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Actor Richard Kind stops by ahead of his upcoming July 19 performance at Symphony Hall, “How Not to Be Famous: A Conversation with Richard Kind.” Plus, librettist Selda Sahin, and the Atlanta Opera director of community engagement and education, Jessica Kiger discuss “Steele Roots” which makes its world premiere at the Atlanta Opera on June 20, followed by an encore performance June 22 at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College. And Floyd Hall, the Executive Director of Atlanta Contemporary, discusses their upcoming annual “Art Party” on June 21.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As things change around you it is important to stay ture to you passion and your calling. Its the only way to keep progressing toward your goals. Our guests today are George and Esohe Galbreath who know a little something about change lately. They are back to tell us all about their new event, Artful ATL. Saturday, June 7 at the Atlanta Contemporary. They tell us about the 30 plus artist being featured as well as the lessons they have learned from doing successful art event in the city for over a decade. We talk about building community, the new generation of artists working now, and how we pass the legacy on to other people. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 201 topics include:ArtfulAtl opening June 7 at the Atlanta Contemporarychanging and growing in the Atlanta art communitylessons learned for doing art events for over 10 yearsa new generation of artistscontinuing events around building communityappreciating the momentsbeing resilient in 2025Sohé Solutions imagines and executes events and exhibits that promote and support the creative community. Our co-founded annual art summer social, ARTiculate ATL, in ten years has featured over 200 local artists with over $300K generated in sales. We are equally proud of our curation of New Georgia Project's politically themed exhibit Politi-Art featuring women of color artists as well as the Many Rivers to Cross Music and Arts Festival dedicated to racial and social justice. Our goal for our curated experiences is to continue to amplify the voices of emerging artists and include them in rooms that they may usually be excluded from. See more: Sohe Solutions website + Artful Atl IG @creatingfreedomnowFollow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Visual and performance artist Tim Youd discusses his solo exhibition “Georgia ReTyped,” which is on view at Atlanta Contemporary through October 6. Plus, we listen back to Lois's 2016 conversation with author Dawn Tripp. Her novel, “Georgia,” explores the life and love of artist Georgia O'Keefe.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ep.198 Allison Janae Hamilton (b. 1984 in Kentucky, raised in Florida) has exhibited widely across the U.S. and abroad. Her work has been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions at the Georgia Museum of Art, the Joslyn Art Museum, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), and Atlanta Contemporary, as well as a commissioned solo project with Creative Time. Her sculpture, Love is like the sea… (2023) is currently on view in the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Helis Foundation in New Orleans, LA. Select recent group exhibitions include The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Shifting Horizons, Nevada Museum of Art; Enunciated Life, California African Art Museum; More, More, More, TANK Shanghai; and Indicators: Artists on Climate Change, Storm King Art Center. Work by the artist is held in public collections such as the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Hood Museum of Art, The Menil Collection, Nasher Museum of Art, Nevada Museum of Art, and Speed Museum of Art, among others. Hamilton has participated in a range of fellowships and residencies, including at the Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY; the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; and Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain. She is the recipient of the Creative Capital Award and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. Hamilton holds a PhD in American Studies from New York University and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. She lives and works in New York. Portrait: Heather Sten Artist https://www.allisonjanaehamilton.com/ Marianne Boesky Gallery https://marianneboeskygallery.com/artists/60-allison-janae-hamilton/press/ Storm King Art Center https://indicators.stormking.org/allison-janae-hamilton/ Georgia Museum of Art https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/allison-janae-hamilton-between-life-and-landscape/ University of Georgia https://www.wuga.org/show/museum-minute/2022-10-28/museum-minute-allison-janae-hamilton Nasher Museum of Art https://nasher.duke.edu/stories/allison-janae-hamilton-floridawater-ii-sisters-wakulla-county-fl-and-when-the-wind-has-teeth/ Helis Foundation https://www.thehelisfoundation.org/pcse/love-is-like-the-sea... Pippy HouldsworthGallery https://www.houldsworth.co.uk/exhibitions/140-tales-of-soil-and-concrete-brett-goodroad-allison-janae-hamilton-yun-fei-ji-arturo/works/ The Highline https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/allison-janae-hamilton/ Contemporary Art Library https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/artist/allison-janae-hamilton-6327 Artpil https://artpil.com/allison-janae-hamilton/ The Clark https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/humane-ecology/about-the-artists/allison-janae-hamilton UGA Today https://news.uga.edu/nature-is-at-the-center-of-allison-janae-hamiltons-work/ Rema Hort Mann Foundation https://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/allison-janae-hamilton/ Ogden Museum https://ogdenmuseum.org/event/florida-stories-a-conversation-with-author-lauren-groff-and-visual-artist-allison-janae-hamilton/ Kids Kiddle https://kids.kiddle.co/Allison_Janae_Hamilton WWD https://wwd.com/feature/allison-janae-hamilton-marianne-boesky-gallery-art-exhibition-1234792142/ Whitewall Art https://whitewall.art/art/allison-janae-hamilton-interrogates-myths-around-landscape-and-stories-of-paradise/ Whitewall Art https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/allison-janae-hamilton-a-romance-of-paradise/ Where y'at https://www.whereyat.com/allison-janae-hamilton-lauren-groff-florida-new-orleans The Bitter Southerner https://bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices/aunjanue-ellis/allison-janae-hamilton C& https://contemporaryand.com/exhibition/allison-janae-hamilton-a-romance-of-paradise/ The University of Texas at Austin https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/items/3f37e356-f2a7-4f3b-a9d4-7614ddfac848 Urban Milwaukee https://urbanmilwaukee.com/people/allison-janae-hamilton/

Dapper Bruce Lafitte (b. 1972 New Orleans) is a self-trained artist who began making and showing work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to commemorate the then-decimated street culture of parades and marching bands of New Orleans. He has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, notably at the Prospect Biennial, New Orleans, and in solo shows at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS; M+B Gallery, Los Angeles; Fierman Gallery, New York; Gryder Gallery, New Orleans; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, and Vacant Gallery, Tokyo. Lafitte's work has been in group shows and fairs at the Brodsky Center, New York; Dieu Donné, New York; Tatjana Pieters, Belgium; and the Outsider Art Fair, Paris. Lafitte's next solo exhibition, The Game is Mine, will be at Alchemy Gallery starting March 7. Lafitte's work is held in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art, and has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine and Victory Journal. In 2009, he was a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation artist award and was a mentee by renowned curator and tastemaker Diego Cortez prior to his passing in 2021. Canal and Carrollton Ave on a Saturday, 62x42 inches archival ink on acid free paper, 2023 Canal and Claiborne Ave Saturday Night, 62x42 inches archival ink on acid free paper, 2024 Fat Tuesday in the Lafitte Projects, 62x42 inches archival ink on acid free paper, 2024

Travel expert and PBS host Rick Steves stops by for “ATL Up and Away.” Plus, we hear about the new exhibition at the Booth Museum of Western Art, “Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones: Death of a Valley,” and find out about Atlanta Contemporary's new executive director. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Auburn Avenue Research Library administrator Victor Simmons and music and pop culture archivist Brittany Newberry detail Georgia State's Hip-Hop archives. Plus, Adam Klein takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Music,” and Atlanta Contemporary Executive Director and curator Veronica L. Hogan and Atlanta-based artist and curator Y. Malik Jalal discuss 50 years of Atlanta Contemporary. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A spiraling Blind Shovel, this one with Artist~Gardener David Onri Anderson. We discuss spirals, Messianic Judaism, meditation, gardening, and much more."David Onri Anderson is a Tennessee-born French-Algerian Jewish artist, musician, and curator. He graduated from Watkins College of Art in Nashville with the Anny Gowa Purchase Award in 2016. He has had solo exhibitions at Patrick Painter Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, Blaa Galleri Copenhagen, DK (upcoming), Harpy Gallery in Rutherford, NJ, David Lusk Gallery in Nashville, TN, Atlanta Contemporary, amongst others. In 2020 he published a book of drawings with Zürich-based artist book company, Nieves. His work has been reviewed, exhibited and collected internationally with works in permanent collections including the Soho House in Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN, The Joseph Hotel, and the Metro Arts Library in Nashville, TN, amongst others. Anderson is founder and curator of an artist-run space called Electric Shed Gallery in Nashville, TN (2018-present). His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Artnet, BURNAWAY, DailyLazy and more."David's links:WebsiteInstagramHeader image: David Onri Anderson, "Pink Lightnin'", 2022

Director and choreographer Taryn Janelle and music director LeRell Ross discuss Synchronicity Theater's upcoming production of “Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters” with Bweela Steptoe, daughter of author and illustrator John Steptoe. Plus, Sierra King and Melissa Messina detail the new Atlanta Contemporary exhibition, “New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch,” and we'll hear about Kirkwood's Lanta Gras Parade and Festival.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kamrooz Aram was born in Shiraz, Iran and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Recent exhibitions include: Elusive Ornament at Peter Blum Gallery in New York, Privacy, An Exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago, Un Objet, Un Geste at Galerie Mitterrand in Paris, Lives of Forms: Kamrooz Aram and Iman Issa, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Hasselt, Belgium; The New Arabesque, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi, India; An Object, A Gesture, A Décor, FLAG Art Foundation, New York; In Memory of the Arabesque, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE; Focus: Kamrooz Aram, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Ancient Blue Ornament, The Atlanta Contemporary; Ornament for Indifferent Architecture, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium. His work has been reviewed in the NY Times, The New Yorker, ArtNews, ArtForum and many other publications. Kamrooz Aram was born in Shiraz, Iran and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Recent exhibitions include: Elusive Ornament at Peter Blum Gallery in New York, Privacy, An Exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago, Un Objet, Un Geste at Galerie Mitterrand in Paris, Lives of Forms: Kamrooz Aram and Iman Issa, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Hasselt, Belgium; The New Arabesque, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi, India; An Object, A Gesture, A Décor, FLAG Art Foundation, New York; In Memory of the Arabesque, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE; Focus: Kamrooz Aram, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Ancient Blue Ornament, The Atlanta Contemporary; Ornament for Indifferent Architecture, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium. His work has been reviewed in the NY Times, The New Yorker, ArtNews, ArtForum and many other publications.

Allison Jae Evans Allison Jae Evans is a painter whose restrained linear vocabulary draws viewers into a provocative world of seduction, objectivity, and power. Her current exhibition, Hung Up, combines painting, drawing, and installation to construct a layered narrative with references ranging from the nihilism of Richard Kern's Cinema of Transgression to more contemporary ideas about sex and human connection in the digital world. Evans was born in New Haven, CT and currently lives/works in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BA from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and an MFA from Hunter College in NYC. Evans's work has been exhibited at The Journal Gallery, 106 Green Gallery, Atlanta Contemporary, Edward Thorp Gallery, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid NY, among other venues. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, and Hyperallergic, and has been reviewed in The New York Times. She was recently interviewed by artist Brian Alfred for the Sound and Vision Podcast and artist Alex Nuñez for the Sunday Painter Podcast. Hung Up is on view at Peninsula Gallery until December 10, 2022. Front Room Installation of Allison Jae Evans: Hung Up at Peninsula Art Space Back Room Installation of Allison Jae Evans: Hung Up at Peninsula Art Space Installation Image of Allison Jae Evans' "1-900-Hot-Fuck", 2022, 24 x 18 inches, Watercolor Crayon on Newsprint, at Peninsula Art Space

Photographer and filmmaker, Gillian Laub, discusses her new exhibition “Southern Rites,” on view at Atlanta Contemporary through January 8. Plus, our series, “Speaking of Comedy” features Atlanta comedian Mike Albanese.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“The Merchant of Venice” is coming to Atlanta's Shakespeare Tavern, and we hear about the all-female cast leading the production. Plus, the identities of Indigenous people and their forced removal and displacement are explored in two new exhibitions at the Atlanta Contemporary, and we'll visit with the exhibitions' curators. And our series of local artists in their own words, “Speaking of the Arts,” features multi-media artist Carl Janes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode No. 551 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Allison Janae Hamilton. Allison Janae Hamilton is included in “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration” at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson. The exhibition, which was curated by Ryan N. Dennis and Jessica Bell Brown, features newly commissioned work from 12 Black artists that addresses the Great Migration. The Great Migration was the movement of more than six million Black Americans from the South to cities across the United States. The exhibition is in Jackson through September 11, when it will travel to Baltimore. This program was taped on the occasion of Hamilton's inclusion in “Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse,” which was organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and which is at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. through July 25. Hamilton's work investigates and reveals the South's history and landscape and their influence on the American story across photographs, sculpture, video and installation. She has had solo exhibitions at Recess in New York, the Atlanta Contemporary and at MASS MoCA, and New York's Times Square Arts and Creative Time have presented her work.

Studio Noize bringing in the big guns to discuss the wide world of Black art. In episode 133 we talk to the curator, writer, and cultural historian TK Smith about his work creating and explaining the context in which Black art is produced. We get into his curatorial practice which includes shows at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA, and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Tk has written for Art In America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and Art Papers. He tells us how he reviews shows and what were some of his favorite shows he's seen recently including the Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse previously on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Its an in-depth conversation with one of the bright young thinkers in contemporary Black art. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 133 topics include:Curating and institutionsthe importance of networkingcurating showsLooming Chaos by Zipporah Camille Thompsonthe Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulsewriting exhibition reviewsexploring the meaning of monumentsSmith's curatorial projects include Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams at the Woodmere Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA. (2021), the 2021 Atlanta Biennial exhibition Virtual Remains at the Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, GA. (2021), and Zipporah Camille Thompson: Looming Chaos at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA. (2020).His writing has been published in Art in America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and ART PAPERS, where he is a contributing editor. In 2021 he was invited to be the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Vashon Artist Residency and, most recently, he was a 2022 recipient of an Andy Warhol Writers Grant.Smith is a doctoral student in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware, where he researches art, material culture, and the built environment. He received his Master of Arts in American Studies and his Bachelor of Arts in English and African American Studies, with a certificate in Creative Writing from Saint Louis University.See More: www.tksmith106.com + TK Smith IG @tksmith106Follow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Episode 77 features Adrienne Elise Tarver, an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and administrator with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of the black female identity in the Western landscape--from the history within domestic spaces to the fantasy of the tropical seductress. She has exhibited nationally and abroad, including solo or two-person exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, Georgia; Victori+Mo (now Dinner Gallery) in New York; Ochi Projects in Los Angeles; Hollis Taggart in New York; Wedge Curatorial in Toronto, Canada; Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY; BRIC Project Room in Brooklyn; and A-M Gallery in Sydney, Australia. She has been commissioned for projects through the New York MTA, the Public Art Fund, Google, Art Aspen, and Pulse Art Fair and has been featured in online and print publications including the New York Times, Brooklyn Magazine, ArtNet, Blouin ArtInfo, Whitewall Magazine, and Hyperallergic, among others. She is currently the Director of Programs at the National Academy of Design. Previously she was the Associate Chair of Fine Arts at SCAD Atlanta, and prior to that was the Director of Art & Design for the Harlem School of the Arts. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BFA from Boston University. Portrait photo credit Eley photo Artist website http://www.adriennetarver.com/ The Aldrich https://thealdrich.org/exhibitions/adrienne-elise-tarver Atlanta Contemporary https://atlantacontemporary.org/exhibitions/adrienne-elise-tarver The Armory https://www.thearmoryshow.com/ Culture Type https://www.culturetype.com/2021/09/07/on-view-adrienne-elise-tarver-the-sun-the-moon-and-the-truth-at-aldrich-contemporary-art-museum-in-ridgefield-conn/ Dinner Gallery https://dinnergallery.com/adrienne-elise-tarver White Wall https://whitewall.art/art/art-aspen-awards-adrienne-elise-tarver-with-inaugural-artist-commission Hollis Taggert Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wft8TmSFnvE See Great Art https://www.seegreatart.art/adrienne-elise-tarver-the-sun-the-moon-and-the-truth/ Boston University https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/gallery-adrienne-elise-tarver/

Episode No. 509 features artist Allison Janae Hamilton and curator Tamara Schenkenberg. Allison Janae Hamilton is included in "Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse," which is at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond through September 6. The exhibition, which was curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, examines the aesthetics of early 20th-century Black culture across the South. It details how sonic and visual parallels in Southern Black culture have informed and shaped broader contemporary American culture. She's also included in "Enunciated Life" at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, which considers Black spirituality. It was curated by Taylor Renee Aldridge and runs through August 15. Hamilton's work investigates and reveals the South's history and landscape and their influence on the American story across photographs, sculpture, video and installation. She has had solo exhibitions at Recess in New York, the Atlanta Contemporary and at MASS MoCA, and New York's Times Square Arts and Creative Time have presented her work. Clips from several of the Hamilton video installations discussed on this program are available on Hamilton's Vimeo page, including: Wacissa (2019); Waters of a Lower Register (2020); and A Pale Horse (2021); On the second segment, Schenkenberg discusses her exhibition "Hannah Wilke: Art for Life's Sake," which is at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in Saint Louis through January 16, 2022. The career-spanning exhibition features 120 works that reveal how Wilke considered the vulnerability of the human body as essential to experiencing life and connection. The museum's exhibition guide is available as a free download.

Lois Reitzes talks with Veronica Kessenich, Atlanta Contemporary executive director, and artist Jiha Moon, curator of the virtual exhibit “Out Loud.”

This week, we talk about a virtual visual arts show. Like everything else, the visual arts have felt the impact of the pandemic. It's made it more difficult to see the work in person, but it's also prompted museums and galleries to expand online access. This week, we're talking about the work of Dawn Williams Boyd, whose work you can actually see in person at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. It offers a perspective on the Black experience, through the medium of quilts, or, as they're referred to here, cloth paintings. Rosalind Bentley brings us a couple of conversations about this show on this week's AccessAtlanta podcast

We're excited to say good riddance to 2020, and even more excited for our Season 3 finale guest, Shikeith!!! Shikeith is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work investigates the experiences of black men within and around concepts of psychic space. His work has recently been featured in solo exhibitions including the Alexander Brest Museum & Gallery, Jacksonville University, Locust Projects in Miami, FL, Atlanta Contemporary, and The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art in Pittsburgh, and his films have been shown at Moma in NYC. He received a 2019 Painters & Sculptors Grant from The Joan Mitchell Foundation, the 2020 Art Matters Foundation Grant, is a recipient of the 2020 – 2021 Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellowship. A Philly native, Shikeith currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA, and joins us today from his artist residency at Fountainhead in Miami, FL. We learn more about the deep and intentional symbolism and meaning behind his work and the materials that go into his work, the themes and intersections of blackness, masculinity, and queerness, we discuss specific installations, photographs, and films, and hear about his upcoming exhibitions! (see show links below)Thank you for listening to The Queer Creative in 2020. We hope you've enjoyed listening, and hope you will leave us a rating and review! We thank you for your support! Check us out on Instagram @TheQueerCreativePodcast, on Twitter @CreativeQueer, and on YouTube by searching The Queer Creative. SHOW LINKS:Shikeith's website: https://shikeith.comTwitter: @shikeithism / https://twitter.com/shikeithism"Feeling the Spirit in the Dark" exhibition at The Mattress Factory: https://mattress.org/works/feeling-the-spirit-in-the-dark/Stream Shikeith's latest film, "A Drop of Sun Under the Earth," on the Criterion Collection: https://www.criterionchannel.com/a-drop-of-sun-under-the-earth

Lois Reitzes interviews musician Mike Kinnebrew about his music and new album "One Way To Find Out," recorded live at Eddie's Attic; Safe Hands Company cofounder, Christi Woods, and artist Yoyo Ferro about the Safe Hands Artist Series; educator Kyra Sampson and Karen Singer, artist Tiny Doors ATL, about their virtual arts lesson plan for kids and teachers; and Veronica Kessenich of the Atlanta Contemporary and Angela Harris of Dance Canvas about their partnership to provide space for dancers and performances.

Lois Reitzes talks with Grammy award-winning composer, producer and songwriter Tena Clark about her career, focusing on songs she has written for social justice movements and protests; and Veronica Kessenich, executive Director of the Atlanta Contemporary as well as curators Kristen Cahill and Daricia Mia DeMarr about the exhibition "She Is Here."

Lois Reitzes talks with chef Alton Brown and Elizabeth Ingram about their web series "Quarantine Quitchen," former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier about his work under five administrations and Veronica Kessenich about the Atlanta Contemporary bringing art into your home.

Peachy Keen spent the morning at home talking art over coffee and pound cake with visiting curator, Rachel Reese. The kind of person that graduates from college ahead of schedule (3 ½ years, y’all!), Reese amassed an impressive resume of arts-related positions before landing in her current gig as Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums in Savannah.An Atlanta native, she shares some insights from her time at BURNAWAY and the Atlanta Contemporary. (Why would a digital art magazine want to do a print edition? Where did Sliver Space come from? This is your chance to find out.)We break down how Reese’s remarkable experiences working for big-name galleries like Deitch Projects in New York and Fleisher/Ollman in Philadelphia have translated (or not) into her career down South, share a few laughs at the expense of our well-meaning thrift store art shopping moms, and get the low down on the ins and outs of being a curator for the oldest public art museum in the South.

Chloe Wise is an artist born in Canada who lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She’s had solo shows at Almine Rech in Paris and her current solo in London, Galerie Division in Montreal, Retrospective Gallery in Hudson, NY, and at Galerie Sebastien Bertrand in Geneva, Switzerland. She’a had numerous group shows including ones at Arsenal Contemporary, Art Basel Miami Beach, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Sargent’s Daughters, Journal Gallery, 4906 in LA, Atlanta Contemporary, Eric Firestone and more. Her work has been covered in Artnet, Architectural Digest, 212 Magazine, Purple Diary, Frieze, Surface, Forbes, Hi-Fructose and many others. Brian stopped by Chloe’s Lower East Side studio just after her return from the opening of her solo show, “Not That We Don’t” at Almine Rech in London for a talk about layered process, bodily fluids, growing as a painter, making sculptures, her cat and studio mate Pluto and much more. This episode is sponsored by Golden Artist Colors and the New York Studio School.

Tiffany Latrice talks about her early art career, creating capacity and opportunity for black women artists in Atlanta and what led her to start TILA Studios. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Alex Acosta talked about his roots in Hip-Hop and the origin of Soul Food Cypher, Atlanta’s role in Hip-Hop, the state of freestyling as an art form and the responsibility of preserving culture. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Shannon Evans discusses the convergence of art, food entrepreneurship and guiding Studio No. 7, inspiring new ventures on her horizon, plus how the creative community and policy makers might find ways to work better together. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Michi Meko talks about how artists Nipsey Hussle, Alice Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix are of interest to him right now, developing artistic language around trauma and history, and how he creates space for home (Alabama) in his life and work. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

T. Lang talked about what’s inspiring her, where she sees her leverage for capturing value for her work, interpreting dance in contemporary Hip-Hop and how she adjusts to changes in her body as movement artist. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Teresa Bramlette Reeves talks about her connection to the early history of Atlanta Contemporary, the importance of Nexus Press, some of her favorite projects and how she transitions between roles as both artist and curator. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Dubelyoo shares some thoughts his role of artist and curator with Art, Beats + Lyrics, and the importance of capturing culture and drawing inspiration through travel. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Mark Leibert shares some perspective on his fascination with process, his dance background, Day & Night Projects and his approach to teaching. IN SPACE is a collection of conversations with Atlanta-based artists, curators, creators, makers, leaders and educators. Each of these conversations was produced in the open space confines of Atlanta Contemporary, providing an opportunity to allow the activity, energy and sounds of the art center to add to the context of the dialogue. Special thanks to the Atlanta Contemporary leadership and staff in supporting this project.

Tessa Perutz is an artist currently based in New York City yet about to move to Europe. She was born in 1988 and in addition to making art she also curates Massif Central a collection of silk scarves by contemporary artists. She received her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She has shown at Pablo’s Birthday, Serving the People, Joshua Liner, Atlanta Contemporary, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dayspace in Philadelphia, Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco and others. She’s had residencies in Berlin, San Francisco and Iceland and her work has been covered in Artforum, uxtapoz, Milk Magazine, Modern Painters, ArtInfo and many others. From February 15th to March 15, 2018, Pablo's Birthday Gallery in NYC exhibited Karma Solaire, a solo show by Tessa that was created in remembrance of her close friend, the artist and poet, Paul Saeio. Brian met Tessa on the last day of her show at the gallery and they spoke about her growing up dj’ing, skateboarding, writing, a run in with Nan Golden, experimenting in work and much more.

Shamim M. Momin, director and curator at public art organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division, gives a public talk at Atlanta Contemporary. Momin discusses some of her organization's philosophy on public art, some of the memorable projects, and her personal journey to this stage in her career after an initial stint at the Whitney Museum.

Peachy Keen visited Kelly Kristin Jones in her studio at the Atlanta Contemporary just before the opening of her solo exhibit Cotton is Still King at the Sandler Hudson Gallery (November 2 - December 8, 2017). Jones explains how her Midwestern background informs her current practice, including her years teaching film photography to digital natives, and how her MFA program at the Art Institute of Chicago challenged her to confront her own position on the supposed “truth-telling” nature of photography as a medium. She gives us the lowdown on using her own work as a bridge to understanding both familiar and unfamiliar locations, her interest in “flipping the script” on urban landscapes, and how she adjusted to the "Mars" that is Rush Week in Athens, GA, after a lifetime in Chicago. Jones explains the process of collecting and producing images at Civil War historical marker sites that culminated in her current series of photographic “counter-memorials,” and why documenting seemingly small or personal events is worth the effort.

Veronica Kessenich, Executive Director of the Atlanta Contemporary, took a break from preparing for Art Party 2017 to take Peachy Keen on a behind the scenes tour of the capital improvements currently underway. We talked about her thwarted childhood dreams to become a dancer, her experiences as a student then professor at women's colleges, and her secret writing habits.  She explains how she landed at the Contemporary, showing some love for her mentor, Fay Gold, along the way. And of course, she gives us the scoop on what to expect at Art Party.

Chakura Kineard invites Peachy Keen into her spacious, glitter-filled studio at the Atlanta Contemporary to talk shop. She reflects on her experiences as a woman of color navigating public education in the South, her rebellious tendencies as they relate to art-making, and the job prospects for millennials in a baby-boomer's world.  We geek out discussing her use of found objects in an art historical context, but keep it real by using the all-knowing eye of Instagram as a touchstone. She shares some hilarious insights on some not-so-hilarious situations—like how to win the racists vs. non-racists "competition"—and educates us on the difference between a "loc" and a "townie" in the Athens scene.

Mitchell performs her piece, One Shot, shooting a single arrow through sheets of paper where it stays, suspended. Mitchell's piece, Limousine. Acrylic latex on wood panel and black neoprene. 72 X 180 in. ZNP welcomes multi-media artist and all around warm spirit, Kirstin Mitchell, to talk about her most recent exhibit, Midnight at the Oasis (at Hathaway Gallery until July 11) and her re-entry into the art world using her given name, having performed as Kiki Blood for years. She describes the Kiki Blood years as a necessary time for exploring aggression and the return to herself as permission for softness. Staying busy a must for excitable types- and working on immense pieces keeps the whole body involved. We talk meditating on color and the need for sharing food and laughs with friends at dinner parties. Please enjoy this vibrant episode!Official Bio:Kirstin Mitchell is a multi-media artist living in Atlanta, GA.In 2017, Mitchell has shown at University of Georgia and been selected as a highlight in Art in America for an experimental studio exhibition during her Eyedrum Studio Fellowship. She performed a solo show at the Atlanta Contemporary in March 2016, and has performed with the support of the Franklin Furnace Fund and the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival. She has shown in galleries and art centers in Atlanta, New Orleans, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and internationally in Austria and Italy. Mitchell's work has also been reviewed in Art Papers and Flash Art magazines. Find out more and keep informed on what's next at www.kirstinmitchell.com

Tom Gray of DELTA MOON tells of his beginnings with The Brains and how a dobro led to forming a new band. Matt Arnett shares the incredible tale of artist and musician LONNIE HOLLEY. He has a show currently up at the ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY and will be playing music there with Ben Sollee on Tuesday, 1/31. Podcast RSS  Subscribe iTunes          Subscribe STITCHER          Google Play          TuneIn Radio

Back at Joe’s Atlanta Contemporary studio, Matthew offers an update on his effort to make his vinyl collection great again. Following up on an earlier discussion regarding the cleaning of vinyl records with wood glue, the Spin-Clean record cleaning system is reviewed. The Rolling Stones’ Goats Head Soup is rediscovered. The origin story behind the […] The post On Clean Grooves and Male Virility | Episode 8 appeared first on Brain Fuzz.

Joe and Matthew’s conversation continues at Joe’s studio on the campus of Atlanta Contemporary. Art stops in Denver are recommended. Another stop – a Mexican restaurant with a dive show – is described and deemed a must-see. The accompanying images should whet your appetite (note that no food is pictured). A term is added to […] The post Flight of the Seagull | Episode 5 appeared first on Brain Fuzz.

It’s now 2016 and almost one year since their last recording. Joe and Matthew scout a couple of locations for acoustics. Still, they settle back into Joe’s studio at Atlanta Contemporary for the day’s conversation. They catch up on the state of his studio and how a studio becomes a home. In other events, Matthew’s recent trip […] The post So What Have You Been Up To? | Episode 3 appeared first on Brain Fuzz.

In the first episode of the Brain Fuzz podcast, Joe and Matthew consider doing a podcast. They discuss a potential space for recording – live in Joe’s artist studio at Atlanta Contemporary. The Atlanta Contemporary space has its peculiarities which leads them down several conversational paths. Discussion of studio life ensues, including the separation of studio […] The post So We’re Thinking About Doing a Podcast . . . | Episode 1 appeared first on Brain Fuzz.