Artists Jess Jones and Lillian Blades are highly informed by the tradition of quilting and craft….”
So the wall text tells us in at a new joint exhibition by the two Atlanta-based artists at the Swan Coach House Gallery through February 17....
Cheryl Goldsleger’s Recent Works is on view at Sandler Hudson Gallery through October 22. Goldsleger is a renowned artist and educator who hasn’t shown work at Sandler Hudson in over a decade. Though distinct from her earlier work, her new paintings and drawings build on foundations her former work dating back to the 1980s....
I recently visited September Gray’s Old Fourth Ward location — a relatively new addition to Atlanta’s gallery scene — on a sunny afternoon to see Lillian Blades’ Fractal Reflections (on view through October 21). I had the good fortune of running into the artist herself, who was manning the gallery and playing upbeat music as she worked on a new piece. Blades, a native of Nassau, Bahamas, and a longtime resident of Atlanta, offered to turn the music off, but I declined. It was pleasant and energetic, much like her collection of wall hangings....
It's been a blur of a first year for Katherine Jentleson, the High Museum of Art's Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-taught Art, but a good one as b...
“This transformative gift provides MOCA GA with seed funding in support of its need for a permanent home and gives the institution the ability to explore its future in ways that it has never been able to do,” said MOCA GA’s President/CEO Annette Cone-Skelton....
Earlier this month Melissa Messina was announced as Flux Project’s first Artistic Director. This marks a change of focus and direction for the organization, now in its seventh year....
My immediate impression upon entering Systems at the Swan Coach House Gallery (August 11 – September 23) was that the name was abstruse, and that there must be an arcane system behind the explosion of miscellany that covered the walls and spilled onto the floor of the entrance foyer....
It’s the 21st century, and playgrounds aren’t just for children anymore. With innovative architecture and developments in kid-safe materials, the neighborhood playground has become more than a slide and a set of swings. Modern playgrounds are sustainable, interactive and generally pleasant to look at, and it’s for these reasons that they are art....
