The Temporary Art Center opened its inaugural exhibition “PROJECT” at the sprawling (66,000 sq. ft.) Conklin Metal Building of which included a strong Georgia State contingent of faculty, students and alumni. The exhibition highlighted Atlanta-connected artists whose work has a thriving presence in exhibitions and markets outside Atlanta.
PROJECT artists included (GSU-affiliated artists in bold) Paul Stephen Benjamin, Fredrik Brauer, Marc Brotherton, Xie Caomin, Bethany Collins, Drew Conrad, William Downs, Shanequa Gay, Jill Frank, Kojo Griffin, Dana Haugaard, Sarah Hobbs, Lonnie Holley, Scott Ingram, Wihro Kim, Michi Meko, Kirstin Mitchell, Jiha Moon, Esteban Patino, Fahamu Pecou, Joe Peragine, Jen Ray, Micah and Whitney Stansell, Ben Venom, JD Walsh, Christina West and Sonya Yong James.
In addition, the program included "More Upstairs" a mini-art fair exhibition with Georgia State University’s M.F.A. students.
PROJECT is sponsored by Perennial Properties, Hathaway Gallery, Faulkner + Locke and Georgia State University College of the Arts and the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design.
November 15-late December 2019