Tag: Friends of East Atlanta Library
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Inspiration from Local Teacher
By Henry Bryant On May 26 over 50 neighbors and art friends gathered at the East Atlanta Library to fete the current art show artist, Renee Ruffin. It was Memorial Day Weekend and the Friends of East Atlanta Library celebrated the day and Ms. Ruffin with a hotdog cookout and all of the fixin’s. Guests […]
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Local Art Teacher to Show at East Atlanta Library
By Henry Bryant By the middle of May there will be a new art show on view in the East Atlanta Library Gallery space. The artist is Renee Ruffin an art teacher at Drew Elementary School and former Art Gallery owner in Kirkwood. The Friends of East Atlanta Library, sponsor of the show with the […]
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Depetris Art Reception in April
By Henry Bryant Internationally known artist Mariana Depetris, in conjunction with the Friends of East Atlanta Library and the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, will host a reception for her artwork, now on display at the East Atlanta Library, on Saturday, April 7. If you have not seen the artwork, you are invited to come check […]
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National Friends of the Library Week Celebrated
By Heather Staniszewski Last month, the East Atlanta Library hosted an event to celebrate National Friends of the Library Week. This event honored twenty three Friends groups, from all over the Atlanta-Fulton Library System. A special congratulation goes to the system’s Friends groups winning the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The GOLD Award for 1,000 + […]
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Spooky Art, Spooky Friday Night Party with Jazz
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]By Henry Bryant On October 20, the Friends of East Atlanta Library (FEAL) invites everyone in the neighborhood to a costume party, art reception, jazz recital, and annual meeting. The meeting part will be short and sweet to allow plenty of time for the other activities. The fun will start at […]
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Artist Brings Vintage Horror and More
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]By Henry Bryant Walker Davis has been an artist and creative person all his life. His art will be on display at the gallery wall of the East Atlanta Library with an opening reception Friday night October 20, starting at 6:00pm. (See “Spooky Art Party” elsewhere in this issue). While his […]
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Reception for Art from Longtime Area Principal
By Henry Bryant In August and September the Friends of East Atlanta Library and the Atlanta Fulton Library System will feature art works by longtime Atlanta Public Schools Principal James Doanes. Most recently in retirement from the school system, Mr. Doanes had returned to assist both Peterson Elementary and Burgess Elementary in meeting student achievement […]
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RLand Donates To FEAL
Recently artist RLand presented a nice donation to the Friends of East Atlanta Library made up of proceeds from the sale of his artwork on display at the library. The $800 will be used for programming at the branch. The show was on the gallery wall and in the main reading area of the library […]
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Late Breaking Reminder: Local Artist Brings It Home
By Henry Bryant From the National Gallery in Accra, Ghana, to The Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba House in the East Village of New York, from the Havana Bienal in Cuba, to the Holter Museum of Art in Montana, Batya’s paintings have been seen all over the country and the world. The Friends of […]
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March Brings Historic Images to the East Atlanta Library
By Henry Bryant After acclaim across the country, and in art hotspots around the globe, Batya Tamar is bringing her work to East Atlanta Library in a one-woman show in mid-March. The opening reception sponsored by the Friends of East Atlanta Library and Atlanta Fulton Libraries, will be on Saturday, March 18 from 3:30 until […]