Here’s a pdf with info about the new exhibition at Trees Atlanta from David Knox and Kathryn Kolb.

We’re excited about the launch of the new Serenbe Photography Center, just south of Atlanta. They have an extensive program of workshops on the calendar, and their traditional (and digital) darkroom offers many options for local photographers. Fantastic!

© Tari Beroszi

“Tari Beroszi’s large-scale abstract photography panels will open Thursday, February 4 from 6-9pm at Snapdragon Photography/Jennifer Schwartz Gallery in TULA Arts Center. Beroszi’s work, “Seeing Sound”, is an exploration of music and image. She uses photography as a tool to translate the language of music into abstract images, resulting in a poetic and conceptual representation of a non-visual language. Her photographs are the abstract equivalents of what she feels and what she sees from within when listening to music.

Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures
Emory Visual Arts Gallery
February 4-March 4, 2010

Opening reception: Thursday, February 4, 5-8 pm
Featuring…
~Food and Libations
~At 5:30 pm, a special presentation by the Transforming Community Project introducing Dawoud Bey’s Spring 2010 Artist Residency at Emory University*
~At 7:00 pm, an artist’s talk by Dawoud Bey

In images made in public and private high schools across the United States, renowned portraitist Dawoud Bey offers a cross section of a generation, which is also a microcosm of the American experience as it finds expression in and as adolescent preoccupations, dreams and intensities. Accompanying each photograph is a statement by its subject, interrogating, challenging and elaborating the image—effectively performing the first in a chain of readings (including our own) that catalyze the portrait’s meanings. The subjects’ receptivity to themselves—following Bey’s own sympathetic receptivity to them—solicits, directs and finally compels our own humanistic response.

*Class Pictures is presented in conjunction with a month-long residency by Dawoud Bey, during which he will work with the Transforming Community Project (TCP) to photograph students, faculty and staff, gather their written and oral testimonies, and conduct workshops that explore the racial history and diversity of Emory University. This residency celebrates TCP’s extraordinary five-year service to the Emory community (2005-2010) and seeks to contribute to their enduring legacy on campus.

Class Pictures and Dawoud Bey’s residency are sponsored by Emory University’s Transforming Community Project, the Hightower Fund, and the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts.

A quick reminder that the annual auction to benefit Art Papers is on February 6th, and tickets are on sale now. Plenty of photographers have pieces in the auction; here’s a list of participating artists.

Corinne Adams, Lisa Alembik, Todd Alexander, Tristan al-Haddad, Sterling Allen, Alvaro Alvillar, Larry Jens Anderson, Anita Arliss, Linda Armstrong, Meg Aubrey, Philip Auslander, Mali Azima, Peter Bahouth, Beverly Baker, Nancy Baker, Conrad Bakker, Corey Barksdale, Michael Barringer, Balam Bartolomé, Avantika Bawa, Anne Beidler, Laura Bell, Robin Bernat, Daniel Biddy, Joe Biel, Janet Biggs, Matt Blackwell, BORN, Elaine Bradford, Mark Bradley-Shoup, Laura Bruce, Tania Bruguera, Caroline Bullock, Lucinda Bunnen, Luca Buvoli, Stefani Byrd, Danny Campbell, Dennis Campay, Lilly Cannon, Philip Carpenter, Jennifer Cawley, Mel Chin, Susan Cipcic, Charles Clary, Clayton Colvin, Monica Cook, Ginny Cook, Kate Crosby, Jerry Cullum, Dorit Cypis, Cathy Daley, Patrick DeGuira, Rebecca DesMarais, Brian Dettmer, Terri Dilling, Craig Dongoski, Stephanie Dowda, Craig Drennen, Ruth Dusseault, Wes Eastin, Sarah Emerson, Jody Fausett, Malaika Favorite, Laura Faw, Barrett Feldman, Julia Fenton, Tom Ferguson, Brendan Fernandes, Rosemarie Fiore, Robert Fischer, Margaret Fletcher, Nancy Floyd, Taj Forer, Angela Fraleigh, Jason Francisco, Scott French, Anna Christina Frischknecht, Randy Gachet, Angus Galloway, Meta Gary, Eula Ginsburg, Rory Golden, Ben Goldman, Charles Goldman, Julie Green, Joshua Dudley Greer, Kojo Griffin, Hadley+Maxwell, Matt Haffner, Paul Hagedorn, Iris Häussler, Rachel Hayes, Jodi Hays, Sally Heller, Tony Hernandez, Julia Hill, Hope Hilton, Sarah Hobbs, Sun Hong, Ridley Howard, Scott Ingram, Doug Ischar, J. Ivcevich, Jennifer J.L. Jones, Glenn Kaino, Mark Karelson, Marcus Kenney, Harrison Keys, Lily Kuonen, Alexander Kvares, Kristofer Laméy, Judy Morris Lampert, Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Jack Lawing, Scott Lawrence, Mark Leibert, Kalup Linzy, Matt Lively, Steve Locke, George Long, Pam Longobardi, Sharon Louden, Oliver Lutz, Jennifer Mack, Kelly Mark, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Victoria Martin-Gilly, David McConnell, Conor McGrady, Michael Jones McKean, Kelly McKernan, Michi Meko, Corrina Sephora Mensoff, Donna Mintz, Linda Mitchell, Katherine Mitchell, Traci Molloy, Julian Montague, Dana Montlack, Jiha Moon, Andy Moon Wilson, Gean Moreno, Rebecca Morris, Laura Mosquera, Carter Mull, Michael David Murphy, Prema Murthy, Patrick Nagatani, Warren Neidich, Ilona Niemi, Laura Noel, Brian Novatny, Karyn Olivier, Robyn O’Neil, Ernesto Oroza, Adrienne Outlaw, Susan Harbage Page, Carolanna Parlato, Vesna Pavlovic, Daniel Pelt, Joe Peragine, Sigrira Perret-Gentil, David E. Peterson, Sandra-Lee Phipps, Plastic Aztecs, Amy Pleasant, Greg Pond, Carl Pope, Sheila Pree Bright, Manny Prieres, Julie Püttgen, Sofya Radelet, Daniel Raedeke, Ray Rapp, Barbara Rehg, Allison Rentz, Jeff Rich, Matthew Rich, Shaun Richards, Shana Robbins, Rana Rochat, Ben Roosevelt, Jack Dingo Ryan, Jon Sasaki, Chris Scarborough, Mario Schambon, BE Schellinger, Michele Schuff, Michael Scoggins, Richard Sexton, Felice Sharp, Robert Sherer, Noah Simblist, Melissa Sims, Julie Sims, Deanna Sirlin, Brett Smith, Caroline Smith, Pat Snow, Joe Sola, Jered Sprecher, Micah Stansell, Whitney Stansell, Stephanie Sutton, Katherine Taylor, Tommy Taylor, Kelly Teasley, Dayna Thacker, John Tindel, Jeanie Tomanek, Tonel, Murphy Townsend, Gregor Turk, Lisa Tuttle, Yi-Hsin Tzeng, Yukari Umekawa, Waldo Vinces, Tracy Wagner, Robert Walden, Audrey Ward, Adam Waterson, James Way, Carrie Mae Weems, Heather Weese, Mark Wentzel, Angela West, Christian Bradley West, Holly White, Alex P. White, Martha Whittington, Pandra Williams, Teri Williams, Gwen Wong, Whitney Wood, Xenia Zed, Monica Zeringue and Marina Zurkow.

There’s plenty of photography events happening in Atlanta this week! Here’s a few!

Composition Gallery’s “Four for Four” opens this Saturday.

“Composition Gallery was selected Best New Gallery in Atlanta in 2006, and has since developed a reputation for showcasing compelling and important photography from the region’s and the nation’s top emerging photographic artists. Composition has also hosted the work of nationally and internationally renowned photographers including Sylvia Plachy, Kael Alford, Al Rockoff, and Kristen Ashburn. The gallery will celebrate its Fourth Anniversary by presenting the work of four emerging photographers: Brittany Binler, Camilo Cruz, Rebecca Finley, and Tom Meiss. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 23rd from 7 to 10pm, and the exhibit will continue through Sunday March 7th.”

Arts Clayton has two shows opening on Wednesday, January 20th, “Odyssey 2010″ & “Digital Artifacts”.

Jackson Fine Art has an opening on Friday night, January 22nd, with work from Lynn Geesaman and Jack Spencer.

Lumiere has an opening on Friday, January 22nd with an exhibition from Robert Weingarten, “The Road Less Traveled,” which is in tandem with an exhibition of Mr. Weingarten’s work at the High Museum, “The Portrait Unbound“.

Stephanie Dowda & John Paul Floyd, on their current exhibition at Youngblood Gallery, .

Paul Hagedorn and The Canary Project (Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris) open a show entitled “Earth Work” at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery tmw, with an artist’s reception & talk on Thursday night, January 14th at 6pm.

Thanks to Felicia Feaster, the December issue of The Atlantan (with Jiha Moon’s painting on the cover) highlighted Atlanta’s local arts environment, featuring artists, photographers, collectors, gallerists, and organizations.

A quick playlist of notable mentions from the December issue:

* Photographer Drexina Nelson‘s book “Hollywood Noir”
* Artist Gregor Turk‘s pictogram plates
* Hagedorn Foundation gallerist Brenda Massie, who’s “transformed HFG into a go-to spot for brainy, blue-chip photography.”
* Spelman College Museum of Fine Art curator Andrea Barnwell Brownlee
* “LeFlash has been that wild card, a one-night-only celebration of light inspired by the annual international art-light show La Nuit Blanche.”
* Photographer Jerry Siegel, who “ventures into territory imprinted by Southern lensmen like William Eggleston and Christenberry.
* Dancer Lauri Stallings of gloATL, featured performers at LeFlash
* Susan Bridges of whitespace, a “gracious, wickedly funny Southern woman who could talk a nun into a game of blackjack”.
* Photographer Neda Abghari‘s “Night of Music and Photography” at Studioplex
* Photos from the opening night of Tierney Gearon and Todd Murphy at Jackson Fine Art, on view through Sat. January 16th.
* Photos from the opening night o “Click, Click” at Kai Lin Art, featuring Richie Arpino, Robert Brown, and Patrick Heagney.

* Daniel Kariko opens at Snapdragon, 6-9, lecture at 7:30pm
* Courtney J. Martin lecture at the Contemporary, 6:30-7:30pm
* Two shows at Marcia Wood Gallery, Spanle & Starr
* 1st Thursday art stroll at TULA

…and on Friday, January 8th, Micah Stansell opens at MOCA GA, with a re-install of a project from LeFlash2009.

More info in the Festival Guide: Corey Daniels & Susan Harbage Page

Rhythms of the South at Backstage Restaurant, featuring Dana S. Kemp, Judy Kuniansky & Teresa Sims has added a reception tonight from 5-7pm.

Photo from Judy Kuniansky

Pace Academy has added an opening reception tonight to their current exhibition of Martin Benjamin’s work “Atomic Age”.

Atomic Age
Monday, October 5 @ 7:00 P.M.
Fine Arts Center, Pace Academy
966 West Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
info @ 404 926-3712

We’ve been told that tonight’s Dorothea Lange event at the High Museum is full, meaning all the free tickets have been reserved. To ensure a place at the three forthcoming ACP events at the High Museum / Woodruff Arts Center, we recommend reserving tickets now. Here are the links to upcoming ACP events that will take you directly to the Woodruff Arts Center ticketing site:

October 8th, Harry Shearer
October 22nd, Renee Cox
October 29th, Tierney Gearon

ACP events are already underway, and we’re receiving exhibition and installation photos from your cameras and cameraphones alike. Thanks for sending them in!

If you attend an ACP opening, lecture, exhibition or event, we’d love to see (and share) your view. If you see a dog-eared ACP Festival Guide sitting in a car, send us a picture!

Please send your photos to us at this address:
acp11pics@acpinfo.org.
Put it in your address book so you can quickly send from your phone!

We’ll post your pics to our flickr account (and credit you, of course – or not, if you prefer) and they’ll probably make it over here to the blog, too. Thanks for participating!

Opening at Gwinnett Tech Portfolio Show, courtesy David Jones

Teri Darnell’s Exhibition at REI, courtesy Teri Darnell

Will Rogan at The Contemporary

The weeks in our online Festival Guide begin on Sunday (which is less than ideal) and until we get that changed, I wanted to highlight two particular participating venues that are having events this Sunday, Sept. 20th, that weren’t covered in this week’s email.

In Atlanta’s West End, Hammond’s House will be having an opening this Sunday, featuring Wendy Phillips’ Ephemeral Musings: Work from and inspired by the Afromestizo Communities of Lacosta Chica, Mexico. Hammonds House is a long-time participant in ACP, and we’re excited by what they continue to bring to the greater Atlanta cultural scene. The opening starts on Sunday at 2pm, and there will be an artist’s talk at 3pm. Admission is $4 for adults, and $2 for Students/Seniors.

Hammonds House is also hosting the opening for the International Black Docufest this Thursday, Sept. 17th.

South of Atlanta, SlowExposures is in full-swing this weekend, and while not a SlowExposures event per se, David Foster will be having an artist’s lecture and brunch on Sunday at 11am, at the incredible Novel Experience Gallery and Bookstore in bustling downtown Zebulon!

Dalton photographer Christian Bradley West has a show called “CellphPortraits” that just opened at Eyedrum over the weekend. Check out Eyedrum for all the info.

Christian is also co-producing “What’s Happening Now: A Cell Phone Photography Project” with Susan Todd-Raque that’s part of ACP 11, and it opens this Saturday at Cherrylion Studios on Morris Street. As far as I know, “What’s Happening Now” has the largest participation of any exhibition during ACP (outside of My Atlanta) with over 45 participating artists!

October 2nd will be the Opening Reception for ACP 11 during Le Flash in Castleberry Hill. Last year’s (rainy) Le Flash was an amazing night in which the neighborhood was transformed by art in the streets. 2009 is going to bigger than ever, and it should be a great night, with better weather than last year!

“Sixty other projects will flare up in vacant lots, empty buildings, galleries and boutiques, sidewalks and street corners, extending to the furthest reaches of Castleberry Hill. Lemon flashlights maneuvered by Steve Jarvis. Caroline Powers invents human fireflies. Dance Truck performers squeeze into a moving van for a light show. Carl DiSalvo and David Holstius stage a zombie haunt in the shadow of tattoo parlor. There will be interrogations and shadow puppets, perambulators and deep breathing exercises, and lots of other unlikely intersections in art and performance. A full introduction to 2009 projects is on view at leflash-atlanta.com.”

Here’s Le Flash’s official press release, for more info.

There are a few participating venues that have ACP events before September (and often, these exhibitions continue into Sept. & Oct.) but we wanted to take a second and draw your attention to them.

* Atlanta-based photographer Jane Kerr has an exhibition at the Cottonlandia Museum in Mississippi called “Photography from the Delta and Beyond” that opens August 30th.

* LaToya Ruby Frazier has an exhibition that’s currently on view upstairs at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery called “The Notion of Family“. Her artist’s lecture will be on Sept. 24th, but the exhibition’s up now, so you can get a head start!

* The High Museum has two photography exhibitions currently on view; Alec Soth’s ‘Black Line of Woods’, and Look Again: A Selection of Photographs from the Permanent Collection

* The Arts for All Gallery at VSA Georgia has a group show called “Contemporary Women: Self Reflections“. The opening reception is October 1st, but the exhibition is currently on view.

* And Bill Boley’s show, “Classic Silver” opens at the Buckhead Library on Friday, August 28th. Mr. Boley will give an artist’s lecture about the work on September 26th.

* Quinlan Arts Center has an exhibition that’s already up called Fall Photography Invitational.

* “Eminent Domain, the Pinyon Canyon Project” opens at Composition Gallery this weekend, August 29th!

The rest of the online Festival Guide will be publicly available a week from tmw, on Sept. 1st, but the astute among you are discovering how to navigate the pre-public version, already!