December 2009
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December Mixer/Holiday Party - December 17th
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...
October 2009
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Gather Atlanta Mixer on November 4th
Dear Friends of Gather Atlanta, 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...
September 2009
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GATHER ATL: BEST OF ATLANTA 2009!!
This morning, word broke out that Gather Atlanta ranked No. 1 in the Creative Loafing’s Readers’ Picks category for Best Art Event of 2009 and featured prominently in the Critics’ Picks entry for Best Trends in the Arts:
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....
August 2009
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Eyedrum needs volunteers!
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)
...
June 2009
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Gather Atlanta video by ASIFA-Atlanta
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!
Gather Atlanta is tonight!
The event opens with the panel promptly at 6 pm and a reception will follow from 7 to 9. It is free and open to the public and we’ll have complimentary food and drinks provided by our sponsors.
We hope to see you there!
Participant Profile: Atlanta Photography Exhibit!
The Atlanta Photography Exhibit (APE) was founded in the summer of 2005 and held their first exhibit short thereafter. Since then, APE has held more than a dozen exhibits and has applied to be an 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to promote the photographic arts through exhibitions and education. Our mission is to provide a launching pad for photographers in establishing a presence in the Atlanta...
Participant Profiles: See Through Souls and ISP!
See Through Souls (STS) is an annual exhibit and event which features windows created by an array of local and national artists who believe in community. STS opens the exhibit to artists of all kinds. Each artist utilizes a window of choice and is asked to express one’s self onto the window with whatever medium the artist wishes. The window will be for sale at the exhibit reception, so the artist...
Participant Profile: Atlanta Printmakers Studio!
Atlanta Printmakers Studio is a 501(c)3 nonprofit art organization located in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. APS has studio space and equipment for artists to rent in addition to offering community outreach through classes, workshops and exhibitions in order to enhance the understanding of and appreciation for fine art printmaking.
Opportunities for artists include Scholarship Awards,...
Panel speakers: Matt Haffner and Michael David...
Hello Atlanta!
This week we announce our final two panel speakers. In lieu of the usual, long-winded post, today we’ll keep things short and sweet.
Please welcome our two guests:
Matt Haffner is an Atlanta-based artist and Professor of Photography at Kennesaw State University. Working with combinations of photography and other media, his work deals with ambiguous narratives that are...
May 2009
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Participant Profile: Fallen Arrows!
Fallen Arrows LLC is a digital based direct to garment printing company that focuses on the newest technologies for garment printing solutions and uncompromising customer support.
If you combined a clothing company, a hippie commune, and a revolutionary army, it would look a lot like Fallen Arrows. We’re flexible by design, independent by choice, and devoted to service. We serve...
Participant Profile: Young Blood Gallery &...
Young Blood Gallery and Boutique is the foremost independent showcase in Atlanta for emerging artists and Do-It-Yourself crafters. Young Blood was born in 1997 in the home of Maggie White and Kelly Teasley when the two grew tired of the Atlanta art gallery establishment’s refusal to exhibit incredibly talented – though unknown – local artists. The response was enormous, and for two years White and...
Panel Moderator: Cinqué Hicks!
Today we are pleased to announce the moderator of our discussion panel: Cinqué Hicks!!
Cinqué Hicks is an arts writer and cultural critic who covers Atlanta’s visual arts scene for the alt weekly newspaper, Creative Loafing. In the short year since his first review appeared in the Loaf, Hicks has demonstrated versatility in reporting on communities throughout the metro area. In one...
Saturday: Music and Art!
The ACC (Atlanta Creative Conscious) will be throwing another event to benefit Gather Atlanta. This one is at WonderRoot and features music from Grand Prize Winners, Dead Rabbits, The Buffalo Bangers, and Lunacy Commission. Doors are at 8 pm with a $5 donation benefitting us!
Also, if you are in the mood to venue hop, swing by MINT for “Polaroidland” featuring work from Ryan...
Tonight: Dance Party Benefit at Lenny's!
Come out to Lenny’s after midnight tonight to Dance for Your Art. A $5 donation at the door goes towards making Gather Atlanta a reality. We’ll see you there!
Participant Profile: Art House Co-op!
From Shane and Steven via their website:
Art house was started by Steven and Shane back in Spring of 2006 while they were undergrads at Atlanta College of Art. The idea originally started as a group of artists all getting together to have a show at a local venue. Steven and Shane were just the organizers. They quickly got cocky and decided they were going to open up a store front even if it meant...
Participant Profile: ASIFA-Atlanta!
We want to welcome another one of our participating organizations, ASIFA-Atlanta. This brief overview was provided by their president, Brett W. Thompson.
ASIFA-Atlanta is the local chapter of the worldwide animation society ASIFA (“Association International du Film d’Animation”), founded in France in 1960. ASIFA’s purpose is to promote the art of animation.
A...
Panel Speaker: Rachael Spiewak!
Dear Atlanta,
As promised, here’s an update on our next panel speaker! Rachael Spiewak is the cofounder of Sopo Bicycle Co-op. Among her many roles, Spiewak is a community organizer par excellence. Sopo Bikes is a co-op that provides the physical tools as well as how-to knowledge for building and maintaining your own bicycle. Check out this article in PINE magazine for more info about...
Panel Speaker: Stephanie Dowda!
As a photographer, curator, and organizer, Stephanie Dowda has high hopes for Atlanta. In her own words:
Where other people might think something’s impossible, I don’t. I don’t really see limitations that way.
And it’s a philosophy she’s put into practice. In 2006 she cofounded Click Clique, a local collaborative dedicated to innovative group-based photography....
Participant Profile: WE Design
Introducing our first of many participants: WE Design!!
WE Design, aka Williams-England, is the brainchild of locals Jamie England and Marcus Williams. In two short years, the duo has kindly performed workshops and a wealth of both web- and print-based services — pro bono and packaged explicitly for nonprofit communities in Atlanta and beyond.
As Jamie England states:
There is never a...
Partner Profile: WonderRoot
When we began talking about WonderRoot years ago, one of our primary concerns was helping build an infrastructure for Atlanta’s independent artists and arts organizations. Gather Atlanta is a such a wonderful opportunity for us to do just that! MINT, Burn Away, and ThoughtMarker are emerging leaders in Atlanta’s creative communities and we honored to be a founding organization of...
Panel Speaker: Louise Shaw!
Hello Atlanta,
There are now officially five weeks until Gather Atlanta on June 6! On every Monday leading up to the event, we’ll reveal at least one of our distinguished guest speakers who will participate in the discussion panel at Eyedrum.
Today, please welcome Louise Shaw who, in the words of Felicia Feaster, is “a key figure in the local art scene’s institutional...
April 2009
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Welcome to Atlanta
The last two years have seen a groundswell of activity for creativity in Atlanta. Enthusiasm for supporting, collecting, and promoting local artists continues to rise. In 2009, as confidence begins to drain in other sectors, Atlanta’s creative communities stand by their values: We still want to create and see great art!
Announcing the Gather Atlanta first annual emerging creatives...