17th Street Art Fair Returns to Atlantic Station

Atlanta’s live, work and play destination in Midtown Atlanta will host the second annual 17th Street Art Fair, Saturday and Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2008. Over 100 artists and fine crafts booths will be showcased along the tree-lined streets of Atlantic Station’s Central Shopping District. “The beautifully designed street scape of Atlantic Station serves as an ideal backdrop for these exciting exhibitors’ heartfelt artistic expressions”, said Dann Jackson, Executive Director of The 17th Street Art Fair, LLC.

Joining the festival this year in Central Park in the heart is retail district is the Who-HA Da-Da Artist Fellowship. This group is comprised of twelve southern folk artists exhibiting their art in a variety of medium including painting, hand carved wood, found objects, sculpture, bottle cap characters and collage. The artists include Ken Gentle (Blacktop), Ramona Hotel, Miz Thing, Gabriel Shaffer, Mary Zeman, Mike and Grace Lasters, Jim Shores, Bebo, Justin Killian, Mike Darras, and Hershall Kranitz.

The Who-HA Da-Da is a contemporary movement of 30 practicing folk artists dedicated to maintaining the standards of folk art, visionary and self-taught by artists pioneers.

“We are dedicated to the extremely accessible and affordable, highly creative, somewhat spiritual, often tongue in cheek visual art form,” stated Paul Flack, Co-founder of the Who-HA Da-Da Fellowship and owner of Flack Art in Smyrna, Georgia.

“Atlantic Station is delighted to showcase such a unique and creative art collection represented by a local fellowship of Atlanta artists. Our Central Park will come alive with such a fun variety of mediums as the centerpiece of the Art Fair," said Lisa Shepherd, Marketing Manager for Atlantic Station.

Artist and craftsmen will be setting up to exhibit and sell in a wide variety of work including oil painting, watercolors, mixed media, photography and digital art, manipulated through the use of computers. “These are artists not usually seen in the Atlanta area, some coming in from as far away as California and the Pacific Northwest,” continued Jackson. Inclusion in the festival is highly selective, requiring three rounds of jurying by note Atlanta area artists and gallery directors who met in early June to select the invited artists from hundreds of entrants.

In addition to the fine arts, fine crafts will be well represented including clay, fine handmade jewelry, sculpture, wood and metal crafts to name just a few. The 17th Street Art Fair will open at 11:00 am Saturday, September 27 through 6:00 pm and continue on Sunday, September 28 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Many of the artists and craftsmen will be demonstrating their work throughout the show. Admission is free to the public and parking is free for the first two hours in Atlantic Stations plentiful underground parking lots.

The 17th Street Art Fair gained early recognition with last year’s show being called “Atlanta’s new artistic success!” by the local media. “We’re looking forward to another great show this year, bringing exciting new artwork to Midtown Atlanta’s art loving and buying public,” said Jackson.

The 17th Street Art Fair is sponsored by 92.9 Dave FM, Atlantic Station, Atlanta Intown, Atlanta Social Season, Atlanta's Finest dining, Atlantic Grill, Harvest Grill, NewFields, NextCare, Piedmont Review, The Sunday Paper, Massage Envy, Marriott Vacation Club, The New York Times and Fontis Water.

www.17thstreetartfair.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Judy Landey
404.892.3569
jlandey@bellsouth.net

Holly Mull & Associates | Publish Date: 09.25.08 | Back to home |