Friday, February 1, 2013
weekend arts agenda Weekend Arts Agenda: Boom City
Posted by Egan Short on Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:00 AM
- DASHBOARD CO-OP
- Under the Rainbow, Kelly O'Brien
Dashboard Co-Op will present Boom City, Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight. The free, one-night-only exhibit will remake 117,000 square feet of vacant space in the M. Rich Building downtown, 115 Martin Luther King Jr Drive. View portfolios from the 12 featured artists and other Dashboard collaborators.
More after the jump.
Friday
- KIM ANNO
- Kim Anno's "Grand Tour" at Marcia Wood Gallery
Kim Anno's solo exhibition, Grand Tour, opens at Marcia Wood Gallery tonight, with a 7 to 9 p.m. reception featuring the California-based painter, photographer, and video artist. The exhibit will display a series of works examining cities and landscapes through photograph and oil. The exhibit runs through March 2.
Saturday
Like Voltron, Atlanta's emerging artist venues of choice, MINT Gallery and Young Blood Boutique, have merged into Young Blood's N. Highland Ave. space. The boutique recently changed hands and the gallery space will now be operated by MINT. Nick Madden, Henry Detweiler, Jared Kelley, Joe Tsambiras, Chris Carder, Jane Garver, Sean Fahie, Estela Semeco, Jason Travis, Ashley Anderson, and more will be showing work in the grand reopening exhibition. More details on Facebook.
- TONY SMART
- Beneath the Bridges of Atlanta
Photojournalist Tony Smart will deliver an artist's talk at the Auburn Avenue Research Library Saturday at 4 p.m. He will discuss Beneath the Bridges of Atlanta,, an exhibit of his work opening there today. The documentary series draws from a body of more than 2,000 images captured under and around metro Atlanta bridges. The exhibit will run through Feb. 24.
Sunday
- HIGH MUSEUM OF ART
- The Beginning of Life in the Yellow Jungle, Thornton Dial
In tandem with its ongoing Thornton Dial exhibit, the High will sponsor a Folk Art and Home Tour with Tina Cox Sunday at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Cox's private collection includes works by Southern artists including Purvis Young, Lonnie Holley, R.A. Miller, and Sybil Gibson as well as ceramists Andy Nasisse, Chester Hewell, and Ron Myers. Tickets are $12 for members of the High and $17 for non-members and can be purchased online.
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