Coffee House Exhibit

I currently have a small solo show/exhibit space at the Camilla Java Coffee Shop.  I had a fabulous time hanging it yesterday morning.  They have a new owner, Shannon, who is a wonderful young lady and makes a dandy hazenut latte.
Shannon was busy making coffee and installing Christmas decorations when I arrived.  The town of Camilla and the Camilla Chamber of Commerce  is having their Progressive Dinner later this week, touring many homes and business in the area.

The various hosts are putting their seasonal decorations up a little bit early just to make the event extra special for their guests at the progressive dinner.

NOTE: Progressive Shopping and Dining, downtown Camilla, 5:30, 5:45, 6:00 &
6:15, $20 tickets; contact Camilla Chamber at 229-336-5255 to purchase your tickets.

I want to send a special thank you to Mrs. Patsy Stripling, President of the  Flint River Arts Council, for inviting  me to display my work at Camilla Java.

I have long been a fan of this little caffinated nook of South Georgia.  It is a pleasure for me to have my artwork on display there.  I am also looking forward to attending the progressive dinner event at the coffee shop.

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Poets

Yesterday, I also had a chance to relax a bit and share a cup of coffee with my friend,  Katherine Stripling Byer.

Kay was in town visiting family and participating in the recent 3rd ASU Poetry Festival.  She is an intriguing poet who continuously amazes me.

Writers do indeed see the world in an intimate and unique manner.

I invite you to read her personal blog: Here Where I Am, as well as the blog she created while serving as the Poet Laureate of North Carolina: My Laureate’s Lasso.

(by the way, I did NOT mispell Dr. davenport’s name, she prefers to use small case letters.)

Last weekend, I was tickled to have a chance to hear Ms. Byer read her poetry in person at the Albany Welcome Center in the Bridge House.

The night featured 4 different poets: Shirlette Ammons, Kathryn Stripling Byer, doris davenport, and Frank X Walker. I was thrilled with each of them.

I must say I am now “hooked” on poetry reading and plan to attend more of them.

Read Ms. Byer’s blog post: ASU Poetry Festival:  Evening Reading Session
Read Ms. Byer’s blog post: ASU Poetry Festival.

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Paintings

My paintings will hang in Camilla through the holidays and into February 2010.

If you drop by, be sure to drive next door.   I like to spend a few minutes each time I visit out  behind the courthouse  under the oak trees.  It is one of my favorite places in Camilla.  From the benches, you can spy on all the action across the street at a old fashioned produce and grocery store .  Depending on the weather and time of year,  you will catch lot’s of small town flavor.

Dancing with Color
Solo Show
with paintings by

Cindy Davis

runs until the end of May, 2009.

The Board of Trustees & Community Friends would like to invite you to attend

Wine Market 2009!

Saturday, March 14th

Stonebridge Golf & Country Club

5:00pm – 9:00pm

Enjoy an evening of wine tasting, outstanding art vendors, fabulous food, live music and silent auction!

Make plans to attend! Get your tickets today!

Ticket Locations:

Place on the Pointe

Gourmet Gadgets

The Carriage Trade

Comfort Zone Day Spa

Girls Inc. Office

Advance tickets are $50 per person; $60 at the door

All proceeds benefit Girls Inc.of Albany programming.

I have an overactive imagination. Considering the fact that cyber-punk-bohemian-hipster types don’t live in Albany, GA, I believe that she was talking about nameless artists out there working away in anonymity.

I find those people interesting, too, but if there are any cyber-punk-bohemian-hipster minimalist sound artists out there, please, stand up and be counted. Some of us would like to know you exist because you would be interesting to meet, others would like to know of your existence so that you can be avoided.

While I have yet to run across any cyber-punk-bohemian-hipsters, I have met many great artists since moving to Albany. They include teachers, professors, retirees, moms, kids, professionals, twenty-something’s, and eighty-something’s.

Unfortunately, many of these artists don’t leave their garrets to meet other artists. For being such a large town, Albany doesn’t have as active an art scene as it could. Don’t get me wrong; there is a lot of art in Albany. There is always great art on display at the Albany Area Arts Council, there is an active Artist Guild (full disclosure- I’m a member), we have a great art museum (full disclosure- I work at the Art Museum), and we have great art departments at Darton College and Albany State.

All of this great art could be better if those “underground artists” would leave their basements, garages, and bedrooms and meet other artists. Add to the discussion, attend an opening, or join the Artists Guild.

There’s room for all types, even cyber-punk-bohemian-hipster minimalist sound artists. Charles Williams, an art professor at Albany State has started a Yahoo group, artapalb1, think ART APpreciation in ALBany is #1.

It contains info and opportunities for artists living in the Albany area. Flint River Gallery has invested in local art through this blog. I hope that this blog and other Internet activity will help get people more involved.

Art, above all, is an interaction between human beings. Without human beings interacting it just don’t work.

Nick Nelson graduated with a BFA from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2000. He went on to earn an MFA from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia where he taught observational drawing and two-dimensional design for two years.

He currently works in the Education Department of the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, Georgia. Nelson has shown his work regionally and nationally and is a member of the Stillmoreroots Group, an artist collective that exhibits site-specific installation in non-traditional spaces.

You can learn more about him at Still More RootsGallery.