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“The Wolf at Piermont New York” by Palmer Hayden is currently on view in the
exhibition “Recognizing Artist Soldiers in the Permanent Collection.”
path to recovery from any addiction.
Meetings are currently held through
Zoom at zoom.us/j/2465753412.
Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. FREE! Find
“Recovery Dharma Athens GA” on
Facebook
SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Email
for Location) Athens Downtown SAA
offers a message of hope to anyone
who suffers from a compulsive
sexual behavior, www.athensdown
townsaa.com
On The Street
ACRONYM (Athens, GA) ACRONYM
is a new website compiling COVID-
19 aid for Athens-based live music
venues and artists. Check the
website for updated listings on
funding and financial opportunities,
mental health guides, organizational
support, community resources and
more. Visit acroynym.rocks
ATHENS FARMERS MARKET
(Bishop Park) The market is open
with safety precautions in place.
Wear a mask, pre-order when pos
sible, keep your family home and
use cashless payments. Saturdays,
8 a.m.-12 p.m. www.athensfarmers
market.net
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 Crescendo,
Life Itself, Military Wives, Diana
Kennedy: Nothing Fancy, The Painter
and the Thief, Lucky Grandma and
Up From the Streets, www.athens
cine.com
COMMUNITY COVID STORIES
(ACC Library) The Athens Regional
Library System is collecting COVID-
19 experiences from the community.
Submissions can be written journals,
photos, videos, oral histories and
saved social media posts. Stories
will be permanently archived through
The Heritage Room. Fill out the sub
mission form at athenslibrary.org.
heritageroomref@athenslibrary.org
Georgia Museum of Art’s online
THE FINCH (Online) “The Finch”
is a new podcast aimed to dissect
complext issues with a multidisci
plinary approach. Hear interviews
with professionals from the Center
for the Ecology of Infectious
Diseases, Center for Vaccines and
Immunology, Human Research
Protection Program and more.
sptfy.com/thefinchpodcast
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 weeekday at 1 p.m.
through June 26. www.facebook.
com/historicathens
VIRTUAL LEISURE SERVICES
(Online) ACC Leisure Services hosts
various fitness classes, craft ideas,
social distancing challenges, coding
games for kids, daily crossword puz
zles and other online activities, www.
accgov.com/leisure
Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes
out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
2020 OCAF MEMBERS’
EXHIBITION (OCAF, Watkinsville)
Now accepting submissions through
June 15. Current gallery member
ships are required, and all members
are guaranteed that at least one work
will be included. Exhibition will
be displayed virtually. Technical/
photography assistance available.
director@ocaf.com, www.ocaf.com
AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The
Athens Area Arts Council is offering
financial aid to artists in need. All
local artists, arts organizations or
arts-based projects are welcome to
apply, www.athensarts.org
ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES
(Athens Institute for Contemporary
Art: ATHICA) Residencies take place
throughout the year, provide admin
istrative support, exhibition and
performance facilities, and a small
stipend. Artists may work in any or
multiple disciplies and traditions,
including but not limited to visual,
curatorial, musical, performing,
written, experimental, cinematic,
digital and theatrical arts. Residents
can work independently or collab
orate with others. Visit website for
quarterly deadlines, www.athica.org/
call-for-entries
ATHENS POP-UP PARK CALL FOR
PUBLIC ART (Athens, GA) The
ACC Leisure Services Department is
seeking an artist or team to design a
bus wrap for a new minibus that will
be used to visit events and neigh
borhoods to share special program
ming. The selected artist will be paid
$800, and the cost of production
will be covered by Leisure Services.
Proposals must be submitted online
by June 5. www.accgov.com/leisure
Glasses
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! “Pencil Calligraphy Class”
is offered June 6 at 1 p.m. $15.
“Modern Calligraphy with Pointed
Dip Pen” is offered June 13 at 1 p.m.
$25. hello@kaartist.com, www.ka
artist.com
DEDICATED MINDFULNESS
PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly
Zoom meditations are offered every
Saturday at 8 a.m. Email for details.
jaseyjones@gmail.com
DRAWING WITH HEATHER JOSHI
(OCAF, Watkinsville) Classes cover
outlining, contouring, hatching,
crosshatching and scumbling
techniques. Classes include video
demos, slide shows and examples
using Google Classroom. June
8-30, July 6-31 or Aug. 3-31.
$120-150. www.ocaf.com
Kidstuff
ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) "Art
Club Junior" is forages 8-12 and
held on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. “Art
Club for Teens is forages 12-18
and held Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Check
website for details and to register.
Classes are held over Zoom. $15.
www.kaartist.com
VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMPS
(Treehouse Kid and Craft) Each
camper will receive a bundle of
supplies to keep, organized proj
ects, play dough, home rules, art
bingo and more. Themes include
creative beasts, under the sea, food
trucks, insects, matchbox mice
miniatures, slime and more. www.
treehousekidandcraft.com
Support Groups
AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple
Locations) Recovery for people
affected by someone else's drinking.
Visit the website for a calendar of
electronic meetings held throughout
the week, www.ga-al-anon.org
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
(Athens, GA) If you think you have
a problem with alcohol, call the
AA hotline or visit the website for
a schedule of meetings in Barrow,
Clarke, Jackson and Oconee
Counties. 706-389-4164, www.
athensaa.org
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
RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery
Dharma) This peer-led support
group offers a Buddhist-inspired
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AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Jennifer Wallens Terry is a medium, pet psychic
and spiritual coach. Her abstract paintings focus on texture and color, while
others feature celestial and symbolic imagery. Through June.
CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville:
A Pop-Up Sculpture Exhibit" consists of sculptures placed in prominent loca
tions 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 paint
ings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter
Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.
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. • "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.
• “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley" contains approxi
mately 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 humanity’s impact on
the natural world. Through Sept. 27. • "Recognizing Artist Soldiers in the
Permanent Collection” includes artists who served in conflicts from the
Revolutionary War through World War II, as well as ones who served in the
1950s. • “Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art” includes light-boxes and video an
imations that chronicle some of the most infamous museum heists in histo
ry. June 6-Sept. 6. • “Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary
Art from John and Sara Shlesinger.” June 6-Sept. 13. 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. In
celebration of International Museums Day, over 160 high resolution works
from the museum are available through Google Arts and Culture at artsand-
culture.google.com/partner/georgia-museum-of-art.
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.
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. • “KITCHEN” is a new animation by New York-based artist and for
mer Athenian Michael Siporin Levine, inspired by his quarantine experience.
BFA exit shows are shared on Instagram at @dodd_galleries.
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 “Hue and Carole Henry's Banana
Peels,” a photo series documenting a morning ritual in which Hue eats a
banana and arranges the peel in a glass for Carole, who uses it as still-life
material. • 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.
TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) Broderick Flanigan's solo exhibi
tion," Threads of Connection,” features a portrait of his grandmother, who
is connected by "threads" to other works throughout the space. An opening
reception will be held June 5, 6-9 p.m. Only 4-5 masked patrons will be
allowed in at a time. Works can also be viewed online or during private
viewings.
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/earthday-art-challenge-exhibit.
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.
FREE ONLINE STREAMING OF
ATHENS RISING Stream local
filmmaker James Preston’s local
culture documentaries, Athens
Ftising 1: The Sicyon Project and
Athens Ftising 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
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
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
(Athens Regional Library System)
This year's theme is “Imagine Your
Story.” Readers can sign up online,
check out digital eBooks, audio
books and magazines, and place
holds for curbside pickup. Prizes will
be awarded, www.athenslibrary.org
Virtual Events
GARDEN PORTAL PRESENTS
(Online) Michael Potter hosts virtual
performances every Thursday at 7
p.m. Upcoming performers include
Ariel Ackerly, Rob Noyes (Boston)
and J.R. Bohannon (NY), bit.ly/
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LIVE FROM OVER THERE (The
Lewis Room at Tweed Recording)
Watch live broadcasts from musi
cians’ homes. Find Tweed Recording
on Facebook for updates to the
schedule, www.twitch.tv/tweed
recording
MOVIE NIGHT IN (Online) Watch
a screening of No Small Matter, a
documentary exploring early child
hood education. Presented by the
Athens Chamber of Commerce and
the Early care and Learning Strategic
Action Team of Clarke County
(Family Connection: Communities in
Schools). June 5, 7:15 p.m. Find the
event on Eventbrite.
NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE
AWARENESS DAY (Online) Moms
Demand Action host a virtual meet
ing with Mayor Kelly Girtz. Wear
orange in solidarity of victims and
survivors of gun violence. RSVP for
meeting link. June 5, 7 p.m. tinyurl.
com/wearorangeathens
THE CRY BABY LOUNGE
PRESENTS (Online) Eli Saragoussi
hosts bimonthly shows using
YouTube Premeire. Find The Cry
Baby Lounge on Facebook. elinor.
saragoussi@gmail.com O
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