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
Young Blood Gallery is excited to introduce our artist installation series. Each month a local artist’s installation work will be displayed in our storefront window. Our premier artist is Romy Aura Maloon and her piece is entitled “Wild Dogs Stumble Upon the Ladies of the Flies”. Come take a peek when you get a chance and if your interested in doing an installation yourself, feel free to submit!
Hey Y’all!
We’ve got a really beautiful new creation in the shop!
Michael Wall is a local artist and an old friend to Young Blood. Michael works with Georgia Organics, a member supported, non-profit organization connecting organic food from Georgia farms to Georgia families.
He recently supplied us with a collection of his handcrafted wooden salt bowls. Each bowl has it’s own unique story, beginning with the wood’s discovery. All bowls are hand carved from found wood that Michael has discovered on one of his many hikes. Every salt bowl is hand-shaped, meticulously sanded, and then sealed with food-safe butcher’s block oil. This impressive artistry is topped off with a hand carved spoon for salt serving. He also carves spoon and spatula utensil sets with a wood burned cardinal for a nice little design detail.
The woodwork is beautiful, no doubt, but Michael’s true passion resides in writing, particularly poetry. He has created a lovely book of his poems that for a limited time is included with each salt bowl purchase. The pair comes at an incredibly affordable price of $22.00, considering all of the love and hours that shaped these pieces.
Thanks for checking in!
-Carly
A poem from Michael’s book:
A fresh breath
Drawn at the death
Of a deep vicious, rotten
Winter. And when we exhale,
We know that soon the jasmine
Will explode, the fiddleheads
Will rise up, and the
Feathers and buzzes will come back to this house.
In the stone corners of
Underwater homes, six-legged
Things will launch themselves toward food,
And the the sky
And then their mates
And then their deaths.
Well, looks like there was a few things I missed the other day. Big things. Silly me. Teehee.
Athens, Georgia based artist David Hale (one of our favs) will be debuting a new body of work Saturday, June 2nd titled, “St. Francis” at ABV Gallery! This body of work seeks to illuminate the fundamental similarities between all mythologies and mystical teachings by merging Christian Mythology with Native American and Pagan Mythologies. Limited edition prints will be available for the show!
Check out This promotional video for \”St.Francis\”.
How did this slip my mind is what I am most concerned about… seeing as how I can’t even get into our small bathroom at the front because there’s SO MUCH SWAG!!!!!
It’s the Indie Craft Experience!
EVENT FEATURES:
- Swag bag for the first 250 attendees each day. Totes designed by Sarah Keys and The Argyle Academy and printed by Fallen Arrows
- DJ Zano
- LeahAndMark.com photo booth
- Vintage finds from Salvage vendors
- Craft competition with the Atlanta Institute of Stitches and Crafts
- Food from Ursa Minor Coffee, Good Food Truck, King of Pops and Bookie Macarons
- Free Art Swap – Bring a piece, take a piece. Liven up your home with new art.
- Lounge area designed by Blue Eyed Yonder
We all have old art that we have lost that lovin’ feelin’ for. So take it here and find it a new home and take something new home with you!
Happy Hump Day!
xox
Dayna
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
Hello all!
Our friends at Beep Beep Gallery are hosting the 4th Annual Artlantis Festival June 2, 2012, 10am-7pm!
Don’t worry, if you want to participate there is still time to apply! But the deadline is fast approaching on May 18th so be hasty!
There will be live music, crafts, yummy food, and artwork of all sorts there!
They are still accepting submissions for this years event! Submissions are juried this year due to last years overwhelming number of applicants!
Artlantis is an all day summer festival that takes place on the lawn of Druid Hills Baptist Church. Unlike other Atlanta festivals, Artlantis is unique in that it exclusively showcases art and music from local talent. With ever-gaining momentum, Artlantis is well on it’s way to being a local tradition.
If you are interested in being a vendor you can find all the info you need to apply here.
Or if you just want to help out, Artlantis is also looking for volunteers for the day! You can get information about that here! There are different shifts you can work to help out with everything!
For any questions you have regarding being a vendor or a volunteer please email to artlantisfestival@gmail.com.
After you score some goods from Artlantis, have a bite at Cafe 640 and stick around for Ponce Crush that night!
I’ll have my own little booth set up with my room mate Bethany Putnam selling our vintage inspired flasks, Foxboxes! Be sure to ‘like’ us on facebook! All are one of a kind and made from old Life Magazines, atlas maps, and other old publications.
(p.s. also sold at Young Blood!)
Stop by and say hey!
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
In anticipation of our May Opening, take a moment to learn about Artist and Atlanta Community Activist, Gregory Christie.
Gregory Christie was born on July 26, 1971 in Plainfield, New Jersey. Christie grew up in the community of Plainfield, New Jersey with his mother and father—who have both Creole and Jamaican roots. Having shown a gift for drawing and illustrating early on, Christie had his first published illustration in Star Ledger the summer of 1990. Christie graduated from SVA (School of Visual Arts, NY) with his B.F.A. degree in 1993.
Gregory recently finished a project for the NYC Transit Authority who asked him to create a piece for their Subway Soiree Series. If you’re in New York, look for Gregory’s work on subway trains all over the island of Manhattan, or you can purchase it here. Locally, you can see him at the High Museum this month on May 13 for a book signing and gallery talk.
He has also won an armload of accolades for his children’s book illustrations, including the Coretta Scott King award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, and Deputy U.S. Marshal. Christie has illustrated the biographies of many other significant historical and cultural figures, including Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Sojourner Truth. Two of his books were on ‘The New York Times’ 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books list: Only Passing Through and Stars in Darkness.
Gregory’s most recent undertaking is a real dream come true. After illustrating children’s books for over fifteen years, Gregory made the decision to redirect his passion for teaching history and culture through art to more of a community-based level. How did he make this transition? He recently acquired a nice space to operate a store in. Gas-Art Gifts is soon to open at the North Dekalb Mall in Decatur.
The bookstore/gift shop will feature Gregory’s children’s books, handmade products and the space will also serve as a live painting studio with weekend workshops covering everything from quilt making to dj-ing. Check out Gregory’s Kickstarter site to learn more. Take the time to watch the video to gain a real sense of Christie’s passion about bringing literacy and tangibility to art within the Atlanta community. Even though the opportunity to donate via kickstart is closed at this time, it looks like it will be open to backers on the Kickstarter website any day now, so bookmark the site if you want Gas-Arts to be a staple in our community.
And don’t forget to come to the gallery show opening to see his beautiful work in person- Saturday, May 5th 7-10 pm.
til then,
Hannah G.
Biographical information obtained from http://www.thehistorymakers.com
Hey ya’ll!
We got some awesome new stuff in the store this week. I don’t know if you guys have been following us on instagram or not, but if you’re not, you should be. @Youngbloodgallery you can follow us and see all the new product we get in on a weekly basis and whatever else we are getting into!
Now that I’ve plugged that, here are some of the new items in the store that you should come and check out!
Magick Outlaw printed t-shirts! These guys are great! Pete Whitney and Joel Peterson are the brains behind this operation, which is based out of Philly.
These women’s tanks have been selling like crazy! But don’t fret, if we don’t have your size we will soon because we already put in a new order that will probably arrive sometime in the next month.
Men’s T-shirts are fully stocked.
Check out their site for more! http://www.outlawprintco.com/index.php?/about/
New Betsy and Iya jewelry:
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New mugs and shot glasses from Mud Fire!
That’s all for now! Check back soon!
xox,
Dayna
Hey everyone!
I just got back from visiting L.A. for a week. Great weather while I was there, although I wasn’t expecting it to be colder then it was in Atlanta. The term “Hotlanta” gains more meaning for me when I travel out of state in these Spring months.
Anyways, I went to Big Bear Lake, Laguna Beach, Venice, and L.A. I was on a die hard mission to make it to the La Luz de Jesus Gallery. My professor from college turned me on to it and once I saw who was going to be showing while I was visiting I absolutely had to make it a priority to stop by. I was privileged to be amongst the art work of Scott Hove and Joe Sorren. The two artists shared a gallery space with separate rooms and show titles for their work.
Scott Hove “My Own Private Apocalypse”.
Scott Hove, well known for his cake like sculptures, was born in the San Franscisco bay area and currently is living and working in his Oakland gallery/warehouse known as Cakeland.
In his newest additions of acrylic cakes, Mr. Hove was looking to explore the concept of the End of Days.
“All beautiful things are equipped with a defense mechanism, to protect against the predations of those who seek to possess. The mechanization’s of the predator also have a terrifying elegance. The two working together tell a very old story, and are the basis of many archetypes.” -Scott Hove.
These works are part of his ongoing “Cakeland” theme. Scott implements everyday cake decorating tools and techniques with acrylic media to render realistic looking cakes that can hang on the wall. These beautiful handmade looking deserts are then accessorized with deliberately un-cakelike things such as taxidermy teeth, jaws, plastic bugs and other things that counterbalance the habitual implication of beauty or any positive apprehension that might relate to a yummy cake.
Hove’s works are a up and down ride that takes you between levels of extreme happiness in beauty. In full circle I think the beauty and the feelings associated with cakes and celebration overpower the other eerie visuals. The vicious teeth, bugs, and large tongs add to the allure of his work.
Sorry in advance for the crappy photos, all I had at the time was my camera phone.
Close up:
And just to prove I didn’t steal these images from the internet and that I WAS actually there…..
Joe Sorren “When the Rain Comes”.
Joe Sorren infused his paintings with a surrealist atmosphere. He uses eerie imagery, thick brush strokes, and animal like characters. His newest works in the collection from “When the Rain Comes” is a story of light and dark. “Sometimes, when things are darker in life, you can find yourself in front of doors you didn’t know where there before” – Sorren. I really enjoyed these paintings, I think the subdued color pallet with the high contrast light and darks helps the viewer understand the concept of Sorren’s work in this series.
Sorren thought of his brother Vince, whom passed away in the 90′s, while painting this piece.
This painting was my favorite of them all. When I saw the story behind what inspired him while painting it I loved it even more.
Just for kicks here is some other pictures I snapped while I was everywhere else!
Big Bear Lake!
This guy was pretty amazing with a chainsaw.
Like a rhinestone cowboy! YEEHAW!
Welp that’s all folks! Hope you enjoyed my post!
xox
Dayna
