Depiction features the illustrative and often surreal work from eight local artists of varying backgrounds. Artists include Ashley Anderson, Rory Hawkins, Phil Jones, Laurence Laufer, Sam Parker, Adam Pinney, Estela Semeco, and Dorothy Stucki.

This is the final exhibit curated by our exiting Gallery Manager, Mike Germon.  It will be on view through Sunday, June 16th.

Thank you for your contributions to MINT through attending events, purchasing artwork, and donating time and money to our cause. We couldn’t do what we do without you!

We’re launching a new program in the fall that will connect under served youth with arts volunteer opportunities where they will “earn” money to purchase artwork. We think this project is really special, not only because it supports a demographic that desperately needs arts education, but it also invests significant funding back into the arts community through the purchase of artwork.

The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs will match each dollar that we raise for this project, up to $2,500. That means for every dollar you donate, the City will match it! We have just over 3 weeks to complete this project, so please consider donating today!

You can read more about the project (and make a donation) by clicking here. Please also consider sharing this message with your network via email, Facebook, and Twitter.

We have just over three weeks to meet our fundraising deadline and make a difference in the lives of under served youth.

Thank you again for your support!

Best,
Erica Jamison
Executive Director

“My time as manager of MINT Gallery has offered me a valued platform for working with the amazing art community of Atlanta, and an exciting venue for engaging in deeply rewarding curatorial projects,” says Germon. “While my experiences with MINT have been instrumental in fostering my growth as an artist, I feel that it is time to focus more energy on personal creative endeavors. I look forward to seeing MINT continue to evolve and flourish under the guidance of the incredible their incredible team.”

MINT’s Executive Director, Erica Jamison, says, “Mike’s talent and vision will be sorely missed.  He has been an incredible asset to MINT and we wish him the best with all of his future endeavors.”

MINT’s board and staff are currently interviewing potential Gallery Managers and will fill the position by the end of June.

We’re please to present (un)real, an exhibit hosted by Georgia State University’s Art Student Union, at MINT on Friday, May 3rd from 6 to 9pm. (un)real is a mixed media exhibition displaying the artworks of graduate and undergraduate Art & Design students. These works coalesce diverse aspects of life and psyche ranging from re-purposing found objects posing as community indexes, to satirical vantages of human behavior, to otherworldly phantasmagoria. Encapsulating the breadth of 20 unique and talented artists’ views of the contiguous world allows the audience to investigate how the boundaries between us are porous, as well as our perception of anything real or unreal.

Please join us in celebrating their work and our new space (if you haven’t been able to stop by).

Leap Year is a year long, emerging artists mentorship that provides support for three emerging artists each year. Selected artists have the opportunity to participate in a program of development with resources from numerous organizations and individuals active in Georgia. Leap Year provides space and support for emerging artists to be more thoughtful about their work and creative careers, to foster partnerships and community between various arts organizations, to create a more sustainable arts economy, and to nurture a generous artistic spirit within Atlanta.

Possible Futures will match up to $10,000 in funds donated by MINT supporters, and The Goat Farm Arts Center will make an in kind match of studio space valued at $10,000.

Executive Director, Erica Jamison says, “We are humbled and honored by the support shown by Possible Futures and The Goat Farm. Without these two organizations, Leap Year would not exist. Their pledge is a testament to the necessity and strength of the program.”

Funds must be raised by December 31st! Donate through our <;a href="http://igg.me/p/270996/x/1572199">;IndieGoGo campaign<;/a>; which goes until December 21st or through Paypal to erica@mintatl.org.

We’re thrilled to present new work from Richard Arnold and Craig Cameron.

Arnold and Cameron have created an interactive exhibition about artist statements, their purpose, meaning and worth. An artist statement has a role within this process, but its role is as varied as the artists that write them and sometimes its role isn’t quite clear. Sometimes it compliments the art, sometimes it misses the target, overcompensates, underwhelms or drags along the art kicking and screaming. Take part in the exhibition, bring meaning to the works of art utilizing statements of the the artists’ and other artists from Atlanta and around the nation. Place a statement with other statements, or with a work that does not have one. Create a description, create a statement thereby helping to shape the meaning of the pieces individually, and the show as in its’ entirety.

Leap Year, the year long, emerging artists mentorship program facilitated by MINT, announces the final exhibit for the 2011/2012 artists John Paul Floyd, Jane Garver, and Chelsea Raflo. The exhibit, presented by MINT and Moonshine Pictures, will open at The Department Store, located 467 Edgewood Avenue, on Friday, October 12 from 8pm until 11pm.

About the Artists:

John Paul Floyd