Front And Center

Last Friday, Missy and I headed out to ATHICA (Athens Institute For Contemporary Art) to attend the opening of their newest exhibition called CENTER...
















(Missy strikes a pose with Vernon, who made several of the paintings in the exhibition)



We met up with our friends Allison, Josie, and Katelyn and explored other parts of the Chase Street Warehouses - the row of old warehouses that have been converted into studios, businesses, and living spaces, which ATHICA is a part of. While cooling off outside, the RUBBER SOUL CLOWN CLUB pulled up in an OLD JALOPY, ready to serenade the crowd with a TUBA QUINTET. The troupe was made up of four quintessential HOBO CLOWNS led by a smartly dressed DRUM MAJOR, who conducted them through renditions of "When The Saints Go Marching In" and "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)"...all the while, they were harassed by a KEYSTONE COP on a bicycle, who tried in vain to stop their public performance...







































A complete stranger asked us to watch her dog, BILBO, so she could go in ATHICA and look at the exhibition. We kindly obliged...

















One of the pieces revolved around a local Athens landmark and slice of weird history called "THE TREE THAT OWNS ITSELF" (click HERE to see the history of the tree)...participants were encouraged to take an ACORN that was attached to a little flag and then plant it somewhere in Athens. There was a map that you could mark with a pin, showing where you were planning on planting the seed...