Monthly Archives: October 2013

October 25

THE HIGH- WITNESS: THE ART OF JERRY PINKNEY

NOVEMBER , 2013 Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, touches on themes such as the African-American experience, the wonders of classic literature and the wisdom in well-loved folk tales. The works in the exhibition celebrate small, extraordinary moments, as well as significant historical events, reflecting the […]

October 24

PAULA DIETZ: TIME AND TIMELESSNESS IN THE TUILLERIES GARDEN

HIGH MUSEUM OF ART OCTOBER 24, 2013 6:00PM Paula Deitz, Editor of the Hudson Review, is a writer and cultural critic in the fields of art, architecture, and landscape design. Deitz contributed an illuminating essay for The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden exhibition catalogue on her early days as a student and of the Tuileries as […]

October 18

ATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER- LUCINDA BUNNEN: GEORGIA PORTRAITS OPENING RECEPTION

OCTOBER 18- DECEMBER 13 6-9PM 327 ST. PAUL AVENUE SE ATLANTA, GA 30312 Atlanta Preservation Center’s Drawing Room Gallery will be the site of an important photography exhibit celebrating the work of Lucinda Bunnen. This exhibit, curated by Constance Lewis and Jerry Cullum, presents 27 portraits of Atlantans and others who have and continue to […]

October 17

SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART- POSING BEAUTY IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

SEPTEMBER 5-DECEMBER 7 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is the first institution in the Southeast to present the nationally touring exhibition, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture.” Featuring more than 75 photographs by leading, emerging, and amateur photographers, “Posing Beauty” explores ways contemporary understanding of beauty has […]

October 17

ACP LECTURE SERIES: DEBORAH WILLIS. PH.D. – REFRAMING “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL” CONVERSATION WITH THE CURATOR

OCTOBER 17 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART 7PM Deborah Willis, Ph.D. is one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography and curators of African American culture. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an […]

October 13

ATLANTA OPERA: TOSCA

Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giacomo Puccini and Luigi Illica Conducted by Carl and Sally Gable Music Director Arthur Fagen Directed by Tomer Zvulun Sung in Italian with projected English translations Lies, lust and corruption turn a tale of love into a struggle for survival in Puccini’s Tosca.  Amid the bloodshed of revolutionary Rome, the […]

October 07

SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART: REFRAMING “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”

OCTOBER 17 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART Deborah Willis, Ph.D. is one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography and curators of African American culture. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an affiliated […]

October 05

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: EUGENE ONEGIN

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON OCTOBER 5, 2013 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 45 MIN Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Deborah Warner’s new production, set in the late 19th century, moves episodically from farmhouse to ballroom, with a […]

October 05

FLUX NIGHT 2013

OCTOBER 5, 2013 7PM-MIDNIGHT – ONE NIGHT ONLY! CASTLEBERRY HILL ARTS DISTRICT WALKER & NELSON STREETS SW ATLANTA, GA 30313 Atlanta’s 4th annual night of art + experimentation returns to the Castleberry Hill Arts District on Saturday, October 5. For one night only the streets and empty spaces of the neighborhood will be filled with […]

October 03

ACP LECTURE SERIES: ALISON WRIGHT

OCTOBER 3, 2013 PACE ACADEMY AUDITORIUM 7 PM – 8:30 PM Journey around the world with National Geographic photographer, Alison Wright, as she captures the universal human spirit through her photographs. Ms. Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. A recipient […]

October 03

PACE ACADEMY FINE ARTS CENTER- “FACE TO FACE: PORTRAITS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT”: ALISON WRIGHT

OCTOBER 3-OCTOBER 31 PACE ACADEMY FINE ARTS CENTER Journey around the world with National Geographic photographer, Alison Wright, as she captures the universal human spirit through her photographs. Ms. Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. A recipient of the Dorothea […]