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“What Our Dreams Might Be Worth” by Michael Sawecki was selected for the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation's
25th annual “Southworks” juried exhibition. Visit ocaf.com/southworks to view the entire collection.
Art
AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The
Athens Area Arts Council is seeking
applicants for its quarterly $500
grants. All local artists, arts orga
nizations or arts-based projects are
welcome to apply. The next deadline
is June 15. info@athensarts.org,
www.athensarts.org
ART FOR ATHENS (Athens, GA)
The Red & Black is organizing Art
for Athens, an online fundraiser to
benefit the local service industry. All
proceeds from sales of prints and
original art will be donated to the
Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency
Relief Fund and the Giving Kitchen.
Artists can donate works and set
their own prices, and The Red &
BlackmW handle the promotion
of pieces, shipping and payment
processing, www.redandblack.com/
store
#ARTSCENTERONLINE (Lyndon
House Arts Center) Though currently
closed to the public, the Lyndon
House is still offering educational
programming and art activities
online. Search for the hashtag
#ArtsCenterOnline on Instagram and
Facebook for art education programs
for families sequestered in their
homes, virtual tours and other art
related activities designed for shel
tering in place, www.accgov.com/
lyndonhouse
ARTS IN COMMUNITY GRANTS
(Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural
Affairs Commission awards grants
of $1,500 each to promote creative
placemaking in the community.
Grants will be awarded based on
the level of community enrichment
through the arts, contribution to the
local identity and quality or artistic
merit. Artists, local organizations
and groups can apply. Deadline
May 20,11:59 p.m. Fill out online
proposal. info@athensculturalaffairs.
org, www.athensculturalaffairs.org
Classes
ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop)
Virtual classes are now held through
Zoom. “Calligraphy Club” is held
every first Thursday, 5:30-7 p.m.
FREE! hello@kaartist.com, www.
kaartist.com
MORNING MINDFULNESS (Georgia
Museum of Art) Participate in a
guided meditation session through
Zoom. Every other Friday at 9:30
a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org
YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5
Points Yoga) Classes include Slow
Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin,
Power, Hot Yoga and beginners
classes. Visit the website for a
schedule of available live streams.
www.athensfivepointsyoga.com
Help Out
THE ARK’S SHERO 2020 Join The
Ark in honoring the women whose
strength, courage, stamina and grace
shine forth in the darkness of the
present crisis. Send a card to moth
ers, teachers and nurses through
the month of May. $10 donation per
card will benefit The Ark’s COVID-
19 Assistance Fund. arkumoc@
msn.com, www.athensark.org/
arkshero2020
Kidstuff
ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art
Club Junior" is for ages 8-12 and
held on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. “Art
Club for Teens is for ages 12-18 and
held Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Subjects
include pointillism (May 1), pop art
(May 8), paper lanterns (May 15),
radial symmetry (May 22) and paper
airplanes (May 29). Check website
for details and to register. Classes
are held over Zoom. $15. www.
kaartist.com
LIVE FITNESS FOR KIDS (Athens,
GA) Children can participate in
virtual fitness activities daily from
10:30-11:15 a.m. www.athens.
macaronikid.com
Support Groups
CRISIS TEXT LINE (Athens, GA)
Anyone experiencing an emotional
crisis can text GA to 741741 to
speak with a trained crisis counselor.
Children and teens welcome. This
service is free, confidential and
available 24/7. www.crisistextline.
org/textline
NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI
Connections” is a support group for
adults living in recovery with mental
illness. “NAMI Family Support” is
for family members, friends and
caregivers of individuals with mental
illnesses. Multiple online groups
are now available. Days, times and
contact information is available at
www.namihall.org and www.namiga.
org. 770-225-0804, namihallga@
gmail.com
RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery
Dharma) This peer-led support
group offers a Buddhist-inspired
path to recovery from any addiction.
Meetings are currently held through
Zoom atzoom.us/j/2465753412.
Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. FREE! Find
“Recovery Dharma Athens GA” on
Facebook
On The Street
ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY
SYSTEM OFFERINGS (Multiple
Locations) The library expanded its
online collection of digital eBooks
and audibooks by 80%. Titles can
be downloaded directly to mobile
devices using the RBDigital app
with your library card information.
RBDigital also offers hundreds of
titles of digital magazines for both
kids and adults, www.athenslibrary.
org/online-library
COMMUNITY COVID STORIES
(ACC Library) The Athens Regional
Library System is collecting COVID-
19 experiences from the community.
Submissions can be written jour
nals, photos, videos, oral histories
and saved social media posts.
Stories will be permanently archived
through The Heritage Room. Fill
out the submission form at athens
library.org. heritageroomref@athens
library.org
FREE ONLINE STREAMING OF
ATHENS RISING Stream local
filmmaker James Preston’s local
culture documentaries, Athens
Rising 1: The Sicyon Project and
Athens Rising 2: Transmittance.
Donations will be distributed to the
Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency
Relief Fund, Athens Virtual Tip Jar,
Classic City Love, Athens Works
Initiative and the Athens Community
Foundation Community Response
Fund, www.athensrising.com
MEALS ON WHEELS (Athens, GA)
The Athens Community Council
on Aging provides meals and other
resources to older adults and those
living with disabilities. Volunteers
and donations are also accepted.
706-549-4850, www.accaging.org
ONE DUMB VIDEO (Chispa House)
Chispa House is hosting a new
platform called One Dumb Video
that allows creatives to submit short
videos to compete for cash prizes.
One Dumb Video will award $100 to
a daily winner, and every week there
will be an additional $300 bonus
to the weekly winner, determined
by community votes, www.vimeo.
com/401218230
SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF ATHENS
(Athens, GA) The Athens Welcome
Center is offering self-guided tour
brochures of their popular walking
or driving tours. Read about some
of the most iconic Athens landmarks
and locations. Options include an
African-Amercian Driving Tour,
Downtown Athens Tour, Athens
Music History Tour and more. There
are also narrated Athens Podtours
with recordings of local stories and
music, www.athenswelcomecenter.
com/tours
THE GIVING KITCHEN (Athens, GA)
Service industry workers in need can
receive financial assistance, tips and
additional resources. Donations are
also being accepted, www.thegiving
kitchen.org
TRIAL GARDEN PLANT SALE
(111 Riverbend Rd.) The UGA Trial
Garden is offering a sale of annuals,
perennials, herbs, cacti, succulents
and more. Proceeds support student
workers. Online ordering begins
May 13. Pick up May 16-18. $5/
plant, ugatrial.hort.uga.edu
Virtual Events
BAND TOGETHER: A VIRTUAL
CONCERT SERIES (Athens, GA)
The Classic Center presents live
performances on YouTube at Band
Together Athens every Thursday at
7 p.m. Terrapin will host a “Terrapin
Toast" introducing each act with a
different personality each week. See
Pip the Pansy and Sam Burchfield
on Apr. 30. Donations will sup
port the Athens Area Community
Foundations COVID-19 Community
Response Fund. Local artists or
businesses interested in participat
ing should email bandtogether@
classiccenter.com
CINE FILMS (Cine) Cine has part
nered with film distributors to make
films available online. Cine receives
half of ticket sales. Current and
upcoming films include The Roads
Not Taken. Sorry We Missed You,
Nothing Fancy and Bill Cunningham
New York, www.athenscine.com
FOOD2KIDS YOGA DAY Fuel Hot
Yoga and UGA Food2Kids host
virtual classes on Apr. 29,10 a.m.-6
p.m. UGA Food2Kids has also part
nered with Shop with a Bulldawg for
“Pandemic Relief: Bulldawgs Against
Hunger” in support of the Food Bank
of Northeast Georgia, www.food
banknega.org/food2kids
LIVE FROM OVER THERE (The
Lewis Room at Tweed Recording)
Watch live broadcasts from musi
cians’ homes. Oh Jeremiah and
Andrew Huang play on Apr. 29 at
7 p.m. Hibbs Family Band, Sarah
Zuniga and Lily Dabbs play on May
1 at 6:30 p.m. www.twitch.tv/tweed
recording
THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY:
COVID-19 IN ATHENS, GA
(Athens, GA) Historic Athens
presents an 11-week, 55-episode
interview series designed to doc
ument the effect of coronavirus on
Athens. The free interactive series
is available every weekday at 1 p.m.
through June 26. www.facebook.
com/historicathens©
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CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville:
A Pop-Up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent
locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey,
Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni Younkins-
Herzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland" features a total
of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire
Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and
others.
GALLERY AT INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Tiny Universe #3" is an exhibit of
small works by over 70 artists from Athens and Atlanta. Through May 30.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Louis Comfort Tiffany:
Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features over 60 objects spanning
over 30 years of the famous stained glass artist's career. Through May 10. •
“Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition" is an annual exit show
for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Lamar Dodd School of
Art. Through May 17. • “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley”
contains approximately 30 lithographs and two paintings. Through June
21. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome" celebrates Michelangelo
Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through Aug. 23. • “Altered Landscapes:
Photography in the Anthropocene” includes images that demonstrate hu
manity’s impact on the natural world. Through Sept. 27. Though the museum
is temporarily closed, many of the exhibitions, as well as the permanent
collection, are currently available to view online at georgiamuseum.org.
GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Supple Moments, Dark Corners”
is a site-specific installation by Eli Saragoussi that is accompanied by a
soundscape by Max Boyd called “Jungle Drone." Saragoussi recently incor
porated additional set pieces built for Ad»Verse festival. Through summer.
K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love Show 2020" celebrates love
in all its many forms through works by dozens of artists. Artists include
Hannah Betzel, Karen Cook, Laine Gay, Lakshana Hall, Helen Kuykendall,
Maggie Seee, souptycoon and many more. While the brick-and-mortar shop
is temporarily closed, the exhibition can be experienced virtually at kaartist.
com through April.
LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Available in an online
gallery at art.uga.edu, ’Amiko Li: The Purpose of Disease" presents the Dodd
MFA Fellow in photography's explorations into acupuncture, palm reading,
psychogenics, herbal supplements, antibiotics and the regeneration of
limbs. BFA exit shows are also posted.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The “45th Juried
Exhibition” presents 199 works by 144 local artists. Through July. •
Collections from our Community presents “Michael Lachowski’s Trail
Trash," a display of bags of litter picked up by the artist during hiking and
backpacking trips dating back to 1995. Through May. 2. • On view in the
Lounge Gallery, Lee Coffey presents a solo show of oil paintings celebrating
the mundane, drawing inspiration from flea markets, thrift stores, internet
holes, advertisements, art history and everyday objects. Through May. •
The Lyndon House is currently closed to the public, but is presenting daily
installments of artwork and activities on Instagram and Facebook using the
hashtags #45JuriedShowOnline and #ArtsCenterOnline.
OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville)
Juried by Chris Clamp, the 25th annual “Southworks" exhibition features a
juried show of works in all media submitted from across the country. The
2020 Director’s Choice exhibit presents “Inside and Outside," a solo show
by Tom Stanley of Rock Hill, SC. Both shows are available online at ocaf.
com through May 29.
THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Melody Croft.
Through May 8.
UGA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (1180 E. Broad St.) “The Earth Day (Art)
Challenge" is a virtual exhibition of works commemorating the 50th anniver
sary of Earth Day. Visit sustainability.uga.edu/earth-day-art.
UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) Online exhibi
tions include “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection," “Foxfire on
Display at UGA: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in
the North Georgia Mountains, September-December 2016,” “Covered With
Glory: Football at UGA, 1892-1917” and “Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and
UGA Football, 1939-1950." Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits.
THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) A series of drive-by art auctions
are displayed in the front window, and bidding is done through Facebook.
Artists include Mux Blank Apr. 27-29, Caitlin Webb Apr. 30-May 2, Sam
Balling May 3-5, Keith P. Rein May 7-9 and more.
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