????????♀️ Myths in the making
Myths in the making Wednesday, Sept. 23 — Heroes don’t just happen. Someone decides who gets the cape, and how the tale gets told. Two artists showing in Atlanta right now are claiming that power for themselves. ???? New Orleans artist Keith Duncan found his heroes on the 50-yard-line. And, no, they aren’t football players. Duncan’s “Battle of […] The post ????????♀️ Myths in the making appeared first on Rough Draft®.
Myths in the making
Wednesday, Sept. 23 — Heroes don’t just happen. Someone decides who gets the cape, and how the tale gets told. Two artists showing in Atlanta right now are claiming that power for themselves.
New Orleans artist Keith Duncan found his heroes on the 50-yard-line. And, no, they aren’t football players. Duncan’s “Battle of the Bands,” now on display at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, features 44 large-scale fabric paintings of 15 HBCU marching bands. Many pieces highlight the bands’ drum majors – figures cut from the same heroic cloth, Duncan says – as comic book superheroes that sparked his interest in art as a child.
French-Senegalese artist Delphine Diallo is writing her own legends through the use of digital photography and AI. “Delphine Diallo: The Mythic Quest,” at the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA), takes its shape from the hero’s journey monomyth. Its AI work includes “Motherverse,” a sci-fi world guarded by 12 Oracles, shaped by Diallo’s own breath, gestures, and movement.
Real people made into legend. Mythology made from an artist’s agency. Both are challenges to prevailing notions of “the hero” in art.
Which stories are you reframing?
—Sherri Daye Scott
Halftime history hangs here
Southern University homecomings planted the seed. Gee’s Bend quilters helped inspire the backdrops. Now Keith Duncan’s HBCU marching band paintings are hanging in the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, each piece “a history lesson.”
Learn more about the stories stitched into Duncan’s work.
From Hitchcock’s Shadows to Copland’s Wide Horizons
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Celebrate creativity, individuality, and the power of artistic expression with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on Oct. 2.
Distinctive American voices are highlighted, from trailblazing composer Amy Beach to the expansive vision of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. At its center is Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho: A Narrative for String Ensemble, a riveting concert work adapted from the iconic Hitchcock score.
→ Blending drama, innovation, and emotional depth, this program showcases music that challenged conventions and continues to resonate today. Reserve your seat today.
AI, on her own terms
AI is more than a tool for multi-media artist Delphine Diallo. It’s “a ritual collaborator,” and one Diallo works with after grounding herself with tea – and awareness. She shared her thoughts on purpose and process in the digital age, at a recent ADAMA Art Salon.
Read how Diallo keeps her vision intact.
Art Happenings
FRANK “TAKING SPACE” Outdoor Exhibition Opening Party | 6-9 p.m., Sept. 24 | Loop, 665 Marietta Street NW.
The Art of Banksy “Without Limits” Opening | 1-8 p.m., Sept. 25 | Pullman Yards.
“The Power of Paper”: Anna Carll Artist Talk | 1-3 p.m., Sept. 26 | Mason Fine Art (pictured).
“Moments in Light” and “The Art of Seeing: Two Photographers in Conversation” | 1-4 p.m., Sept. 26 | Chastain Arts Center.
Atlanta’s liveliest cemetery music festival returns to Oakland for its 48th year! The iconic Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs festival is back Sun., Sept. 27. Live music, history, and family fun in one unique experience. SPONSOR MESSAGE
Post of the Week
Atlanta artist @rosembarron_art
is showing three ceramic pieces in the @thebakeryatlanta‘s group show, “Homegrown” at the Supermarket. The exhibition runs through Oct. 11. See the post.
Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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