The holidays are upon us, so come shop the boutique full of handmade gifts for your loved ones!
We’ve got some fantastic new inventory just in time.
Cute, delicate charm necklaces from Crave.
Lovely clutches and shoulder bags from Crystalyn Kae
From Phil Barbato, adorable monster plushies, scarves, and onesies for your little one
And last but definitely not least, kinetic boat toys from Make Waves, LLC
We have both new and returning artwork from the exceptional Mab Graves. Stop by and check it out!
A little about the artist:
Pop surrealist artist Mab Graves was born in Indiana and touts herself as never having attended art school. Much of her work is influenced by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as fairy tale pop culture icons such as Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, Snow White and various others. Her website can be found here.
Deirdre @ the Witching Hour
Dia de Los Muertos
Cabinet of Curiosities Specimen (4 individual pieces)
Conjoined Twins and Amazing Tattooed Lady (2 of each)
Little Red/Proper Beast
Tentacle Tea Time
This weekend is going to be a very eventful weekend! So many awesome things going on!
Well, we can start off the weekend with Mint Gallery’s closing party for “As the City Sleeps”.
It’s your last chance to see the show and Brandi Supra and Sean Fahie will be there along with the other artists, Nikita Gale, Jane Garver, Emily Pidgeon, and Estela Semeco, to answer all your questions.
Saturday, June 2nd, don’t try to even tell me you don’t have anything to do, cause I will know you are lying.
Artlantis is going to be kicking off at 10:00am and going on until 7:00pm. There will be food and drink vendors, lots of booths with amazing artists! Also there will be plenty of free ear candy from the following bands: Dog Bite, Hip to Death, Faun and a Pan Flute, Kid Pyramid, Ghost Bikini, Wet Rainbow, Mirror Mode, and Muleskinner MacQween.
Here are some vendors we think you need to keep an eye out for!
KING OF POPS! (nomnom)
BRETT MIOTTIi & SAMANTHA CLABORN
Summer fest will also be in full effect June 2-3!
THEN, it’s Ponce Crush!
We will be hosting the opening of Photographer Andrea Fremiotti!
Caroline Annandale and my dear friend Johnathan Welsh, both whom are extremely talented artists, will be showing new work at Kibbee Gallery this Saturday night!
You can’t miss any of this stuff!
xox
Dayna
Little Red Riding Hood book release and signing. Friday May 11th, 2012 -6p-9p
Anna Trodglen brings music and arts to Young Blood from 6-9pm as we celebrate her and her book release.
So, stop by parents and bring the kids with because this is a children friendly event!
Refreshments and snacks will be served too.
As the City Sleeps Friday May 11th,2012 -7p-11p
Mint will be hosting As The City Sleeps, a group show curated by Atlanta artists, Brandi Supra and Sean Fahie.
Here is a write up that Mint wrote about the show: “As The City Sleeps, is an exhibit concept developed over a year that will feature up and coming artists Emily Pidgeon, Estela Semeco, Jane Garver, Nikita Gale, and Will Mitchell. As The City Sleeps, is a group show hosted by MINT Gallery on Saturday, May 12th, 2012. Curated by Atlanta artists, Brandi Supra and Sean Fahie, As The City Sleeps, is an exhibit concept developed over a year that will feature up and coming artists Emily Pidgeon, Estela Semeco, Jane Garver, Nikita Gale, and Will Mitchell. “Night,” is defined as the time of darkness between one day and the next. The time of day when no light from the sun can be seen. Examples to describe “Night,” are, “It is not safe to go outside at nighttime,” or, “The animal hunts in the nighttime.” This show will be a setting in which a conglomerate collection of human interactions at this said time of day are shown. Completed in the artists’ own manifestations, they are interactions ranging from recreation, to things possibly of a sinister nature, to nothing occurring at all. Inspired by the city of Atlanta itself, and the ever changing actions of it, ourselves, atmosphere, and those around us, the artists in “As the City Sleeps,” were told to visually express and interpret their thoughts on this very concept of night. “What are one’s expectations when going out?” “What do people do?” “Where do they do these things?” Whether broad or specific, the goal was to incorporate a wide variety of artists who each specialize in a different medium and unique style. All friends of the curators, each brought something different to the table. They took a simple concept and explored its complexity. A natural event, something that happens in the same period of time each and every day explored through drawing, painting, and video. “- Mint Gallery
Check it out, there are going to be a lot of amazing artists showing that night.
The Atlanta Fringe Festival is this weekend! May 9th-13th!
The Atlanta Fringe has been a labor of love for a small group of enthusiastic arts and Atlanta lovers. Est summer of 2010, they’ve been envisioning, constructing, and selling the Fringe from the ground up, using very little monetary resources and Facebook to get the word out. This grassroots approach has lent the festival its own unique energy and it has taken on a life of its own in the year we’ve been building it. We hope for even more of that energy and growth in years to come!
Check here for more information and the schedule by venue or date!
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Hope you all can pencil in one of these awesome events this weekend! I know I am!
xox
Dayna
Collaborations between Young Blood Gallery and Archive Gallery bring the Atlanta community live music and art in one night at the opening reception of “Heaven Can’t Get Us”.
Atlanta, March 23, 2012–Event Producer Melanie Wade will host the opening reception for the cultural documentation photographer, Matthew Gallagher, of Philadelphia on March 23 at Archive Gallery. Gallagher’s latest photography book, “Heaven Can’t Get Us,” is on display at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Young Blood will sell the book at the event and in the boutique.
Gallagher’s photography includes images that visually narrate the story of an alternative lifestyle by depicting what is unusual, unpleasant, imperfect and often subversive. Graffiti is a strong theme in Gallagher’s art as he photographs his best friends in the Philly graffiti crew “Dead End Kids” in the midst of creating their art.
Gallagher has been a contributing photographer to the Philly art community for over 10 years and is excited for his first Atlanta showcase. Gallagher said, “In my neighborhood I take pictures of graffiti, youth culture, and urban life, I feel like Atlanta resembles that culture and I want to share a piece of Philly with the Atlanta art community.”
The opening reception will start at 7 p.m. Local Atlanta bands Knaves Grave and Brother Hawk will perform on the stage at Archive Gallery.
Gallagher is traveling around the country showcasing his photography, and makes his first stop in Atlanta at the Archive Gallery. The event will embody live music, art, including a video component produced by Gallagher and most importantly, will provide the Atlanta art community a chance to peek into the life of inner city Philadelphia.
The event is free, all ages and located at The Archive Gallery 611 North Ave NW Atlanta, GA 30318.
http://www.facebook.com/events/183283908441058/
This is my blog about blogs!
I would like to share with you a blog of super sweet photography, by my good friend Jeff Hopper.
Jeff lives in Atlanta and shoots a plethora of things ranging from portraits to lifestyle photography. Some of his favorite toys are the contax t2, olympus xa, polaroid land camera, and the yashica d.
Jeff Hopper @ http://buenoparanada.tumblr.com/
xox
Dayna
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February has us feeling extra appreciative for Atlanta’s diverse population of emerging artists and we’ve invited many of them to participate in next month’s show. Curated by our very own Rebecca Hanna and Jennifer Morris, “What’s Not to Love” features an exciting assortment of our city’s talent and each artist will interpret the title of the show in their own unique way.
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“Overgrowth”, Melissa O’steen
“Words on the Page”, Melissa O’Steen
Erin Palovick
“Desinence”, Kelly McKernan
Stills from video, James O’Donnell
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We had a new opening at the Young Blood gallery this past week! Photography and some beer-related art courtesy of Ryan Flynn. All of the pieces are still up and for sale, including a large set of 8×10 polaroid portraits, a series of framed, limited edition photo prints, and a couple acrylic enclosed beer cans. All of the pieces can be viewed on our Flickr, as well as the prices for the pieces themselves. Come by the shop and check out the show!
Chip 7 is a rising star in the urban contemporary art scene, described by famed New York City artist ZEPHYR as “a visionary. He makes visionary art. What exactly that means to me is that he culls his ideas from the rawest place where the purest inspiration comes from; the internal core located at the center of us all.” Chip refined his style as a graffiti artist and painter while assisting the renowned artist Dalek, and in recent years he has shifted his focus to developing his studio work, creating “brightly colored confessions of a clutter-brain through science fiction psychedelic fantasy” (Juxtapoz).
A group show curated by
