HOLLY ANDRES Holly Andres was born in Missoula, Montana in 1977. b. Holly Andres uses photography to examine the complexities of childhood, the fleeting nature of memory, and female introspection. Typically her images rely on a tension between an apparently approachable subject matter and a darker, sometimes disturbing subtext. She has had solo exhibitions in […]
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July
15
NOTCH 8: INRATIO GROUP SHOW OPENING
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A Group Exhibition focusing on each artist’s interpretation of how they strive to create balance between their lives and art. Artists on view are listed below: Erin Bassett “This work is about personal identity and equilibrium. Where do I begin and end?” Carl Janes “My work is a type of ritual that manifests a reality. […]
July
04
MET MUSEUM OF ART: MANUSxMACHINA: FASHION IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Costume Institute’s spring 2016 exhibition explores how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear. With more than 170 ensembles dating from the early 20th century to the present, the exhibition addresses the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, when the […]
June
26
SUMMER 2016: THE APPRENTICE WITH OCCASIONAL SUPERSTAR AKA FABIAN WILLIAMS
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Summer 2016- best summer ever- scored myself an apprenticeship with fine artist Fabian Williams on my own! Learned so many techniques and got exposed to so many different types of media and connected with loads of Atlanta art scene peeps. Looking forward to next summer!! POSSE VIDEOS: POSSE PHOTOS:
June
22
NYC SUBWAY OPERA
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I was going down into the subway at 59th Street and I heard singing… I found Drew Low singing opera in the subway at rush hour. We missed our train in order to hear him sing to me. It was great!! POSSE VIDEOS: POSSE PHOTOS:
June
18
THE SECRET SPOT GATHERING
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A summer night gathering at The Secret Spot with with a band atop the Carl’s studio, dogs ad beachballs. So fun! POSSE PHOTOS:
June
17
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER: SWAN HOUSE: FASHION IN GOOD TASTE
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Each main room of the 1928 Swan House presents examples of the defining clothing of a particular decade. Spanning the 1920s through the 1960s, Fashion in Good Taste explores Atlanta’s past through fashion for each of the decades that Swan House was occupied by the Inman family. The exhibition comprises 28 examples of women’s and men’s clothing, including two […]
June
07
FAHAMU PECOU’S MURAL AT THE MLK MARTA STATION WITH FABIAN AND JOE KING
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May
15
ATLANTA OPERA: ROMEO & JULIET
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Come with The Atlanta Opera as we venture to Verona, and meet Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile feuding families. Not seen on the Atlanta Opera stage since 2007, Charles Gounod’s opera in five acts, sung in French, reexamines the story through a decidedly French romantic lens. In France, the work is regarded as […]
May
12
HIGH MUSEUM FCMA- FRANKLIN SIRMANS
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Newly appointed director of the Perez Museum and 2007 Driskell Prize winner Franklin Sirmans will lecture on American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and the psychological and spiritual terrain of the American south. POSSE PHOTOS:
April
21
THE HIGH: VIK MUNIZ
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Vik Muniz is an innovative artist who creates imagery within a nexus of diverse media. Working with a dizzying array of unconventional materials—including sugar, tomato sauce, diamonds, magazine clippings, chocolate syrup, dust, and junk—Muniz painstakingly builds tableaux before recording them with his camera. From a distance, the subject of each resulting photograph is discernible; up […]
April
19
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- THIS LIFE WITH GRACIE
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This Life With Gracie: Meet Layla, the Metropolitan Opera’s youngest ambassador Atlanta Journal Constitution Living Section This Life With Gracie: Meet Layla, the Metropolitan Opera’s youngest ambassador Atlanta Journal Constitution Online Issue http://www.myajc.com/news/lifestyles/meet-layla-the-metropolitan-operas-youngest-ambass/nq7RB/
April
16
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2016- ROBATAYA DINNER
posted by Layla
At Robataya NY, where festive meets intimate, we pair oganic, local ingredients with their select Japanese counterparts. Originating in the Sendai region of Japan, Robatayaki is a traditional Japanese barbecue where fresh seafood, savory meats and seasonal vegetables are grilled before you over an open hearth. Whether you choose to sit at the lively counter […]
April
16
NYC OPERA TRIP 2016: ROBERTO DEVEREUX BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET
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April
16
NYC OPERA TRIP 2016: ROBERTO DEVEREUX
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Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queen operas in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the […]
April
15
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2016- HIGH ART: ROBERTO DEVEREUX
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April
15
NYC OPERA TRIP 2016: PRIVATE DRESS REHEARSAL PREVIEW OF MOZART’S ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
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Met Music Director James Levine returns to a work he has long cherished, Mozart’s delightful comic gem of wily captives in a harem. Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera POSSE PHOTOS:
April
08
KAILIN ART: THE NEW SOUTH
posted by Layla
Kai Lin Art proudly presents our inaugural juried works on paper exhibition THE NEW SOUTH Friday, April 8th, 2016 7:00 – 10:00 PM runs through May 14 With 200+ artists submitting over 1,000 artworks, The New South features 69 national artists (and one from Sweden) each exploring the contemporary Southern experience through the versatile and dynamic medium of paper. The […]
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