Art Around Athens

Today at 5:15 p.m., in room S150 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Jed Rasula, Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor in the department of English at UGA, will give the next Visual Culture Colloquium (VCC) lecture, one he also gave last fall at the Nasher Art Museum at Duke University in conjunction with the exhibition "Picasso and the Allure of Language."

From 5 to 7 p.m., over at the gallery in the Odum School of Ecology on campus is an opening reception for the exhibition "San Luis de Monteverde: Luminosity in life and decay," which consists of digitally layered photographs by Richard Siegesmund, 2009 Willson Center Artist in Residence, University of Georgia, Costa Rica, and associate professor of art education, Lamar Dodd School of Art. The exhibition will be up through April 8.

And from 7 to 9 p.m., in Unit 4 for of the Chase Street Warehouses (160 Tracy St.), there's an opening reception for "Two Bros," an exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture and conceptual art by Charles Westfall and Layet Johnson (above).

The Studio Group's 28th Annual Show and Sale

The Studio Group’s 28th Annual Show and Sale begins tomorrow (Thursday, November 19) and will be held at the Chase Street Warehouses, located just off Tracy Street. The show and sale features fused glass, painting, woodturning, metalwork, fiber arts, jewelry and more from 13 award-winning local artists. Refreshments are offered and door prizes are given out daily, so come out and support your local artists. The show and sale will be open November 19 and 20 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., November 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and November 22 from noon to 4 pm.

Debut Exhibition at Mercury Art Works

"Patmos" by Mat Alston

The debut exhibition at Mercury Art Works takes place tomorrow, October 16, from 8 to 10 p.m. with the opening reception of Terre Verte. The reception is free and open to the public!

The exhibition features works by Matt Alston (see image above), John Ahee, Rinne Allen and more. There will also be performances by Canopy Studio Repertory Company, Athens Hoopdance and Denise Posnak Contemporary Dance, among others. Check out the flyer.

The Mercury Art Works gallery is located in the Chase Street Warehouses and is available by appointment. The new location at Hotel Indigo is open to the public. The reception for Terre Verte will take place at the Hotel Indigo location—on the corner of College Avenue and Dougherty Street in downtown Athens. Call 706.338.0548 or e-mail mercuryindigo@gmail.com for more information.

Art Around Athens

Local artist Matt Blanks (that's one of his paintings above) has been promoting the Athens Artists Clearance Sale this Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Chase Street Warehouses, in which Young, Foxy & Free magazine (put together by Michael Lachowski) and local artists team up to sell their wares. Seems like a good chance to pick up some local art on the cheap.


On Sunday, Sept. 27, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia is a free opening reception for Intimacy, an exhibition featuring the work of photographer Don Byram.