Chattooga County’s most famous site likely is Paradise Garden, a swampy, 4-acre maze of buildings, sculptures and displays near Summerville, Ga., created by the late folk artist Howard Finster.
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The threat of negative press can make for a powerful negotiating tool, as a former East Atlanta resident learned after successfully taking on the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — -with a powerful assist from social media.
The saga began last month, when friends directed amateur folk artist Tori LaConsay, now living in Birmingham, to products sold on H&M’s UK website that featured a design strikingly similar to one she created in 2008.
LaConsay’s utilitarian creation, featuring “You Look Nice Today” painted in black letters on a white canvas with a red heart in the corner, originally appeared on a sign on East Atlanta’s main thoroughfare, Flat Shoals Road. For more on the Atlanta Journal Constitution story, click here.
Click here for a nice write up on Mr. I, Charlie Lucas, Lonnie Holley and Kevin Sampson.
http://www.folkart.org/mag/called-by-the-spirits
Celebrate Life: The Art of Chris Clark, is an exhibition featuring the work of a beloved local folk artist and friend to The BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART. In this edition of the Museum’s weekly free ArtBreak program, BMA Director Gail Andrews discusses this very personal exhibition, and the man whose legacy is being honored.
photo by Rob Poss
Russell Blackmon and Pamela Turner have reworked Russell’s script about Howard Finster into a play that will be featured March 8-25, 2012 at Seven Stages in Atlanta. For more, click here.
Check out Pat Juneau’s new rig!
Here is a look at the row of Who-Ha booths participating in Folk Fest 2011. For the fourth year in a row, we had the largest booth in the house! The show was a killer, kudos to Amy and Steve Slotin. Thanks for all the good people who showed up. Look at the banners in the row shot, you can easily spot us at the show.
Who-Ha Row, Folk Fest 2011, Atlanta, GA
John Sperry Booth, Folk Fest 2011
Missionary Mary Booth, Folk Fest 2011
Eric Legge Booth, Folk Fest 2011
Ellie Ali Booth, Folk Fest 2011
Madison Latimer Booth Folk Fest 2011
Charla Steele Booth Folk Fest 2011
Chris Beck Booth Folk Fest 2011
Paul and Deborah Flack Booth, Folk Fest 2011
Sad news. During Folk Fest, Mary learned that her son had been involved in a fatal car accident in Florida. Our thoughts and prayers are with her.