Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Visual Arts Finalists announced for Elevate: Art Above Underground
Posted by Wyatt Williams @wyatt_williams on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Atlanta and What It Has To Offer from Christopher Chambers, one of the finalists for Elevate.
Last month, Courtney Hammond shared with CL some of the ideas and motivation behind Elevate, a public art exhibition being staged in and around the Five Points Marta station. Hammond, who is serving as project coordinator for Elevate aside from her duties as Creative Director of Dashboard Co-Op, is working with an impressive panel of locals to evaluate proposals for the project. Cathy Fox announced the first round of finalists for the project yesterday:
Allison Rentz, Carlos Eguiguren, Chris Chambers, Chris Dean, Christopher Wong, Corrina Mensohoff, Daniel Ashby, Deanna Sirlin, Devin Lilly, Dodekapus, Doodles, Famou Pecou, Gregor Turk, Gregory Johnson, Hailey Lowe, Imperial Opa, J.D. Koth, Jane Crimmins, John Tindel, Kay Beck, Kendall‐Johnson, Lanny Bergner, Lelavision, Lillian Blades, Lisa Tuttle, Living Walls, LNY, Lobster Mobster Poetry Collective, Loss Prevention, Martha Wittington, Michael Reese, Mike Carpenter, Mike Germon, Morgan Keestner, Nathan Sharratt, Olabad, Priscilla Smith, Richard Arnold, Ruth Stanford, Sara Emerson, Southern Art Revival, Theatre Du Reve, Valeria Yamamoto, Wonderroot, WonderRoot/Loose Change, and Signs For Dimes.
Hammond says this first round of artists will participate in some workshops this week about the project and submit final applications to the panel for a formal review. A final list of participating artists will be released next month. Elevate also recently announced a development committee including Monica Campana of Living Walls, Alana Wolf of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Melanka Joy of Dodekapus, Robert Witherspoon of Public Arts Program, Ayokunle Odeleye of Kennesaw State University, and the artists Iman Person and Johnathan Welsh, who will be assisting in public outreach for the project.
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Thanks y'all - Courtney Hammond confirmed the additions this morning. The post has been updated.
Finalists and traditional sign painting team, Signs For Dimes, were left out of this list. They have made it to the finals also.
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