The Forum at Defoor is a beautiful and spacious gallery tucked away on the Westside of Atlanta. The Centre connects the bustling downtown business district with a neighborhood of lofts, galleries, and studios.
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The Paper Dolls Prepare For a Summer Show!
So Cut It Out For June 10th Opening Party for the All Girl Showing
At the Defoor Centre
Musical Guest: Spooky Partridge
Atlanta GA – Defoor Centre prepares itself for hot summer fun with the summer all girl show, called The Paper Dolls, a group of emerging artists from all over the Atlanta/Athens area plus Venezuela! These talented girls will be up from June to end of August, showing off their colorful designs of life, love and being a girl in the South! Reception party will be on June 10th, Sunday from 5-7PM the event is free to the public and there will be a cash bar for drinks. Live band, Spooky Partridge will be the music for the afternoon, led by local girl band heroine, Katy Graves it will surely be an afternoon to remember.
FORUM:
Helen Ferguson-Crawford– with a foundation of architect Helen walks a crooked line on her journey when she approaches the canvas. She plays with adjacencies of color, form, texture and line to uncover the sublime nature of familiar places and situations. This wraps the viewer into her story and leaves them breathless.
For more information: http://www.helenfergusoncrawford.com
ENCORE: Robin Fay – from library to canvas to computer software programming again we have another wayward daughter of the arts. Robin’s curiosity for painting begins at curve and ends at color. Her layers of colors create texture and that brings out character inner imagery. Robin has shown at the Defoor before but not on this large of a platform. So welcome her back!
For more information: http://www.robinart.com/
RHOMBUS: Casey Olsen – A self taught artist with an eye for composition with nature. Her depictions of Big Sky landscapes are inviting you to step in and walk around. She has always been a creating spirit earlier with stained glass or stone mosaics – “When I’m painting, I feel open and totally present” she states. She has show here before and she always brings her peacefulness with her.
For more information: http://caseyolson.com/
BAR/CAFÉ: Rebecca Salcedo – Illustrator by day, Rebecca is a great capture artist – to grab the face and thought of her subjects whether it’s a dog or a character she has designed herself. She is a vibrant personality in the arts scene and through her works; she is able to send a story as well as imagery.
For more information: http://smellyrhinostudio.blogspot.com/
LOBBY: Teri Levine – local artist is one that mixes up genres and comes up with her own. Cubism, surrealism and with line and color gives it personality. She is has a master in Psychology she takes her mind off by exploring paints. Levine pays homage to the surrealist trajectory and the transcendent potential of a fluid and painterly line. A self taught creative spirit she has become one of the newest emerging artist in the city.
For more information: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/teri_levine.aspx
COFFEE HOUSE: Adriana Antequera – our most southern artist, from Venezuela brings her wonderful colors to Atlanta, GA for her debut. Again, we are saturated with visions of color in her landscapes and formal compositions. Maybe it’s the water and the pigment mixing together to come up with a different tone to the painting.
For more information: http://www.wix.com/adrianaantequera/adriana-antequera
GATSBY: Diana Bidulescu – European born, Diana came to the US to expand her love of teaching art to others. Her use of color is wonderfully done in either her abstracts or figurative. She has shown around the world but always loves coming home to Georgia. She teaches at the Peachtree Arts Academy in Peachtree City, a Christian based organization that provides a vast education to children on all levels. For more information: http://www.peachtreearts.org/
Musical Guests: SPOOKY PARTRIDGE
Local Band, Spooky Partridge, will play during the opening in the Forum. Led by Nick Christian, son of local heroine, Katy Graves (Dollsquad), brings his young rock heart to song along his dad, Shawn Christian and Katy on bass. The three of them play like only family does, together. Who says rock needs to go bed late?
Check out their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spooky-Partridge/144628035580688?sk=info