Friday the National Endowment for the Arts announced $19.8 million in one-time grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to the state arts agencies and regional arts organizations to support the arts sector of the economy. Potential recipients include organizations in the performing, visual, and literary arts. Please see the complete list of grants.
"We applaud the ready response demonstrated by our national, state, and regional partners to support the arts," said NEA Acting Chairman Patrice Walker Powell. "We look forward to witnessing the positive impact of this funding opportunity."
The NEA’s state and regional partners will invest their Recovery funds in projects that assist arts organizations in retaining critical staff as well as artists and other contractual personnel. These critical staff will enhance the ability of arts organizations to realize their artistic and public service goals. State and regional agencies will mirror the NEA’s Recovery grant program and adapt their programs to respond to the particular needs of their constituents.
In July, the Arts Endowment will announce a second category of NEA Recovery grants, one-time direct grants to nonprofit arts organizations including local arts agencies, statewide assemblies of local arts agencies, arts service organizations, and other arts organizations. These grants will support the nonprofit arts sector, which has seen declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
The NEA Web site offers a Recovery page at www.arts.gov/recovery with updates on Recovery grants, agency reports, and other information.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Experience the Wild Side of Art
/PRNewswire / -- The Booth Western Art Museum opens "Wild at Heart: Selections from the National Museum of Wildlife Art" on April 11. The exhibition features over 70 works of art from the National Museum of Wildlife Art's permanent collection in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and can be seen in Cartersville, Georgia, until July 19, 2009.
"Wild at Heart" displays the history of wildlife art in North America, beginning with the early explorer-artists and continuing to the best contemporary painters and sculptors of today. Works are arranged by regions -- North, South, East, and West.
In the East, the Hudson River Valley and Adirondack Mountains have inspired artists since the mid 1800s. The South offers a wide variety of inhabitants and landscapes from the beautiful Southwestern light that attracted the Taos Society of Artists to the coastal areas that attract artists of today. The West's spectacular mountain ranges, national parks with unspoiled beauty and wildlife have attracted artists for generations. Canada became popular in the early 1900s with artists hoping to escape growing populations. Now Canada produces some of the most renowned wildlife artists working today.
Wildlife art depicts the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it, a theme that crosses cultures all over the world. The art form has its roots in prehistoric cave paintings, as those early artists showed their relations to animals. Modern artists continue this tradition and through their work inspire public appreciation of the relationship between humans and nature.
The National Museum of Wildlife Art developed "Wild at Heart" to emphasize its mission to explore and interpret humanity's relationship with wildlife and nature as it has been expressed in art. By showing how humans have historically pictured their relationship with wildlife, visitors to the exhibition can reflect on their relationships with the life forms in their own backyards.
For more information on the "Wild at Heart: Selections from the National Museum of Wildlife Art," call the Booth Museum at 770-387-1300 or visit www.boothmuseum.org.
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"Wild at Heart" displays the history of wildlife art in North America, beginning with the early explorer-artists and continuing to the best contemporary painters and sculptors of today. Works are arranged by regions -- North, South, East, and West.
In the East, the Hudson River Valley and Adirondack Mountains have inspired artists since the mid 1800s. The South offers a wide variety of inhabitants and landscapes from the beautiful Southwestern light that attracted the Taos Society of Artists to the coastal areas that attract artists of today. The West's spectacular mountain ranges, national parks with unspoiled beauty and wildlife have attracted artists for generations. Canada became popular in the early 1900s with artists hoping to escape growing populations. Now Canada produces some of the most renowned wildlife artists working today.
Wildlife art depicts the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it, a theme that crosses cultures all over the world. The art form has its roots in prehistoric cave paintings, as those early artists showed their relations to animals. Modern artists continue this tradition and through their work inspire public appreciation of the relationship between humans and nature.
The National Museum of Wildlife Art developed "Wild at Heart" to emphasize its mission to explore and interpret humanity's relationship with wildlife and nature as it has been expressed in art. By showing how humans have historically pictured their relationship with wildlife, visitors to the exhibition can reflect on their relationships with the life forms in their own backyards.
For more information on the "Wild at Heart: Selections from the National Museum of Wildlife Art," call the Booth Museum at 770-387-1300 or visit www.boothmuseum.org.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
NCAA Announces Annual Spring Fine Art & Craft Show
The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) is pleased to announce its annual Spring Fine Art & Craft show. The upcoming exhibit will take place on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., around the historic Courthouse Square in downtown Newnan.
Since this event is open to the public anyone can come show their art work. This is a great opportunity for local artist to meet other local artist.
"We really want to get more people involved in this non-profit group," said Amber Dow, NCAA Publicity Chair. "We meet every third Thursday of the month at the Art Center close to the Newnan Hospital and right beside the Newnan Senior Center. Each month we have a guest artist and they never disappoint us."
For more information, contact:
For registration forms go to: http://www.newcaa.com/
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Judy Struempf, Show Coordinator · 770-463-0858
judys@numail.org
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Since this event is open to the public anyone can come show their art work. This is a great opportunity for local artist to meet other local artist.
"We really want to get more people involved in this non-profit group," said Amber Dow, NCAA Publicity Chair. "We meet every third Thursday of the month at the Art Center close to the Newnan Hospital and right beside the Newnan Senior Center. Each month we have a guest artist and they never disappoint us."
For more information, contact:
For registration forms go to: http://www.newcaa.com/
And look under Resources
Judy Struempf, Show Coordinator · 770-463-0858
judys@numail.org
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Trilogy Trend: Author Stephanie Bond Aims to Please Readers with Spring Trio of Mysteries
Atlanta author Stephanie Bond is the creator of the BODY MOVERS humorous mystery series, in which main character Carlotta Wren works for Neiman Marcus by day, and helps her brother move bodies from crime scenes by night. The first three books in the series were well-received (2 Bodies for the Price of 1 was given a starred review by Publishers Weekly), but Bond was pelted with emails from readers frustrated by what they perceived as a "slow" once-a-year release schedule. Bond, a prolific novelist with over 40 mystery and romance novels to her name to-date, brainstormed with her publisher, Mira Books, on how to get more installments of the BODY MOVERS series on the market, faster.
A recent publishing trend in fiction is the back-to-back trilogy. The author writes three related manuscripts which the publisher stockpiles, then releases back to back to build momentum for a series and provide instant gratification to readers. But even if a writer is able to deliver back to back manuscripts, the publisher still has to make room in the publishing schedule for the trilogy, the art department has to develop related covers, the sales team has to strategize how to sell the trilogy, and booksellers must be willing to display the books together. Publishing a trilogy is a complicated process in which everyone up and down the line has to be on board; it’s also one case where the publication program itself is a marketing tool.
Since the BODY MOVERS series was already underway, to give the in-series trilogy (4 Bodies and a Funeral, 5 Bodies to Die For, and 6 Killer Bodies) something "extra," the trilogy features the same characters and continuing storylines as the previous books in the series, plus the additional element of a serial killer with a special signature: he leaves a charm in the mouth of each of his victims. Books 4, 5, and 6 in the BODY MOVERS series will be released April, May, and June 2009.
Bond is sympathetic to her readers and gratified that her publisher listened. "When readers get hooked into a series," Bond says, "they want more, faster! It’s like falling in love with a TV series—no one wants to wait until next season to find out what happens."
And while Bond is thrilled that readers are clamoring for more BODY MOVERS books, she laughingly laments the long hours it requires of the author. "I warned my friends and family that I would be unavailable for several months while I finished writing this trilogy. It was manic—I rarely left my home office, I didn’t watch TV, see a movie, read a book. I unplugged my phone, turned off email—I went underground to write these three books and get them out on time. But without my readers, the BODY MOVERS series wouldn’t exist, so I’m happy for the opportunity to publish this spring trilogy…at least I’m happy now that the books are written!"
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A recent publishing trend in fiction is the back-to-back trilogy. The author writes three related manuscripts which the publisher stockpiles, then releases back to back to build momentum for a series and provide instant gratification to readers. But even if a writer is able to deliver back to back manuscripts, the publisher still has to make room in the publishing schedule for the trilogy, the art department has to develop related covers, the sales team has to strategize how to sell the trilogy, and booksellers must be willing to display the books together. Publishing a trilogy is a complicated process in which everyone up and down the line has to be on board; it’s also one case where the publication program itself is a marketing tool.
Since the BODY MOVERS series was already underway, to give the in-series trilogy (4 Bodies and a Funeral, 5 Bodies to Die For, and 6 Killer Bodies) something "extra," the trilogy features the same characters and continuing storylines as the previous books in the series, plus the additional element of a serial killer with a special signature: he leaves a charm in the mouth of each of his victims. Books 4, 5, and 6 in the BODY MOVERS series will be released April, May, and June 2009.
Bond is sympathetic to her readers and gratified that her publisher listened. "When readers get hooked into a series," Bond says, "they want more, faster! It’s like falling in love with a TV series—no one wants to wait until next season to find out what happens."
And while Bond is thrilled that readers are clamoring for more BODY MOVERS books, she laughingly laments the long hours it requires of the author. "I warned my friends and family that I would be unavailable for several months while I finished writing this trilogy. It was manic—I rarely left my home office, I didn’t watch TV, see a movie, read a book. I unplugged my phone, turned off email—I went underground to write these three books and get them out on time. But without my readers, the BODY MOVERS series wouldn’t exist, so I’m happy for the opportunity to publish this spring trilogy…at least I’m happy now that the books are written!"
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High Commissions 12 New Works by Photographer Alec Soth for "PIcturing the South" Series
Sixth Photographer in Program to Create a Series Exploring the South; All Works Enter the High’s Permanent Collection
Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods
August 8, 2009–January 3, 2010
The High Museum of Art has commissioned twelve new works by Minneapolis-based photographer Alec Soth for the Museum’s “Picturing the South” photography series. For this distinctive initiative, the High commissions established and emerging contemporary photographers to produce work inspired by the American South. Past participants include Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey, Richard Misrach, Emmett Gowin and Alex Webb, whose commissions have all been added to the High’s permanent collection.
For “Picturing the South” Soth produced a series of twelve large archival pigment prints exploring spiritual and hermetic life in the rural South. The first works by the artist to enter the High’s collection, the photographs will premiere in an exhibition at the Museum this summer. “Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods” will be on view at the High from August 8, 2009, through January 3, 2010.
“This initiative offers a rare opportunity to add twelve new works by Alec Soth to our collection,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art. “The pieces acquired through ‘Picturing the South’ allow the High to build a collection of contemporary photography that resonates deeply with our regional audience, and which reinforces our position as the premiere art museum in the southeastern United States.”
“Alec Soth is one of the most talented and original photographers working today. His keen powers of observation and lyrical sensibility are richly evident in this new series, which is both compelling and conceptually relevant,” added Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High. “With this commission the High has acquired a significant new body of work that complements our existing holdings of photographs that address the spirit and matter of the Southern landscape.”
Soth’s suite of photographs travels through Southern backwoods, capturing flora, fauna and an unusual cast of characters living outside mainstream society in the Deep South. For this commission Soth traveled extensively throughout the South to photograph landscapes, manmade structures (tree houses, forts, cabins and tents) and people who choose to live on the outskirts of organized society (hermits, monks, campers and survivalists). Soth’s series was inspired by the writings of Flannery O’Connor, the Georgian writer whose Southern Gothic style explored social issues and revealed the cultural character of the American South. Like O’Connor’s stories, Soth’s photographs combine warmth and insight with narrative elements that convey the unique spirit of the region.
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Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods
August 8, 2009–January 3, 2010
The High Museum of Art has commissioned twelve new works by Minneapolis-based photographer Alec Soth for the Museum’s “Picturing the South” photography series. For this distinctive initiative, the High commissions established and emerging contemporary photographers to produce work inspired by the American South. Past participants include Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey, Richard Misrach, Emmett Gowin and Alex Webb, whose commissions have all been added to the High’s permanent collection.
For “Picturing the South” Soth produced a series of twelve large archival pigment prints exploring spiritual and hermetic life in the rural South. The first works by the artist to enter the High’s collection, the photographs will premiere in an exhibition at the Museum this summer. “Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods” will be on view at the High from August 8, 2009, through January 3, 2010.
“This initiative offers a rare opportunity to add twelve new works by Alec Soth to our collection,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art. “The pieces acquired through ‘Picturing the South’ allow the High to build a collection of contemporary photography that resonates deeply with our regional audience, and which reinforces our position as the premiere art museum in the southeastern United States.”
“Alec Soth is one of the most talented and original photographers working today. His keen powers of observation and lyrical sensibility are richly evident in this new series, which is both compelling and conceptually relevant,” added Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High. “With this commission the High has acquired a significant new body of work that complements our existing holdings of photographs that address the spirit and matter of the Southern landscape.”
Soth’s suite of photographs travels through Southern backwoods, capturing flora, fauna and an unusual cast of characters living outside mainstream society in the Deep South. For this commission Soth traveled extensively throughout the South to photograph landscapes, manmade structures (tree houses, forts, cabins and tents) and people who choose to live on the outskirts of organized society (hermits, monks, campers and survivalists). Soth’s series was inspired by the writings of Flannery O’Connor, the Georgian writer whose Southern Gothic style explored social issues and revealed the cultural character of the American South. Like O’Connor’s stories, Soth’s photographs combine warmth and insight with narrative elements that convey the unique spirit of the region.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
High Presents Tenth Annual French Film Yesterday and Today
April 10–18, 2009
The High Museum of Art will present the tenth annual “French Film Yesterday and Today” film series from April 10 through April 18, 2009. The series will feature five French films including the critically acclaimed “The Grocer’s Son,” “A Secret” and the children’s film “The Red Balloon.” This annual program is made possible with support from the Embassy of France Cultural Services department and the Consulate of France in Atlanta.
“When American audiences seek out foreign films, most often they turn to French cinema,” observes Linda Dubler, the High’s Curator of Media Arts. “With its long and storied history and its continuing vitality, French film sets the bar in terms of both artistic achievement and entertainment. This year’s series showcases the work of acclaimed masters like Claude Lelouche (who made the mega-hit “A Man and A Woman”), as well as emerging directors like Eric Guirado, who moves from documentary to feature filmmaking with “The Grocer’s Son.”
The series opens on Friday, April 10, with director Eric Guirado’s “The Grocer’s Son.” Praised as “a small gem” by the New York Times’s Stephen Holden, it is the story of Antoine, a young man who reluctantly leaves Paris for Provence to help run the family grocery after his fiercely judgmental father has a heart attack. Along with a shop in the village, the business includes a grocery van that serves as a small, mobile store. For Antoine, driving the van along rural roads and making stops for elderly customers is a chore. But Claire, his friend from Paris, comes to visit and helps him find his inner salesman. As friendship evolves into attraction, Antoine must confront his feelings for Claire, as well as the resentment he shares with his father. This film is in French with subtitles.
On Saturday, April 11, the series continues with Claude Miller’s haunting film, “A Secret.” The film explores the uncomfortable truth that some family secrets, though long-buried, are ultimately irrepressible as it uncovers the hidden history of a Jewish family living a middle-class life in Paris in the 1950s. At its center is François Grimbert, the sickly son of athletic parents who invents an older brother to compensate for his own shortcomings. Based on a French psychiatrist’s family history, the film’s cast includes Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and Ludivine Sagnier (“Swimming Pool”). New York Times writer A. O. Scott praised Miller for endowing his characters with “a dense and exquisite humanity.” He wrote, “What is most impressive about ‘A Secret’ is the way Miller gestures towards such enormous themes without spelling them out.” This film is in French, Yiddish and German with subtitles.
On Friday, April 17, is Claude Lelouch’s comedic thriller “Crossed Tracks/Roman de Gare.” The film finds both threat and allure in the possibilities of personal reinvention. The film’s plot, reminiscent of Hitchcock, centers on two characters who meet at a highway rest stop. The woman (played by Fanny Ardant) is a celebrity-worshipper working as either a hairdresser or a hooker who’s been dumped by her doctor fiancée en route to a first meeting with her folks. The man is even more mysterious—an escaped serial killer, a ghost-writer for a famous novelist or just a suburban teacher on the run from his wife and kids. When he offers her a lift they end up at her parent’s farm, where she passes him off as her betrothed. Village Voice writer Ella Taylor called the film “a goofy tale of self-emancipation, a love story made by a mature man wise to the possibilities of the improbable.” This film is in French with subtitles.
The series closes on Saturday, April 18, with a double-feature presentation of “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane.” Albert Lamorisse directed this classic pair of poetic shorts that appeal to both children and adults. “The Red Balloon” is a film without dialogue and centers on a small boy (played by Lamorisse’s son) who wanders through the streets of Paris trailed by an ever-present red balloon. Critic Pauline Kael describes it as “an allegory of innocence and evil, set in a child’s dream world.” “White Mane” was shot in the Camargue—France’s wildest, loneliest region—and is the story of a boy’s love for a horse he alone is able to tame. Kael called it “One of the most beautiful films ever made.” The film narrations are done by James Agee.
Film Series Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all films begin at 8 p.m. and are screened in the Richard H. Rich Theatre. The theatre is located in the Memorial Arts Building, adjacent to the High at Peachtree and 15th Streets in midtown Atlanta. All films are in French with English subtitles.
“The Grocer’s Son”
Friday, April 10
(France, 2007, 96 minutes.)
“A Secret”
Saturday, April 11
(France, 2007, 105 minutes.)
“Crossed Tracks”/ “Roman de Gare”
Friday, April 17
(France, 2007, 103 minutes.)
“The Red Balloon” and “White Mane”
Saturday, April 18
(France, 1956, 34 minutes; France, 1953, 40 minutes.)
Support
This program is made possible with support from the Embassy of France Cultural Services department and the Consulate of France in Atlanta. 35mm projection facilities in the Rich Auditorium were provided by a gift from George Lefont.
Tickets
To purchase tickets in advance, go to www.High.org, visit the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office or call 404-733-5000. Tickets for all shows are $7 general admission and $6 for students, seniors and Museum members. Patron-level members enter free. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the night of the screening. The Rich Theatre of the Woodruff Arts Center is located at 15th and Peachtree Streets, next to the High Museum of Art at MARTA stop N5.
Film Information
The public may call the High’s film hotline at 404-733-4570 for up-to-the-minute information about visiting directors, receptions, changes or cancellations and a free subscription to the quarterly film calendar. The Museum’s website is www.High.org.
The High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005, the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.High.org.
The High Museum of Art is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, which also includes the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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The High Museum of Art will present the tenth annual “French Film Yesterday and Today” film series from April 10 through April 18, 2009. The series will feature five French films including the critically acclaimed “The Grocer’s Son,” “A Secret” and the children’s film “The Red Balloon.” This annual program is made possible with support from the Embassy of France Cultural Services department and the Consulate of France in Atlanta.
“When American audiences seek out foreign films, most often they turn to French cinema,” observes Linda Dubler, the High’s Curator of Media Arts. “With its long and storied history and its continuing vitality, French film sets the bar in terms of both artistic achievement and entertainment. This year’s series showcases the work of acclaimed masters like Claude Lelouche (who made the mega-hit “A Man and A Woman”), as well as emerging directors like Eric Guirado, who moves from documentary to feature filmmaking with “The Grocer’s Son.”
The series opens on Friday, April 10, with director Eric Guirado’s “The Grocer’s Son.” Praised as “a small gem” by the New York Times’s Stephen Holden, it is the story of Antoine, a young man who reluctantly leaves Paris for Provence to help run the family grocery after his fiercely judgmental father has a heart attack. Along with a shop in the village, the business includes a grocery van that serves as a small, mobile store. For Antoine, driving the van along rural roads and making stops for elderly customers is a chore. But Claire, his friend from Paris, comes to visit and helps him find his inner salesman. As friendship evolves into attraction, Antoine must confront his feelings for Claire, as well as the resentment he shares with his father. This film is in French with subtitles.
On Saturday, April 11, the series continues with Claude Miller’s haunting film, “A Secret.” The film explores the uncomfortable truth that some family secrets, though long-buried, are ultimately irrepressible as it uncovers the hidden history of a Jewish family living a middle-class life in Paris in the 1950s. At its center is François Grimbert, the sickly son of athletic parents who invents an older brother to compensate for his own shortcomings. Based on a French psychiatrist’s family history, the film’s cast includes Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and Ludivine Sagnier (“Swimming Pool”). New York Times writer A. O. Scott praised Miller for endowing his characters with “a dense and exquisite humanity.” He wrote, “What is most impressive about ‘A Secret’ is the way Miller gestures towards such enormous themes without spelling them out.” This film is in French, Yiddish and German with subtitles.
On Friday, April 17, is Claude Lelouch’s comedic thriller “Crossed Tracks/Roman de Gare.” The film finds both threat and allure in the possibilities of personal reinvention. The film’s plot, reminiscent of Hitchcock, centers on two characters who meet at a highway rest stop. The woman (played by Fanny Ardant) is a celebrity-worshipper working as either a hairdresser or a hooker who’s been dumped by her doctor fiancée en route to a first meeting with her folks. The man is even more mysterious—an escaped serial killer, a ghost-writer for a famous novelist or just a suburban teacher on the run from his wife and kids. When he offers her a lift they end up at her parent’s farm, where she passes him off as her betrothed. Village Voice writer Ella Taylor called the film “a goofy tale of self-emancipation, a love story made by a mature man wise to the possibilities of the improbable.” This film is in French with subtitles.
The series closes on Saturday, April 18, with a double-feature presentation of “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane.” Albert Lamorisse directed this classic pair of poetic shorts that appeal to both children and adults. “The Red Balloon” is a film without dialogue and centers on a small boy (played by Lamorisse’s son) who wanders through the streets of Paris trailed by an ever-present red balloon. Critic Pauline Kael describes it as “an allegory of innocence and evil, set in a child’s dream world.” “White Mane” was shot in the Camargue—France’s wildest, loneliest region—and is the story of a boy’s love for a horse he alone is able to tame. Kael called it “One of the most beautiful films ever made.” The film narrations are done by James Agee.
Film Series Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all films begin at 8 p.m. and are screened in the Richard H. Rich Theatre. The theatre is located in the Memorial Arts Building, adjacent to the High at Peachtree and 15th Streets in midtown Atlanta. All films are in French with English subtitles.
“The Grocer’s Son”
Friday, April 10
(France, 2007, 96 minutes.)
“A Secret”
Saturday, April 11
(France, 2007, 105 minutes.)
“Crossed Tracks”/ “Roman de Gare”
Friday, April 17
(France, 2007, 103 minutes.)
“The Red Balloon” and “White Mane”
Saturday, April 18
(France, 1956, 34 minutes; France, 1953, 40 minutes.)
Support
This program is made possible with support from the Embassy of France Cultural Services department and the Consulate of France in Atlanta. 35mm projection facilities in the Rich Auditorium were provided by a gift from George Lefont.
Tickets
To purchase tickets in advance, go to www.High.org, visit the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office or call 404-733-5000. Tickets for all shows are $7 general admission and $6 for students, seniors and Museum members. Patron-level members enter free. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the night of the screening. The Rich Theatre of the Woodruff Arts Center is located at 15th and Peachtree Streets, next to the High Museum of Art at MARTA stop N5.
Film Information
The public may call the High’s film hotline at 404-733-4570 for up-to-the-minute information about visiting directors, receptions, changes or cancellations and a free subscription to the quarterly film calendar. The Museum’s website is www.High.org.
The High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005, the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.High.org.
The High Museum of Art is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, which also includes the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Bear On The Square Festival's Mountain Marketplace Has Prestigious Sponsor in John C. Campbell Folk School
The Mountain Marketplace, traditionally a key element of the annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Dahlonega, has gained additional prestige by obtaining the famed John C. Campbell Folk School as Marketplace Sponsor.
The upcoming 13th annual festival, scheduled Friday through Sunday, April 17-19, will not only benefit from the addition of the John C. Campbell Folk School name to its lineup of major sponsors, but its Mountain Marketplace, which will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., will have a John C. Campbell Folk School section along North Park Street.
In this area will be a tent where the work of the the folk school's demonstrating artists as well as work from the school's Craft Gallery will be available for purchase. Those artists from the folk school who will be demonstrating their work include Jan Stansell, basketry; Helen Gibson, woodcarving; Kim Joris, wall pieces made from recycled and salvaged items; Rob Withrow, clay; and Elmer Roush and Lynda Metcalfe, blacksmithing.
In addition, several John C. Campbell Folk School dance teams will perform throughout the day on Saturday only at the plaza in front of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Visitors Center on South Park Street. Dance groups will include the John C. Campbell Folk School Cloggers, the Rural Felicity Garland, Stix in the Mud Border Morris, Black Socks Rapper Sword, Rogue Rapper Sword, and Dame�s Rocket Northwest Clog Morris.
The John C. Campbell Folk School, located in Brasstown, N. C., offers week-long and weekend classes year round in traditional and contemporary arts and crafts, music, dance, cooking, gardening, writing and photography. Visitors are encouraged to stop by the 300-acre campus to visit the studios, tour the History Center where 20th Century Appalachia is on display, and browse through the Craft Shop, which features the juried work of over 300 artists. The campus also hosts a concert series with some of the finest regional and national acts performing old-time, bluegrass, folk and Celtic music, as well as community Contra dances. More information is available at www.folkschool.org.
From an overall standpoint, the Bear on the Square Mountain Marketplace will once again be made up of a remarkable collection of one-of-a-kind, handmade art and crafts. Held around the Historic Public Square in Dahlonega, it is once again presenting the juried work from an impressive group of top quality artists.
This year, there will be some 30 artists, including several who are new to the Bear on the Square Marketplace. Groups which will have Marketplace booths include Spectrum, the art club at North Georgia College and State University, which will be exhibiting student and faculty work; the SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA); the North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association (NGFDA), and the Weekend Goldminers. The Handspinner's Guild, which has previously had its exhibit in Hancock Park, will move to the Marketplace this year and will demonstrate all weekend.
Other booths will contain a wide selection of work from painters, furniture makers, musical instrument makers, potters, quilt makers, and woodturners, plus a selection of gourds, jewelry, whirligigs, crocheted tablecloths, handmade soaps and lotions, natural honey products, photography, and baskets, and exhibits from major sponsors of the festival.
A description of other Bear on the Square major events; schedules of things to see and do including Mainstage Tent music performances, the popular Gospel Jam, a street dance, family activities, and music workshops; biographical information and photos of the music headliners, and listings of all participating artists and festival sponsors can be found at www.bearonthesquare.org.
This year's Bear on the Square festivities will kick off at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon with jamming around the Historic Public Square by local and visiting musicians, and this will continue day and night throughout the weekend.
Friday night, the annual Live Country Auction featuring extensive Appalachian folk art and crafts from many of the Marketplace artists and specialty items from Dahlonega shops and restaurants, will be held in a large tent in Hancock Park. Well known North Georgia folk artist Billy Roper, the festival's Heritage Sponsor, is donating three paintings and a marble sculpture to this year's auction. Attendees will enjoy music from the Georgia Mudcats prior to the start of bidding.
Performances by the Mainstage music headliners will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the large tent in Hancock Park with the lineup including the Claire Lynch Band, The Freight Hoppers, Beverly Smith and Carl Jones, The Dappled Grays, Curtis Jones and Friends, the Packway Handle Band, and other acts.
Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, Inc., which stages the festival each year, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit cultural arts organization with the mission of preserving and celebrating the culture of the Southern Appalachians through the presentation of music, traditional craft, and folkways. Tax deductible donations are welcome and can be sent to P.O. Box 338, Dahlonega, GA 30533.
The upcoming 13th annual festival, scheduled Friday through Sunday, April 17-19, will not only benefit from the addition of the John C. Campbell Folk School name to its lineup of major sponsors, but its Mountain Marketplace, which will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., will have a John C. Campbell Folk School section along North Park Street.
In this area will be a tent where the work of the the folk school's demonstrating artists as well as work from the school's Craft Gallery will be available for purchase. Those artists from the folk school who will be demonstrating their work include Jan Stansell, basketry; Helen Gibson, woodcarving; Kim Joris, wall pieces made from recycled and salvaged items; Rob Withrow, clay; and Elmer Roush and Lynda Metcalfe, blacksmithing.
In addition, several John C. Campbell Folk School dance teams will perform throughout the day on Saturday only at the plaza in front of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Visitors Center on South Park Street. Dance groups will include the John C. Campbell Folk School Cloggers, the Rural Felicity Garland, Stix in the Mud Border Morris, Black Socks Rapper Sword, Rogue Rapper Sword, and Dame�s Rocket Northwest Clog Morris.
The John C. Campbell Folk School, located in Brasstown, N. C., offers week-long and weekend classes year round in traditional and contemporary arts and crafts, music, dance, cooking, gardening, writing and photography. Visitors are encouraged to stop by the 300-acre campus to visit the studios, tour the History Center where 20th Century Appalachia is on display, and browse through the Craft Shop, which features the juried work of over 300 artists. The campus also hosts a concert series with some of the finest regional and national acts performing old-time, bluegrass, folk and Celtic music, as well as community Contra dances. More information is available at www.folkschool.org.
From an overall standpoint, the Bear on the Square Mountain Marketplace will once again be made up of a remarkable collection of one-of-a-kind, handmade art and crafts. Held around the Historic Public Square in Dahlonega, it is once again presenting the juried work from an impressive group of top quality artists.
This year, there will be some 30 artists, including several who are new to the Bear on the Square Marketplace. Groups which will have Marketplace booths include Spectrum, the art club at North Georgia College and State University, which will be exhibiting student and faculty work; the SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA); the North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association (NGFDA), and the Weekend Goldminers. The Handspinner's Guild, which has previously had its exhibit in Hancock Park, will move to the Marketplace this year and will demonstrate all weekend.
Other booths will contain a wide selection of work from painters, furniture makers, musical instrument makers, potters, quilt makers, and woodturners, plus a selection of gourds, jewelry, whirligigs, crocheted tablecloths, handmade soaps and lotions, natural honey products, photography, and baskets, and exhibits from major sponsors of the festival.
A description of other Bear on the Square major events; schedules of things to see and do including Mainstage Tent music performances, the popular Gospel Jam, a street dance, family activities, and music workshops; biographical information and photos of the music headliners, and listings of all participating artists and festival sponsors can be found at www.bearonthesquare.org.
This year's Bear on the Square festivities will kick off at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon with jamming around the Historic Public Square by local and visiting musicians, and this will continue day and night throughout the weekend.
Friday night, the annual Live Country Auction featuring extensive Appalachian folk art and crafts from many of the Marketplace artists and specialty items from Dahlonega shops and restaurants, will be held in a large tent in Hancock Park. Well known North Georgia folk artist Billy Roper, the festival's Heritage Sponsor, is donating three paintings and a marble sculpture to this year's auction. Attendees will enjoy music from the Georgia Mudcats prior to the start of bidding.
Performances by the Mainstage music headliners will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the large tent in Hancock Park with the lineup including the Claire Lynch Band, The Freight Hoppers, Beverly Smith and Carl Jones, The Dappled Grays, Curtis Jones and Friends, the Packway Handle Band, and other acts.
Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, Inc., which stages the festival each year, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit cultural arts organization with the mission of preserving and celebrating the culture of the Southern Appalachians through the presentation of music, traditional craft, and folkways. Tax deductible donations are welcome and can be sent to P.O. Box 338, Dahlonega, GA 30533.
Half-Price Tickets at the High Museum All Day Monday, April 6 Courtesy of GE
The High Museum of Art continues to extend hours and special offers in the final week of “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army.” The exhibition, which has brought in over 320,000 visitors to date, will close on Sunday, April 19. The High will be offering half-price tickets on Monday, April 6, courtesy of GE (who is also the exhibition’s Lead Sponsor), as well as half-price tickets on Thursday, April 2 and Thursday, April 9 from 4 to 8 p.m.
Studio Spring Break will also occur daily in April between 1 and 4 p.m. from Saturday, April 4 through Saturday, April 11. Children of all ages and their families can make their own terracotta warrior in clay. This program is free with museum admission. “The First Emperor,” which opened on November 16, 2008, was inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Featuring over 100 works, including 15 terracotta figures, the exhibition represents one of the largest groups of important works relating to the First Emperor ever to be loaned to the U.S.
Extended Hours/Special Offers through April 19
· All Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: ½ Price Tickets, 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 and Thursday, April 9.
· Monday, April 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: ½ Price Tickets all day courtesy of GE.
· Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
· Friday, April 17, 10 a.m. to 12 midnight for Friday Jazz
· Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
· Sunday, April 19, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Member-Only Hours through April 19
· Saturdays in April, 9 to 10 a.m.
· Sunday, April 5 and 12, 11 a.m. to 12 noon
· Sunday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Only “The First Emperor” exhibition will be open during member-only viewing times. Other galleries will open when the Museum opens to the general public.
“The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army” is made possible by Lead Sponsor GE, Presenting Sponsor Portman and Official Global Delivery Partner UPS, Official Airline Partner Delta Air Lines, Official Media Partner Turner Broadcasting and Supporting Sponsors Mandarin Oriental and Viking River Cruises. Generous support is provided by The Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona Carpenter Foundation and The Blakemore Foundation. This exhibition is presented in association with the British Museum with support from Morgan Stanley.
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Studio Spring Break will also occur daily in April between 1 and 4 p.m. from Saturday, April 4 through Saturday, April 11. Children of all ages and their families can make their own terracotta warrior in clay. This program is free with museum admission. “The First Emperor,” which opened on November 16, 2008, was inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Featuring over 100 works, including 15 terracotta figures, the exhibition represents one of the largest groups of important works relating to the First Emperor ever to be loaned to the U.S.
Extended Hours/Special Offers through April 19
· All Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: ½ Price Tickets, 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 and Thursday, April 9.
· Monday, April 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: ½ Price Tickets all day courtesy of GE.
· Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
· Friday, April 17, 10 a.m. to 12 midnight for Friday Jazz
· Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
· Sunday, April 19, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Member-Only Hours through April 19
· Saturdays in April, 9 to 10 a.m.
· Sunday, April 5 and 12, 11 a.m. to 12 noon
· Sunday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Only “The First Emperor” exhibition will be open during member-only viewing times. Other galleries will open when the Museum opens to the general public.
“The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army” is made possible by Lead Sponsor GE, Presenting Sponsor Portman and Official Global Delivery Partner UPS, Official Airline Partner Delta Air Lines, Official Media Partner Turner Broadcasting and Supporting Sponsors Mandarin Oriental and Viking River Cruises. Generous support is provided by The Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona Carpenter Foundation and The Blakemore Foundation. This exhibition is presented in association with the British Museum with support from Morgan Stanley.
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Fiction Reading by Berry College Professor at Clayton State on April 8
Clayton State University’s Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society will be sponsoring a fiction reading by Professor Michael Mejia of Berry College, author of the novel Forgetfulness (2005), on Wednesday, Apr. 8.
The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be at 5 p.m. in room L-200 of the Clayton State Library.
For details on Mejia’s reading, please contact Clayton State Assistant Professor of English Dr. Kathryn Pratt Russell at kathrynprattrussell@clayton.edu.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be at 5 p.m. in room L-200 of the Clayton State Library.
For details on Mejia’s reading, please contact Clayton State Assistant Professor of English Dr. Kathryn Pratt Russell at kathrynprattrussell@clayton.edu.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
Fourth Annual World Music and Dance Festival Set for April 4
Berry College will host the fourth annual Rome World Music and Dance Festival on Saturday, April 4, with performances beginning at 1 p.m. on the Cage Center front lawn and continuing throughout the day until 10 p.m. Accompanying the event will be an international market with food and goods from around the world that will be open from 5-7 p.m. In the event of rain, the festival will move inside to Evans Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. For more details contact Dr. Jeffrey Lidke at jlidke@berry.edu or 706-331-1059.
Sponsors include the Student Association for an Interreligious Campus, the Inter-Faith Council, the Student Government Association, the Department of Fine Arts, the Department of Religion and Philosophy, the Chaplain’s Office, the Krannert Center Activities Board, and the Office of Multicultural and International Student Affairs.
Schedule performers include:
• Sasikala Penumarthi: Orissi dance
• Ogya: African tribal fusion
• Dwain Briggs: Western spiritual
• Devidasa: World fusion funk dance band
• Ross Kent, Megan Black and Henze Marvin: Music and dance of North India
• The Groundhawgs: Bluegrass and folk music
• Amberetta: Middle Eastern dance
• Celiedh Celtic Ensemble: Celtic music
• Sundari: Middle Eastern dance
Prepared by Public Relations and Marketing Assistant Leah Ryan
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Sponsors include the Student Association for an Interreligious Campus, the Inter-Faith Council, the Student Government Association, the Department of Fine Arts, the Department of Religion and Philosophy, the Chaplain’s Office, the Krannert Center Activities Board, and the Office of Multicultural and International Student Affairs.
Schedule performers include:
• Sasikala Penumarthi: Orissi dance
• Ogya: African tribal fusion
• Dwain Briggs: Western spiritual
• Devidasa: World fusion funk dance band
• Ross Kent, Megan Black and Henze Marvin: Music and dance of North India
• The Groundhawgs: Bluegrass and folk music
• Amberetta: Middle Eastern dance
• Celiedh Celtic Ensemble: Celtic music
• Sundari: Middle Eastern dance
Prepared by Public Relations and Marketing Assistant Leah Ryan
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