Check out the interview with Beth Lilly on Burnaway about ACP’s Public Art Project “Gifted”.
“You had to physically place yourself in front of someone and declare very quickly, ‘We’re doing a public art project—giving prints for FREE to the public.’ Over the 12 days, I had the patter down. I experimented with what words would quickly get the idea across fast enough for them to stop and listen. But then I found you had to be sincere and real every time—anything else smacked of sales and advertising and wouldn’t work. Like once, I held up prints and spontaneously shouted, ‘This is what public art looks like!’ That stopped about five people in their tracks who came over to see what it was about. I did that again later and no one even looked at me. People can tell when your words are sincere and when it’s just some tag line.”
A quick reminder that we’re tweeting a bunch of great photo-related info at ACPtweets, our twitter account. If we can say it in less than 140-characters, it’s on twitter, in addition to links to all the new blog posts for ACP Now!
Danielle Avram will be leading a walk-through and discussion of “Look Again” at the High Museum on Thursday night, at 7pm. Details over on the High’s website.
There are a few remaining ACP 11 events in November! Please be sure to mark your calendar for Nov. 20th, for Harry Shearer at The High Museum. In the meantime, be sure to go see Shearer’s installation The Silent Echo Chamber at The Contemporary. Free tickets for the 20th are available from the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. A limited number of seats will also be released the day of the event.
Please check out the remaining events below, and thank you for helping to make October such a fantastic success!
Todd Murphy and Tierney Gearon open at Jackson Fine Art this Friday, October 30th. Gearon will be giving an artist’s lecture as part of the ACP 11 Lecture Series on Thursday night at the High Museum, and both Murphy and Gearon will share a book signing at JFA at 11am on Saturday morning.
Established in 1998, Atlanta Celebrates Photography supports Atlanta's emergence as an international center for photography. Through an annual October festival and year-round programs, ACP seeks to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage collectors, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich Atlanta's cultural scene. Through these efforts, we facilitate Atlanta's emergence as a world-class cultural city.
