Culture Briefs
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Humans of Athens: Elijah NeeSmith
Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.
Photo Credit: Laura James
WHO: Elijah NeeSmith, 35, Chef at Waseca Montessori School and upright bassist for The Darnell Boys
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Cheryl Washburn Exhibits Works of Quiet Beauty at Farmington Depot
A stillness pervades the works of Cheryl Washburn. The worlds she creates out of oil depict quiet rural settings that are often inhabited by a solitary horse. The clamor of man and development is left behind in these paintings. The soft-spoken artist says, “I’ve always gotten along far better with animals than people, and I have at least a passing acquaintance with all the horses I paint.”
Washburn braved a crowd of people for her opening at Farmington Depot Gallery on Sunday.
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Lamar Dodd and Georgia Review Party Together to Welcome New Exhibitions
Photo Credit: Barbette Houser
Dodd Galleries Director Katie Geha with artist Mequitta Ahuja in front of works from"Automythography"
The Lamar Dodd School of Art threw down another party last Friday night to welcome in four new exhibitions. Apparently, this is how we do it at UGA’s art school: with readings by Georgia Review writers, food by Wildwood Catering, music by experimental dream-pop duo Historic Sunsets, wine and, of course, thought-provoking work by students and professionals—all free and open to the public.
Dodd Galleries artist-in-residence Mequitta Ahuja was on hand to chat with visitors about her exhibit "Automythography." These self-portraits explore her dual African American and Indian heritage through motifs and patterns, some of which are created using traditional Indian woodblocks made for printing on cotton. The textural works consist of many layers of collaged paper that often resemble fabric. “[My mother] got me quilting when I was in high school…and you can see the influence of textiles,” she says. Ahuja is the featured artist in the current issue of The Georgia Review.
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Humans of Athens: Robert Arrington
Inspired by the popular Humans of New York blog, Flagpole editorial interns Ryan Kor and Laura James are setting out to profile the people who make Athens, Athens. Check back every Tuesday for a new post.
Photo Credit: Laura James
WHO: Robert Arrington, 25, UGA law student
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Work By Latino Artists Shines at the Meyers Gallery
Photo Credit: Barbette Houser
Stanley Bermúdez, center, in front of two of his paintings in "Contrapunto"
The members of Contrapunto create work that is very different from each other while sharing a common goal: to show and promote the talent of Latino artists living and working in Georgia. Their latest project is a group exhibit that opened at the Meyers Gallery at Athens Academy on Sunday. Their diverse talents boldly shine in this extraordinary yet lesser-known gallery space designed by Peter Norris.
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Terrapin Takes on Budweiser's Anti-Craft Beer Ad
As we sipped our sissy Creature Comforts Athenas, daintily, with our pinkies extended, engaging in a Foucauldian discourse about Missy Elliott and dancing sharks, the Super Bowl ad that most drew our utterly ineffectual ire wasn't that M. Night Shyamalan-styleNationwide disaster, but this little reactionary appeal from Budweiser.
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Black Beats Green in the Classic City Rollergirls' Season Kickoff Scrimmage
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Everyone loves parity in professional sports. Leagues of evenly matched teams result in hotly contested matches that go down to the wire, and fan bases that remain interested every season (and all season) because their team is forever in the hunt, capable of winning on any given night.
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Classic City Rollergirls Open 2015 Season With Green vs. Black Bout Saturday
It’s a ritual unlike any other in sports. Conventional wisdom would suggest that staging an all-out civil war immediately before a season starts is not the best way to build camaraderie, establish chemistry or avoid injury in team competition.
But roller derby isn’t your average sport, and the Classic City Rollergirlsdon’t mind talking a little trash or getting into each other's faces,especially before the season starts, as every skater competes for one of the 20 coveted spots on the team charter and, ultimately, the active roster of 14.
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