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Westside Arts District Art Walk


Posted :: February 27, 2009 | 8:51 am ::


This Saturday, February 28 is the first Westside Arts District Art Walk! It will kick off at 11am at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, and from there, it’s a short walk up Marietta Street to enjoy neighborhood galleries and refreshments: Urban Grind Coffeehouse, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Emily Amy Gallery, Toscano & Sons Italian Market, Kiang Gallery, Sandler Hudson Gallery, and Octane Coffee Bar; and then a quick walk up Howell Mill takes you to 11th Street where you’ll find Saltworks Gallery and Get This! Gallery.

*** 11AM ***

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
535 Means Street, NW
Artist Survival Skills Series Talk: The Geometry of Hope: Utopian Abstraction in Latin America 1930-1970, with Cisneros curator Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro

BOBBE GILLIS GALLERY
1000 Marietta St, Suite 108
Featuring 30 locally and regionally recognized artists and fine framing
The gallery will be open for viewing

*** 1PM ***

EMILY AMY GALLERY
1000 Marietta Street, Suite 208
Clayton Santiago’s Self-Guided tour through his recently opened exhibition, “Summoning Light”

SANDLER HUDSON GALLERY
1009-A Marietta St
Greely Myatt: Sometimes I Settle For A Chuckle – Installation and paintings
Pat Courtney: Judith’s Gift – Text based photographs
The gallery will be open for viewing

KIANG GALLERY
1011-A Marietta St
Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez: New Drawings and Sculpture
The gallery will be open for viewing

*** 2PM ***

SALTWORKS
664 11th St NW
Brian Holcombe, Founder and Director of Saltworks, leads a tour of selections from the gallery’s current group exhibition, Cumanana, organized by artist William Cordova. Works by artists Glexis Novoa, Ernesto Oroza and Mary Valverde will be highlighted.

*** 3PM ***

GET THIS! GALLERY
662 11th St. NW
Drew Conrad will be present to discuss his current exhibition, “Cowboys, Lovers, Losers & Nobodies”

*** 8PM–1AM ***

OCTANE COFFEE BAR
1009-B Marietta Street NW
Artwork by Rob Knight, local tattoo artist/photographer
Open for coffee and discussions

The Westside Arts District (WAD) is a group of commercial galleries and non-profit art spaces located in Westside Atlanta (aka West Midtown / Midtown West) from approximately 11th Street at Northside Drive; to include the Brickworks development at Howell Mill Road and Marietta Street; and South to the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center at Means Street.

The group was formed in January 2009 in order to build upon and further cultivate the growing momentum of the Westside as a world class destination for visual art. WAD members share a common vision – that the Westside is among the most dynamic and exciting areas in Atlanta to view, experience and become educated on high-quality visual art.

To that end, monthly Art Walks will be held the 3rd Saturday of every month from 11am to 5pm beginning February 28. Art talks will be scheduled to encourage public inquiry into the process, intention and inspirations of the artwork and / or curatorial vision of the exhibitions.

Currently, WAD is comprised of 9 dynamic art spaces including the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Emily Amy Gallery, Get This! Gallery, Kiang Gallery, The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, SALTWORKS, Sandler Hudson Gallery and Octane Coffee Bar.
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