Westside Arts District

Download the map for this Saturday’s Westside Art Walk + AGA City Wide Gallery Opening here: http://wadatlanta.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/aga_map.png

We are all looking forward to a great day- come join us for the last Westside Art Walk of the summer!

As mentioned previously, this month’s Westside Art Walk will be held in conjunction with the Atlanta Gallery Association City Wide Gallery Opening. Galleries will be open from 10am to 10pm unless noted otherwise below. Come help us celebrate what Atlanta’s galleries have to offer!

Image courtesy of Twin Kittens

TWIN KITTENS **New Exhibition + Opening Reception @ 7pm**
1016 Howell Mill Rd. NW. Unit #3208 (Entrance is on 10th St.) (404) 803-4316
www.twinkittens.com Open 10am – 10pm.
Denton Crawford // This Is A Momentary Spectacle. TWIN KITTENS is pleased to present This Is A Momentary Spectacle- an installation exploring the intersection of physical and metaphysical nature told through paint, sculpture and drawing.

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
**Curator Tour and Talk @ 11am**
535 Means St. NW (404) 688-1970
www.thecontemporary.org Open 11am – 5pm.
Members, Free; General admission, $5; Students/Seniors, $3
Kids under 12, Free
Curator Talk 11am – 12pm with Artistic Director Stuart Horodner, who leads a tour and discussion of the current exhibitions.
Exhibitions: Shana Robbins: Supernatural Conductor, and Amy Myers: Feminine Space. Robbins is an Atlanta-based artist whose works address conditions of feminine power, natural phenomena, and cycles of life and death. Myers is a New York- and Kansas City-based artist whose large-scale drawings combine elements from the worlds of physics, horticulture, science fiction, anatomy, and architecture.

SANDLER HUDSON GALLERY **Artist Talk @ 2pm**
1009-A Marietta St. NW (404) 817-3300
www.sandlerhudson.com Open 12pm – 5pm.
Amalia Amaki will discuss her show, MJ: In Blue Terms- a series of visual poems about Michael Jackson who was the most publicly watched and photographed celebrity in the world during his lifetime. Photography on canvas, button-based fans and mixed media works offer a unique glimpse of the performer through the eyes of the artist in images that, she asserts, “are not portraits, but snippets from narratives that contain clues to what the person was truly like.”

EMILY AMY GALLERY **New Exhibition**
1000 Marietta St. NW (404) 877-5626
www.emilyamygallery.com Open 11am – 5pm.
Summer Sampler: A selection of works from gallery artists.

OCTANE COFFEE BAR **New Exhibition**
1009-B Marietta St. NW (404) 815-9886
www.octanecoffee.com Open 8am – 10pm.
Artist Peter Ferrari is a kindergarten teacher in Atlanta who has been painting and making collages for eleven years. His current work is an abstract series of black and white, thought-provoking elaborate maze of designs. He is heavily influenced by the late Robert Rauschenberg and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

GET THIS! GALLERY **New Exhibition**
662 11th St. NW (678) 596-4451
http://www.getthisgallery.com Open 10am – 10pm.
Get This! Gallery is pleased to present Harrison Keys’ solo show, Pressure Luck. The show is comprised of mixed media drawings rendered in Keys’ signature illustrative style that evoke the innocent coyness of classic children’s book illustrations. His drawings are nothing short of seductive, as the images have a pop surrealist sentiment that is largely playful; and, at times, cynical.

SALTWORKS
664 11th St. NW (404) 881-0411
www.saltworksgallery.com Open Noon – 5pm.
SALTWORKS is pleased to present Summer Salon, a group exhibition collaborative between gallery artists and work from private collections. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper and mixed media works. Please note our Summer Hours – open Saturdays 12pm – 5pm and by appointment until September 25.

TANNER-HILL GALLERY **New Exhibition + All-Day Opening Reception**
1170 Howell Mill Rd., Ste. 111 (404) 580-4299
www.tannerhillgallery.com Open 10am – 10pm.
Contemporary Canada: French-Canadian artist, Robert Marchessault, is a highly accomplished Contemporary painter with an international clientele that includes numerous gallery, museum and corporate collections. Featured at art fairs in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Toronto and Miami, his work is deeply moving in its ability to invite the viewer into a moment of quiet contemplation.

ASTOLFI ART
1170 Howell Mill Rd., Ste. P-16 (404) 307-0215
www.astolfiart.com Open 10am – 10pm.
A Celebration of William Tolliver: These original works by William Tolliver have not been seen since his death ten years ago.

Our August Art Walk will coincide with the Atlanta Gallery Association’s City Wide Gallery Opening!

Join us from Sun up to Sundown… see the citywide map here.

Stay tuned for more info…

Image courtesy of Sandler Hudson Gallery.

We are keeping the summer rolling on with a great line-up of art events for the July 17 art walk.  Join us!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

GET THIS! GALLERY **All day performance 10am – 5pm**
662 11th St NW.  (678) 596-4451
www.getthisgallery.com
Thousand Kisses, In My Living Room
One day performance piece by Gyun Hur
Garments are obsessively cut in hands with scissors for hours. An array of green house plants await for kisses and whispers. It is the artist’s attempt to visualize the hours of rituals in remembering the past and the present, beckoning herself in reconciliation through a transformative act in making. Artist Gyun Hur’s performance will take place throughout the entire day, inviting visitors to experience the progression of the performance at Get This! Gallery.

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER – Open 11 am to 5 pm; **Artist talk at 11am**
Members, Free; General admission, $5; Students/Seniors, $3; Kids under 12, Free
535 Means Street NW, 404.688.1970, www.thecontemporary.org
Event: Artist Talk with exhibiting artist Shana Robbins, who discusses her influences and experiences with performance, painting, and movement.
Exhibitions: Shana Robbins: Supernatural Conductor, and Amy Myers: Feminine Space. Robbins is an Atlanta-based artist whose works address conditions of feminine power, natural phenomena, and cycles of life and death. Myers is a New York- and Kansas City-based artist whose large-scale drawings combine elements from the worlds of physics, horticulture, science fiction, anatomy, and architecture.

KIANG GALLERY **Artist talk at 1pm**
1011-A Marietta Street. (404) 892-5477.
www.kiang-gallery.com Noon to 5pm.
Kiang gallery is pleased to host an artist talk by Pandra Williams at 1pm.  Currently on view:  In Significance, a collaboration in porcelain and light by Pandra Williams and Annette Gates.

SANDLER HUDSON GALLERY **Panel discussion at 2pm**
1009-A Marietta Street NW, (404) 817.3300). www.sandlerhudson.com
Sheila Pree Bright – “Girls, Grillz and Guns   July 13 – August 14, 2010
Sandler Hudson Gallery will host a panel discussion with Sheila Pree Bright and special guests.  The discussion will be focused around hip hop culture,  gun culture, and body image that is represented in her photography.

TWIN KITTENS **Opening Reception  7-10pm**
1016 Howell Mill Rd. NW. Unit #3208 (Entrance is on 10th St.) (404) 803-4316.
www.twinkittens.com 11am – 5pm.
Daniel Finch // Pipeline.  TWIN KITTENS is pleased to present Pipeline, an exhibition of new works by Pennsylvania-based artist, Daniel Finch.  The paintings address the impact of transmitted images and attempt to recover the primacy of the mechanically deconstructed moment or event.

Image courtesy Twin Kittens Gallery for their new exhibition, Pipeline.

ADDITIONAL GALLERIES OPEN FOR VIEWING:

EMILY AMY GALLERY **New exhibition**
1000 Marietta Street NW.  (404) 877-5626.
www.emilyamygallery.com 11am to 5pm.
Summer Sampler:  A selection of works from gallery artists.

OCTANE COFFEE BAR **New exhibition**
1009-B Marietta Street NW.  (404) 815-9886.
www.octanecoffee.com 8am to 10pm.
Weston Wilkins a SCAD graduate explores the repetition of daily routines and imagery that is encountered through mixed media and collage.

SALTWORKS  **New exhibition**
664 11th St NW.  (404) 881-0411.
www.saltworksgallery.com Noon to 5pm.
SALTWORKS is pleased to present Summer Salon, a summer-long collaborative between gallery artists and work from private collections.  Please note our Summer Hours – open Saturdays 12-5 and by appointment.

ASTOLFI ART **New exhibition**
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite P-16.  (404) 307.0215.
www.astolfiart.com Noon to 5pm.
A Celebration of William Tolliver.  These original works by William Tolliver have not been seen since his death ten years ago.  Please join us for this rare unveiling.

TANNER-HILL GALLERY
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite 111.  (404) 580-4299
www.tannerhillgallery.com Noon to 5pm.
Artists: Jodi Hays, Peter Vaughn, Willie Young
ROTATION 2010 featuring the works of Jodi Hays, Peter Vaughn and Willie Young and is the first installation of a three part series featuring the most recent works of gallery artists.

John Belingheri, Facades-Rumba, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 48" x 48" at Sandler Hudson Gallery

Join us on Saturday, June 19 for our “3rd Saturday” Art Walk!  Galleries open Noon to 5pm, unless otherwise noted.

Get the WAD area map here.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

GET THIS!  GALLERY  **Artist talk Noon-1PM**
662 11th St NW.  (678) 596-4451.
www.getthisgallery.com.  Noon – 5pm.
Artist Andy Moon Wilson will give an informal talk about his current
solo exhibition, Laserwarrior. The show consists of an installation of
550, 4 x 4 inch drawings on paper

SALTWORKS  **Final day of exhibition**
664 11th St NW.  (404) 881-0411.
www.saltworksgallery.com.  Noon to 5pm.
PREMA MURTHY // BREAKING THE GRID
SALTWORKS is pleased to present Breaking the Grid, a multi-media exhibition of new works by Atlanta-New York based artist, Prema Murthy.  Breaking the Grid, is a play on the use of the “grid” in 3D modeling graphics programs as well as its use in Modernist art as a stylistic device to perpetuate the idea of the monolithic and monumental.

SANDLER HUDSON GALLERY  **New Exhibition**
1009-A Marietta Street NW, (404) 817-3300.
www.sandlerhudson.com. 11am to 5pm.
John Belingheri: Bay Area artist John Belingheri explores repetition of form in his mixed media and oil paintings. Each painting features an intently mapped array of ellipses that guide the viewer’s eye around the canvas.
Pam Longobardi: In celebration of Pam Longobardi’s new book from Italian publisher CHARTA, Material Drift probes a step deeper into Longobardi’s obsession with the material detritus of contemporary disposable consumer culture. In photographic portraits of individual pieces of debris mined from the rubble fields of plastic on remote shores and large scale imagistic metaphors in the form of wall and roof installation, Longobardi reveals the poignant status of a world gone plastic.

TWIN KITTENS **New Member Gallery**
1016 Howell Mill Rd. Unit 3208 (entrance on 10th St.). (404) 803-4316.
www.twinkittens.com.  Noon to 5pm.
Charles A. Westfall // Gypsy Acid Queen.  In his most recent body of work, Charles A. Westfall uses painting to engage with notions and archetypes of female aggression, power, and violence.

ADDITIONAL GALLERIES OPEN FOR VIEWING:

ASTOLFI ART
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite P-16.  (404) 307.0215.
www.astolfiart.com.  Noon to 5pm.
In their second two-person show titled BOSQUE 2, artists, Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey, explore the aesthetics of and the psychology behind the forest. In this exhibit, the two artists compare the social dynamics and the hierarchy within forest animals in relation to our own society.

TANNER-HILL GALLERY
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite 111.  (404) 580-4299
www.tannerhillgallery.com.  Noon to 5pm.
Artists: Jodi Hays, Peter Vaughn, Willie Young
ROTATION 2010 featuring the works of Jodi Hays, Peter Vaughn and Willie Young and is the first installation of a three part series featuring the most recent works of gallery artists.

EMILY AMY GALLERY
1000 Marietta Street NW, Suite 208.  (404) 877-5626.
www.emilyamygallery.com.  11am to 5pm.
Re-Purposed: The Use of Everyday Materials in Contemporary Art. Emily Amy Gallery is pleased to present Re-Purposed, an exhibition of new works by Sara Cole, Will Corr, Clayton Santiago and Sherry Williams.

KIANG GALLERY
1011-A Marietta Street. (404) 892-5477.
www.kiang-gallery.com.  Noon to 5pm.
Kiang gallery is proud to present In Significance, a collaboration in porcelain and light by Pandra Williams and Annette Gates.

OCTANE COFFEE BAR
1009-B Marietta Street NW.  (404) 815-9886.
www.octanecoffee.com.  8am to 10pm.
Rotating exhibition of local contemporary artists.

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER  **Close for installation**
535 Means Street, NW, 404.688.1970.  www.thecontemporary.org
We are closed for installation.  Please join us in July for Shana Robbins: Supernatural Conductor, and Amy Myers: Feminine Space, opening July 9, 8pm.

CHARLES A. WESTFALL /GYPSY ACID QUEEN
Exhibition dates: May 15, 2010 – June 19th, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 15, 7pm -10pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 22, 4pm – 6pm

Twin Kittens Gallery is pleased to present Gypsy Acid Queen featuring new paintings by artist Charles A. Westfall. The exhibition will be on view from May 15, 2010 through June 19th, 2010. An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 15 from 7-10pm and an Artist Talk/Q&A on Saturday, May 22 from 4pm-6pm.

In his most recent body of work Charles A. Westfall uses painting to engage with notions and archetypes of female aggression, power and violence.

“Violence, like anything else, is gendered and comes in masculine and feminine varieties. The show’s title is adapted from the song ‘Acid Queen’ by The Who, about a father who has arranged a meeting between his son and a prostitute/drug dealer –the self described ‘Acid Queen’– who has promised to cure the boy of his behavioral problems. As the father of a six-year-old son, this scenario really frightened me. Listening to the song, I was reminded that violence, corruption, malice, all things we generally want to associate with men and the masculine, also have a very real, and equally sinister, feminine side:

If your child ain’t all he should be now
This girl will put him right.
I’ll show you what he could be now
Just give me one night.
I’m the Gypsy – the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
I’m the Gypsy – I’m guaranteed.
I’ll tear his soul apart.

Give us a room, close the door
Leave us for a while.
Your boy won’t be a boy no more
Young, but not a child.
I’m the Gypsy – the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
The Gypsy – I’m guaranteed.
To tear your soul apart.

My work is done now look at him
He’s never been more alive.
His head it shakes his fingers clutch.
Watch his body writhe!
I’m the Gypsy – the acid queen.
Pay before we start.
I’m the Gypsy – I’m guaranteed.

To break your little heart.

It’s the perversion of a supposed feminine ideal (mother, nurturer, etc.) into something cruel, destructive, predatory and rapacious, which the song presents, that I found particularly unsettling. In these paintings I’m trying to work through and come to terms with that idea or that presentation. I suppose that if you really wanted to simplify it, on a certain level these are paintings of witches.” –Charles A. Westfall

Charles A. Westfall: was born in Albany, New York in 1980 and currently resides with his wife and children in Athens, Georgia. He is a contributing writer for Burnaway.org. This is his first solo-exhibition in Atlanta.

For more information, e-mail jeffguy@twinkittens.com.

WEB: www.twinkittens.com
TEL: 404 803 4316
ADDRESS: 1016 Howell Mill Rd. NW Unit 3208 Atlanta, GA 30318 (Entrance is located on 10th St.)
HOURS: M-TH 11-5pm & Every Third Sat. 11-5pm

Please join us for three spectacular openings in Atlanta’s Westiside Arts District next Friday, May 14th from 7- 10 pm.  Emily Amy Gallery, Get This! Gallery, and SALTWORKS will all be hosting exhibition openings, so please come out to support the Westside and view 3 unique exhibitions.  We hope to see you next Friday!

‘Re-purposed’ at Emily Amy Gallery
Sara Cole, Contained.3, 29.5″ x 29.5″ Coffee, gouache, and graphite on paper
Emily Amy Gallery is pleased to present Re-purposed: The Use of Everyday Materials in Contemporary Art featuring gallery artists Sara Cole, Will Corr, Clayton Santiago, and Sherry Williams .  The exhibition explores the unconventional media of found objects and household substances and their utilization in the artistic processes of these four talented artists.

‘Andy Moon Wilson: Laserwarrior’ at Get This! Gallery
Andy Moon Wilson, Hero of the Hillbillies, 4″ x 4″, ink on paper
Get This! Gallery is very excited to present Andy Moon Wilson’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Andy will present an ambitious installation of five hundred 4 x 4 inch drawings on paper. Sponsored by Scion.

Prema Murthy: Breaking the Grid at SALTWORKS
Prema Murthy, Monster, 2009, (animation still), digital video, edition of 3, 2 min 47 sec.
SALTWORKS is pleased to present Breaking the Grid, an exhibition of new works by Atlanta-New York based artist, Prema Murthy. The exhibition features video, works on paper and a site-specific installation.  Ms. Murthy’s artist talk will be @ 1pm on Saturday, May 15.

WESTSIDE “THIRD SATURDAY” ART WALK
SATURDAY // MAY 15 // 11AM-5PM

The Westside Arts District welcomes our three newest members:
Astolfi Art, Tanner Hill Gallery, and Twin Kittens.
CLICK HERE FOR NEW WAD MAP!

SCHEDULE OF ART WALK EVENTS

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER – event 11 am – 12 pm
Open 11 am – 5 pm
Members, Free; General admission, $5; Students/Seniors, $3; Kids under 12, Free
535 Means Street, NW, 404.688.1970, www.thecontemporary.org
Mini-Lecture Series: Final Exam, 11am – 12pm.  Works in the current exhibition, Substitute Teacher, serve as prompts for 15 minute talks by special guest speakers.

EMILY AMY GALLERY — Open 11am – 5pm.
Flute performances at Noon and 3pm, FREE
1000 Marietta Street NW, Suite 208. (404) 877-5626. www.emilyamygallery.com
Emily Amy Gallery hosts a concert by flutist Catherine Bull and composer Andrew Willingham in a program of music for flute and computer. The performance will include three world-premiers of pieces by Willingham (a recent graduate of Georgia Tech’s world-renowned music-technology program), along with other works by Shirish Korde, Edgard Varese, and Claude Debussy.  Currently on view:  Re-Purposed: The Use of Everyday Materials in Contemporary Art, featuring artists Sara Cole, Will Corr, Clayton Santiago and Sherry Williams.

SALTWORKS – Open 12pm – 5pm.  Artist talk at 1pm, FREE
664 11th St NW.  (404) 881-0411.  www.saltworksgallery.com
Artist Prema Murthy gives an informal talk on her solo exhibition Breaking the Grid at 1pm. Through video, installation and works on paper, Murthy creates deconstructed grids as a myriad of metaphors that a line may evoke – boundaries mapped, landscapes measured, in both geo-political and psychic terms.

Additional galleries open for viewing from 12-5pm and are free to the public, unless otherwise noted:

Astolfi Art
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite P-16. (404) 307.0215.
www.astolfiart.com
On view:  BOSQUE 2 featuring artists Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey.

Bobbe Gillis Gallery
1000 Marietta Street NW, Ste. 108
.  (404) 347-9016
.
www.gillisgallery.com
On view:  Solo exhibition by Clara Blalock.  Open 11-4.

Get This! Gallery
662 11th Street NW
. (678) 596-4451.
www.getthisgallery.com
On view:  Laserwarrior, featuring work by Andy Moon Wilson.

Kiang Gallery
1011-A Marietta Street NW. (404) 892-5477
.
www.kiang-gallery.com
On view:  In Significance featuring work by Pandra Williams and Annette Gates.

Octane Coffee Bar
1009-B Marietta Street NW.
(404) 815-9886.
www.octanecoffee.com On view:  Failing Diety featuring works by Gabriella Oviedo.

Sandler Husdon Gallery
1009-A Marietta Street NW
(404) 817-3300
www.sandlerhudson.com
On view:  the inbetween is mine featuring Kenn Kotara and 15 seconds featuring Brett Smith.

Tanner Hill Gallery
1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite 111
(404) 580-4299
www.tannerhillgallery.com
On view: rotation 2o1o featuring the works of Lawrence Mathis, Peter Vaughn and Willie Young.

**SPECIAL EVENT**
The Westside Arts District (WAD) is partnering with the West End WE Tour
to bring you an art-filled Saturday!
Visit The Second Annual West End Art and Studio Tour from 10am-9pm.
Additional info can be found here:  http://www.thecontemporary.org/head-west