Date(s) - 04/10/2023 - 05/11/2023
Time(s) - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exhibition:
In-Person Juror/Artist Talk and Opening Reception:
Time(s) - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Atlanta Photography Group
Erik Scherb – From The Edge
Abstraction: Envisioning a Different World
For this year’s concept exhibition APG is partnered with the Atlanta Contemporary to to push the boundaries of photographic vision, and exhibit photographs that explore the idea of what’s real.
Artists were encouraged to use the Atlanta Contemporary’s exhibition New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch as a springboard to create work that moves beyond traditional ways of seeing photography.
The work in this exhibition creates abstraction through the use of color, form, composition, distortion, shadow, light, manipulated materials (montage or composite), and photo editing software. The exhibition is an opportunity for artists to envision a different world using their own unique photographic perspective.
Veronica Hogan
Executive Director
Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
As Executive Director, Veronica (Kessenich) Hogan stewards the mission and strategic plan of Atlanta Contemporary, guiding the artistic programming with an array of independent curators and program partners, and successfully leads the organization through the unprecedented years of COVID-19. Hogan joined Atlanta Contemporary in June 2013 and was appointed as Executive Director in July 2015. Hogan authored and executed the Capitalization Fund grant that underwrote Atlanta Contemporary’s transition to free admission which since implementation has seen a radical transformation in annual attendance.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Hogan received her Bachelor’s Degree from Saint Mary’s College (IN) and her Masters of Philosophy in Art History from St. Andrews University (Scotland). She has been active in the field of art as an art administrator, art historian, curator and consultant for over fifteen years. Beginning her career as Gallery Director at Atlanta’s prestigious Fay Gold Gallery, Hogan has worked as a lecturer at Agnes Scott College, the Savannah College of Art & Design – Atlanta, and the Art Institute of Atlanta. In recognition of her contributions to the arts, Hogan was named one of Atlanta’s 500 Most Powerful People (Atlanta Magazine, 2019), received the CCA Community Impact Award (Emory University, 2016) and was named one of Atlanta’s Women of Power (The Atlantan, 2015).
Website – atlantacontemporary.org
Selected Artists
Alexandra Decker
Alison Lake
Ann Moller
Anne Walker
Asher Haig
Billy Clifton-Strawn
Blake Burton
Carolyn F Hollingsworth
Chris May
Chris Anderson
Erik Scherb
Harold Olejarz
Jennifer McKinnon Richman
Jenny Carey
John Garcia
Bryan Galgano
Louis Leon
Marcos Lopez
Michael Meyer
Robin Bell
Ronnie Mcclure
Sandra Fry
Scott Lowden
Stephanie Hanlon
Stephen H Weiss
Susan Wirt
Susan Pelteson
Susan K. Friedland
Sy Richards
Todd Suttles
Exhibition:
April 10 – May 11, 2023
In-Person Juror/Artist Talk and Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 13, 2023 6-8:30PM
To view all exhibition photos, please visit the exhibition’s viewing room.
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The Atlanta Photography Group is excited to announce our next CFE, Tell Me A Story, which is celebrating street and documentary photography of all styles with a strong narrative. We are looking for your most compelling stories – they can be candid depictions of everyday life, shadows of the city streets, the abandonment of a country road, subtle moments of joy, humor, love, fear or anxiety. Think of work like that created by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, Josef Koudleka, Helen Levitt, Baldwin Lee, Roy DeCarava, Mary Ellen Mark, Daido Moriyama, Lee Friedlander, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, and Harry Callahan.
Use your photography to explore the sculptural side of books! Students in this four-week class will learn how to use the accordion book structure to reveal photographic narratives. Demos will be given on how to construct accordion books three different ways, plus a few more variations. Along the way, students will create their own handmade books that express their personal photographic content. All levels of experience are welcome. workshop leader: Cynthia Lollis is a professor of printmaking and book arts in Atlanta.
APG is excited to announce our latest Project Development Intensive Workshop with Beth Lilly. This intensive workshop consists of a series of 10 classes spread out over a 4-month period. Intended to help you develop the skills, knowledge, and structure necessary to create a photographic series or enrich a current body of work, this workshop combines the benefits of engaging a mentor for an extended period, with the structure that regular participation in supportive group critiques can offer. In this intensive, accomplished artist and educator Beth Lilly will give presentations, provide interactive exercises, moderate group critiques, and mentor photographers as they work toward developing a photographic series.
Elevate APG 2022 is APG's first staff exhibition to benefit ongoing educational programming expenses and operational costs associated with the gallery space.
Our goal with Elevate APG 2022 is to also give our immensely dedicated staff, volunteers, and board members the opportunity to show and sell their work, while supporting APG as a non-profit arts organization. Many of the artists participating in this year's exhibition rarely exhibit work in the Atlanta area, so it is truly a treat.
