ChaosInGa Chronicles: January 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

ART: First Glance Film, Visual Arts & Spoken Word Competition Call For Artists

Are you or someone you know an amazing teen filmmaker, visual or spoken word artist ready to take the next steps? If so, enter the First Glance Film, Visual Arts and Spoken Word Competition today! NBAF invites the International community of young artists to create original work around the theme “Connect, Inspire, Transform”. Winners are eligible for up to $1000 in prizes, master classes with professional artists, access to professional mentoring and an opportunity for your work to be featured at the National Black Arts Festival. This program is sponsored by Turner Broadcasting through the Turner Voices Initiative. The deadline to enter is April 15, 2012. Visit the First Glance page a www.nbaf.org for more information. Deadline: April 15, 2012

ART: Question Bridge: Black Males - Jan. 27-March 10, 2012

Question Bridge: Black Males

Gallery at Chastain

135 W. Wieuca Road, NW

Atlanta, GA 30342

Internationally acclaimed artists Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, and Bayate Ross Smith present Question Bridge: Black Males, a transmedia art project that seeks to represent and redefine black male identity in America. Through video meditated question and answer exchange, diverse members of these demographic groups bridge economic, political, geographic, and generational divisions. This exhibition will be represented with video and photography by artists including Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, Bayate Ross Smith, and Kambui Olujimi. Question Bridge is presented by City Gallery at Chastain. This series of questions asked by black males of varying ages opens the trailer for Question Bridge: Black Males, a "transmedia art project that seeks to represent and redefine Black male identity in America." Directed by artists Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas, in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Atlanta-based artist and producer Kamal Sinclair, Question Bridge was filmed across America, including Oakland, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, over the last four years. Beginning Jan. 27, the Chastain Arts Center will host a video installation to exhibit the work.

Monday, January 9, 2012

EVENT: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival - March 3, 2012

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA

Mar 3, 2012 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Saturday

Atlantic Station

1380 Atlantic Drive

Atlanta, GA 30363

Join us at the festival for a great day of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbeque eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE –TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. Some of the best barbeque vendors are on-site if you get hungry all while enjoying seminars in the tasting theater and LIVE music all day. We have over 60 beers and 40 bourbons for your sampling pleasure!