I just got a call from Gallery RFD in the art capital of Swainsboro, Georgia where I submitted some images for their portraiture show last week.

At least one picture of mine was accepted, this one...



They also wanted to let me know that it was chosen as...

Best in Show!

So that is pretty amazingly awesome. The juror is Brandon Fortune, curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, so she's (yes, she) somebody I like to get my work in front of. And it's very flattering that she picked mine as the best. And I get $150. I think that's the first time since high school that I've gotten any money for "art."

I have to figure out how to tell my sister-in-law because I'm afraid it's not a very flattering picture of her. But it's Art so that's okay, right? And I'll explain the art-critical concept of the Object. I'm sure she'll understand. :-D

Show opens sometime next month.

Labels: art, award, gallery, opening, portrait, show

I have a piece of work up in a show at the Academy Theatre in Avondale Estates. Opening is tonight 7 p.m., and "The Importance of Being Earnest" begins at 8:00 p.m.

Labels: art, opening, show

I launched Art Relish last week and already there is talk, which is very exciting. Tell all your friends!
There's lots of work to be done on the site, but I think it looks pretty good right now. I need to get someone else trained on making updates. At the moment it's just me and Brett working on it and juggling a labor of love with your paying job can be sorta difficult (he said, as he blogged on work time).
Art Relish, for those not "in," is a news, directory, and calendar for the visual arts scene in Atlanta. We seem to be filling a need, which is the plan, so it's good. And I just discovered that if you type "atlanta visual art calendar" into Google, we are second! Not bad for a site only six or so days old. Yay us! Of course, I don't think very many people type that specific search string in, but we're working on it.

Labels: art, atlanta, relish, visual art

Go to breeze.scad.edu/p20982449/ to view the recording of Jim Langford's Beltline presentation at Solomon Projects. This was a very successful online event, and a very interesting talk about greenspace in Atlanta. The talk begins about 5:30 into the archive. You can scrub through by dragging the pointer at bottom left.

Labels: art, atlanta, beltline, breeze, collaboration, conservation, scad, webcast