High to Host "Dalí: A Passion for Film" Film Series

The High Museum of Art will present the film series “Dalí: A Passion for Film” from Saturday, August 21, through Saturday, September 11. Featuring films and shorts that showcase Dalí’s fascination with cinema, the series will celebrate the artist’s influence on prolific filmmakers from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock. This series is presented in coordination with “Salvador Dalí: The Late Work,” on display at the High from August 7, 2010, through January 9, 2011.

“Salvador Dalí had a life-long passion for film, both as a viewer and as a creator. Many of the 20 film projects that he pursued were never realized, but the barriers to their completion never diminished his enthusiasm or imagination,” said Linda Dubler, curator of media arts at the High. “Films at the High will present a season of films beginning in August devoted to Dalí’s own creations to the filmmakers who inspired him to his on-screen persona as an artist and a celebrity. With guest speakers such as the exhibition’s curator Elliott King and a festival of fantasy and the surreal in November that focuses on the influence of Surrealism in cinema, this promises to be an eye-opening program of interest to art and film lovers alike.”

The festival opens on Saturday, August 21, with “Dalí the Filmmaker,” featuring a talk and screening with Elliott King, guest curator of “Salvador Dalí: The Late Work” and author of Dalí, Surrealism and Cinema. King will explore Dalí’s interest in the movies and his influence on classic filmmakers such as Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock. Films to be screened include Dalí and Bunuel’s short “An Andalusian Dog,” the restored short of Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney’s collaboration “Destino” and the Dalí-designed dream sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound.”

On Saturday, August 28, “Dalí’s American Friends” presents Dalí’s admiration of both Walt Disney and Harpo Marx as American Surrealists. In Walt Disney’s classic animated short “Skeleton Dance,” four skeletons dance in various ways and play makeshift musical instruments in a spooky graveyard. The feature-length Marx Brothers’ 1933 classic “Duck Soup” is a Surrealist work and cinematic achievement. Critic Roger Ebert said of the comedy, “To describe the plot [of Duck Soup] would be an exercise in futility, since a Marx Brothers movie exists in moments, bits, sequences, business and dialogue, not in comprehensible stories.”

The Dalí film festival concludes on Saturday, September 11, with “Lights, Camera, Dalí.” This series of three shorts looks at Dalí as a celebrity and an on-screen personality. Shot in New York, Jack Bond’s “Dalí in New York,” Andy Warhol’s “Dalí Screen Tests” and Jonas Mekas’s “New York Encounters with Dalí” explore Dalí’s surreal universe and cinematic fascination.

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 (MARTA stop N5).

Dalí the Filmmaker
Saturday, August 21

Dalí’s American Friends
Saturday, August 28

Lights, Camera, Dalí
Saturday, September 11

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. Outdoor screenings on the Sifly Piazza are free to the public and begin at 9 p.m. Bring your own blanket or seating, but outside alcohol is prohibited. In the event of rain the film will be moved to the 400-seat Rich Theatre.

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 12,000 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 Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is ranked among the top four arts centers in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines four visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opened in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art and Young Audiences. To learn more about the Woodruff Arts Center, please visit www.woodruffcenter.org.
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Arts on the Square Classes and Special Events

ART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Ages 6-9 on Mondays. July Summer Art Camp 1 1/2 hr. classes starting at 12:45 pm. Children will learn the fundamentals of drawing, acrylic painting, and art histor. $60 per session (4 classes) Drop-in $20.00 if there is room . To register call Kate Hawkins poshinkids@gmail.com. Session II July 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 9. Young Kids Art for ages 6- 9 will continue on Monday afternoons after school starts. Includes home school classes and after-school classes.s home school classes and after-school classes.
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JULY SUMMER ART CAMP AGES 10-18 WED through FRIDAY 10:00 am-3:00 pm $65 +$10 materials
Bookbinding: Make your own sketch book, Drawing / Sketching, Introduction to Photography Painting in Acrylic and Digital Drawing
July 14-16 July 21-23 July 28-30
$25 non-refundable deposit to hold a place
To register call 678-545-0275
or email Kathaleenbrewer@comcast.net
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Friday Night Art Date
Next one is July 23rd. 7:00-9:00 pm. Enjoy a unique evening of uncovering your buried creative self with the step-by-step aid of an instructor. Bring a friend, coworker, partner, spouse, even mom .... along with your favorite wine or beverage to enjoy while making new friends and painting your masterpiece.

$35.00 a person includes a canvas, paints and brushes, coffee and snacks. To register, call 678-545-0275 or email Kathaleenbrewer@comcast.net. Specialty cheesecakes for two ($6.75) can be preordered. Made by Cheesecake Boutique.

PS We hope to do this once a month if not more.
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MOSAIC STAIN GLASS CLASS with Debbie Donathan: July 24th & 25th.  Aug. 21st & 22nd. $65.00 per weekend includes materials.
Register at ArtWorks or email Debbiedonathan@mindspring.com.
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Fayetteville, GA 30214
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“Antique House, Modern Fiber Art” - Open House Saturday, July 10th

Rosewood Cottage Studio and Gallery
468 Pylant Street in Senoia 30276

“Antique House, Modern Fiber Art”
Art quilts, purses, jewelry, accessories and gifts

Special Open House
Saturday, July 10th
9:00 to 3:00

In addition to our Open Studio and Gallery, we’ll be having a “Sewing and Art Garage Sale” with sewing/quilting books and magazines, fabric, ribbon, sewing patterns and more at great prices.

Furniture and other garage sale treasures will be in the carriage house and driveway.

Come visit Rosewood Cottage Studio and Gallery, have light refreshments and enjoy your day in beautiful historic Senoia.

Located in the pink house just down the street from the “Southern Living Idea House”
(Open Wed. – Sat. 11:00 to 5:00)

Join us for the Open Studio and Gallery other Saturdays in July (17th, 24th, 31st) for free art demos from 11:00 to 5:00.

Please spread the word!

For questions or directions, call Claudia Wood 770-599-0047

Dogwood Gallery presents Cause for Wonder paintings by Troy Crisswell

Opening Reception Friday,
July 30th 6:30-9:30pm
Also, join us for a watercolor workshop with the artist @ Dogwood Gallery Saturday,
July 31st from 10am-3pm. Class size limited, $85 per person.

Check out our new website @ www.dogwoodgallery.net

Helen Hayes 95th Birthday Tribute Art Show

Sponsored by The Newnan Coweta Art Association

JULY 11, 2010
2:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

Please join us in honoring professional artist, Helen Hayes, on Sunday, July 11 at The Art House, 31
Hospital Road, Newnan. A selection of her paintings will be available for your viewing pleasure.

Refreshments will be served

Unhindered by Seriousness Sculpture by Carl Blair

Opening July 3 at the Morris Museum

Anyone that loves animals can’t be all bad. - Carl Blair

Unhindered by Seriousness: Sculpture by Carl Blair features 22 polychrome wood relief sculptures, as well as free-standing three-dimensional works by one of South Carolina’s most admired artists. The exhibition opens Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Morris Museum of Art and remains on display through Sunday, August 29, 2010.

“Using nature as a point of departure, Blair has created a world populated by whimsical, three-dimensional animals of his own creation,” said Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art. “Most of these creatures are derived from barnyard animals that find themselves in precarious, humorous, or dire situations and pursuits. The artist’s good humor and bracing world view are amplified by his use of color, expressive line, and intriguing titles for his sculptures.”

“Animals have reoccurred in my sculptures for years,” said artist Carl Blair. “I grew up on a farm, so as a young boy, I was surrounded by animals—we had coon hounds, chickens, and pigs and our neighbors had Brahma bulls, cows, and goats. Animals are like people, they are unique; they have their own personalities and own souls; some are mean and some are nice.”

Typically, Blair does not walk into the studio with an idea of what he is going to create. He begins working and the object or animal changes as he works on it. The animal then takes on a story, theme, or song lyric. For example, Live Free or Die is about patriotism (Blair is a Korean War veteran) and Billy Goat Gruff is based on a poem from Blair’s youth.

Born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1932, Blair is a painter and sculptor who was a professor of art at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina for more than 41 years. Now retired, he continues to create and exhibit throughout the Southeast. Blair has a long history of awards and exhibitions. His work has been featured in previous exhibitions at the Ringling Museum of Art, the Hunter Museum of American Art, and the Greenville County Museum of Art.

Carl Blair will discuss his work Friday, July 16, at noon during the Morris Museum’s Art at Lunch.. Members, $10; nonmembers, $14. Lunch by Moe’s Southwest Grill. Paid reservations due July 14.

The Morris Museum of Art was founded in 1985 and opened to the public in 1992. It is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection holds approximately five thousand works of art that date from the late-eighteenth century to the present. The Morris is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Morris Museum of Art, visit www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.

Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, Georgia I 706-724-7501
www.themorris.org

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Fine Arts Photography Reflects Rural South in FREE Exhibition this September, 2010‏

SlowExposures is the nationally recognized juried photo exhibition held annually in Pike County that faithfully captures the rural South's distinct history and character through fine art photography.

The eighth showcase of photography opens on Friday, September 17th, 2010, in the 1887 R. F. Strickland Building (listed on the National Register of Historic Places), a late nineteenth century mercantile store, in historic Concord, Pike County Georgia, located one hour south of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The photo celebration, which lasts for two event-filled weekends, includes salons and portfolio reviews; a local children’s photography contest; satellite shows and a celebratory ball on Saturday, September 25th. SlowExposures 2010 concludes on Sunday, September 26th.

In addition to the primary collection of over ninety photos, a self-driving road tour features a map of the satellite shows and historic sites throughout picturesque Pike County.

SlowExposures is the annual fundraiser of Pike Historic Preservation and is dedicated to supporting the historical and cultural heritage of the rural South through contemporary photography.

All proceeds from the show and the accompanying events go toward the preservation of Pike County's historic buildings and landscapes.

SlowExposures attracts hundreds of visitors each fall to central Georgia’s bucolic surroundings.

For more information, please visit www.slowexposures.org or contact Slow Exposures, PO Box 489, Zebulon, GA, 30295, (770) 567-3600.

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'Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painting in Georgia' Now at the Morris Museum of Art

Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painting in Georgia, featuring the work of eleven of Georgia’s leading contemporary artists, opened to the public on June 19 at the Morris Museum of Art. Organized by Macon’s Museum of Arts and Sciences, the exhibition remains on view at the Morris Museum through September 26, 2010.

The exhibition was originally organized by Corrine Colarusso, acting as a guest curator on behalf of the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences. After Eric O’Dell, curator of exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, invited her participation, she provided the premise for the exhibition and devised the selection process that identified the artists included in it.

However, she says, ”in a sense, the exhibition organized itself.” Corrine Colarusso first invited the participation of two other Georgia painters, Don Cooper and Cheryl Goldsleger, whose work had been a source of particular pleasure, intellectual stimulation, and engagement to her over many years. After selecting their work, she invited them to choose the next participants, using the same highly personal criteria as the basis for selection. They, in turn, asked the next, and so on. Although it is unusual, this selection process seems peculiarly appropriate for this exhibition.

As Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art states, “This method of selection is strangely consistent with the process that attends painting: deciding when and where to begin, trusting instinct, making a decision regarding direction (even though the ultimate destination is unknown), and following that direction to its conclusion before pursuing another line of development until it feels done, until it feels that everything that can be said on this subject has now been said—while all the time presuming that the painting, when finished, will make sense in some way. Like all creative work, painting inevitably involves a leap of faith.”

Painters’ Reel demonstrates that these are fruitful times for painting in Georgia. The region teems with good painters, and the highly select group that makes up Painter’s Reel is proof that this is so. They range in age from mid-thirties to mid-seventies. They live and work in Augusta, Athens, Atlanta, and Savannah. They do not espouse a single stylistic approach. If anything, this selection demonstrates that there are many ways of seeing and just as many ways to capture the thing seen—and, sometimes, felt.

The artists represented in the exhibition include Scott Belville, Athens; Betsy Cain, Savannah; Corrine Colarusso, Atlanta; Don Cooper, Atlanta; Cheryl Goldsleger, Athens; Stefanie Jackson, Athens; Marcus Kenney, Savannah; Philip Morsberger, Augusta; Tom Nakashima, Augusta; Rocio Rodriguez, Atlanta; and Art Rosenbaum, Athens.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue that is available through the Morris Museum store. It includes reproductions of each of the artist’s work, as well as biographical information and a critical appreciation of each artist by one of the other artists in the exhibition.

Related Events:

Thursday, June 24, 5:30–8:00 p.m.

Opening Party: Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painting in Georgia

Meet the artists featured in the exhibition Painters’ Reel. Heavy hors d’oeuvres by Tastefully Yours; cash bar. Admission fee includes museum admission, food and two bar tickets. Space is limited, paid reservations can be made by calling 706-724-7501 by June 17. Members, $10; nonmember, $15

Morris Museum of Art Founded in 1985, the Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country that is devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection of approximately five thousand paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, dating from the late eighteenth century to the present, is displayed in galleries dedicated to, among other things, Nineteenth-Century portraiture, the Civil War, Southern Stories, Still Life, Landscape, Southern Impressionism, Southerners at Play, Regionalism, Modernism, and Contemporary. It is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information about the Morris Museum of Art, visit the museum’s web site at www.themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.

Upcoming Events at ArtWorks on the Square, Fayetteville, GA

Friday Night, June 25th, 7:00-9:30 pm, ART DATE at ArtWorks on the Square. Bring a friend, partner or spouse to a fun filled evening of painting along with your favorite wine to enjoy. No experience needed as you will be following the instructor step-by-step. $30 a person includes all art materials. You may also preorder special cheesecakes for two. To register, contact Kathaleenbrewer@comcast.net or call 678-545-0275.

Saturday and Sunday, June 26th & 27th, 2:00 pm -5:00 pm MOSAIC STAIN GLASS workshop with Debbie Donathan. $65.00 for both days, includes all materials. ArtWorks on the Square, 107 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville, GA, 30214. 678-545-0275

Friday, JULY 2nd , 7:00-9:00 pm, Reception for special exhibit by Collaboration Between Artists, a newly formed group of serious young artists that are either seniors in high school or in college. Wine tasting and live jazz music. Free.

Newcomer Artist Spotlighted at ArtWorks on Square in Fayetteville

Atlanta contemporary artist Elizabeth Talmadge brought strong, colorful work to “ArtWorks on the Square” in Fayetteville on June 4th.

The unique studio-gallery-art class and café facility on the square in Fayetteville attracts a diverse talent of artists and consumers as it offers classes and a café respite for art fanciers.

The summer exhibit spotlighted newcomer Elizabeth Talmadge who has a working studio in Atlanta and lives part-time at her family’s horse farm in Hampton. Talmadge studied art at Oglethorpe University and Sotheby’s Institute of Fine and Decorative Arts in, London, England. She also attended the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England and has worked in the art restoration field and managed an art gallery in Chattanooga.

Now a full-time working artist, she creates stimulating mixed-media paintings on canvas. Free expression, vivid color, and raw texture mesh to produce the avant-garde element present in all her works.

Talmadge’s participation in the Fayetteville gallery attracted out-of-area attendance from Atlanta and (other cities or areas) for the weekend show and she comments, “It is exciting and rewarding to have my work shown in this venue with other local artists. The gallery displays a wide variety of works and offers collectors and viewers the opportunity to study and purchase exceptional pieces.”

Kathaleen Brewer is owner and director of ArtWorks on the Square, 107 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville, GA 30214. For show hours and other information, call 678-545-0275.

Photo: Atlanta artist Elizabeth Talmadge (L) shows her mixed-media work to Louise Shingler Davis (R) at ArtWorks on the Square.
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