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Abernathy Arts Center ‘exposes’ local artists in photo show
SPECIAL
Atlanta Artists Center
member Grace
Hawthorne submitted
a digital pastel piece
titled “Singing in
the Rain,” inspired
by a photograph
taken at the Atlanta
Botanical Garden.
BY MARTHA NODAR
Local artists team-up to kick off the
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival
at the Abernathy Arts Center in Sandy
Springs this fall.
ACP is a nonprofit organization dedi
cated to promoting photography as an art
medium. Celebrating its 15th anniversa
ry, the ACP Festival, which is known for
emerging in different venues around At
lanta every October, opens at the Aberna
thy center a little early this year.
“Abstractions: Celebrating Al
tered Photography” runs from Sept.
20 through Oct. 25, and features work
from members of the Buckhead-based
Atlanta Artists Center. AAC is a non
profit association devoted to those inter
ested in learning about art.
An altered photograph is an im
age which has been modified, such as
through cropping, sharpening the con
trasting, adjusting the color, etc., to cre
ate something slightly different than the
original, either by using Photoshop or
another similar program.
Dunwoody resident John Howe and
married couple Grace Hawthorne and
Jim Freeman of Buckhead are among
the AAC members showing their photos
in the Abernathy exhibit.
Hawthorne, a freelance writer who
just published her first novel, which is
titled “Shorter’s Way,” admits she was
not interested in photography until she
started dating her husband of almost 20
years.
“I wanted to learn about Jim’s inter
ests,” she said.
But she is quick to emphasize that
while Freeman is a photographer with
vast knowledge on how to use a cam
era, she views herself “simply as a pic
ture-taker,” with an eye for composition
and less technically-inclined.
Freeman, a Vietnam veteran, said he
developed an interest in photography
during his adolescence. But it was not
until he was stationed in Saigon in 1968
that he began to take his craft more seri
ously, and took action pictures in com
bat. He describes photography as “the
language of the eye.”
This resonates with Howe, who ma
jored in film production and views the
lens as an expressive tool. Howe’s “Em
pire” is a photo taken with black and
white film, which he then scanned the
negative, generated a digital file, and
manipulated it with the computer pro
gram Photoshop.
Howe said he photographed the im
age reflected in a mirror of what appears
to be a building next to the Empire State
Abstractions: Celebrating
Altered Photography
Where: Abernathy Arts Center
Gallery, 254 Johnson Ferry
Rd. N.W., Sandy Springs
Contact: 404-613-6172
When: Sept. 20 through Oct. 25
Reception: Sept. 20, 6:30-
8:30 p.m., public is invited
Regular Hours:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Saturday: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission: Free
Building. “There was this mirror on the
side of the buildings, which I thought
had an incredible energy,” Howe said.
The defined black and white lines in
Howe’s “Empire” are a sharp contrast
to Hawthorne’s digital, soft pastel color
piece titled “Singing in the Rain.” Haw
thorne said she took a photo of a display
at the Atlanta Botanical Garden depict
ing an umbrella floating in mid-air, and
then cropped it.
“Grace’s piece is beautiful and lyr
ical,” Howe said. “It is a lovely tribute
to the 1952 classic film of the same title
with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.”
For more information about the fes
tival, visit: www.acpinfo.org.
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Fall festivals ready for visitors
Labor Day has passed, so it’s time to
get out of the house and check out the
community Fall festivals popping up
around metro Atlanta. Here are some
festivals arriving in September.
Sandy Springs Festival
Now in its 29th
year, the Sandy Spring
Festival, the primary
fundraiser for Heritage
Sandy Springs, offers a
juried artists’ market,
kids’ zone with inflat-
ables, a petting zoo
and face painting, arts
and crafts, silent auc
tion, and a pet parade.
Enjoy two days of live
music, entertainment, gourmet food op
tions, rides and more.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the 2nd an
nual ArtSS Chalk Walk art competition
gets under way, with $3,000 going to
the winners. The festival kicks off with
the Doug Kessler Sandy Springs Light
ning 10K.
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m. -
7 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m.-
5 p.m.
Where: Heritage Green, 6075 Sandy
Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328.
How much to get in: Tickets, $5 for
adults (age 18+) and $2 for youth (ages
6-17). Children ages 5 and under and
Heritage Sandy Springs members are
free. Two-day passes also available for
adults ($7) and youth ($3).
Additional information: Festival
will be held rain or shine. The event
is pet friendly. No smoking. Beer and
wine available for purchase onsite. Free
parking/shuttle at Century Springs East
and West lots at the corner of Lake For
rest Drive and Hammond
Drive. To learn more, visit
sandyspringsfestival.com.
Fall Folklife Festival
The Atlanta History Cen
ter in Buckhead hosts its an
nual Fall Folklife Festival,
featuring traditional crafts,
southern foods, and environ
mental sustainability. Young
sters will enjoy a petting zoo
and a “southern storyteller,” with activ
ities such as blacksmithing, candle dip
ping, woodworking and natural dyeing
capturing everyone’s imagination. Oth
er highlights include short films, live
music and smokehouse demonstrations.
When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 10:30
a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Where: Atlanta History Center,
130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta,
30305.
How much to get in: Free for center
members; $16.50 (regular admission)
for non-members.
Additional information: Treats
from food trucks, and locally-brewed
beers available for purchase. To learn
more, visit atlantahistorycenter.com.
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