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Del Martin comes 'Home Again' on June 5 In the movie classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale says, “There’s no place like home.” Dalton native Del Martin agrees: She’s coming back to her first “home of the heart” when she brings her art exhibition, “Home Again,” to the Creative Arts Guild on June 5 This one-woman show is one of CAG’s First Friday Artist Reception featured events, allowing friends, fans and area art-lovers the opportunity to visit with the artist, enjoy her paintings and have a party all at the same time. The reception and exhibit opening takes place Friday, June 5, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Creative Arts Guild at 520 W. Waugh St. “This is the third year of this ‘homecoming’ for me, and it is always so special,” Martin said. “I began my art career at the Creative Arts Guild, and I love seeing old friends at this show, and meeting new ones!” She invites Dalton residents to come to the reception to “mix and mingle and enjoy her most recent paintings: from Cortona and Tuscany, from her trip to Barbados to visit former Daltonian Ginger Barton, and from north Georgia and everyday scenes of Southern living.” A lifelong artist, Del Martin was born and raised in Dalton. As a girl, she was an exhibitor at the inaugural Powers Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival in Newnan and a mainstay at the Creative Arts Guild Firehouse Festival, where her barn wood paintings and custom-decorated river rocks were popular for many years. Her paintings and original works have been exhibited in numerous art festivals and gallery shows, most recently at the Chastain Art Gallery in Atlanta. Martin earned her bachelor of fine arts degree at the University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, where she graduated with honors. Her concentration was graphic design, with a minor in drawing and painting. As an undergraduate, she spent an unforgettable summer in Cortona, Italy, studying art with the University of Georgia Studies Abroad program in 1976. She continues her art studies today, participating in an annual painting workshop in Cortona as well as the annual Ringling School of Arts WildAcres workshop in the North Carolina mountains. Martin’s style has developed over the years, moving from a tighter, more realistic rendition during her early years of working as an illustrator, to her current energetic and loose use of pigment. Her artwork ranges from watercolors to pastels, but all of her paintings showcase her love of color and light as well as her empathic understanding of her subjects. Her paintings, “Santa Gourds,” and other original works reside in a number of private collections. Del Martin’s “Home Again” exhibit will continue at the arts guild throughout the entire month of June. The Creative Arts Guild is the oldest multidisciplinary community arts organization in Georgia. For more information, contact the Guild at 706-278-0168 or visit the Web site at www.creativeartsguild.org . To contact the artist, call 404-451-0250 or email her at del@ahmp.com or del.martin@fundraisingcounsel.com.
Alexander Haas Partner Meets Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Alexander Haas Partner Dave Jese-Ross Jenkin is justifiably proud of his heritage in the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Jenkin is the triple great-grandson of John Ross (1790-1866) who served as Principal Chief of the United Cherokee Nation for an unprecedented 37 years (October 1828 until his death in August 1866). Now, as lead counsel to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (Cherokee, NC), Dave makes monthly visits to the Qualla Boundary to provide counsel to the Museum's leadership and staff in a capital campaign that will support a new Education and Research Wing as well as broaden the Museum's level of individual giving. On a recent visit, Dave was honored to meet the current Principal Chief, Michell Hicks who was re-elected in 2007. "Given my heritage it is a sacred privilege to work with this inspiring project and these exceptional people who are so dedicated to passing on Cherokee traditions and culture," says Jenkin. "This is a great opportunity for me to combine passion with avocation." |
