An artist talk will be held on October 18, 3-5 p.m. at Auburn Avenue Library. This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

Please be sure to put both of these exhibitions on your calendar, and we’ll remind you here on ACP Now!, as well.

ACP 10 is starting, folks, so buckle your seatbelt! Here’s another opening on Friday night; Jody Fausett at Whitespace Gallery. We’re planning to have the online festival guide up by the end of the week, but put this on your calendar, in the meantime.

Update: Two quick views of Jody Fausett’s exhibition “Snake Eyes” at Whitespace Gallery from Friday evening.

If you’re in Oxford, Mississippi tomorrow, you’ll want to go see a lecture from Atlanta-based photographer Jane Robbins Kerr. Her lecture at Gammill Gallery, at 4pm, coincides the opening of her work, at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

In fact, Gammill Gallery shows-up on the map of ACP 10 participating venues!

The Contemporary is “charged-up”, celebrating their 35th anniversary with a gala event after party on September 13th. Tix are $35, and the party runs from 9pm to midnight!

Atlanta photographer William Boling will be showing a selection of his “You Ain’t Wrong” project, which recontextualizes online auction photography, at the Hagedorn Foundation Gallery. The opening is on August 28th. For background on this project, see Boling’s interview with Stephen Shore, or view the project itself.

August 29th-31st, there’ll be several fine-art first-edition photography booksellers at the Atlanta Fine and Collectible Book Fair. Thanks to Ed Smith Books for the tip.

Mark Maio, who was involved in the early days of ACP, will be giving an artist lecture at Lumière Gallery this Saturday, August 9th at 10am.

Lumière
Galleries of Peachtree Hills
425 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Building 5, 2nd Floor
When you enter the complex, bear to the right,
2nd floor of the last building (furthest from the gate).
404-261-6100

Current Exhibition
Southern Exposures
on View until August 28, 2008

If you haven’t been to the High Museum to see “Street Life” or Sheila Pree Bright’s “Young Americans”, this week is your last chance.

Lucinda Bunnen will be speaking about her work at Lumiere Gallery at 425 Peachtree Hills, Building 5, 2nd Floor, this Saturday, the 26th, at 10am.

Part of the High Museum’s “Road to Freedom” exhibit are portraits of freedom riders from Eric Etheridge’s “Breach of Peace” project. This past weekend, Etheridge moderated a panel at the Harlem Book Festival, which happened to make its way to C-Span. “Road to Freedom” is on view at the High until October 5th.

You can see pictures of Etheridge’s side of the installation on flickr.

Contemporary art from Georgia artists, including photographers, at Terminus, opens on Thursday night.

Carrie Mae Weems is currently showing at Jackson Fine Art as a part of “Four Women”, an exhibition with Kianga Ford, Jessica Ingram, Carrie Mae Weems, and Deborah Wiillis. The show will run through August 30th.

© Carrie Mae Weems, “May Days” from the series “May Days Long Forgotten”, 2003
Three chromogenic color prints / Framed with convex glass / 22 inches diameter /Edition of 8

Opening Reception Friday July 18, 2008 6:30 –8:30pm
Exhibition Dates: July 18 – August 30.

At “Culture Club” tonight, Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High Museum, will be speaking about “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968″. Details below, with an after lecture reception at Lumière Gallery, with their Southern Photographers exhibition.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 6:30 PM
at the The Englishman
425 Peachtree Hills Ave
Building 5 Suite 28
Atlanta, GA 30305

Jazz didgeridoo and chanting monks at the opening last night of Carrie Mae Weems’ provocative “Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment” at SCAD Gallery, Atlanta. More info here.

Opening reception is Saturday, July 12th, from 7-10pm.

Sheila Pree Bright gives an artist lecture at the High Museum next week.

GALLERY TALK: Sheila Pree Bright on “Young Americans”
July 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m.; Wieland Pavilion Lower Level Galleries
Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright will explore the collaborative process behind her “Young Americans” portraiture project. For more information on “Young Americans: Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright,” please click here. Free with Museum admission, free for members.

If you’re interested in the legal issues surrounding the pending Orphan Works legistlation, you may want to check out this party at Lynne Farris gallery on Saturday:

An Orphan Works Opposition Party
Saturday, July 12, 7:30 PM
Lynne Farris Gallery
50 Hurt Plaza Southeast
Atlanta, GA 30303

404 202-5654
Admission Free/Open to the Public

The event is open to the general public as well as visual artists, musicians, writers and independent filmmakers. Learn about the danger to copyright posed by the pending Orphan Works bill. Ask questions about the legislation and how it will affect you. Find out what you can do to help. Decorate a postcard and send it to your elected officials to let them know that you oppose this bill. Blank pre-stamped postcards will be available at the party, along with the addresses of your elected officials. A $1 or $2 donation at the door will be appreciated to help defray postage.

This party is being organized by art licensing community members Joanne Fink, Brenda Pinnick and Kathy Fincher, and hosted by Lynne Farris of the Lynne Farris Gallery. Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner of the Illustrator’s Partnership will participate via speaker-phone. For more information about the orphan works legislation and opposition effort, please visit our website: www.owoh.org

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
Write Congress and fight for your copyrights: 2 minutes is all it takes.
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home

Sign the Petition: A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill
http://www.petitiononline.com/Stop2913/petition.html

For more information about Orphan Works go to the
IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists

The Creative Loafing “Upcoming: Short List” has word of Sistagraphy’s opening this Friday, July 11th.

The Office of African-American Student Services and Programs at Georgia State University presents DISAPPEARING BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS Fri., JULY 11, a photo exhibit that highlights the pros and cons of gentrifying urban communities in Atlanta and other major U.S. cities. All images were shot by Sistagraphy, an Atlanta-based group of African-American women photographers, and aim to let the viewer conclude whether urban renewal is a good or bad thing. Through July 30. Free. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 12:30-4:30 p.m. Student Center Lounge, 44 Courtland St., Suite 346. 404-413-1530.

“Elegant Appalachian landscapes and portraits from his books reflect a 30 year photographic story of a rapidly disappearing culture. His talk will address this fascinating area of the South.”

© Tim Barnwell

Saturday, July 12, 2008, 10:00 AM, @ Lumière

Nafisa Valita Sheriff, a member of Sistagraphy, has a show opening on the 25th at the Buckhead Library.

THE IMAGEGRIOT
(Photos Tell Stories)

The Buckhead Library Announces its Summer Photographic Art Exhibit entitled, “The Imagegriot” by Nafisa Valita Sheriff. The exhibition will be at the library from July 25, 2008 through August 28, 2008 and can be seen during library hours: Mon & Wed 10am – 8pm, Tues & Thurs. 10am – 6pm, Fri & Sat. 11am – 6pm. The Artist Talk and Reception will be held on Sat. August 2, 2008 from 3-5pm, refreshment will be served. The artist is a local Buckhead resident, showing her first solo works. Ms. Nafisa is a member of AAC, APG, MOCA, RPS, Sistagraphy and WIF. This event is free and open to the public,
For information: Call 404-372-8114 or Email imagegriot@yahoo.com
The Buckhead Library
269 Buckhead Ave. NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
404-814-3500