Young Blood Gallery

The Ponce Crush gallery stroll is right around the corner. Get Ready for an adventure of art starting from Kibbee Gallery, to Young Blood Gallery and Boutique  and finally Beep Beep Gallery . This event takes place this Saturday October 1st, so be sure to free your schedule for the festivities.  

Because we just put out some great new items that will hang perfectly on you AND your walls.

You first. We have new jewelry in from Seaworthy Send, based in Portland, Oregon.  Her creations consist of simple geometric shapes and repurposed odds and ends.  The end result are pieces that make a statement despite their simplicity–sleek with an edge.  Stop by the shop to see for yourself, but for now here’s a sneak peek.

Next, those bare walls.  Just in from Horse & Hare are these hand pulled linocut prints of classic authors, artists, musicians and tarot cards all infused with whimsy and affection.  Here are a few that we have in the shop now.

The Weekend! I’m so excited! Aren’t you?

I’ve made a list of just a few of the awesome events going on:

Friday, September 16

“Faces of the Yards of Clutter” by Tom Zarrilli

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

980 Briarcliff Road, N.E. Atlanta Ga 30306

Opening Reception 7-9 pm, and runs through November 11.

Admission is free.

This exhibit is in conjunction with the annual city-wide event, “Atlanta Celebrates Photography”.

Tom Zarrilli has been photographing, writing about and documenting yard sales since 2004. His cultural and sociological examination of Americans and the clutter they sell in their yards has resulted in several exhibitions in the southeast. In “Faces of the Yards of Clutter,” Zarrilli offers intriguing and amusing portraits of the sellers and the objects they no longer want in their lives and living rooms. “In this exhibit, photographed entirely in Atlanta neighborhoods, you may recognize a neighbor,” says the artist, “or perhaps something you purchased at a yard sale.” In addition to his photographic work, Tom Zarrilli has exhibited conceptual, performance and multimedia works at galleries in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.

Saturday, September 17

SURFACE

Abernathy Art Center

254 Johnson Ferry Road, N.W.  Sandy Springs, Ga 30328

Reception is from 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Surface brings together seven artists from the tattoo and street art communities to to exhibit their unique styles in a gallery setting.

Mike Groves, Keith Rein, Sam Parker, Paper Twins, Catlanta, Evereman. Catlanta and Evereman will be hiding surprises around the center.

Exhibition runs through October 28th.

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supra + natura at MINT Gallery

 145B Sampson Street, Atlanta Ga 30312

Group exhibit curated by Young Blood’s very own  Rebecca Hanna!

Reception is  7-10 pm

Performance by Jim O’Donnell at 8:10

supra + natura presents six mini-installations that directly explore or allude to the supernatural in the most open sense of the term. Curator, Rebecca Hanna, wanted to open the conversation to include the idea that the supernatural may be ‘part of a larger nature’.

According to this view, held by process theorists, “supernatural” is not merely attributed to magic or religious experience, nor does it imply that a mystery is infinitely unsolvable. Instead, the term is applied to parts of nature that modern science and philosophy do not yet properly understand. The artists were asked to consider what is supernatural in their lives and how they reconcile the parts of human experience that are unexplainable and mysterious.

The artists are Truett Dietz, Mike Germon, Jennifer Morris, Jim O’Donnell, Sarah Shipman, and Caroline Worth.

Also going on this weekend:

The Atlanta Arts Festival   September 17 and 18

Free Admission and Open to All Ages

About the Festival:

Set in historic Piedmont Park, the Festival fills the fall time art Festival void in the City of Atlanta. This autumn Festival of excellence in the arts is an event dedicated to bringing together outstanding artists from throughout the country with the large and enthusiastic art buying community of the Atlanta area.

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East Atlanta Strut 2011   September 17

The 14th annual, FREE one day extravaganza. Attractions include The Imperial OPA Circus, 5 stages of Live Local Music, Comedy Stage, 5K Run & Walk, Artists Market, the FAMOUS Strut Parade, Free Kids Village, Carnival Stalls, Bull Ride, Community Booths, Food and Beverages. The Strut is planned, organized and staffed solely with volunteers.

Hope to see you guys there!!

<3 Gigi

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http://www.callanwolde.org

http://mintatl.org

http://www.fultonarts.org

http://www.atlantaartsfestival.com

http://eastatlantastrut.com/

Artist Deanna Sirlin standing above her vinyl stairway installation

Although Atlanta has a flurry of dynamic and intriguing galleries and museums (such as ours!), we’ve been noticing some off-the-wall art action.  Literally speaking, art in Atlanta has been jumping off of gallery walls and breaking through museum doors to emerge in public places that are a part of daily life in the city.

Elevate//Art Above Underground is one such project currently underway in the streets, stores and public spaces surrounding Underground Atlanta.  Spawned by Eddie Granderson, the Public Art Program Manager for the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Elevate was brought to life as a way to invigorate the spaces downtown near Underground Atlanta while providing a connection between local artists and local people.

Works on display are an amalgam of media and artforms ranging from photography to sculpture and performance.  Artwork will be on display through October 30th, but don’t forget to check the Elevate blog for a program guide and schedule of special live performances .

Hi friends!

Every Tuesday we’ve got fresh new sale items so make sure you come by the store to see  if that thing you’ve always wanted to buy yourself but haven’t (that’s very responsible) is on sale now!

I want to give you a fresh peek at the newest work in the shop.

Sarah Flinn is a local artist and her bird portraits are gorgeously rendered on natural wood slices.

Come see for yourself!

Have a great week!

XO,

R

Just wanted to let you know about a really great event going on this year! SkaterAid is a skateboarding, music and art
event held every year in Decatur, Georgia to raise money for the Brain
Tumor Foundation for Children. Part of the event is an art auction,
and all the art is created from used skateboards! There are so many great pieces that you
really have to see it to believe it. This year, SkaterAid is
auctioning off over 90 pieces of skateboard art,all now on
display at the Brick Store Pub in the Decatur Square.

Can’t make it to Decatur? You can bid on this awesome art online at www.bit.ly/skateraidart2011.

It’s easy to bid. Just register for free and bid away! You don’t have
to supply a credit card or commit to a payment unless you are the high
bidder at the close of the auction. On September 25th, the decks will
be transferred to the SkaterAid festival site for the final bidding
phase. Note you must attend the event or send a proxy to ensure that
you maintain your status as high bidder. All proceeds from the sale of
the art go to the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children.

For more information, visit www.skateraid.net.

Howdy!

Carly here, or as I like to be called, The New Girl.

I could be hallucinating from lack of sleep due to partying to much (read: schoolwork) but to me, the air smells like Fall. In order to quicken the change of season I’ve taken to wearing heavier clothes, which has done nothing but make me sweat. But I shan’t give up!

We have some lovely things in store for those of you who also want to pretend, in the comfort of your air conditioning that you may or may not have turned down to feel colder, that it is already time for pumpkin-flavored things and repeatedly raking your lawn.

Bellisima Earrings, perfect for those hair-in-a-bun-because-look-at-this-cute-scarf-i’m-wearing days:

Man vs. Ink:

Apron, for baking grandma’s pumpkin bread.

Print, to remind you it tastes even better with coffee (taken in an over sized mug held with two hands nestled under that blanket that has been hiding in your closet, of course.)

New Madame Scodioli Soaps, because they smell good and that’s… Fall-ish? Yeah.

Happy shopping!

//Carly

PS: Looking for a solid book to read snuggled under that blanket? Pick up Elberto Muller’s 2009: An Autopsy while you’re here.

At only $10, maybe you can get just one more pair of earrings.