DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SATURDAY, MAY 28, 4PM  

Show Dates: June 24 - August 26, 2011

Juror: Dr. Jerry Cullum   

Art Invitation for 2009 "In Your Dreams"...  

This exhibition is a showcase for creative responses to the thought that our dreams are often at the center of creative inspiration and deep personal insight. We are seeking images that speak without fear to the creative subconscious and reveal the mysteries we all have hidden in our dreams.

 Entry form here... 

Juror Dr. Jerry Cullum has curated or co-curated art exhibitions for venues ranging from the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia to the Amerika Häuser in Germany, as well as other institutions in Europe. He  has also served as visiting critic in cities ranging from Shreveport, Louisiana to Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His essays on art and culture have appeared in scholarly and popular journals including Art in America, ARTnews, boundary 2: a journal of postmodern studies, and GSD Review, the professional journal of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Read more about Dr. Cullum here...  

Wednesday, June 15th, 7:30PM   

Photos courtesy of TW Meyer  

Four years ago, Beth Lilly began a public/performance/interactive art project titled "The Oracle @ Wifi." When cell phones became equipped with decent cameras, she saw the opportunity for a true collaborative art project. Transcending time and geography, a person could call her from anywhere in the world and she could make a photograph and email it back to them - an interaction that was both intimate and in real-time. This idea evolved into a system of divination, using a cell phone camera to tell people's fortunes. Instead of shuffling a deck of cards, her location when called would be the random element. And instead of an unchanging selection of images, each image in her system would be unique, created spontaneously from the contemporary life and open to interpretation. Read more here... 

Join Beth Lilly on June 15th for a discussion of her Oracle project, as well as her successful $12,000 fundraising campaign through Kickstarter.com. Beth's book, "The Oracle @ Wifi," will be published in the spring of 2012 with funds raised through this platform.  

 Born in 1963, Beth Lilly grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. She studied film production and screen play writing at the University of Georgia, receiving an ABJ in 1985. Her last term, she took a photography class and found her passion. While writing and producing radio ads and a fun stint handling craft services for the film, "Friday the 13th: Part 6" she began teaching herself photography. She returned to college, this time to earn a Masters of Fine Arts in photography from Georgia State University in 1993. She went on to serve as photo editor and then Director for the Turner Broadcasting photography department (promoting cable stations CNN, TNT, TBS, TCM and sports teams Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks) until 2002, when she left to concentrate on her own art projects. Beth Lily currently lives with her husband in Atlanta Georgia and Highlands North Carolina.

(We like pictures too!)