ACP Public Art 2009 - “Gifted” Click the “More” link above to print, save or email the pdf. The following, from the press release:

Get ready for ACP’s Public Art Project “Gifted”! Beginning October 1st, 2009 and continuing through the end of the month, be on the lookout for Atlanta Celebrates Photography’s Public Art Project “Gifted”. Organized by Atlanta-based photographer and artist Beth Lilly, “Gifted” will engage the public and transform Atlanta through the gift of 1,200 limited-edition, fine art photographs which will be randomly distributed during the month of October.  

Lilly and her team will hand out the prints throughout the Atlanta metro region during ACP’s 11th festival this October, in unexpected places, at unannounced times. The dates and locations for obtaining a free print will not be disclosed in advance, (but a little bird told us that you may want to follow ACP11 on twitter to find out when the “Gifted” team has been spotted). Selected from a competitive open call for proposals, Lilly’s project was most suited to ACP’s public art mission, to infuse Atlanta with photography in an exciting, unpredictable way that directly impacts Atlantans within the flow of their daily lives.  Lilly’s project is also an attempt to find and cultivate new appreciators of photography and the photographic print, by providing a professionally-printed, valuable “starter print” for a potential collector. The exchange will promote local photographers while encouraging a rich dialogue about the act of giving valuable art for free as well as an oblique commentary on the current economy.

Each photograph is an archival, gallery quality, limited-edition, signed and numbered print. Lilly’s prints will showcase the work of Atlanta’s best photographers, from unknown shooters to the city’s top talent. In addition, one set of prints will be “gifted” to the permanent collection of MOCA GA.

Participating photographers:
Corinne Adams
David Walter Banks
William Boling
John Bohannon
Christian Bradley West
Diane Kirkland
Kathryn Kolb
Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier
Pam Moxley
Laura Noel
Dorothy O’ Connor
Michael West

To follow the progress and results of ACP11’s Public Art Project, please visit: gifted.acpinfo.org. “Gifted” will live on through this web project. There, recipients of the photographs are encouraged to post about their experience of receiving the artwork and to upload images of the art in its new home.

ACP has a rich history of bringing lens-based, temporary public art to Atlanta, during their fall festival. Previous projects have been produced by Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, Amy Landesberg, Peter Bahouth, Joey Orr and Matt Haffner, Jason Fulford, and Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry.

For information, please contact ACP’s Program Manager: Michael David Murphy info@acpinfo.org
1135 Sheridan Rd. Atlanta GA 30324 404-634-8664 www.acpinfo.org