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artists also included Jack Brock,
Kathryn Burke, Paul Chelko,
David Cogland, Thomas Dewberry,
Robert Gillespie, Walter Greer,
Bill Gray, Joe McKibben, Rhea
Montag, James Pace, Frances
Piel, and Toto.
Exactly six weeks from the
first meeting, the doors of Artists
Associates, Inc., Gallery opened
for business. And what an open
ing! At least two thousand At
lanta art lovers turned out that
sunny April day to pay tribute to
this handful of daring artists who
were willing to bet their time and
efforts and money, that Atlanta
was ready and waiting for an op
portunity to support its own talent.
And they were so right.
During the next six months,
there were good weeks and very
bad weeks.
The group had to learn a lot
about public relations, painting
with one hand, so to speak, and
meeting the needs of the new
business with every available
spare minute. Let it be under
stood that all of these artists had
at least one or two other jobs and
some had families.
Wives and husbands pitched in
and worked side by side with
their artist spouses, serving at the
monthly Sunday receptions, ad
dressing invitations, helping clean
the gallery, hanging new shows
and placing paintings in restau
rants, hotels, beauty shops and
anywhere that people could see
and appreciate art.
Every crisis was met and over
come, sometimes in the wee small
hours of the morning, and so the
Gallery grew and prospered.
Parents brought their children
by to pick out a painting to start
their very own art collection . .
The gallery offered its services to
do a portrait of the late Sarah
Murphey, in response to a request
by Columnist Celestine Sybley.
They held a special show to en
courage four art students from
Georgia. They held an outdoor
show to familiarize possible pa
trons with the works of art and
their creators.
They brought the international
ly famous Doug Davis to show
for the month of September.
Thus in trying to be of service
to the artistic life of their city,
their city took these artists to
their heart.
And six months after opening,
the Gallery was bursting at the
seams. Anticipating this, the di
rectors located more spacious
quarters just one block up the
street and plans were immediate
ly launched to secure at least
twenty more artists to join them.
Again hammers, nails and paint
buckets went into action.
In September, the artists met at
the old Gallery and one by one
picked up their paintings and
walked up the street to hang
them in the new location, 976
West Peachtree St.
Mrs. Chris Riley, an art major,
The Southern Israelite
who loves painting, and people,
an absolute necessity for running
a gallery, was appointed sales
manager for the new location.
On October 1, the artists, whose
ranks had now increased to forty,
were again reminded that the
people of Atlanta and surrounding
towns were appreciative of their
efforts and didn’t hesitate to show
it by both attendance and pur
chases.
The new gallery, spacious, beau
tiful and complete with variety
and subject matter, is something
the artists can be proud of—and
the city of Atlanta as well.
The walls are covered with
beautiful works of art from which
prospective owners can select.
Others can come and browse to
their hearts content in beauty.
Visitors can choose a painting
already created from the oils,
water colors, etchings, sketches—
or they can commission an artist
for special portraits, landscapes or
decor creations in suitable medi
um and shape for any purpose
imaginable.
With achievements — and many
sales—already on the books, the
group is rushing forward into new
fields for 1962 which offer more
artistic excitement and challenge
A lay-away plan has been
evolved for families wishing a
painting but not having all the
cash at once.
The role of the gallery as a
family art center is being stressed.
The artists feel that parents should
encourage children to visit art
galleries just as they do libraries.
They believe that Atlanta is the
natural art center of the South
and the group is laying plans for
broader horizons.
In 1962, several one-man shows
are being arranged. In January,
the public will have a chance of
visiting the Gallery and seeing
artists at work.
In March, a show of art efforts
by outstanding Atlanta and Sou
thern personalities will be spon
sored for the benefit of a local
charity.
But in the main the Gallery is
intended as a permanent place for
as many artists as possible to dis
play and sell their art.
This is the great problem of the
men and women who create.
Usually after creating a work of
art, an artist must waste time by
going through the not-too-digni-
fied process of turning into ven
dor and hawker. There are art
dealers of course, but these in
the main concentrate on the noted
and the famous, giving few op
portunities for new talent and
ability and claiming high com
missions.
In banding together mutually
for Artists Associates, the Georgia
artists feel they have instituted a
solution to the transition of art
works from the studio to the walls
of homes where these can be ap
preciated and loved.
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