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Weekend event honors local culture
Kick-off held
in art garden
By CRISSINDA PONDER
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Athens’ local art, food
and style culture fuses
together to celebrate the
city that nurtures them
and the heritage that
makes the town unique as
part of Blvd. Magazine’s “A
Weekend Fashion Affair”
this weekend.
The event kicking off
this artistic celebration is
“Blvd.’s House of Fashion,”
a fashion show featuring
summer looks from several
local boutiques.
“The majority of the
boutiques are doing trunk
shows to sell their mer
chandise," said Carly
Dennis, a senior fashion
merchandising major from
Alpharetta and events
director of Blvd. Magazine.
Before and during the
show, refreshments from
local restaurants, including
Speakeasy, will be served
while local jazz group The
Big Fundamentals and D J
Winston Parker perform.
The event will be held at
the Stan Mullins Art
Garden, located off Pulaski
Street. Mullins is a world
renowned artist who.
according to the Blvd. staff,
has had a lasting impres
sion on the Athens commu
nity. The Art Garden is
decorated with paintings
and sculpture by Mullins,
all in varying degrees of
completion.
“The venue is going to
be a nice big draw." said
Katie Hart, a senior public
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hours on his bus that has no shower,
you can’t take a shit on the bus, you
have to stop at these weird places,
[and] there’s ferry rides, so there’s
not very much sleep."
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the film by alternating between intel
lectual monologues and athletically
pumping out push-ups. The rest of
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▲ Megan, a model for Blvd. Magazine photographer Rasaan Wyzard poses
for an upcoming spread. Blvd. Magazine will host “A Weekend Fashion
Affair" which will raise money for the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.
relations major from Macon
and public relations direc
tor of Blvd. Magazine.
“Many people don’t know
about the garden.”
All the proceeds earned
from the event will benefit
the Athens-Clarke Heritage
Foundation, an organiza
tion dedicated to preserv
ing the historical buildings
in the Athens area.
"Athens is a community
built on historic structure
and preservation,” said
Kristen Rachels, Blvd.
Magazine's executive direc
tor. “It’s important to build
rituals, quietly exhibiting their own
personal blends of Stage presence
and solitude.
Barnes' artistry stitches together
an aesthetic that Simrill calls an
“Apollonian/Dionysian duality."
Dionysus, as the Greek god of wine,
chaos and community historically
contrasts Apollo, the god of light,
order and individuality.
"True art is when you have a
fusion of those opposites,” Simrill
NEWS & VARIETY
A WEEKEND FASHION AFFAIR
Blvd.’s House of Fashion
When: Tonight, doors open at
6. show starts at 8.
Where: Stan Mullins Art
Garden
Price: $8
upon and improve what’s
already here.”
The entire weekend is
dedicated to recognizing
and preserving Athens’
unique culture.
“There’s no other city
said. “And from an artistic stand
point, their art is musical, it is theat
rical, it’s visual. I think their music
really achieves an awesome fusion of
that synthesis, not only in content,
but also in form.”
Simrill plans to premiere “Family
Nouveau” at the AthFest Film Fest in
June and promises viewers a surprise
event at the screening that will com
plement the film's special mix of fam
ily bonds and zany antics.
Material World: Art Meets
the Runway
Whan: Friday, 7-11 p.m.
Where: Hotel Indigo
Price: Free
that has so many types of
people and appearances
living in one area,” Rachels
said “It’s a city where any
one from a working woman
to a hipster music junkie
can shop and thrive.”
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charcoal and materials
was taken from my lock
er,” said Leigh Oliver, a
freshman art
was worth about SIOO.
Nobody keeps a lock on
their locker, really. We’re
like a community. We
trust each other and
respect each other's
things.”
Other students lost
art they had planned to
include in the portfolios
they would use to apply
for art schools in the
future.
Although students
may have felt safe in the
art school building
before, Oliver said that
for many, that is no lon
ger the case.
“It’s kind of scary for
me. I’m always in there
alone at night,” she said.
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A University art student Colin Tom thought
his stolen work would never be recovered
until a friend found it in a nearby trash bin.
“Basically anyone can
get in if they Just knock
on the window. What
sucks is art students
kind of always look sus
picious, so we can never
tell.”
According to police,
there were no signs of
forced entry when the
pieces were originally
discovered to be miss
ing.
Despite the security
breach, Oliver said she
has not yet noticed any
major security changes.
One idea that has been
proposed, however,
would be to shorten the
time the building is open
to students.
“My teacher thought
hours might be cut
down,” Oliver said. “But
as undergraduates, we
need that time in the
studios.”
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