AltWeeklies Wire
Fresh Inknew
Don Inman remembers flexing his muscles in his front yard to show off his first tattoo. He was just 4 years old. It was 1937, still in the midst of the Great Depression, during a time when only sailors and strippers had ink.
Metro Spirit |
Staacey Hudson and Charles Tremblay |
06-04-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Change of Lifenew
Different endings bring similar new beginnings for local artists who forged their paths to art in separate ways.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
05-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: painter, child, daughter, Muse, photographer, Southern, Mother, artist, mother-daughter, sacred heart, toddler, visual arts
Malaika Favorite Captures Multifaceted Scenesnew
She was inspired to do a series of landscape paintings of the Augusta area when she moved here in 1986.
So last year, she applied for a Porter Fleming Foundation Grant to create a series of collage paintings documenting local scenes including landscapes and old structures in the area.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Artful Exitnew
Molly McDowell has given Augusta a name in the international arts community. After 10 years, she's now ready to pass the torch to someone else.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
02-27-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Pilgrim's Progressnew
Cuban expatriate breaks boundaries with his art career in exile but his journey never ends.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
02-27-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Out With a Whispernew
Never a force of personality, artist Jasper Johns left his art to speak for itself. Will we understand what it says?
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
02-27-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Jeweler's Loupenew
Jewelry of Virginia transplant captures artistic history in her small, handmade, wearable pieces.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
02-27-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Southern Uprisingnew
The art of the New South shows the changing appearance and culture of Georgia's creative class in vibrant new show at local museum.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
09-18-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Medium as Messagenew
Former potter rises to art world's challenge of his medium by "taking the clay out" of his work.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
08-08-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Diorama of a Madmannew
Augusta artist Chris Murray traps his subjects in tiny boxes and gawkers come to view them.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
08-08-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
(Belt) Buckle Up
Fasten your seatbelts, America, because Mr. Pearman's Wild Ride starts at his Lake Olmstead house and ends with his artwork adorning Keith Richards.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-10-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Animal instincts
Artist focuses on fetching furry and feathered friends
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Firewater colors
Art and alcohol are old friends at this cheerful gathering of painters
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Painting into a corner
Favorite Augusta painter Bea Kuhlke defected to Aiken two years ago with her husband and found heaven in a studio they converted from a small storage shed in their back yard.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The garden of unearthly delights
Ann Baker’s fluid and feminine forms fit in with the flowers
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
