© Christian Bradley-West

What's Happening Now: A Cell Phone Photography Project

Featuring work by: Steve Aishman, Danielle Assef, John Bohannon, William Boling, Jonathon Bouknight, Christian Bradley-West, Gary Coleman, Ande Cook, Elizabeth D'Amato, Stephanie Dalton, Melanie Davis, Dave Dennard, Meg Dreyer, Jan Fields, Nancy Floyd, Lance Foster, Crystal Genes, Sari Goodfriend, Jenni Grant, Matt Haffner, Jefferson Hayman, Joyce Hethcox, Kim Hoeckele, Tracey Hogan, Ashley Hope-Waldron, Judy Kuniansky, Beth Lilly, Sean McCormick, Michael David Murphy, Michael Murphy, Laura Noel, Dorothy O'Connor, Katy Olmstead, Jeffrey Perri, Amira Price, Greg Schmigel, Jerry Siegel, Teresa Sims, Brett Smith, Mical Stansel, Whitney Stansel, Terry Stephens, Karen Tauches, Corinne Vionnet, Ansley West, Whitney Wood, Rick Wright

Exhibition: Sat, Sep 19 to Fri, Oct 16 2009

With the development of blogs, Facebook, and Twitter, people are recording information at an extremely rapid pace, and the cell phone is the primary tool for approaching life with such immediacy. Combined with the power of the cell phone's instant abilities, this project, co-produced by Christian Bradley-West and Susan Todd-Raque, gives a forum for artists to speak visually in a way people have never been able to do so until now. The artistic process for these living diaries began in June 2009 and continued for 8 weeks. Participating artists are from across the U.S. and Europe.

: Sat, Sep 19, 5pm - 10pm

Cherrylion Studios
889 Morris Street
Atlanta, GA 30318  [map: Google Maps]
hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10am - 6pm
p: (404) 273-5103
web: http://www.christianbwest.com/cellphoneproject
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/270
ACP Listing #: 042

© ACP 11 Public Art

ACP 11 Public Art Project - "Gifted"

Featuring work by: Corinne Adams, David Walter Banks, John Bohannon, William Boling, Diane Kirkland, Kathryn Kolb, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Pam Moxley, Laura Noel, Dorothy O'Connor, Christian Bradley West, Michael West

Exhibition: Thu, Oct 1, 12am 12am

ACP is pleased to announce that Atlanta-based photographer and artist Beth Lilly has been selected by a panel of jurors to create ACP's Public Art Project for ACP 11. Her project, “Gifted”, will engage the public and transform Atlanta through the gift of 1,200 limited-edition, fine art photographs which will be distributed to the public for free during the month of October.

Beth Lilly has curated a collection of twelve photographs from participating local photographers and with oversight from the artists, created limited-edition prints (100 of each photograph, totaling 1200 prints). These artworks will be handed out free, as gifts to the public, throughout the Atlanta metro region during the ACP festival in October, in unexpected places, at unannounced times. The dates and locations for obtaining a free print will not be disclosed in advance (but you may want to keep an eye on twitter to find out when the Gifted team hits the street).

Selected from a competitive open call for proposals, Beth Lilly's project was most suited to ACP's public art mission, to infuse Atlanta with photography in an exciting, unpredictable way that directly impacts Atlantans within the flow of their daily lives. Lilly's project is also an attempt to find and cultivate new appreciators of photography and the photographic print, by providing a professionally-printed "starter print" for a potential collector. The exchange will promote local photographers while encouraging a rich dialogue about the act of gifting valuable art for free, as well as an oblique commentary on the current economy.

Photographers participating in this project include: Corinne Adams, David Walter Banks, William Boling, John Bohannon, Christian Bradley West, Diane Kirkland, Kathryn Kolb, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Pam Moxley, Laura Noel, Dorothy O’ Connor, & Michael West.

To follow the progress and results of ACP 11’s Pubic Art Project, please visit gifted.acpinfo.org. ACP's Public Art project will also be featured in "Spotlight on Local Talent: Beth Lilly.

Special Thanks to John Dean.

The ACP panel of public art jurors included Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum, Jeffrey Grove, independent curator Lisa Kurzner; current ACP Board President Louis Corrigan; Art Papers Board President, Peter Bahouth, and Executive Director of ACP, Amy Miller.

Various Locations

Atlanta, GA  [map: Google Maps]
web: http://acpinfo.org/programs/public_art.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/360
ACP Listing #: 003

© Dorothy O'Connor

Tableau

Featuring work by: Dorothy O'Connor

Exhibition: Sat, Oct 24, 7pm - 9:30pm

O'Connor is an Atlanta photographer who constructs magical dreamscapes in her
garage out of found materials retrieved from thrift stores, eBay, her own front
porch, and what the wind blows in. Her ongoing series of color photographs
documents these fabricated scenes that are both autobiographical and
fantastical. This installation of "kin" marks the second time O'Connor has
invited her audience to enter one of her worlds. There will be a 20 minute performance at 8pm and another one at 8:45pm.

Dorothy O'Connor's studio
1371 Fairbanks Street
Atlanta, GA 30310  [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 307-8692
web: http://www.dorothyoconnor.com
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/319
ACP Listing #: 139