Archive Content by Tag ‘WonderRoot’

10/16/12 ARTSpeak: Elevate Returns for 10 Days of Art in Downtown Atlanta

Radio Version: Click the player above to listen to today’s broadcast on AM1690, or download the MP3.

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09/05/12 MASS Collective Opens Its Doors to the Future of Art and Science

They’ll open their doors this fall and bring art and collaboration together in a new way.

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08/08/12 MINT Gallery Announces 2012 Leap Year Artists

Jessica Caldas, Johnny Drago, and Rebecca Hanna are the honorees of Leap Year, entering its second year of awards this summer.

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07/25/12 From Picasso to Warhol to Sega: Ashley Anderson’s Shinobi Marilyn

Anderson’s upcoming solo exhibition “Shinobi Marilyn” mines art history, popular culture, and vintage video-game imagery.

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05/25/12 To the Fairest Shows the Dangers of Lazy Artist Statements

A sideshow at Atlanta Streets Alive takes itself too seriously.

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05/01/12 Call for Artists: Upcoming Deadlines for May and Beyond

MODA releases a call for designers to take over their exhibition space, while APG calls for photography that “amaze and confound.”

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04/02/12 Call for Artists: Deadlines Through April and Beyond

Art on the Beltline rolls out its 2012 call for artists! Check out more upcoming artist opportunities for April and the months ahead.

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03/29/12 Dodge & Burn: WonderRoot and gloATL’s Wonderglo Fundraiser

For those of you who couldn’t make it to this past weekend’s Wonderglo event, hosted by WonderRoot and gloATL, here are a few photos.

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02/01/12 Art and Sports: Are the Two Camps Really So Opposed?

BURNAWAY asks various arts leaders their opinions on the age-old stereotype that art and sports don’t mix.

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12/13/11 Pacific Standard Time: Could Atlanta Adapt Los Angeles’s Model?

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I was able to see some of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, a cross-institutional series of exhibitions celebrating the history of contemporary art in L.A. The brainchild of the Getty Foundation, the six-month event is composed of 68 museum exhibitions and over 70 galleries featuring more [...]

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08/08/11 Burning News: MINT Announces Leap Year Winners

Three young local artists will receive an amazing package of perks, including free studio space (!!) at the Goat Farm, a residency at the Hambidge Center in the northern Georgia mountains, and free memberships to WonderRoot, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, and C4 Atlanta, as they begin their yearlong journey [...]

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06/15/11 Questioning the Mayor’s Gift and the Mythology of Economic Crisis

Following on the heels of a proposed cut to the arts and subsequent responses from Atlanta artists, Mayor Kasim Reed appeared at last month’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund luncheon with a seemingly grand and heroic announcement. Gathered that afternoon with the knowledge that 50 percent of the Office of Cultural Affairs’ Contracts for Arts Services [...]

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01/04/11 ARTSpeak: WonderRoot at the High Museum’s Dalí ’til Dawn

Click the player above to listen now, or click here to download the audio file. Episode 14: Jeremy Abernathy speaks with Chris Appleton, executive director of WonderRoot, about Dalí ’til Dawn at the High Museum of Art. WonderRoot will be presenting audience-driven performances from 6-11PM on Saturday, January 8, 2011, to mark the final weekend [...]

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08/02/10 Letter to the editor: Gather Atlanta and the public sphere?

The following letter was written by Kristin D. Juárez in response to Saturday’s Gather Atlanta 2nd Annual Emerging Creatives Conference at Trees Atlanta in Reynoldstown, presented by MINT Gallery, WonderRoot, ThoughtMarker.net, and BURNAWAY. Ms. Juárez is a newcomer to Atlanta and has thoughtful observations about what she saw and heard during the panel discussion “Art [...]

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