© ACP 11 Public Art

BETH LILLY
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA

Lecture: 10/21/2009, 7pm

ACP's Public Art Project "Gifted" will engage the public and transform Atlanta through the gift of 1,200 limited-edition, fine art photographs which will be distributed for free to the public during the month of October. Beth Lilly, the project's curator and organizer will discuss the project "Gifted", and how this project is infusing Atlanta with photography in an exciting, unpredictable way that directly impacts Atlantans within the flow of their daily lives. Lilly will discuss how exchange promotes local photographers while encouraging a rich dialogue about the act of giving valuable art for free as well as an oblique commentary on the current economy.

Beth will be joined by some of Gifted's participating photographers in this discussion: Corinne Adams, David Walter Banks, William Boling, John Bohannon, Christian Bradley West, Diane Kirkland, Kathryn Kolb, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Pam Moxley, Laura Noel, Dorothy O' Connor , & Michael West.

For more information about "Gifted", please see gifted.acpinfo.org and ACP 11 Public Art.

© Suellen Parker

SUELLEN PARKER
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA

Lecture: 10/09/2008, 7pm

Suellen Parker is an artist who uses sculpture, photography and digital manipulation to explore contemporary themes. The scenes depicted feature characters modeled out of plasteline clay. The sculptures are then photographed and reworked in the computer, along with other photographs to create the final photomontage. These characters are fighting against the contradictions that exist between their ideal self and their physical reality.

Suellen was selected as one of 50 promising emerging photographers featured in the important international traveling exhibition, reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow curated by William Ewing of Musee de l'Elysee. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, Discover Magazine, the American Photography juried annual and the catalogue of reGeneration published by Aperture. Suellen's work is included in the permanent collections of Sir Elton John, Musee de l'Elysee, and Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. She is represented by Stefan Stux Gallery, New York and Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta. Suellen is a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta.

This event is free and open to the public. Presented with MOCA GA.