More Gallery Hop at Castleberry Hill (and gallery dog)

I continued my December 12th gallery hop at Castleberry Hill. One of my fellow mavens was a delightful dog, pictured below.

There is a new place, Liana Delgado Studio I didn't met Liana, maybe next time.


It's in the same building as Peters Street Gallery, Artists Trifecta Gallery, and Besharat Gallery. It's on the 2nd floor.


It's a great studio loft space on a corner.


Peters Street Gallery never disappoints. There is always some wit. Here is the cutting board Buddha thing.


The missing body briefcase guy.


Mersad Berber's paintings look like 2000 old studies, preserved just before deteriorating. If you saw Fellini's Roma, you know what I mean. These faded colors attracted me in a gallery filled with vibrant color. I was afraid if I didn't look now, they'd soon be gone.


This is "Aspiration" by Inbar Tolla at Besharat Gallery.


This is Lluís Barba's Monumental "Jardin de las Delicias El Bosco."


Photoshopped to the max.


Denise Jackson's Emerging Art Scene did a Paris themed shindig.


I met Julie Ross and loved her crushed turquoise glass pieces.


Takes all kind of animals to make an art scene.


Zucot Gallery featured Pedro Fuertes.


and Carlos Solis


and Elio Guevara.


Artist Trifecta Gallery was hosting "Fashion Uncorked" in the giant gravel floored room the the Castleberry Point lofts.


I got there a bit late to this extraordinarily space.


I'm a bit tired but I not yet done for the evening.

4 Paintings by Karen Cleveland

It's a week later now and I'm still thinking about them.

When I walked in, 5 works immediately caught my eye. Four were by Karen Cleveland. She was showing with many others in "Nick O' Time" at Kibbee Gallery for the December Ponce Crush.


The colors and "cave art" motif first caught my eye.

But it's the vitality that I enjoyed most. Karen's animals seemed alive, ready to frolic, ready to bolt. They seemed to know I was there.









We are happy to know Karen a little. Animals are just one part of her work. You can see these at Kibbee Gallery until December 30, 2011.


Say hello to Karen shown here at Young Blood Gallery last January.


Kibbee Gallery that night. Karen's deer is to the left of the left window.

Artists: Zonolite holiday art show

It was a wild weekend as the whole family of 5 Architecture Tourists hit 3 holiday artist shows and 2 loft tours. More on the lofts later. Let's start with Zonolite Road, off Briarcliff near Emory. It's one of my favorite light industrial districts and a mighty easy spot for artsy Christmas shopping: Art, soaps, pottery, jewelry, screen printing.

On the left is Barbara Briggs of Barbara Bars handcrafted bath products. I'm so sorry about the picture.


When the jewelry isn't in the safe it's in these showcases:


On the right is artist Georgia Nagle with a few of her paintings in the background.


Next door are potters Lora Rust (left) and Katy McDougal who is creating Hooray For Clay in Decatur. Is "potters" the right word? How about Clay Artists?


There are more thing done with clay that I ever imagined.


Randy Pendergraf of Small World Screen Printing:


Victoria Greenhood (left) of Victoria Greenhood Jewelry Design pleased the female Architecture Tourists and me too.




Thanks,
Terry

38+ Lofts, 71+ Artists free this weekend!!!

December couldn't be busier or happier for Architecture Tourists. Here are 3 great events for the December 4-5-6, 2009

• See 2 of Atlanta's original loft buildings and one converted school
  
• Tour boatloads of amazing real lofts: Imagine 20' tall windows.
  
• Buy artsy and practical Christmas presents and support local artists.
• Hobnob with the cool arts crowd and intowners - Southern Style
  
• Meet me (or avoid me if you act quickly).
  

The Stacks Third Annual Holiday Lofts + Artists Tour
18 Lofts, 31 Artists
December 4th & 5th, 2009
Friday night, 4 December: 6p to 10p
Saturday, 5 December: 2p to 8p
At the Historic Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill in Cabbagetown, Atlanta, near Oakland Cemetary
Tours: Saturday, 5 December: 12:30p & 2p R.S.V.P. stackshistorytour@gmail.com


Image courtesy Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center

Telephone Factory Art Show
20+ lofts will be open to 40+ local artists
December 5-6, 2009
Saturday, 5 December: 11a-7p
Sunday 5 December: 1p-6p
828 Ralph McGill Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30306 in the Old 4th Ward near the Carter Presidential Library
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The beautiful Telephone Factory:


as long as you are in the neighborhood

Annual Holiday Studio Tour & Art Sale - Euclid Arts Collective
December 4-5-6, 2009
Dec 4-5-6, 2009
Friday, 4 December, 7p-9p
Saturday, 5 December, 10a-4p
Sunday, 6 December, 12p-4p
Inman Park at the Little Five Points Community Center, formerly Moreland Elementary School
1083 Austin Ave. N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30307

Where you are certain meet the crews of Studio 102, Studio 204 (Chantal Gadd & Carla House), Studio 207 (Henry Leonard) and "Kitchen" Studio, and of Studio 106 (picture below)

Crew of Studio 106 at Inman Park left to right:
Korey Gotoo -- handbuilt Clay
Barbara Briggs -hand-made lotions & soaps
Tina Cox – Modern Pottery (in 2nd row)
Ellen King - painter?
Terri Brunson - Jewelry

Mattress Factory Artsts - WOW

We heard about the first holiday tour at Atlanta's Mattress Factory studios so David and I strolled over. Wow and wow again. You can make all these pictures bigger if you want: click on a picture and select "All sizes." The Mattress Factory is one block west of Oakland Cometary on Martin Luther King.

Todd Alexander: Didn't get a picture of Todd but here is part of his studio:





Maxwell Sebastian (right): He had so much to see in each painting that we had to keep looking and looking.





David Huff: Stunning crisp colors. Huge pieces. David has reception this weekend: Opening Reception artist David Huff this Friday, November 20, 7pm-10pm Mattress Factory Lofts 300 MLK JrDr SE Loft 126 Atlanta, GA 30312.



Nabil Mousa built frames while we gasped at his work.





Esteban Patino: Stunning we thought.





Anne Cox with Clark Goodwin (left) and David Kearns (right).



Allison Shockley does encaustics with great gestures.



Tony Hernandez (left) produces his iconic work in a huge studio.





John Folsom: We were very pleased to meet John. We saw his work at an opening last week at White Provision.



David and I like the factory as well as the art. Right outside John Folsom's door: TRAINS.



Here is the truck dock loggia and arbor. Excellent place to hang out.



Not your momma's bathroom:



There are many more pictures. I hope you will enjoy them if you have time to look.



Thanks,
Terry