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at 1:30 p.m. and "Easy on the Mat”
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.
The Georgia Museum of Art's In Dialogue series presents “Look, Paint,
Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura” through May 23.
Art
ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES
(Athens Institute for Contemporary
Art: ATHICA) Residencies provide
administrative support, exhibition
and performance facilities, and a
small stipend. Artists may work
in any or multiple disciplines and
traditions, including but not limited
to visual, curatorial, musical, per
forming, written, experimental, cin
ematic, digital and theatrical arts.
Residents can work independently
or collaborate with others. Visit
website for quarterly deadlines.
www.athica.org/call-for-entries
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
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
CALL FOR ARTISTS TO DECORATE
PUBLIC ART PANELS (Oconee
Cultural Arts Foundation) Seeking
local artists to design six new
art panels that will be displayed
throughout the city of Watkinsville,
as well as to help restore existing
panels. Panels are 4-foot x 6-foot
or 4-foot x 8-foot and must be
completed by May 8. Artists will
receive a $300 stipend. Contact La
Ruchala Murphy at 706-769-4565
or director@ocaf.com
EARTH DAY 2021 ART CHALLENGE
(Online) Artists are invited to create
a work that celebrates and inspires
good neighbors to establish a more
unified, equitable, prosperous and
compassionate community. All
media are accepted. Awards are
offered in the categories Apprecia
tion, Awareness and Action. Dead
line Apr. 15 at midnight. Online
exhibition runs Apr. 22-30. www.
sustainability, uga.edu. communi-
ty-engagement/art-challenge
OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House
Arts Center) Studio members have
access to spaces for painting, print
making, photography, ceramics,
jewelry, fiber and woodworking.
Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10
a.m.-6 p.m. $65/month. nicholas.
daglis@accgov.com
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-foot x 10-foot booth.
www.theindiesouth.com
Glasses
ART CLASSES (Oconee Cultural Arts
Loundation) “Creative Drawing with
Watercolor” is for ages 18 & up.
Thursdays, Apr. 15-29, 6-8 p.m.
$75-100. www.ocaf.com
BASIC BLACKSMITHING (Greenhow
Handmade Ironworks, Comer)
Students will forge and assemble a
wall mount rack with three hooks.
Skills taught will be tapering/
drawing out, twisting, scrolling and
bending, riveting, cutting and basic
forging fire management when
working in the coal forge. Tools
and materials included. Apr. 10
or Apr. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $150.
“Building a Throwing Tomahawk"
will be taught Apr. 24, 9 a.m.-5
p.m. $175. www.greenhowhand-
made.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
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and
practice how to change your rela
tionship with difficult thoughts and
emotions. Email for the Zoom link.
Second Lriday of the month, 6-7
p.m. LREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net
SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA)
Lor adults, couples and children.
Learn from experts with years of
professional experience. Contact
for details. 706-372-4349, marina
bilbao75@gmail.com, www.marina
-spain-2020.squarespace.com
YOGA CLASSES (Revolution Therapy
and Yoga) “Outdoor Yoga with Meg
Brownstone,” every Sunday at 10
a.m. $5-10 suggested donation.
“Trauma Conscious Yoga with
Crystal,” every Thursday at 6 p.m.
$10 suggested donation. “Yoga for
Well-being with Nicole Bechill,”
every Saturday on Zoom at 10:30
a.m. Pre-registration required.
rubbersoulcollective@gmail.com,
www.revolutiontherapyandyoga.com
ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth
Alder offers “Off the Lloor Yoga”
(chair and standing) on Mondays
yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30
p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class
or $18/month. 706-612-8077,
ommmever@yahoo.com
Events
ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of
Art) “Artist Talk: Bo Bartlett” on Apr.
1 at 1 p.m. “Morning Mindfulness
via Zoom,” Apr. 2 at 9:30 a.m.
“Slow Art Day” on Apr. 10 at 2 p.m.
“Artful Conversation: Eldzier Cortor”
on Apr. 14 at 1 p.m. “Curator Talk:
Modernism Loretold: The Nadler
Collection of Late Antique Art from
Egypt” on Apr. 15 at 1 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
BEAST MODE LISTENING PARTY
(Akademia Brewing Co.) Celebrate
the release of the local metal band's
new EP, Pound of Flesh, with a lis
tening party and official release of a
Pound of Llesh IPA beer. CDs and
special tapes from Shadebeast will
be available. Apr. 3, 2-6 p.m. www.
facebook.com/BeastModeGA
BOSS BABES (Online) Next Act and
the Black Theatrical Ensemble
present a virtual cabaret devoted
to celebrating influential female
artists like Lady Gaga, SZA,
Kacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande,
Destiny's Child and more. Available
beginning Apr. 3, 7 p.m. uganext
act.weebly.com/boss-babes
BREWERY EVENTS (Southern
Brewing Company) Monday Night
Trivia at 6 p.m. Live music by
Lunky Bluester every Tuesday at
7 p.m. Sunday Trivia with Solo
Entertainment Sundays at 5 p.m.
www.sobrewco.com
BUSTER BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
(Online) Caleb Zane Huett cele
brates his second book, Buster,
and speaks with his editor, David
Levithan, who is also the author of
The Mysterious Disappearance of
Aidan S. Apr. 6, 7 p.m. www.avid
bookshop.com
DINNER AND A SHOW (Hender-
shot’s Coffee) Live music and din
ner with The Plate Sale every Lriday
and Saturday. The lineup includes
Don Chambers on Apr. 9-10 and
Haunted Shed on Apr. 16-17. Visit
website to reserve your seat. www.
hendershotsathens.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 Lacebook Live.
Apr. 10,12 p.m. www.uleadathens.
org/dreamfest
EASTER EVENTS (Multiple Loca
tions) Lay Park will host “Easter
Egg Scramble” with games, crafts,
photos and an egg hunt for ages 10
and younger on Apr. 3 from 10:30—
11:30 a.m. Memorial Park will
host its annual “Breakfast with the
Bunny" on Apr. 3 from 9 a.m.-12
p.m. www.accgov.com/myrec
GARDEN TOUR OF ATHENS
(Multiple Locations) The Piedmont
Gardeners host their annual spring
garden tour. 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. $10-20.
www.piedmontgardeners.org
GLOBAL GEORGIA INITIATIVE
EVENTS (Online) “E Pluribus
Unum Reflections on Immigration
in America in Music and Visual
StMDOXi] G5MB
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 Apr. 2 from 12-5 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.
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 paint
ing, printmaking and textile-based mixed-media works. Through Apr. 25.
• “In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura."
Through May 23. • “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.
JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Harper Calhoun pres
ents a collection of charcoal portraits. Through April.
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.) 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.
Through Apr. 3. • On view in the lobby case, Luka Carter's “Flywheel"
combines small sketches, studies and found objects into a realized mood
board. 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 protests and ral
lies featuring the work of Penny Noah with Nathaniel Burkins, Lucy Calhoun
and $ean 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 regional cultural center in
1976. Through June.
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. 23.
TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) See Dan Paint presents “Twenty-
One Moby Dicks Spontaneously Monsterified on Pieces of the Wreck of the
Pequod.” 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. Huh 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.
wihson.uga.edu.
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