Get Out of Town: Serenbe

All photos courtesy of Serenbe.

Last night as I was lying in bed I thought to myself, "you sure need a vacation." Sometimes as a small business owner it is difficult to get away for a week, a long weekend, or even a few days. So instead of hightailing it to Tahiti, I thought of a respite only an hour or so away from my hometown of Atlanta, Serenbe. We were planning a little weekend getaway soon and I think I know where we'll be heading! How peaceful...

Painting of the week: Bernd Haussmann "untitled"

Bernd Haussmann, untitled p35-06, 22" x 30", Mixed media on paper

After a fabulous weekend in Marblehead, MA with Bernd and his lovely wife, I cannot stop thinking about his work. How beautiful is this work on paper?

Designers We Love: Angie Hranowsky

All images courtesy of Angie Hranowsky.

This is the second of our themed posts that we rolled out this week and we are thrilled to feature one of our favorite designers, Angie Hranowsky, for Wednesday's theme, "Designers We Love." Angie came into the gallery about a year or so ago and we had so much fun meeting her and looking through the bins together. We are always watching what this brilliant young designer is doing and we couldn't be more impressed! Here's a little about Angie, in case you haven't already read up on this rising star:

Named one of the “20 Designers To Watch” by Traditional Home and one of “Five Up and Coming Designers” by Metropolis magazine, Angie Hranowsky is a multidisciplinary designer with a studio based in historic Charleston, South Carolina. She has spent more than a decade creating award-winning identities and print work for an array of regional and national clients. In 2005, Angie launched her interior design firm, reinterpreting her print design sensibility and color acumen for dynamic, three-dimensional spaces – and quickly vaulted onto the national interior design scene. Driven by a passion to engage and nurture each client, Angie crafts beautifully balanced, inviting spaces that are both personal and timeless. Her eclectic aesthetic, bold use of color and relaxed modern style swiftly garnered attention and praise from leading design publications including House Beautiful, Domino, Cookie and Metropolitan Home.

If you are interested in working with Angie or seeing more of her projects, please click here.

Tasty Tuesdays: Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream

Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream

2006, Ellie Krieger, All Rights Reserved

As many of you know, I am a huge cook and this new theme for Tuesday's posts, "Tasty Tuesday" will feature a new recipe from my file every Tuesday. We hope that you enjoy and cook! This is what is for dinner at my house this evening...

Ingredients

Fish:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

1/4 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1 pound white flaky fish fillet, like tilapia or halibut

Chipotle cream:

1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

2 teaspoons chipotle pepper, in adobo sauce

8 (6-inch) corn tortillas

1 1/2 cups shredded green cabbage or lettuce

1/2 cup corn kernels (thawed if frozen)

1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves

Lime wedges

Directions:

In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, lime juice, salt and pepper. Pour over the fish fillets and let marinate for 20 minutes. Put the yogurt into a strainer lined with apaper towel and place over a bowl to drain and thicken for 20 minutes.

Remove the fish from the marinade and grill on a preheated grill or nonstick grill pan over a medium-high heat until cooked thorough, about 3 minutes per side. Set the fish aside on a plate for 5 minutes.

In a small bowl combine the thickened yogurt, mayonnaise, and chipotle pepper.

Heat the tortillas on the grill or grill pan for 30 seconds on each side.

Flake the fish with a fork. Top each tortilla with 1 tablespoon of the chipotle cream. Top with fish, cabbage, corn and cilantro and serve with lime wedges.

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Vote For Us!

Cecil Touchon, PDP464

We are in the throes of a competition for ad space from Beacham & Company REALTORS! Please get on Facebook, "like" Beacham & Company, REALTORS, and post your vote for Emily Amy Gallery. We are up against some pretty stiff competition, so we need your help!!!

Visit Blayne Beacham's beautiful blog, "This Photographer's Life," to learn more about the competition; we are one of only seven finalists! And if you are not a Facebook user, you can cast a vote by making a comment on Blayne's blog instead. As you will see when you visit the blog, we have used this gorgeous new Cecil Touchon pictured above that we received earlier this week to sway voters our way!

In Celebration of Photography

Ryan Hendon, Mid-Century Landscapes, Pictured #2, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, 8 7/8" x 8 3/4"

September 9th marked the opening of our first-ever photography show which is curated by local photographer Stephanie Dowda. In conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Echoes of the Sublime features 10 artists, both local and non-local. Stephanie has selected black and white, color, vintage prints and brand new works to bring us a wonderful introduction into this genre.

The show features works by the following: Allyson Ross of New York, John Paul Floyd of Atlanta, Klea McKenna of San Francisco, Justin Weaver of Atlanta, Jeff Rich of Savannah, Aaron Norberg of Portland, Lauren Hughes of Atlanta, Ryan Hendon of San Francisco, Ashley Kauschinger of Atlanta and Megan Gorham of San Francisco.

Lauren Hughes, Lingered or Luck, Digital Archive Print, framed, 16" x 24"

Not only did Stephanie's curatorial work bring in our largest opening night crowd to date, but she is also receiving rave reviews. Jerry Cullum, writing for ArtsCriticATL.com, says, "...the goal of curator Stephanie Dowda in “Echoes of the Sublime,” at Emily Amy Gallery through October 22, is both ambitious and admirable. Bearing in mind what the sublime has meant in more philosophically secure eras of life and thought, she sets out to find what the sublime means for American photographers in the second decade of the 21st century." Read the review in it's entirety here: http://www.artscriticatl.com/category/art_and_architecture/. Needless to say, if you haven't seen the show, come pay us a visit.

Megan Gorham, Untitled 2008, Archival Pigment Print, framed, 20" x 24"

Be sure to get out and about during the month of October to catch all that the ACP Festival has to offer! Starting with the Auction Gala this evening at King Plow, there are too many events to name. Almost every gallery and public space in the city is participating in some capacity. There is a lecture series, film series, openings and special events. To learn more about all of the programs included, visit www.ACPinfo.org, or swing by and pick up a brochure from us.

J. Paul Getty

A short drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, nestled in the hills of Malibu, sits the Getty Villa. The brainchild and love of American industrialist and oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, the villa rests on 64 acres and houses thousands of Roman, Etruscan and Greek antiquities collected over his lifetime. Author of How to be Rich and a constant presence on Fortune Magazine's rankings of wealthiest Americans in the mid-1900s, J. Paul Getty amassed a fortune during his lifetime. Fortunately for art lovers everywhere, he had a true passion for the finer things in life. Getty dedicated years of time and loads of funds to what is now the world's wealthiest art trust, which he later bestowed upon Southern California, enabling the existence of The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Getty Foundation, The Getty Research and Conservation Institutes, and the Getty Villa.

(image courtesy of Amerikani blog)

Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, and spent his life working to expand his family's petroleum business. Collecting art and antiquities was a passion and favorite pastime of his, and as a result, the Getty Trust includes over 44,000 pieces. Getty felt very strongly that art, particularly antiquities, should be given a strong and accurate context in which to be viewed. The articles should be seen as the original patrons would have seen them. In the case of his particular collection, context called for the construction of a Roman home.

Based entirely upon a partially excavated, 1st-century Roman villa, Getty provided that context for his namesake's collection in the form of his Malibu villa. The Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy, was buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. It provided the partial model for Getty's plans. As most of it remains to be excavated, the architects of Getty's villa pulled in aspects of other typical Roman country houses of the time into their design. Every last detail is true to the time and luxurious lifestyle of 1st-century Romans, down to the coffered ceilings, lighting fixtures, and open-air construction providing nature's own air-conditioning, (and proof that the Romans were brilliant). Every herb in the herb gardens is drawn from what would have been found in the Mediterranean at that time, and the aromas waft throughout the grounds.

(image courtesy of Modern Art Notes blog)

Getty also believed that the public should have access to his collection free of charge, and thus the only thing to keep in mind is the $15 parking fee per car, (free for all evening events), and a simple online reservation made in advance of your visit. Having gone at 11 on a Monday in July, the crowds must have been smaller than at peak times, but were very manageable. Plan to wander for several hours at a minimum, and hope for sunny weather for the best views of the Pacific.

(image courtesy of Digital Apoptosis)

Getty lived the latter half of his life in Britain, and unfortunately, never had the opportunity to make it back across the pond to see his villa come to life.

(image courtesy of Art Net)