Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Events The Creatives Project hosts benefit for artists' studios and new residencies
Posted by Andrew Alexander @AndrewAWriter on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- Courtesy The Creatives Project
- MEET THE NEW NEIGHBORS: Atlanta artists (left to right) Charlie Watts, MAO, Andre Keichian, and Gyun Hur will become the first live/work artists-in-residence with The Creatives Project. The organization is hosting a fundraiser for its studio and residency programs this Friday at the Goat Farm.
The event exhibits the work of six artists—Jerushia Graham, Justin Rabideau, Brandon Sadler Ashley L. Schick, Marcy Starz, and Nikki Starz—who were awarded studio residencies at the Goat Farm by TCP beginning last year and also introduces the four new artists—Gyun Hur, Andre Keichian, Masud “MAO” Olufani, and Charlie Watts— who will become the first participants in the organization's residency program.
"We all know artists need space to work and live, and what better time to do that than in this economy," says Creative Projects Executive Director Neda Abghari. "It's so important for artists to have a place where they feel supported. Helping to provide them with more stability is important to us."
A new partnership with Atlanta real-estate investment firm Pohl Real Estate allowed TCP to expand its program to include housing for two years for four artists in the historic west Atlanta neighborhood of Adair Park. Each recipient will also complete an arts-based youth outreach through TCP's Community Arts Program (CAP) whose beneficiaries include VSA Arts of Georgia, Jacob's Ladder, and One Love Generation. While in the program residents will also receive promotional support, exhibition opportunities and professional development.
"I really wanted a meaningful way to engage with the city," says artist Gyun Hur, who is slated to move in to the TCP artists' home in January. "I'm so excited ... As I'm doing more projects and being more in public spaces, interacting with the public, I realize that I really enjoy it so much, and I want to be more engaged with the city. It's important to me."
"As part of the residency, they'll be helping kids who don't have access to the arts." says Kief Schleifer, community liaison for TCP. "We're lucky to have people in this town who are making the arts happen, and when they get involved with something bigger than themselves, we all benefit even more."
Friday's Covergence benefit will help fund TCP and its programs. The event will include performances by musicians David Courtright, Omar Ferrer, Marian Harrison, Jonathan Merenivitch, and John Key. To learn more, visit the Creatives Project.
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