Art Around Athens

Summer in Athens, which is only sleepy in comparison to spring and fall, continues, with lots of art events this weekend.



The second annual 5 Points Art Fest will take place Saturday, June 6, from 2 to 7 p.m., with paintings, hand-crafted jewelry, ceramics, drawings and more on display on the lawns of Five Points boutiques.

Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, from noon to 5 p.m., at 1790 Salem Road, is the JB & Friends Pottery and Art Show and Sale (Farmington) , featuring work by Carter Gillies, Caryn Curry, Jim Peckham, Michael Pierce, Keen Zero, Rebecca Wood and Jeff Bishoff. You can find images of a lot of their work by poking around the Good Dirt website.

Also, June 6 and 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., is an open house at Chappelle Gallery in Watkinsville (25 S. Main St. in Historic Haygood House) that will feature a mini craft fair with demonstrations of wheel throwing, raku firing, stained glass and weaving, plus bbq for sale.

Finally, at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, in its Visitor Center, on Sunday, June 7, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., is the opening reception for the exhibition Out on a Limb--An Artful Journey, featuring works by artist Judy Bolton Jarrett.

You don't have to go this weekend, but the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) in Watkinsville, opened its 2009 Members Exhibit today (June 5) and will run it through June 30 in its main gallery. The exhibition includes a diverse display of works from a variety of skilled artists who are also OCAF members. All of the works are for sale and include sculpture, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, pottery and photos. One of the items featured in this year’s exhibit will be a signed, unpublished manuscript by award winning novelist Terry Kay titled “The Greats of Cuttercane,“ a book of Southern Humor short stories. This item will be available for purchase by a sealed bid process for the duration of the exhibit and all proceeds will go to benefit OCAF. There's a reception this evening, from 6 to 8 p.m., and we know some of our members have work in the exhibition.

Also tonight, from 5 to 7 p.m., there's an opening reception at the Lamar Dodd School of Art for an exhibition of paintings by Dan Barber.