An alumni performance...

Alumni Jessica Scott-Felder will begin and end her Le Flash performance piece at Studio Clout, traveling throughout the neighborhood in-between. 

Le Flash premiered on a misty night in October 2008, illuminating Castleberry Hill with art and performance. More than 50 artists lit up neighborhood streets, galleries, vacant lots and windows, warehouses and rooftops with a twinkling ephemeral energy. For this year's Le Flash-the opening event of Atlanta Celebrates Photography-fantastical art and creative events will fill one night out in this cultural district at the edge of Downtown Atlanta. From dusk to midnight, expect to be showered with the light and sound of installations, performance art, poetry readings, music, video projections, an iron pour and art happenings of all sorts.

More info:

http://leflash-atlanta.com/

http://web.me.com/jessoart/Jesso_Art/Home.html

LE FLASH Atlanta 2009  Friday, October 2 Dusk to Midnight Castleberry Hill District

Exhibit closing...

Eyedrum 

Two Atlanta based African American artists, Phoenix Savage & Tae Earl-Jackson's installation of recent work in Gallery 1 of Eyedrum Art/ Music closes this weekend, October 3, 2009.

Sculpture grad Phoenix Savage- an anthropologist, writer, and artist-and Tae Earl-Jackson's show combine mixed media, assemblage, and sculptural work highlighting the similarities and common themes of feminine ethnography and specialized craftsmanship.

August 21-October 3, 2009

Eyedrum/ 290 MLK Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta 30312 /404.522.0655

Me.My. Self.

First year DPP grad student, In Kyoung's work was selected for Me.My.Self., a juried show of self-portraiture in the photographic realm at The B Complex. 

Although the opening was on September 26th, the show runs through Saturday, October 17, 2009. 

Gallery Hours:  Fridays, October 2, 9, & 16 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

                        Saturdays, October 3, 10, 17th 12 p.m.-6 p.m.

Location:          1272 Murphy Ave. SW, Atlanta GA 30310

Contact:           404.753.1853

www.thebcomplex.com

Calling Artists!

Idea Capital is currently seeking submissions from metro Atlanta artists. We're seeking exciting ideas and projects whose experimental and investigative nature might make it hard to find funding elsewhere.

Download the Call for Entries at:       http://www.ideacapitalatlanta.org/

Fall 2009 Deadline: October 23

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 Idea Capital is investigating a support structure to encourage new ideas in art production across all genres of the arts; including visual, dance, literary, performance, new media, music, critical writing, film, and video. The grant is to encourage experimentation and investigation with funds designed to give artists permission to pursue new ideas.

Idea Capital pools resources from throughout the arts community to provide direct monetary support for Atlanta artists and performers. The more tax-deductible donations we receive, the more grants we can award. In our first year, we have granted $2,250 to area artists. 

Emerging artists, as well as established artists and cultural workers, are encouraged to apply for these funds. We are seeking exciting ideas that foster a culture of change and create dialogue. 

Idea Capital was founded in 2008 by Cinqué Hicks, Stuart Keeler, Pam Rogers, Louise Shaw, and Susan Todd-Raque.   

Losing Yourself in the 21st Century

Losing Yourself in the 21st century is an exhibition of performative media by emerging women artists exploring issues of identity and subjectivity in the contemporary age. Diverse in both expression and medium, the exhibition features the work of several women artists chosen through a competitive online curatorial process. 

Curated by Susan Richmond, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History, and co-curated by Cathy Byrd, Executive Director of Maryland Art Place and Jillian Hernandez a Ph.D. student in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, the theme of the exhibition is focused on a “loss of self”. They are especially interested in projects that address the intersection of new media technologies and gendered subjectivity.

Our exhibition opens on Thursday Oct. 1 with a reception from 6pm - 8pm and an Artist talk at 7pm by artist Saya Woolfalk about her work “Ethnography of No Place.” Woolfalk will transform our small gallery into a “NO Place”- a fictional future constructed for the investigation of human possibilities and impossibilities.” Other artists in attendance are Noelle Mason and Amber Boardman who also have works in the show. Future programming includes Video Screening by Shana Moulton, Nov. 2, Artist Lecture by Susan Faludi 6pm – 8pm and Nov. 13, Performance piece by Ali Prosch in conjunction with the closing reception 6pm – 8pm.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free event parking is available at the United Way Garage, located at the corner of Auburn and Courtland avenues.