Progeny of Petals: On the Florals of Leah Jaynes Karp
Leah Solomon outlines artist Leah Jaynes Karp’s 1982 mixed media series, made in response to the Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981, for Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme.
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Creating “Heaven on Earth”: Yvette Gunn’s Birdhouse Paradise
Annie Moye writes about the environmental and communal ethics of artist Yvette Gunn, whose sculptural practice of building birdhouses in her garden honors the natural world.
Somewhere Beyond Writing: Suzanne Césaire and the Blindingly Beautiful | In Conversation with Marguerite (Margy) Adams and Joslyn Gardner
Bryn Evans joins Marguerite (Margy) Adams and Joslyn Gardner—the cofounders of Emory University’s Black Feminist Working Group—to discuss The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (2024) and the film’s engagement with sound and camouflage.
In the Studio with Jasmine Nicole Williams
Amina Daugherty visits the Atlanta studio of Jasmine Nicole Wiliams to discuss the printmaker’s kinship with Suzanne Césaire and her radical vision for cultural liberation.
Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone at the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens
Daniel Fuller reviews Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone, the first major retrospective devoted to the artist, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens.
Timon of Athens
For our next Annotations column, Craig Drennen presents Timon of Athens, an interactive guide featuring individual bodies of work that respond to the characters found in Shakespeare’s play.
Julia Roland: A Seat at the Table at the Telfair Museums, Savannah
E.C. Flamming reviews Julia Roland’s vibrant portraits in A Seat at the Table, on view at the Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia.
Finding Nirvana in Rock City’s Psychedelic Caverns
E.C. Flamming visits Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Georgia for Burnaway’s SAWTOOTH STAR theme.
Gordon Parks: The South in Color at Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Thalia Butts reviews Gordon Parks’ tender images of Black communities in the segregated South on view in the exhibition, Gordon Parks: The South in Color at Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta.
