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Art is everywhere in Athens. Here are
some specifics on Olympic-visitor-specific
events and exhibits, but check out Flagpole
Magazine each week. “Art Patrol'' will give
yon up-to-date info.
The Lyndon House Art Center
293 Hoyt St. *613-3623
The Lyndon House's 23rd Annual
Juried Exhibition encompasses all media
with its 95 pieces Susan Lubowsky, former
director of the Visual Arts Program of the
National Endowment for the Arts, was the juror.
The Lyndon House has extended its hours
during the Olympics: Monday. Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.-5
p.m., Tuesday from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday
from 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
The Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter St. 613-3650
“Shout!," paintings and photographs of
the McIntosh County Shouters by Art and
Margo Rosenbaum, are in the Young Adult
Section July 15-Aug. 12. In the lobby, they'll
have a banner from the 1972 Munich
Olympics through the end of August.
“Georgias Olympic Athletes.” photos and
memorabilia from past and present
Georgia Olympians, will be on display in
the Heritage Room.
T’ie Cooperative Arts union
Is an upstart group of artists, who will set
up an outdoor juried art show during the
Panathenic Festival. Artists will enter artworks
of the more study media, such as sculpture
and large paintings, since it is an outdoor show.
Call 357-4503 for more details.
The Five Ring Circus Art Exhibit
This art show has been traveling in
support of the Five Ring Circus CD (see
Page 27). It is composed of local sculpture,
painting and photography, and returns to
Athens for the Olympics. A silent auction
of the art is planned, with the results
announced Saturday, Aug. 3, on the stage
across the street, just before the final Five
Ring Circus music performance. Call 357-
4503 for more details.
Alan Campbell
“Southlight: Images from Athens and
Georgia,” will be on display in the restored
1902 Fire Hall #1, which is now the
centerpiece of the new Classic Center. The
pieces in the show represent 20 years’
worth of watercolors and oil paintings by
local artist Alan Cambell.
While you're at the Classic Center, take
a look around — it's a work of art in itself. It
won an Outstanding Rehabilitation Project
Award from the Georgia Trust for Historic
Preservation for the way the fire hall was
included into the building. The brickwork
won the Masonry Assoc'ation of Georgia s
1995 Excellence in Masonry Award.
beating out all that Olympic construction
over there in the big city.
Yard Dog Folk A it Gallery
Yard Dog is an art gallery from Austin,
Tex., that exhibits and sells folk, outsider
and visionary art created by self-taught
artists from across the South. They’ll set
up on College Square as part of the
PanAthenic Festival. The
works of Howard Finster,
Daniel Troppy, Roy Finster,
R.A. Miller and other
visionary artists will be on
display. Call 357-4503 for
more details.
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Local Galleries
There are a number of
galleries and shops in
Athens exhibiting works by
local artists and craftsmen.
The Art Patrol, a regular
weekly feature in Flagpole, is
your guide to where the art is. Pick up a
copy and use it.
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
2450 S. Milledge Ave. 542-1244
An exhibition of paintings and
photographs, “Flora of Georgia,” will
celebrate one of the most biodiverse states
in the union. While you're there, enjoy the
trails and gardens.
Speaking of gardens, on UGA's North
Campus, an exhibit in Caldwell Hall (9 a.m.-6
p.m. daily) featuring works of UGA alumni who
designed the landscaping for Olympic venues
coincides with tours of the nearby Founders
Memorial Garden (9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily).
The Georgia Museum of Art
UGA East Campus 542-GMOA
Several exhibits will be up during the
Olympics: Patrick Dougherty’s sculpture,
“Frank Buchser, a Swiss Artist in America,"
“The American Scene in Prints,” Jane
Manus’ sculpture, “Tiffany Glass from the
Collection of the Late Dr. Edward L.
McConnell,” "Picaresque Voyages; Albert
P. Ryder's Shore Scene' and Howard Pyle's
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Marooned,’” "Artists of Utopia:
Contemporary Aboriginal Art," as well as
the Museum’s permanent collection.
In the Georgia Museum of Art's old
building on UGA's North Campus, see
“California Impiessionists," “Greek Icons
after the Fall of Constantinople" and "Alfred
Heinrich Pellegrini.”
UGA's Visual Arts Building
Jackson Street on North Campus, 542-1511
The home of UGA’s world-renowned art
school will exhibit “Selections from the
Faculty and Graduate Students."
UGA's Georgia Center for
Continuing Education
Corner of Lumpkin St. and Carlton St.
A Native American arts
and educational exhibit, “The
Red Road,” featuring early
Southeastern beadwork,
basketry and tools will be
displayed in Hill Atrium.
Special demonstrations are
July 20 and 21 and July 27
and 28 from 9 a.m.-noon and
1-4 p.m.
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Southworks '96
In Watkinsville (south of
Athens on Hwy. 441).
Southworks ’96 is underway
with a juried arts and crafts exhibit, open
daily through Aug. 17 (Monday-Saturday:
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday: noon-5 p.m.). The
juried artists market, with its arts and crafts
demonstrations and live performances, wili
be July 20-21 and July 27-28. Call 769-
5519 for more information.
But is it Art?
Maybe and maybe not, but you’ll still want
to visit the UGA Main Library for its historical
exhibits—“A Splendid Misery: The Presidency
of Thomas Jefferson," the Gone with the Wind
collection, Georgia and UGA history exhibits,
a Georgia writers showcase, and a display
of African-American Southern history.
...and let s not forget Mr. Peabody
The Peabody Awards will set up an
exhibit in the UGA Visitors Center featuring
broadcast coverage of past Olympics and
other video presentations from the
Peabody Collection. The awards, which
recognize excellence in broadcast and
cable television, have been administered
by UGA’s College of Journalism for more
than 50 years.