[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Photographic Artists Berry and Conlan from Newnan Honored by Atlanta Photography Group

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April 28, 2008

 

Atlanta Photography Group Honors Two Newnan Photographic Artists:

 

Paul Conlan Via In Focus;  Anne Berry Via In Your Dreams

 

       Coweta photographers Paul Conlan and Anne Berry have received numerous honors for their photographic art.  Their latest honors were bestowed by the prestigious Atlanta Photography Group in connection with an upcoming exhibit, which is described below.  Info on the Atlanta Photogrraphy Group is available on their website www.apgphoto.org. 

 

APG Gallery Exhibits 2008

"Goat Bucket" by Anne Berry © 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Godin Family at Grantville Gospel Sing for May

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April 28, 2008

 

 

Grantville Gospel Sing For May To Be Held in Moreland

 

Godin Family To Perform Under The Trees at Emmanuel Baptist Church

 

     The monthly Grantville Southern Country Gospel Music Concerts which are customarily held in Grantville's renovated railroad freight depot have recently been performed at other venues. The next one will be held on Saturday May 17 at 6 PM under the trees at the Emmanuel Baptist Church at 336 Cline Road in Moreland, the town directly north of Grantville. An out-of-doors venue is especially appropriate for the Southern Country Gospel Music genre, and the Grantville Sings which have been held at under-the-trees locations have been enjoyed by both the audiences and the musicians.

    

     The performers at the May Sing will be the Godin family, who live near Valley, Alabama. The Godin family is quite interesting: Dan and Karen Godin have TWELVE -- Yes, TWELVE -- children, and all those old enough are among the performers. They mostly play on a variety of stringed instruments, including a very unusual super-narrow one called a Thrumstick. And Karen often plays a super-large bass fiddle that is taller than she is. Karen also entertains the audience by relating interesting anecdotes about God's special provisions for their needs and humorous situations which they have encountered as a family with 12 kids, such as trying to check into a motel.

 

     Information on Emmanuel Baptist Church is available at 770-253-6546 or 706-302-5311, and information about the Grantville Sings is available from their organizer Roy Smith at 770-251-5621 or depotsinging@yahoo.com,

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Wrights in Concert at Newnan's Greenville St. Park

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April 25, 2008

 

GRAND OPENING CONCERT FOR GREENVILLE STREET PARK

 'THE WRIGHTS' IN CONCERT

APRIL 26, SATURDAY NIGHT

 

For April 26, this Saturday evening, for the grand opening of Greenville Street Park will be a free concert featuring the country music's husband and wife duo, the Wrights. The concert will start at 7 P.M.

In 2005 with the release of their debut album Down This Road, on ACR/RCA, The Wrights joined an elite class of critically acclaimed artists that represent the best of what music city has to offer. Now, with their upcoming EP, The Wrights on independent label ACR they hope to build upon the success of the first release.

The husband and wife duo have worked, lived and breathed for music since the moment they met nearly ten years ago when Adam joined Shannon on stage at a gig in Atlanta . They had an undeniable connection and their musical collaboration took root immediately, both of them drawn to timeless sounds and artists – Willie, Hank, Aretha, Dylan. The easy harmony was impossible to ignore.

" Greenville Street Park is truly a fabulous park for the City of Newnan . The City wanted to bring a first class act to the park and The Wrights just fit the bill. They are hometown favorites with national acclaim and we are excited to bring this kind of music act to the public and as our opening concert for the park," said Gina Snider, the City's Public Information Officer. 

 

After a little more than 12 months of construction activity, the much anticipated Greenville Street Park is almost complete and ready to open to the public. The Greenville Street Park is a two acre urban park nestled between Greenville Street ,  LaGrange Street , and Salbide Avenue and strategically placed on the edge of the historic Greenville/LaGrange residential neighborhood, its commercial district, and is within walking distance of historic downtown Newnan.  The urban type "hardscapes" park was designed as a first class gathering place for downtown patrons, lunch time crowds, afternoon and evening musical concerts, and other festive events.  

 

The park features a 25 column colonnaded entrance, a terraced lawn area and stage that serves as a small amphitheatre, a water fountain, brick plazas, a covered pavilion, and plenty of tables and chairs. Meandering paths, secluded benches, and extensive landscaping compose the balance of the new park. The Greenville Street Park will also feature two sculptures, one by prominent Atlanta artist, Martin Dawe, and the other by local renowned artist, Carol Harless. Ms. Harless's sculpture is not scheduled to be completed and installed until late summer.

 

" Greenville Street Park is a first class recreational facility. We look forward to all the gatherings and events that will take place here. I would like to personally invite the citizens of Newnan to join us a part of this grand opening ceremony," said Mike Furbush , the City's Landscape Architect. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gina L.Snider

Public Information Officer/ Assistant to City Manager

O: 770.253.2682  x. 203

F: 770.254.2353

P.O. Box 1193 (30263 -1193)

25 LaGrange Street

Newnan, GA 30263

email: gsnider@cityofnewnan.org

city website:  www.ci.newnan.ga.us

 

The City of Newnan , GA

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] GWTW Expert Herb Bridges Speaking At Newnan Library May 16

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April 23, 2008

 

GWTW Expert Herb Bridges Speaking at Newnan Library On May 16

 

      One of the world's greatest authorities on Gone With The Wind lives in Coweta Coounty:  Herb Bridges of Sharpsburg.  Over the years Bridges has spoken many, many times about GWTW (and related subjects) at many different venues including radio and television interviews. 

 

     The next opportunity to hear Bridges will be the address he will giving at the Newnan-Coweta Public Library, which recently changed its name to the A. Mitchell Powell, Jr. Library.  Here is the library's press release about this event they are sponsoring:

 

Special program on May 16     Photo courtesy of The Times-Herald The library is offering a special opportunity for the community to learn about a locally owned collection of distinctive movie posters. The owner, Sharpsburg resident Herb Bridges, will present a program at the library on Friday, May 16, at 11:00 am. Bridges will show examples as he talks about his collection, which consists of original-art posters from the 1930s and 1940s. The library program coincides with the airing of a television special about Bridges and his poster collection. This Georgia Public Broadcasting program will air four times in May on GPB Television: • May 14 — 9:00 pm • May 16 — 7:00 pm • May 18 — 4:00 pm                  — midnight

 

     Information abaout the library is available on their website www.newnan-coweta.org and their telephone 770-253-3625.

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Art Senoia Show To Open Soon

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April 18, 2008

 

Art Senoia Show Opening Soon

 

   Kudos are in order to the City of Senoia for sponsoring an art show to express its appreciation for the artists contributing to the burgeoning Coweta scene.  Below is the press release they have issued about this important show:

 

March 31, 2008

For Immediate Release

 

Art Show Opening in Historic Senoia

 

Set against the rustic brick walls of a century-old building, "Art Senoia" will debut April 25th with an opening reception from 6:30 to 9:30 at 20 Main Street in Historic Downtown Senoia. This is the first event of the newly formed Cultural Arts Committee of the Senoia Downtown Development Authority. "Art Senoia" will feature a range of beautiful paintings along with fine photography and art quilts. The art is for sale, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support the Cultural Arts Committee. Local shops and restaurants will also be open the evening of the reception.

 

Local painters taking part in the show are David Boyd Jr., Victor Dallas, Anne Harwell, Martin Pate, Jane Whitehurst, Joy Whitley and Yun Liu. Photographers showing their artwork are Paul Conlan and Jeremy Harwell. Found metal sculpture by Zack and David Moye and fiber art and quilts by Claudia Wood are also included in the exhibit.

 

After the April 25th reception, the exhibit will be open Saturdays 11:00 to 5:00 and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00 through Memorial Day, May 26th.  It can also be viewed during the week by students and other groups by appointment. The reception and art show are free and open to the public.

 

Art Senoia is sponsored by the Senoia Downtown Development Authority and The City of Senoia. For more information, call Suzanne Helfman at 770-599-8182 or Claudia Wood at 770-599-0047.

 

 

   

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Fwd: [Coweta Arts Tidbits] Classical Dance Theatre Announces Summer Classes

Note;

 

This is a re-issue of my previous Tidbit with a new attachment which is a photo which the CDT would like to have published along with any articles on this.

 

Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

 

Forrest Schultz

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Call For Entries By Slow Exposures Photographic Art Exhibition

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April 18, 2008

 

Slow Exposures Photographic Art Exhibition Issues Call For Entries

 

     It would take some time to list all the Cowetans who have won prizes during the past five years at the annual Slow Exposures Photographic Art Exhibition.  And Slow Exposures has excellent jurors and very high standards for even having an entry accepted, especially as the word has gotten out and submissions are coming in from all over the USA. Slow Exposures have also highly honored a particular Coweta photographer, Paul Conlan of Newnan, by placing him on their board and putting him in charge of their website last year.  Conlan has recently issued the Call For Entries for the 2008 Slow Exposures, which reads, verbatim, as follows:

 

SlowExposures 2008

A Juried Photo Exhibition Celebrating the History and Character of the Rural South

Weekends, September 19^th through September 28^th

Pike County, Georgia

 

Deadline for Submissions is June 15, 2008

 

"SlowExposures," the nationally recognized photography exhibition that underscores the diversity and complexity of the rural South, is currently inviting fine art photographers to apply to this year's sixth annual event by submitting their photos taken in the "Southeast" and/or "West Central Georgia " to a distinguished panel of professional photo jurors by Sunday, June 15^th.

 

Jurors Jamie Allen (George Eastman House, Rochester , NY ) and Mike Smith ( East Tennessee State University , Johnson City , TN ) will choose a limited number of images from the scores of images that are submitted by mid-June. These will later be showcased in the annual exhibition that opens on Friday, September 19 for two weekends in the picturesque town of Concord , Georgia, in bucolic Pike County , an hour's drive from the Atlanta airport.

 

"SlowExposures 2008" features two categories: "Photographs of the Southeast" can include images taken anywhere in the Southeastern United States . "Photographs of West Central Georgia" can include images taken anywhere in Bibb, Coweta, Crawford, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor, Troup and Upson Counties in addition to Pike County, home of "SlowExposures."

 

The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2008. Photographers may enter up to four images in each category for a nonrefundable fee of $30 per category with checks written to the Pike Historic Preservation, beneficiary of SlowExposures. Final winners will share up to $2,000 in awards at the September show.

 

The Call for Entries form can be viewed and downloaded from the "Call for Entries" page at the SlowExposures website (www.slowexposures.org) , or directly by clicking on the following link: http://www.enercomusa.com/pdf/slowexposures2008callforentries.pdf.  Printed copies of the "Call for Entries" applications may be picked up at A Novel Experience Bookstore or Pike County Chamber of Commerce on the Square in Zebulon, or at the Concord Café in Concord .

 

For complete rules and regulations regarding this year's "Call for Entries," please visit www.slowexposures.org or contact "Slow Exposures 2008," PO Box 489 , Zebulon , GA , 30295 , (770) 567-3600.  The Call for Entries form can be viewed and downloaded from the "Call for Entries" page at the website, or directly by clicking on this link: http://www.enercomusa.com/pdf/slowexposures2008callforentries.pdf

 

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] April Grantville Gospel Sing in Senior Center on April 27

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April 9, 2008

 

April Grantville Gospel Sing To Be Held in Senior Center

 

     The monthly southern country gospel sings usually held in the renovated railroad freight depot will this month be held at the Grantville Senoir Citizens Center, which is located in the extreme south end of Grantville municipal building located at 123 LaGrange Street.

 

    Here is the information provided by the organizer, Mr. Roy Smith (who can be reached at 7760-251-5621):

 

 
a night of old fashioned Southern Gospel singing

Saturday night April 27 at 7:00 pm
Featuring

Jimmy Norred, Hogansville

Uncle Dan Burdett, Grantville

The Godin Family Phoenix City Al (Mother, Father and 12 children playing a variety of instruments                       and singing for the glory of god!) You don't want to miss them!

It's all free, everyone is invited. Bring the family and friends and have a good evening praising the lord. For more information call Susan Burdett @ 770-583-2706

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[Coweta Arts Tidbits] NCAA Announces Spring Art Show In Newnan

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April 4, 2008

 

NCAA Announces Spring Art Show In Newnan

 

      One of the oldest and largest contributors to the ever growing Coweta arts scene is the Newnan-Coweta Art Association.  For some time now they have been holding an annual art show in Newnan.  Below is the official announcement for this year's art show from their publcity person, Robin Stewart:

 

 

 

Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA)

 

For Immediate Release

April 4, 2008

For more information, contact:

Ina Jones, Show Coordinator · 770-716-6559

dijones@earthlink.net

Robin Stewart, NCAA Publicity · 770-254-1332

aviationart@att.net

 

Newnan-Coweta Art Association Announces Spring Show

April 19 date set for downtown Newnan event

 

The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) is pleased to announce its annual Spring Fine Art & Craft show. The upcoming exhibit will take place on Saturday, April 19, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., around the historic Courthouse Square in downtown Newnan. Traditionally, the NCAA hosts its show in conjunction with the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society's Tour of Homes, also slated for the April 19-20 weekend.

 

A variety of fine art and crafts including watercolor, oil, acrylic, drawing/sketching including pen/pencil/ink, charcoal and pastels, mixed media, sculpture including pottery and woodworking, photography and more, will be on display.  "Reflections of Coweta County ," a special themed exhibit, is also planned for the one-day event. Nearly 40 artists from all over Atlanta 's southern crescent are expected to exhibit. Cash awards and ribbons will be awarded to artists and crafters in all media categories.

 

Admission and parking for this family-friendly event are free. The public is invited to enjoy an artistic day in Newnan's charming downtown area.

 

The NCAA celebrates its 40^th birthday this year! The Newnan-Coweta Art Association was incorporated June 18, 1968. 

 

Today, it is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage and aid artists to produce original works of art of every type and character, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, ceramics, wood craft, drawing and metal crafts; to furnish the auspices for the display of such works in Coweta County and elsewhere; and to foster education and instruction in the creation and appreciation of works of art.

 

The Association supports the arts in Coweta schools through annual donations and scholarships to high school students pursuing the arts in college. The Newnan-Coweta Art Association can be found online at www.Newcaa.com.

 

Attachments/Photo cutlines & credits:

Scenes from the 2007 NCAA Spring Art & Craft Show.

All photos courtesy NCAA.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS and/or high resolution available upon request.

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