Join the Gather Atlanta Crowd on Thursday, December 17 from 7-10pm at the Magnetic Theatre. The event is free and an opportunity to network and chat with your friends at Atlanta’s emerging arts organizations and collectives. It’s also a celebration of all that we’ve done to make Atlanta a great place for the arts in 2009. Food and drink will be provided, we’ll have a couple of DJs, and we’ll talk about future Gather Atlanta projects and events. Please let us know if you’ll be able to make it. Bring a date, bring a friend, bring an attitude. End the year right!
Send an email to gather@gatheratlanta.com to request more info or to RSVP.
First, we would like to say thank you to all of you who participated in the first Gather Atlanta event this past June. Not only do we want to say thanks for your participation, but also for the work you do to foster creativity and innovation among Atlanta’s art communities. Last month Gather Atlanta won ‘Best Art Event’ in Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta issue. We were so excited to know that Atlanta realizes the importance of collaboration in the arts.
Since the event in June, we have brainstormed about what Gather Atlanta’s future will look like. After such a positive response from our first event, we feel it is necessary to continue to encourage and facilitate collaboration among Atlanta’s independent arts groups. Many of you provided feedback that suggested you want an opportunity to work/meet with one another.
In response, we have decided to begin hosting mixers/networking events for Gather Atlanta’s participating organizations. On Wednesday, November, we will host the first of several such events at MINT Gallery. The event is free and refreshments will be provided. The intent is to provide a venue where all of you can begin to dialogue about possible partnerships and collaborations.
More Gather Atlanta events are in the works and we look forward to your participation. Please email gather@gatheratlanta.com if you plan to attend.
Gather Atlanta Mixer MINT Gallery Wednesday, Nov. 4th 8pm Free
All run by young thinkers, doers and lovers of burgeoning local art scenes, these art collectives are answering the call to unite Atlanta’s emerging talent. The trend culminated last June at Gather Atlanta. Held at Eyedrum and presented by MINT, WonderRoot, and local arts blogs BurnAway and ThoughtMarker, the event cultivated a vigorous and much needed dialogue among the various communities.
That’s right people: You voted us the best in the city! And the accolades come pouring in. BurnAway.org received the Readers’ Award for Best Local Arts Blog, followed by runner-up ThoughtMarker. Young Blood Gallery won Best Place to Score Affordable Art in both the Critics’ and Readers’ categories. Beep Beep Gallery won the Readers’ Award for Best Gallery Spotlighting Local Artists. And WonderRoot won the Critics’ Pick for Best Public Art. Check the full listing to see favorable mentions of Art House Coop and other Gather Atlanta member organizations.
Thanks Atlanta!! We’re the best? No, really, you’re the best.
As many of you are well aware, Eyedrum is hosting a huge event this weekend to raise money so they can stay open to the public. We at Gather Atlanta would like to spread the word about their need for volunteers. They need assistance in the following areas:
Hanging artwork (August 13th)
Ticket sales and check out (August 14th)
Absentee bidders
Bid monitors (August 14th)
Sound (August 14th)
Parking lot patrol (August 14th)
Gallery clean up and work return (August 15th)
Please send Susannah Darrow an email (susannah.darrow@gmail.com) if you are interested in volunteering.
Eyedrum Benefit Art Auction - Friday, August 14, 2009 - 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Positively the most diverse and entertaining art auction in town! Featuring a silent auction of over 150 pieces of artwork in every price range, from every genre, in every size and in all mediums. Painting, Drawing, Book Arts, Jewelry, Photography, Sculpture, and more all from local established and emerging artists will be included. ED Recordings, Eyedrum merchandise and memberships will also be on sale. $10 at the door. FREE for Eyedrum members. Costumes and festive attire encouraged!
We hope you can make it out to support one of Atlanta’s best art and music venues!
Everyone check out this great video of the latter hours of Gather Atlanta by Brett W. Thompson of ASIFA-Atlanta! The images capture the wonderful ephemera of the event, as seen from one of our conference participant booths. If you’re interested in participating in our next event, by all means, please contact us!
