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June 12th, 2008

ACP Now! may/will be down today, as we upgrade software.  Upgrade complete!  Phew.

Lori Waselchuk @ Kiang Gallery

June 12th, 2008

This Friday marks the opening of Lori Waselchuk’s “Grace Before Dying” at Kiang Gallery, and Ms. Waselchuk will be giving an Artist Talk this Saturday, June 14th, at noon. The project “explore(s) the last days of terminally ill prisoners and the remarkably humane care given by prison volunteers”, and was completed at Angola State Prison, in Louisiana.

Opening Friday, June 13, 6:30 –8:30pm
Artist talk Saturday, June 14, noon

Matt Haffner Artist Talk, This Saturday

June 12th, 2008

Matt Haffner (video here) will be discussing his new work that’s part of this summer’s “large-scale public art installation” called “A New Genre Landscape.”

The talk’s in Coan Park [map]
Saturday, June, 14th, at 4pm.
More info over on Matt’s blog.

Interviews with Larry Fink & Builder Levy at “Road to Freedom”

June 11th, 2008

Last Road to Freedom @ the High Museumweek marked the opening of the High Museum’s incredible “Road to Freedom” exhibition of Civil Rights photographs, and ACP had the opportunity to interview a few of the included photographers.

There are two takes below, the first from Larry Fink, whose photograph of Coretta Scott King is featured, and the second, from Builder Levy, who has a couple of photographs in the exhibition, including one of the Memphis Sanitation Workers strike in 1968, following Martin Luther King’s assassination. Click to play, or use the download links.

“Both as a historical marker, and as an unbelievably beautifully crafted/curated thing, to work the pendulistic swing between asthetics and abject content, [this exhibit] has been beautifully crafted by Julian. Really, it’s a significant show. It’s totally moving… …it’s coming at a very fortuitous time for our country.” - Larry Fink


[Larry Fink Interview: mp3 download]


[Builder Levy Interview: mp3 download]

Breaking New Ground @ Spruill Gallery

June 10th, 2008

Spruill Arts Gallery is having an artist’s lecture this Thursday, June 12th, at 7pm. There’ll be a performance by Dick Robinson and talks by Tristan Al-Haddad, Danielle Roney, Kathryn Refi and Philip Galanter. (via localephemera)

Hadley Breckenridge

June 5th, 2008

There’s an opening for Hadley Breckenridge’s exhibition “Pace” tonight, which photographically examines her relationship to public transportation here in Atlanta, at the “Arts for All” gallery, at 57 Forsyth. Her show is up until June 20th. Please see more information here.

Road to Freedom @ the High Museum, Opens This Saturday

June 5th, 2008

Road to Freedom (Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement 1956-1968), a fantastic exhibition which dovetails with After 1968, opens Saturday, June 7th, at the High Museum. Next week, we’ll post two audio interviews with photographers included in the show. Photographers in the exhibition include Bob Adelman, Morton Broffman, Bruce Davidson, Doris Derby, Larry Fink, James Karales, Builder Levy, Danny Lyon and Steve Schapiro.  Road to Freedom @ the High Museum

Open Studios at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

June 5th, 2008

Saturday night, June 7th, from 7-9pm, Open Studios at the Contemporary. Stop-in and visit Laura Bell, Jonathan Bouknight, Craig Dongoski, Tim Hunter,
David Knox, Mark Leibert, Mary O’Horo, Sheila Pree Bright, Ben Roosevelt, Ann Rowles,
Michele Schuff, Nancy VanDevender, and Angela West.

Denise Lira-Ratinoff at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery Tonight!

June 5th, 2008

An opening for Denise Lira-Ratinoff tonight, Thursday the 5th, 6-9 pm, at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, at 425 Peachtree Hills, Suite 25.

ACP 10 Portfolio Review Registration Extended!

June 5th, 2008

Due to demand, we’re extending registration for the ACP 10 Portfolio Review by a couple of days. Registration will end on Monday, June 9th, at noon, EST.