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Living Walls Conference . The Walls
Atlanta was lucky enough to feature many very talented local and international artists for the The Living Walls Conference.
12 legal walls were given to the artists to make their mark in Atlanta and many more walls may now be seen around the city with these artist’s work.
Lectures with topics on urbanism, street art, public spaces, urban agriculture, transit and an event at Eyedrum, were the culmination of months of planning and preparation for The Living Walls Conference. It had the purpose of opening up dialogue focused on street art and its role in engaging public space.
RiPO, Swampy, Shaun Thurston, Doodles, Feral Child, Marco Sueño, Greg Mike, Hugh Leeman, Jason Kofke, Michi, RiPO, Remed, Never and Nasdaq, Gaia and Faber all had walls in different locations. You can see many of them here.
Eyedrum.
RiPO.
Jason Kofke in Castleberry Hill.
Feral Child at Homegrown on Memorial Dr.
Hugh Leeman at Sound Table on Edgewood Blvd.
Swampy at 900 Dekalb Ave.
Gaia at 900 Dekalb Ave.
Greg Mike at 900 Dekalb Ave.
Greg Mike + others at Eyedrum.
Doodles on the West End.
Doodles on the West End.
Doodles on Dekalb Ave.
Never and Nasdaq in East Atlanta.
Never and Nasdaq in East Atlanta.
Marco Sueño at Krog Tunnel/Wiley St. side.
Marco Sueño at Krog Tunnel/Wiley Street side.
Michi in Castleberry Hill.
Michi in Castleberry Hill.
Shaun Thurston at the Community Garden in Oakhurst.
Shaun Thurston at the Community Garden in Oakhurst.
Faber in Castleberry Hill.
RiPO and Swampy.
Swampy . VOMET reclaims.
Living Walls Conference . The Event at Eyedrum
The Living Walls Conference brought 50+ local and international street artists together for the purpose of opening up dialogue about public spaces and street art.
In this country of consumers where advertisements are inescapable, the purpose of street art and the use of public space is so important.
I am really impressed by the selection of artists. Many were flown into Atlanta and given legal walls so they can make their mark. All the walls at Eyedrum are covered and many other walls around the city now have these artist’s work on them.
Names like RiPO, Swampy, The Paper Twins, Never, Michi, Doodles, Miso, Faber, Marco Sueño, Shaun Thurston, Greg Mike, Feral Child, Hugh Leeman, Jason Kofke, Pesimo, Jess Hinshaw…the list goes on and you can see the line up here.
The turnout was great and art was everywhere. It looked as if a bomb of wheat paste and spray paint had exploded in Eyedrum. Every available wall had something on it as you can see from the pictures. Very different from Eyedrum’s semi bare walls in a visually inspiring way.
This event taught me a lot about public spaces and how they are used/misused and how important those spaces are. I met some good people and some really talented artists.
Already looking forward to the next one.
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College of Charleston Summer Orientation Photos
I was invited to take photos of the College of Charleston’s Summer Orientation.
Temperatures were over 100 degrees both days but the AC is cold and there are many old and new buildings to duck into to cool off.
The campus stays shady from the streets lined with tall trees mixed with new and old buildings. Refurbished southern style home and brand new business and science buildings all run on power generated by the college. I had a great time taking photos of it as well as meeting the people attending the orientation and working at the school.
Collage Piece
I have always collected the different things that I have been to or done. (Movie/gamne tickets, flyers, plane tickets, photos, etc.) and would end up just taping them to my wall. Eventually I had a large collage and every time I moved to a new place I would have to roll it up and shove it in my car which I hated to do. I have always wanted to put it on something so it could be easily moved and permanent attached to something. I used the Studio Sessions show as an excuse to do it because I knew it would look great in the show.
I took apart the collage and put it all back together using gel medium to attach all the pieces to a large (48″x96″ cut in half so 2 – 48″x48″) piece of panel board.
Covered it with Mod-Podge to seal it and after all that was dry, covered it with a wax medium to give it a matte finish.
Darkened the edges to contain everything a bit more.
Used oil paint to paint a design on the bottom. I liked it without the design but it still didn’t look finished to me still so I went in with the paint. I would like to go in and add some more details with a paint pen.
I had a lot of fun with this and it has been a project i have wanted to do for a while now. Pretty happy with the turnout.
It came out almost exactly like I had invisioned. Just a few touch ups…
CTEcreative in New Juncture’s First Show : Studio Sessions . May 22nd
Studio Sessions is New Juncture’s premier event and will showcase many different forms of art within a studio setting. The idea of Studio Sessions is to give insight to the creative process by elaborating on the classic gallery showing with live painting, live music and live sketching.
We want to introduce New Juncture by showcasing the creative abilities of our artists’ work in their various forms. It will set the stage for future shows by showcasing the strengths and exposing new and unique artists.
Portions of a raffle will be donated to the One Love Generation whose goal is to empower youth to inspire positive social change through art, service and awareness.
The idea of Studio Sessions is to bring the viewers into the art studio so the show offers a wide variety of artwork showcasing a dozen local artists, live paintings, live music and a crowd as diverse as the work being displayed.
An hourly raffle will give each person paying entry into the event a chance to win original artwork by the artists of New Juncture.
Additional raffle tickets can be purchased and a portion of those proceeds will be donated to the One Love Generation.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
7:30pm – 11:00 pm
Cherrylion Studios. 889 Morris St Atlanta GA 30318
$5 online, $7 at the door
both prices include a raffle ticket which will give each person one chance to win original artwork from one of the artists.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS!
Hope to see you there!
pureATL . Atlanta Photography Tour
pureATL is a photographic tour of Atlanta. Created myself and Luvsick Media,
we encourage visitors to submit their photos of Atlanta through the website or through email .
CTEcreativePhotography.com
New site dedicated to my photography. Click it.
New Juncture Shirt Designs Available
Shirts designed by CTEcreative for New Juncture are now available for purchase through Paypal.
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Photos . Charleston
King Street Kitchens featured KyleG in its kitchen design demo at Charleston’s Monthly Design Walk.
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View post with additional photos on New Juncture.com
