Highlights for June 5, 2008

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
Central Library Art Gallery, Lower Level
One Margaret Mitchell Square

Painting the Town: The Art of Marty Branstiter

This is a solo exhibition by noted Atlanta artist Marty Branstiter, a self-taught, acrylic painter who enjoys painting colorful, spirit lifting images of everyday life in Atlanta.  Marty’s paintings exhibit a joyful energy with a boldness of color and intricacy of detail.

VSA arts of Georgia
Arts for All Gallery
PACE
May 1 - June 20, 2008

A photographic project by Hadley Breckenridge
www.hadleybreck.com/start.html. Life is about getting from point A to point B. It is also about the time it takes to make this journey and the experiences along the way. Because of my inability to drive due to epilepsy, this traveling involves detours that I struggle with every day. At times, the detours can seem overwhelming, so I back up and remember that I must take life one step at a time.

Paige Harvey Art Studio

Please visit the artist in her third floor loft at the corner of Luckie and Cone Streets. New works will be featured in the studio as well as works in progress. Please see paigeharveyart.com for more information.

Georgia State University
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery
Intersections of Nature and Industry
June 5- August 7

Intersections of Nature & Industry is an exhibition that explores how  ceramic artists investigate areas where nature and industry intersect, each from a unique perspective. 

The one commonality shared by all the artists is their use of clay as a medium.  The choice of clay as a primary focus for this exhibition is appropriate in that it is a natural material that has been exploited throughout history for its industrial uses, from utilitarian cookery and storage ware, as an early form of plumbing, to its architectural uses, and today as a material used in the fields of medicine, electronics, and aerospace, to name a few. 

Rialto Center for the Arts
New Perspectives: Ernesto Cuevas and Cullen Washington, Jr.
May 9 - July 7

This exhibition will introduce the art of two painters based in Georgia.  Come join us on the First Thursday of each month on a self-guided tour and experience the magnificent art being featured at various venues in historic Downtown Atlanta.

The Art Student Union Exhibit Project
44 Courtland St
Entrance is on Gilmer Street in between Courtland and Piedmont.
Mothra: A Place of Healing
May 1 – June 28

In a time of change, have you ever wished for shelter?
"Mothra: A Place of Healing" is an installation of beauty and wonder by Courtney Hammond. While evoking the uncertainty of transformation, Hammond's "Mothra" recalls the safety of nurturing spaces. The ASU Exhibition Project invites you to discover this new installation, and in turn, your own refuge.

(context)
75 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue

Recently featured in The Atlantan magazine "Context is a treasure trove for modern design lovers who want the latest furnishings from the most talked-about showrooms in Italy and Germany."

Museum of Design Atlanta
Made In Georgia: The State of Industrial Design
June 5 -October 18

This exhibition is curated by Carie Davis, Design Manager for Coca-Cola & President of IDSA Atlanta and is in conjunction with the Industrial Design department at Georgia Tech. Building off the success of Japanese Design Today, Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture and Design at Play: The High Design of Cartoon Network, MODA’s most popular product design-based exhibitions, MADE in GA will look close to home and feature contemporary product design that has its roots in Georgia.

Including the work of freelance designers and consulting firms as well as corporations and design schools, MADE in GA will highlight the myriad of product design that originates in our home state.

This exhibition will take the viewer inside the world of the industrial designer, and demonstrate the processes and importance of industrial design. MADE IN GA will feature design concepts, works-in-progress, final designs and off-the-shelf products. The audience will be exposed to the processes via concept sketches, renderings, study models, prototypes, digital models, and marketable products

Special Additions

Paint In the Pods
The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View
Enjoy specially priced cocktails as you mix, mingle and view fabulous art from Atlanta’s top artists and organizations.