Plays in Progress Series
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSponsored by Georgia Fine Arts Academy, local actors will read Look Away Dixieland, a new play by Jeff Auerbach, with opportunities for feedback and conversation. Ages 16 & up. 2 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Opening Reception
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesAs part of Third Thursday, the 2024 Members’ Showcase featuring artists of all ages and affinities will be on view. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Artist Talk
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesArtists Masako Onodera and Mary Hallam Pearse will discuss their exhibition “Onodera & Pearse: Contrasts and Correlations” featuring sculpture works. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Opening Reception
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThe exhibition “Onodera & Pearse: Contrasts and Correlations” featuring sculpture works will be on display. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Oliver Domingo, Marcel Sletten, Aaron Dylan Kearns
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSonic Space. 7 p.m. (doors). Donations encouraged. www.athica.org
OLIVER DOMINGO Independent from his project Organically Programmed, Domingo's works consist of electronic easy listening, soundtrack cues, jazz, ambience and more.
MARCEL SLETTEN California-born and Athens-based electronic music producer, composer and artist whose sound varies from peaceful to intense.
AARON DYLAN KEARNS Crossing the early technical experimentation of musique concrète with the abrasive rock-influenced rhythms of post-punk, the Atlanta-native offers an assortment of musical homages to 20th-century philosophy in his brand of industrial rock.
Lavender Lens Movie Night
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThis series presents queer and diverse films in a safe space. This week’s screening is The Celluloid Closet by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org/updates/lavenderlens
Video Art Showcase
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThe exhibition “Vibration/Telepathy” will feature 16 single-channel works. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Tatsuya Nakatani, Michael Potter
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSonic Space. 6 p.m. (doors), 7 p.m. (music). Donations encouraged. www.athica.org
TATSUYA NAKATANI Avant-garde percussionist, composer and sound artist who has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year.
MICHAEL POTTER Experimental ambient and improv musician of The Electric Nature and tape label Null Zone.
Closing Reception
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesRoundtable discussion on the 2023 Juried Exhibition “SURFACE.” 4–6 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Lavender Lens Movie Night
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThis series presents queer and diverse films in a safe space. This week’s screening is short films by independent and emerging filmmakers. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org/updates/lavenderlens
Lavender Lens Movie Night
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThis series presents queer and diverse films in a safe space. This week’s screening is Paris is Burning by Jennie Livington. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org/updates/lavenderlens
Ihlyatt
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSonic Space. 8 p.m. (doors). Donations encouraged. www.athica.org
IHLYATT Experimental sound and visual artist Josh Anderssen creates abstract electronic performances using a mixture of samples, synth and guitar heavily manipulated by various effects.
Lavender Lens Movie Night
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThis series presents queer and diverse films in a safe space. This week’s screening is Go Fish by Rose Troche. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org/updates/lavenderlens
Opening Reception
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United States2023 Juried Exhibition “SURFACE” features contemporary art in all media that explores or references this title. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
DJ De La Luna
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United States"SURFACE" Opening Reception. 6–9 p.m. Donations accepted. www.athica.org
DJ DE LA LUNA Sebastian Granados is a Columbian DJ who plays Italo disco.
Lavender Lens Movie Night
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesThis series presents queer and diverse films in a safe space. This week’s screening is Dykes, Camera, Action! by Caroline Berler. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org/updates/lavenderlens
Artist Reception
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesArtist Mickey Oscar Boyd’s completed exhibition “The Vernacular of Placeless Architecture; or, Stairs and Portals to the Same Place” will be on view. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Shane Parish, In A Kythe
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSonic Space. 7 p.m. Donations accepted. www.athica.org
SHANE PARISH Self-taught guitarist communicating through emotion, unexpected melodicism, technical whimsy, a nuanced sense of form and rich timbre variety.
IN A KYTHE Drone project of Lydian Brambila featuring cello loops and field recordings.
Open Studio
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesArtist-in-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will hold open studio hours while working on a new installation. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Open Studio
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesArtist-in-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will hold open studio hours while working on a new installation. 8–10 a.m. FREE! www.athica.org
Song Gong, Oceanic Sound Research, Frog Life Leaf, Free Rain
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesSonic Space. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. www.athica.org
SUN GONG Americus-based artist making meditative drones and ambient compositions inspired by the mystical and mundane.
OCEANIC SOUND RESEARCH Ambient electronic trio from Athens featuring Elephant 6 pioneer John Kiran Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), Oliver Domingo (Organically Programmed) and Kyle MacKinnel (Casual Ether) perpetually scanning the depths.
FROG LIKE LEAF ATHICA's current board president and chair of exhibitions, Jon Vogt, is a multi-instrumentalist and artist whose interests revolve around pattern, noise, collaboration, iteration and intuition.
FREE RAIN Athens improvisational collective focused on prepared instrumentation, ethereal atmospherics, pseudo-gamelan funk, intuitive pattern generation, polyrhythmic excursions, and spiritual punk jazz.
Open Studio
ATHICA 675 Pulaski St., Athens, GA, United StatesArtist-in-ATHICA Mickey Oscar Boyd will hold open studio hours while working on a new installation. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org