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Archive for the ‘Arts Alive’ Category

October 30th, 2008

Live Music for the Halloween Weekend

 Some people love getting dressed up for Halloween. The sense of escape that this allows you can’t be beat, but still others are waiting for this weekend to quietly drift by. Is there anything to do that doesn’t require you to replicate your favorite superhero? If you are one of those people who is looking […]

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October 28th, 2008

Let’s Go to the Mountains: Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia

At first glance, the two-year old Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia in Sautee Nacoochee (near Helen) doesn’t look like your typical museum. It definitely takes advantage of its surrounding, the Sautee Nacoochee Valley, with lots of glass, natural light and open spaces. So it would only make sense that the museum would be […]

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October 20th, 2008

Arts Alive: Visiting Artist Series at Amicalola Falls State Park (Georgia)

If the setting  isn’t enough reason make a weekend trip to Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge in Dawsonville, then perhaps the visiting artist series provides additional incentive. Through November 9, the state park is featuring a different artist each weekend at the Lodge (on the 3rd floor.) Expect to see anything from painting […]

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October 18th, 2008

Scenes from the Road: Arts Alive at Kentuck Festival of the Arts

If you happen to be around the Tuscaloosa/Northport, Ala., area this weekend, you should make it over to the Kentuck Festival. If you need anyone convincing, here are a few photos from the event.
   
   
   
   

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September 18th, 2008

Arts Alive: 1st Annual Westabou Festival

It’s an arts celebration like none other in Georgia, or really even in the south. The 1st Annual Westabou Festival in Augusta, Ga., is dedicating 10 days, September 18-27, to over 200 dance, music, theatre, and visual art performances and exhibits. These events highlight local, regional and national individuals and groups.
What exactly can you […]

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September 12th, 2008

Arts Alive: Art Festivals Throughout the South This Weekend

Remember a couple of posts back when I mentioned that from now until the second week of December, you can expect to read about a number of arts festivals happening in the region.
Well, I wasn’t kidding.
I guarantee regardless of where you might be in the South this weekend, there’s an arts festival […]

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September 11th, 2008

A Crazy Take on an Amusement Park

Clifton Childree, a 37-year old local filmmaker and artist, has a unique ability of turning crap into a sought after artistic expression. He admits to taking his truck out for a drive through his neighborhood to sift through old wood and other items in people’s bulk trash, but all in good cause. He is […]

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September 4th, 2008

Arts Alive: Yellow Daisy Festival, September 4 - 7, at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia

The fall season tends to bring out perhaps some of the best of the south’s arts festival. From September to honestly, the second week in December, there are all kinds of folk art festivals, crafts shows and more to keep you busy every weekend.
In fact, this weekend happens to be the 40th Annual Yellow Daisy […]

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August 29th, 2008

Arts Alive…6th Annual Perspectives 2008: Georgia Pottery Invitational

What just may be the largest pottery event in Georgia kicks off on August 30 in Watkinsville, Ga.
The 6th Annual Perspectives 2008: Georgia Pottery Invitational, held at Oconee County Arts Foundation (OCAF), is three-week long event featuring the works of 50 potters selected from the state. Around 150 pieces will be on display, […]

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August 1st, 2008

Arts Alive…Veranda Inn Gallery

If Senoia, Ga., looks a little familiar to you its because the town’s streets were used as the settings for such films as “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Fried Green Tomatoes.”
What may be considered as one of the state’s best-kept secrets, Senoia is home to quaint shops, eateries and over 100 buildings listed on the […]

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