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Art
ATHICA’S BUY THE BUILDING
CAMPAIGN (Athens Institute for
Contemporary Art) In celebration
of its 20th anniversary, ATHICA
is hoping to purchase its current
facility. Donations are tax-deduct
ible and offer incentives, www.go
fundme.eom/f/athica-20th-birthday
CALLS FOR ENTRIES (ATHICA)
"Exposure” seeks works by under
graduate and graduate students at
the Lamar Dodd School of Art in
the photography and Art X depart
ments. Deadline Nov. 10. Exhibition
runs Nov. 29-Dec. 5. “Material
Alchemy: Metal and Color" seeks
works made from or informed by
metal and its collaboration with
color. Deadline Nov. 20. Exhibition
opens in spring, www.athica.org/
calls
COMMERCE FOLK TO FINE ARTS
FESTIVAL (Commerce Civic
Center) Seeking regional artists
for the 10th annual festival. Mar.
4, 3-8 p.m. Mar. 5, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
706-335-6417, folktofinearts@
commercega.org, www.folk-fine
arts.com
HOLI-LADDER-DAY MARKET (tiny
ATH gallery) Seeking artists to par
ticipate in the third annual market.
Each artist sets up their own ladder
to display crafts, art and wares.
Participate on one ($40) or both
days ($60). Register online. Dec.
11-12,10 a.m.-4 p.m. tinyurl.
com/hjr97cm
JOKERJOKERTV CALL FOR ART
ISTS (Online) JOKERJOKERtv is
open to ideas and actively accept
ing proposals for collaboration from
visual/musical/video artists and
curators living in Athens. Artists
worldwide can also submit music
videos, short films, skits and ideas
to share with a weekly livestream
audience, www.jokerjokertv.com/
submit
QUARTERLY ARTIST GRANTS
(Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts
Council offers quarterly grants of
$500 to local organizations, artists
and events that connect the arts to
the community in meaningful and
sustainable ways. Deadlines are
Dec. 15 and Mar. 15. www.athens
arts.org/grants
Glasses
ACTING FOR CAMERA AND STAGE
(Work.Shop) Learn how to act
with professional actor and coach
Jayson Warner Smith (“The Walking
Dead,” “The Vampire Diaries,”
“Outer Banks”). Mondays, 10
a.m.-1 p.m. $400/12 sessions.
jwsclassinquiry@jaysonsmith.com,
www.jaysonsmith.com/teacher
ART WORKSHOPS (K.A. Artist Shop)
Lauren Adams teaches a workshop
on color mixing in acrylic on Nov.
13,10 a.m.-3 p.m. $150. Taylor
DiFonzo teaches a course on hand
made books and Coptic binding.
Nov. 14,10 a.m.-3 p.m. $125.
Rene Shoemaker teaches a class
on the business of art. Dec. 18-19,
10 a.m.-3 p.m. $200. admin@ka
artist.com
CHAIR YOGA (Sangha Yoga Studio)
This class is helpful for flexibility,
strength, balance and increasing
circulation and energy. All levels
welcome. Every Thursday, 12-1
p.m. $16 (drop-in), $72 (six
weeks). 706-613-1143
CHAIR YOGA AND MINDFULNESS
(Winterville Center for Community
and Culture) Nicole Bechill teaches
a well-rounded, gentle and acces
sible chair yoga class to promote
breathing, mindfulness and inward
listening. Every Monday, 9 a.m.
$10. www.wintervillecenter.com
CLAY CLASSES (Good Dirt) Regis
tration opens on the 15th of every
month for the following month’s
classes and workshop. Classes
range from wheel, unique handles,
hand building sculpture and more.
Studio membership is included in
class price, www.gooddirt.net
COMMUNITY MEDITATION (Rabbit
Hole Studios) Jasey Jones leads a
guided meditation suitable for all
levels that incorporates music, gen
tle movement and silence. Wednes
days, 6-7 p.m. jaseyjones@gmail.
com
DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRAC
TITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom
meditations are offered every Sat
urday at 8:30-9:30 a.m. Email for
details, richardshoe@gmail.com
LINE DANCE (Bogart Community
Center) For beginners and beyond.
Every Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m. $7.
ljoyner1722@att.net
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVE
NINGS (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
PAINTING CLASSES (Private Studio
on Athens Eastside) One-on-one
or small group adult classes are
offered in acrylic and watercolor
painting. Choose day workshops,
ongoing weekly classes or feedback
sessions. Iaurenpaintspaintings@
gmail.com
YOGA CLASSES (Revolution Ther
apy and Yoga)In-person classes
include outdoor yoga with Kate
Morrissey Stahl (Mondays at 5:30
p.m.), Miles Brunch (Tuesdays
at 5:30 p.m.) and Nicole Bechill
(Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.). Online
classes include “Trauma Conscious
Yoga with Crystal” Thursdays at
6 p.m. and “Yoga for Wellbeing
with Nicole Bechill” on Saturdays
at 10:45 a.m. “Outdoor Yoga and
Qigong with Paul Brooks” is held
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Visit website
to register, www.revolutiontherapy
andyoga.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
ADAM GOPNIK (UGA Chapel) Adam
Gopnik, a writer for The New Yorker,
speaks on “Reconnecting the Arts
and Sciences.” Nov. 17, 4 p.m.
FREE! provost.uga.edu
ART EVENTS (Georgia Museum of
Art) “Tour at Two” is held Nov. 10
at 2 p.m. “Prints and Poetry: Native
American Art and Literature at the
Georgia Museum of Art” is held
Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. “Teen Studio:
Neo-Abstraction” is held Nov. 11 at
5:30 p.m. “Family Day: Collective
Impressions" is held Nov. 13 at
10 a.m. “Sunday Spotlight Tour”
is held Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. “Toddler
Tuesday: Printmaking” is held Nov.
16 at 10 a.m. “4’33” Research in
the Arts Competition" is held Nov.
16 at 7 p.m. www.georgiamuseum.
org
ATHENS ACCOUNTABILITY PROJ
ECT (ACC Library) The Athens
Anti-Discrimination Movement
hosts a community meeting. Nov.
15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info@fol-
lowthemoneyathens.com
ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Mul
tiple Locations) Saturday markets
are held at Bishop Park from 8
a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesday markets
are held at Creature Comforts Brew
ery from 5-7 p.m. Both markets
offer fresh produce, flowers, eggs,
meats, prepared foods, a variety
of arts and crafts, and live music.
Additionally, AFM doubles SNAP
dollars spent at the market, www.
athensfarmersmarket.net
ATHENS HERITAGE WALKS (Mul
tiple Locations) Historic Athens
announces a series of guided tours
through neighborhoods and places
of interest. “A Driving Tour of the
Oconee Hill Cemetery National
Register District” is held Nov. 13 at
10 a.m. “A Royal Tour of King Ave
nue: from Cobbham to Cathedral
Pines” is held Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.
“Queer Space: Athens, Georgia" is
held Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Tours are
$12-15 each, www.facebook.com/
historicathens
ATHENS PRIDE FEST 2021 (Terra
pin Beer Co.) Athens Pride returns
with a family-friendly in-person
festival for the LGBTQIA+ com
munity. Nov. 13,12-8 p.m. www.
athenspride.org
ATHENS ROCK, GEM, MINERAL,
FOSSIL AND JEWELRY SHOW
(440 Foundry St. Pavilion) South
eastern Mineral Specimens pres
ents over two dozen dealers. Nov.
12-13,10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 14,
11 a.m.-5 p.m. $6. darklighter@
bellsouth.net, www.imineral.net
BIKE ATHENS 5TH BIRTHDAY
PARTY (Little Kings Shuffle Club)
Bike Athens celebrates its five-year
anniversary with a monthly group
ride that ends at Little Kings for
music by DJ Hermosa and DJ
soft wmM to™
ACC LIBRARY (2025 Baxter St.) Lisa Freeman brings to light the mystery of
the forgotten through “Furthermore,” an exhibition of assemblage art con
structed from found objects and photographs. Artist talk held Nov. 14 at 3
p.m. Currently on view through Jan. 2.
ARTWALL@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “All of Nothing" considers the in
tersection of natural and industrial beauty through the works of Alexa Rivera,
Christina Matacotta and Zahria Cook.
THE ATHENAEUM (287 W. Broad St.) “Trevor Paglen: Vision After Seeing"
explores the limits of human vision and the rise of automated vision
technologies such as surveillance cameras and high powered telescopes.
Through Dec. 1. Experimental performance duo FlucT performs Nov. 12 at
7 p.m.
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: ATHICA (675 Pulaski
St.) Curatorial team Derek Faust and Lauren Peterson present “Remote
Residue by Doppler Projects,” a collection of objects, photographs, sounds
and videos that are residual, remnant or peripheral within an artist's studio
practice. Family Day on Nov. 13 from 12-5 p.m. Virtual Third Thursday
Music Night on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Through Nov. 21.
ATHICA@CINE GALLERY (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Works by Eddie
Lohmeyer. Through Dec. 30.
CIRCLE GALLERY AT THE UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND
DESIGN (285 S. Jackson St.) “Oh, The Places We’ll Go!" features pho
tographs by Brad Davis and David Nichols from their new book, Plants in
Design, which depicts landscapes of the Southeast, the East and West
Coasts of the U.S., and Europe. Through Dec. 17.
CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Hello, Welcome!" presents ab
stract worlds by Maggie Davis, Jonah Cordy, Carol MacAllister and Jason
Matherly. • “Classic City" interprets the city of Athens, GA through the
works of James Burns, Sydney Shores, Thompson Sewell and Allison Ward.
COMMUNITY (260 N. Jackson St.) A collection of paintings by Andy
Cherewick. Through December.
DODD GALLERIES (270 River Rd.) The Wall Works series presents a new
large-scale mural by Atlanta-based artist Stacie Rose. Through Nov. 12. •
Dawn William Boyd's “Woe" features large-scale cloth paintings critiquing
social injustice, racial violence and other abuses of power. Through Nov. 18.
• “Flat Earth: A Visitation” features paintings by Atlanta-based artist Pam
Longobardi. Artist talk Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. Through Nov. 18. • In “Pinky
Promise,” Jacob Wan and MFA candidate Lila Villalobos create parallel
narratives in their work to examine humanness and how love and experience
shapes one’s understanding of the world. Through Nov. 18. • “8.19%” ex
hibits the work of undergraduate and graduate members of the newly formed
Black Artists Alliance at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Nov. 18.
EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Painter, writer, cartoonist and musician
Lance Ash shares a collection of recent acrylics works created in the artist's
signature cartoon style of painting.
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Dark and imaginative
pen-and-ink illustrations by James Greer that borrow inspiration from
dreams and the subconscious mind. Closing reception Nov. 22, 6-8 p.m.
Currently on view through Nov. 27.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Power and Piety in 17th-Cen-
tury Spanish Art.” Through Nov. 28. • “In Dialogue: Artists, Mentors,
Friends: Ronald Lockett and Thornton Dial Sr.” focuses on one work by each
artist to examine their friendship and compare their creative approaches.
Through Nov. 28. • “Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art" pays homage to the
objects stolen during the Gardner Museum heist in 1990 through light
boxes, color-blocked graphics and video animation. Through Dec. 5. •
“Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and
Sara Shlesinger.” Through Dec. 5. • “Whitman, Alabama” features 23 of 52
films from journalist, photographer and filmmaker Jennifer Crandall's on
going documentary project of the same name. Through Dec. 12. • “Inside
Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art" features
previously unseen works from the museum's collection of over 18,000 ob
jects. Through Jan. 30. • “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American
Printmakers." Through Jan. 30.
GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) Zane Cochran presents “Aurora,”
a sculptural interpretation of the aurora borealis using 3D geometric figures
and lights.
HEIRLOOM CAFE (815 N. Chase St.) Multimedia artist Lois Songster renders
plants and animals in combinations of gouache, color pencils, wood, water-
colors, paper, pen and ink, digital art and more. Through Jan. 3.
HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE (237 Prince Ave.) Acrylics and found objects on
canvas by Tom Hancock. Through November.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) AJ Aremu presents a large-
scale installation for “Window Works,” a site-specific series that utilizes the
building’s front entrance windows for outdoor art viewing. • Guest curated
by Abraham Tesser, “Willow Oak Tree Exhibit” features works created by
local artists using the reclaimed wood of a willow oak tree that lived on the
lawn of the historic Ware-Lyndon House for over a century. Through Nov.
18. • Collections From Our Community presents Bil Raines’collection of
antique toy pond boats.
MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (125 W. Jefferson St., Madison) Folk artist Peter
Loose presents “When Birds Gather.” Through Dec. 24.
MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison)
“MAG POPS!” is a group exhibition of artwork by members of the Madison
Artists Guild. Opening reception Nov. 12 from 6-8 p.m. Through January.
OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville)
Artwork by Kate Windley, an assistant professor of art at the University of
North Georgia. Through November.
OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville)
Chris Greer's photography exhibition, “Georgia Discovered,” captures
the beauty of landscapes across the state. • “Emojis & Tea: Studio
Dialogue Between Friends During Isolation" is a collaborative exhibition by
Isabell Daniel and Kate Windley. • “Cut & Paste: The Art of Collage and
Assemblage" is a group exhibition celebrating artists who reinvent and reas
semble materials, mediums and found objects. Through Nov. 19.
TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “Sarah Flinn's exhibition, “A
Toothy Grin,” includes fantastical sculptures, paintings on wood and large-
scale woven “poofs.” Open 3Thurs on Nov. 18, 6-9 p.m. Open by appoint
ment through November.
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.) The new Ted
Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery showcases CNN founder and environ
mentalist Ted Turner's life and legacy through memorabilia, photographs
and other items. • “Drinkable Water in Georgia” is an interactive exhibit
tracing the geographic, environmental and political factors that surround the
natural resource and how those issues have impacted Georgians. Through
December. • “Not Only for Ourselves: The Integration of UGA Athletics”
celebrates the 50th anniversary of integration of the Georgia Bulldogs foot
ball team. Tours are offered at 3 p.m. on Fridays before each home football
game. On view through Spring 2022. • “At War With Nature: The Battle
to Control Pets in Georgia’s Fields, Forests and Front Yards” includes 3D
models of insects alongside newspaper articles, government documents
and photos to take viewers through the entomological and horticultural wars
that Georgians have waged in their own yards, as well as the environmental,
ecological and public health concerns related to pests and eradication
efforts. Through May 27.
WHEN IN ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Organized by The Humid with
support from an Arts in Community Award from the Athens Cultural Affairs
Commission, “When In Athens" is a city-wide public art exhibition of images
by over 100 photographers made in every Athens. Photographs are installed
in the windows of street-facing businesses. Participating locations include
Creature Comforts, Georgia Theatre, The Grit, Hi-Lo Lounge, Trappeze Pub
and many others. Visit thehumid.com for a full list of participating venues.
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.
Visit willson.uga.edu.
WINTERVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (371 N. Church
St., Winterville) The “Student Art Exhibit” features works by current art stu
dents at the Winterville Center. Through December.
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