Featured Arts Information
The Friends of Johnny Mercer Website Recognized
(SAVANNAH, GA) The website for The Friends of Johnny Mercer, Inc., www.friendsofjohnnymercer.com, recently received an honorable mention in the "New Media and Web Design: Website, Public Service/Non-Profit" from the 38th Annual Creativity Awards. The site was created by Angela R. Horne, an Assistant Professor of Art at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah and proprietor of ARR Designs, based in Statesboro GA.Horne, who received both her bachelor's and Master's degrees from Georgia Southern University, worked with Dianne Thurman of The Friends of Johnny Mercer and Caroline Hopkinson of the AASU Lane Library to create the site. The Lane Library is the repository for the Mercer Family Collection.
"It was important for me to create a unique online experience for The Friends of Johnny Mercer," said Horne. "I wanted it to be memorable, easily navigated and something the main audience of Johnny Mercer fans could relate to." Horne also found the letters in the Lane Library which had written by Mercer to his mother "touching and inspiring".
Horne, who is a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art at AASU, also "wanted to create a bit of nostalgia, seen mostly in the imagery of the postal documents and by special treatment of type and visual textures." She teaches a range of graphic design and computer art courses as well as manages the MAC computer lab on the University campus.
This year's Annual Creativity Awards program, based in Louisville KY, received a record 2,800 entries from over 44 countries and 45 U. S. states. The winners are determined by a jury of advertising and design professionals from some of the United States' most prestigious design firms and showcased in the 400-page Creativity Awards Annual published in each February. Winners will be honored at the 1st Annual Creativity Awards Gala in Louisville later this year. The Creativity Annual Awards program was established in 1970.
2009 Savannah Jazz Festival Poster
"The Definition of Ben Riley"
Visual Artist: Ligel Lambert
Original Size: 40"x64"
Media: Acrylic and India Ink on canvas
Poster Size: 24"x36"
"The Definition of Ben Riley". Art work created for the 2009 Savannah Jazz Festival. The first signed and numbered edition is limited to only 125 posters and they are ready to be purchased. This signed and numbered limited edition is signed by Mr. Ben Riley and signed and numbered by Ligel 2009. The first signed and numbered limited edition posters are available for purchase at $50.00.
The second signed and numbered edition is limited to only 300 posters and are also ready to be purchased as well. This edition is signed and numbered by Ligel 2009 only. The second signed and numbered limited edition posters are available for purchase at $30.00.
The open edition 2009 Savannah Jazz Festival posters are also available. These posters are not signed or numbered and are sold for $20.00.
To learn more about the annual Savannah Jazz Festival,
and to order your 2009 Savannah Festival Poster,
call (843) 252-9512
or Visit the Savannah Jazz Festival website at: www.SavannahJazzFestival.org
Dimensions Gallery
412 MLK Jr Blvd
Dimensions Gallery recently celebrated its One Year Anniversary!
Dimensions Gallery proudly announced recently that they have crossed the one year mark! They started with an idea to work with local artists and SCAD students and the ball has just kept rolling!! Since opening, they have continued to work with local artists, while expanding to supply organizations with a venue to hold exquisite receptions, as well as participate in community activities, and allow creators of all ages a place to express their voice through art.
Dimensions Gallery provides local and developing artists with a place to showcase their visual works of art. This is important to developing artists who often lack the opportunity to display their work in a professional environment. The Dimensions Gallery provides the artist with access to the public, and provides the public with the opportunity to view and purchase works of art by emerging talent. The gallery specializes in displaying paintings, photography, three-dimensional pieces and other works of art by undiscovered artists, students at SCAD, and other local schools. Dimensions Gallery is pleased to be located within the historic MLK/Montgomery Street Corridor.
Dimensions Gallery
412 MLK Jr Blvd
www.DimensionsArtGallery