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Art
ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY
(Athens, GA) The ACD is a new
platform to connect creatives with
patrons. Visual artists, musicians,
actors, writers and other creatives
are encouraged to create a free
listing. Users can search for artists
offering commissions for holiday
gifts, athenscreatives@gmail.com,
athenscreatives.directory
CALL FOR ARTISTS (Creature
Comforts Brewing Co.) Local artists
and curators can submit proposals
for the CCVC Gallery throughout
2021. getartistic@ccbeerco.com,
www.getcurious.com/get-artistic/
call-for-artists
EARTH DAY 2021 ART
CHALLENGE (Online) Artists
are invited to create a work that
celebrates and inspires good neigh
bors to establish a more unified,
equitable, prosperous and compas
sionate community. All media is
accepted. Awards are offered in the
categories Appreciation, Awareness
and Action. Deadline Apr. 15 at
midnight. Online exhibition runs
Apr. 22-30. www.sustainability.
uga.edu.community-engagement/
art-challenge
SPRINGTACULAR (Athens, GA)
Participate in a large outdoor market
celebrating everything handmade.
Deadline to apply as a vendor is
Apr. 15. Market held May 1,10
a.m.-5 p.m. and May 2,12-5 p.m.
$150/10’x10’ booth, www.theindie
south.com
Glasses
ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural
Arts Foundation) "Creative Drawing
with Watercolor” is for ages 18 &
up. Thursdays, Mar. 25—Apr. 8 or
Thursdays, Apr. 15-29, 6-8 p.m.
$75-100. www.ocaf.com
DEDICATED MINDFULNESS
PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly
Zoom meditations are offered every
Saturday at 8 a.m. Email for details.
jaseyjones@gmail.com
DIVINATION BY THROWING
BONES WORKSHOP (Margo
Metaphysical) Learn the ancient
form of divination of bone casting
in this two-hour workshop. Comes
with a mini bone kit. Apr. 25,1 p.m.
$25. www.atalantamoonfire.com
GROW YOUR BUSINESS
WORKSHOP (Online or West
Broad Community Garden) Athens
Land Trust hosts a course designed
to help budding entrepreneurs
develop their businesses. The
program features speakers, lec
tures, in-class work and individual
coaching. Wednesdays at 5:30
p.m., Mar. 24—Apr. 28 (Online)
or Saturdays at 2:30 p.m., Mar.
27-May 1 (In Person). FREE!
ellie@athenslandtrust.org, www.
athenslandtrust.org
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and
practice how to change your rela
tionship with difficult thoughts and
emotions. Email for the Zoom link.
Second Friday of the month, 6-7
p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net
SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA)
Learn from experts with years of
professional experience. Contact
for details. 706-372-4349, marina
bilbao75@gmail.com
ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth
Alder offers "Off the Floor Yoga"
(chair and standing) on Mondays
at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat”
yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30
p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class
or $18/month. 706-612-8077,
ommmever@yahoo.com
Events
1 YEAR FRANNIVERSARY (Franny's
Farmacy) Celebrate the shop's
anniversary with free CBD samples,
a weirdness parade, a food truck
and a raffle. Yoga will be offered on
Friday, and live music at Franny’s
and Flicker Theatre and Bar (after-
hours) will be held on Saturday.
Proceeds benefit Nugi's Space.
Mar. 19-21. 706-224-9505
ABNORMAL BAZAAR (Indie South)
Shop for vintage and one-of-a-kind
items. Hendershot's Coffee and
local pastry maker Suncat Sweets
will be set up. Every third Saturday.
Mar. 20,10 a.m.-2 p.m.
ACC LADIES HOMESTEAD
GATHERING ANNUAL PLANT
SALE (3065 Smokey Rd.)
Medicinals, herbs and vegetable
starts. Order online Mar. 20-24.
Pick-up and in-person sale Mar.
27. Find the event on Facebook
ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of
Art) “Artful Conversation: Emma
Amos” on Mar. 17 at 1 p.m. “Panel
Discussion: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Magic Realism”
on Mar. 18 at 1 p.m. “Yoga
in the Galleries” Mar. 18 at 6
p.m. “Morning Mindfulness via
Zoom,” Mar. 19 at 9:30 a.m.
“Toddler Tuesday To-Go: Look and
Compare” on Mar. 23. “Teen Studio
via Zoom: Color Odyssey” on Mar.
25 at 5:30 p.m. “Art + Wellness
Studio" on Mar. 28 at 2 p.m. www.
georgiamuseum.org
ATHENS FARMERS MARKET
(Bishop Park) The 2021 season will
run Saturdays through Dec. 18, 8
a.m.-12 p.m. www.athensfarmers
market.com/vendors
ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET
(Sound Track Bar) The troupe per
forms at an in-person show. Mar.
26 at 7 p.m. showgirlcabaret@
gmail.com, www.athensshowgirl
cabaret.com
BREWERY EVENTS (Southern
Brewing Company) Monday Night
Trivia at 6 p.m. Live music by
Funky Bluester every Tuesday at
7 p.m. Sunday Trivia with Solo
Entertainment Sundays at 5 p.m.
Outlaw Country Night Mar. 19
from 5-11 p.m. Live music by
Susto Mar. 20 at 5:30 p.m. www.
sobrewco.com
DEANA CARTER (Classic Center)
The country music singer-song-
writer performs a live acoustic set.
Mar. 27, 8 p.m. www.classiccenter.
com
DINNER AND A SHOW
(Hendershot's Coffee) Live music
and dinner with The Plate Sale
every Friday and Saturday. The
lineup includes CLOUDS on Mar.
19-20 and Grassland String Band
on Mar. 26-27. Visit website to
reserve your seat, www.hendershots
athens.com
DREAMFEST 2021 (Online) U-LEAD
Athens, an organization that sup
ports the educational equality of
immigrant families, presents an
event with artwork, speakers, per
formers and information. Watch via
YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
Apr. 10,12 p.m. www.uleadathens.
org/dreamfest
GLOBAL GEORGIA INITIATIVE
EVENTS (Online) “Writing Socially
Engaged Fiction” with Megha
Majumdar, Mar. 18 at 4 p.m.
“Translation as a Literary Trope”
with Jee Leong Koh, Mar. 25 at
4:30 p.m. “Conversation with Musi
cian Val Jeanty and Author Renee
Gladman" on Apr. 20 at 7 p.m.
willson.uga.edu
HAMILTON: HOW THE MUSICAL
REMIXES AMERICAN HISTORY
(Online) University of Maryland
historian Richard Bell explores
the musical phenomenon and its
historical accuracy. Mar. 22, 4 p.m.
www.historycomesalive.org/event/
hamilton-musical
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY
(Elbert Theatre, Elberton) Encore
Productions presents a show about
the legendary songwriter, complete
with a full live band. Mar. 19-21.
$9-16. 706-283-1049
LGBTQIA+ VIRTUAL ALPHABET
FAMILY GATHERING (Online)
This is a safe space for anyone on
the LGBTQIA+/TGQNB spectrum.
Fourth Sunday of every month,
6-8 p.m. uuathensga.org/justice/
welcoming-congregation
LIVE JAZZ (Porterhouse Grill) Enjoy
dinner and some smooth jazz.
Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. www.porter
houseathens.com
LIVE MUSIC AT ATHENTIC (Athentic
Brewing) Katalysst performs Mar.
19, 6-8 p.m. Julia Ryan performs
Mar. 27, 6-9 p.m. www.athentic
brewing.com/events
MARCH FOR MEALS 5K (Athens,
GA) Athens Community Council on
Aging presents a virtual 5K from
Mar. 21-27. Proceeds benefit
Meals on Wheels, accaging.org
MISERY (Online) Athens Creative
Theatre presents a virtual produc
tion of Misery by William Goldman
based on the novel by Stephen
King. Mar. 25-26, 7 p.m. $6. www.
accgovga.myrec.com
PANCAKES FOR PAWS (American
Pest Control) Meet adoptables from
the Madison Oglethorpe Animal
Shelter. Activities include a pancake
breakfast fundraiser, puppuccinos,
silent auction and kids activities.
Mar. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. www.
operation50-50.com/get-involved
PIEDMONT GARDENERS SPRING
TOUR (Multiple Locations) Amble
through four local, do-it-yourself
gardens of different styles. Visit
website for tickets and locations.
Rain or shine. Apr. 17,10 a.m.-4
p.m. www.piedmontgardeners.org
RAP ON TRIAL: CRIMINALIZING
BLACK CULTURE (Online)
Panelists include Deborah
Gonzalez, Andrea L. Dennis, Montu
Miller, Mariah Parker and Samantha
C. Hamilton. Visit website to
register. Mar. 17, 7 p.m. www.
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/
events/event/802
RIPPLE EFFECT FILM PROJECT
(Sandy Creek Park) Vote by for your
favorite short films about water.
Register to attend the drive-in
Ripple Effect Blue Carpet Premiere.
Registration ends Mar. 18. Event
held Mar. 20 at 7:45 p.m. www.
accgov.com/4767/Ripple-Effect-
Film-Project
SOUTHERN STAR STUDIO OPEN
GALLERY (Southern Star Studio)
SSS is a working collective ceram
ics studio established by Maria
Dondero in 2016. The gallery con
tains members’ work. No more than
two people or a single group inside
at a time. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. southernstarstudioathens@
gmail.com
SPRING ACTIVITIES (Athens, GA)
A variety of activities in the arts,
environmental science, recreation,
sports and holiday events are
planned for adults and children.
Now enrolling, www.accgov.com/
leisure
SPRING ARTIST MARKET (Finley
Light Factory) Shop for art, cloth
ing, jewelry, tarot and prints. Watch
a performance by Convict Julie.
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ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski
St., Suite 1200) Artist-in-ATHICA Sara Hess presents “Courtside," an
installation that explores the tennis court visually and conceptually through
printmaking, painting and sculpture. Open studio hours for public drop-in
visits are Mar. 19, 26 and Apr. 2 from 12-5 p.m. Open Third Thursday, Mar.
18 from 6-9 p.m. Virtual Artist Talk held Apr. 6 at 7 p.m. On view through
Apr. 7.
ATHICA@CINE GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Jacob Wenzka's solo
show “Ecumenopolis” features paintings and drawings inspired by the idea
of a “world city" where giant cities have fused together to cover an entire
planet. Through April.
CIRCLE GALLERY AT THE UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND
DESIGN (285 S. Jackson St.) Atlanta artist Rachel Evans Grant presents
“Natural Engagement: Where Earth Meets Sky.” Through Apr. 15.
CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING CO. (271 W. Hancock Ave.) “Tender
Wild” includes 12 new paintings on wood panel by Marisa Leilani Mustard.
Through Mar. 28.
GALLERY AT HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Athens Facades” presents
Mike Landers’ photographs of buildings downtown and in Five Points at dark
between 2000-2002.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey”
is a retrospective exhibition that includes over 60 works ranging from
painting, printmaking and textile-based mixed-media works. Through
Apr. 25. • “Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American
Realism.” Through June 13. • “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the
Horvitz Collection” represents three generations of artists dating from the
1940s. Through Sept. 26. • “Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection
of Late Antique Art from Egypt.” Through Sept. 26. • “Power and Piety in
17th-Century Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28.
GLASSCUBE 2 INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Funded by an Arts in Community
award from the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, Jaime Bull's “Diorama”
reimagines natural history museum displays through large-scale assem
blages of 1980s wicker furniture graffitied in psychedelic colors. Closing
event Apr. 15 at 6 p.m.
LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) John Douglas Powers,
the inaugural recipient of the Margie E. West Prize, presents a site-specific
kinetic sculpture and video installation called “The Rivers Oceanus.” •
“Social Dissonance” is a group showing of first-year students in the MFA
program that examines life in the current movement. • The Athens Black
Lives Matter Initiatives' group show “Resistance and Resilience” features a
variety of student work. • The annual scientific illustration show highlights
work by UGA and Augusta University students. All shows run through Apr. 1.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) “Window Works” is a new
outdoor project that utilizes the windows at the building's entrance. The
first installation presents a triptych and diptych by Noraa James that were
inspired by love, the Black body, primary colors and afrofuturism. Through
March. • In the Lounge Gallery, Victoria Dugger's solo exhibition “Mind the
Body" explores the dynamic relationship between ourselves, our bodies and
the world around us. Virtual artist talk Mar. 18 at 6 p.m. Through Apr. 3. •
On view in the lobby case, Luka Carter’s “Flywheel” combines small sketch
es, studies and found objects into a realized mood board. Virtual Artist Talk
Mar. 18 at 6 p.m. Through Apr. 10. • Collections from our Community
presents “Julie Rutledge's Grandparents' Avon Bottles.” Through Apr. 10.
• “Athens Together” is an exhibition of documentary photography of pro
tests and rallies featuring the work of Penny Noah with Nathaniel Burkins,
Lucy Calhoun and Sean Dunn. Through Apr. 10. • The 46th annual Juried
Exhibition features 161 works by 116 local artists selected by juror Hallie
Ringle of the Birmingham Museum of Art. On view through June 26.
MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “The
125th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating the Home of the Madison-Morgan
Cultural Center” explores the Romanesque Revival building that was built as
a graded schoolhouse in 1895 and became a cultural center in 1976.
MASON-SCHARFENSTEIN MUSEUM OF ART (567 Georgia Street,
Demorest) “Marie T. Cochran: Notes on an Affrilachian daughter in the era
of COVID-19.” Through Mar. 25.
OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) A
Pottery Pop-up Sale features a rotating selection of handmade ceramics
by regional artists. New potters go on view every two weeks. Margaret
Patterson, D. Morgan, Cindy Angliss, Sheryl Holstein, Kathy King and M.
Henderson are on view through Mar. 13. • The annual Youth Art Month
Exhibit features pieces by students attending public and private schools in
Oconee County. Through Mar. 26.
STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The new
Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum at the Center for Art and Nature holds
the collections of Deen Day Sanders, a charter board member of the garden.
The eight galleries blend conservation, botanicals, art, beauty and curiosity.
STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead)
“Celebrating Creative Genius: The Art, Life and Legacy of Eatonton, Georgia
native David Driskell" features original artworks and prints, plus photo
graphs and artifacts from the artist's early life. Student artwork inspired by
the exhibition is also on view. Through Apr. 22.
SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Dortha
Jacobson. Through Apr. 16.
TIF SIGFRIDS (83 E. North Ave., Comer) The gallery presents “Nora Riggs:
Fortress of Solitaire.” Through Apr. 17.
TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) See Dan Paint presents “Twenty-
One Moby Dicks Spontaneously Monsterified on Pieces of the Wreck of
the Pequod.” Open on Third Thursday, Mar. 18, 6-9 p.m. On view through
March by appointment.
UGA SCHOOL OF LAW (225 Herty Dr.) Williams Elliot Stiles Jr., an accom
plished artist, Atlanta attorney and UGA School of Law alumnus, recently
unveiled a new commission, “1961,” to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of desegregation at UGA.
UGA MAIN LIBRARY (320 S. Jackson St.) “Georgia Trailblazers: Honoring
the 60th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA" chronicles the historic
events of 1961 when Hamilton Holmes and Charlene Hunter became the
first African American students admitted to the university.
UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) “Pylon: Tourists
in Rock 'n Roll" celebrates the local band through photos, outfits, memora
bilia and more. Through May 31. • “Making Space: Fighting for Inclusion,
Building Community at UGA” chronicles the journey of students advocating
for racial and social justice on campus. Through July 2. • “The Hargrett
Hours: Exploring Medieval Manuscripts” presents original items from the
collections, dating back centuries, as well as findings from students' in-
depth studies. Through Aug. 26.
WILLSON CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS (Online) As part of
UGA's Spotlight on the Arts, the Willson Center presents “Shelter Projects,"
a virtual exhibition of over 30 projects created by graduate students or
community practitioners who reflect pandemic experiences through the arts.
willson.uga.edu.
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