Monthly Archives: May 2015

May 21

LUCINDA’S WORLD PART III OPENING RECEPTION: WEATHERED CHROMES

Marcia Wood Gallery is delighted to announce its first exhibition of the renowned Atlanta artist Lucinda Bunnen. The exhibition will be the third in a cycle of three recent exhibitions by Bunnen, all under the name Lucinda’s World, each of the three shown in a different venue. Lucinda’s world is indeed a fascinating and evocative […]

May 20

PETER COPPING AT SCADSHOW

Join Peter Copping, the first creative director of Oscar de la Renta, for an exclusive conversation about the brand’s future. Prior to his role at Oscar de la Renta, Copping was a director at numerous leading fashion houses including Christian Lacroix, Sonia Rykiel and Louis Vuitton. Most recently he was artistic director of Nina Ricci. […]

May 19

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY ART 6TH ANNUAL NEXUS AWARD: MICHAEL ROOKS

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (The Contemporary) is pleased to announce that Michael Rooks is the recipient of the sixth-annual Nexus Award. Michael Rooks is the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Michael Rooks will receive the Nexus Award at a ceremony and reception to be […]

May 11

LIVE FLAMENCO TABLAO WITH CARLOS MENCHACA

From the National Institute of Flamenco and presented by Berdolé, Flamenco dancer Carlos Menchaca performs at Red Light Café with guitarist / singer Cristian Puig, percussionist Emrah Kotan, and dancer Julie Baggenstoss. The group performs in the tradition of the “tablao”, conversing in music and movement in the language of Flamenco. Featuring: Carlos Menchaca, dance At age 10, Carlos Menchaca began studying Mexican Regional Dance, Ballet, […]

May 03

THE BREMEN MUSEUM: BEARING WITNESS: PENINA BOWMAN

Penina Bowman is an Auschwitz Survivor from Romania who married an American GI. Her handmade wedding dress is currently on display at in The Breman’s Absence of Humanity Exhibition. Free Admission to the 2014-2015 Bearing Witness Series is provided through a generous gift from The Sara Giles Moore Foundation. VIDEO: POSSE PHOTOS:

May 01

THE HIGH: IMAGINING NEW WORLDS: WIFREDO LAM, JOSE PARLA & FAHAMU PECOU WITH MICHAEL ROOKS- CURATOR OF MODERN ART

Imagining New Worlds traces the lengthy career of Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), perhaps best remembered as a member of the Surrealist group in the 1940s. Born in Cuba to a Chinese father and mother of African and Spanish descent, Lam gave expression to his multiracial and cultural ancestry through a signature hybrid style of painting that blended […]