 Avant Garden is a free montly arts social hosted and presented by the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Atlanta Film Festival.With interactive arts events, a cash bar and special presentations,Avant Garden is the place to be to relax, network and to have fun.
Acting infront of a green screen, singing with Rock Band 2, confessingyour cinematic confession, or meeting with casting directors and agents,you never know what we'll have in store at Avant Garden.
FREE. Cash Bar. $2 PBR.
The Contemporary/Atlanta Film Festival 365
535 Means St, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
Year 2010
Avant Garden XIV - January 21
SWAP, TAKE, DONATE
It's a New Year and we know you've been cleaning out your closets and basements. Now what do you do with all those Books, Movies, CDs, DVDs, Magazines and Small Electronics that you still love, but have no room for, or want to share? Avant Garden XIV is coming to the rescue.
SWAP: Trade in your books, cds, etc. and leave with something cool.
TAKE: Books are meant to be read, DVDs need to be watched, come browse and take what you like, you don't know what you'll discover.
DONATE: Anything that isn't swapped or taken, we're going to donate to the Salvation Army.
TOP TENS
In conjunction with The Contemporary's Mergers and Aquisitions show, we're asking what are your top tens. Not just top ten of the year, we're asking for your top tens for ANYTHING, of ALL TIME. Bands, Moments, Art, Artists, Posters, Shoes, Crushes, share your list with us.
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Avant Garden XV - February 18
Avant Garden XVI - March 18
Avant Garden XVII - May 20
More Events TBA
Avant Garden XVIII - June 17
Avant Garden XIX - July 15
Avant Garden XX - August 19
Avant Garden XXI - September 16
Avant Garden XXII - October 15
Avant Garden XXIII - November 18
Avant Garden XXIV - December 16
Year 2009
Avant Garden III - January 15
Avant Garden IV - February 19
Avant Garden Casting Salon hosted by Women in Film and Television
Atlanta participate in this informal Meet & Greet with a local Talent Agent or Casting Director. Actors can have their headshot/resume evaluated by an industry professional, receive feedback and leave their credentials for future casting consideration. Meetings will be conducted in 5 minute sessions. Participation space is limited and subject to casting professional availability. A Salon sign-up sheet will be available at Avant Garden IV for actors to sign up on a first come, first serve basis.
- Actors must come with headshots & resumes to participate.
- The Sign-up sheet will be open starting at 6 pm & will close once it's full or by 7:30 pm (whichever comes first)
- Due to time constraints, the salon will only be able to accommodate 30-40 timed meet and greet sessions. Particpants are encouraged to arrive early. We cannot guarantee time slots nor a meeting with a specific casting individual. However, if your name is on the sign-up sheet that night, you will be seen by one of the attending industry professionals. Confirmed Industry Professionals
1) Alpha Tyler - Casting Director, Tyler Perry Studios
2) Jayme Pervis - Talent Agent, J Pervis Talent Agency
3) Ken Feinberg - Casting Director, Creative Studios of Atlanta
Avant Garden V - March 19
Avant Garden Casting Salon hosted by Women in Film and Television
Avant Garden VI - May 21
Join us for THAW, a panel discussion that celebrates the launch of the COLD issue of Drain, an online journal of contemporary art and culture. Moderated by artists Avantika Bawa and Stuart Keeler.
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Script to Be Read: The Devil's Right Hand by Steven Brooks
In his quest to find his missing girlfriend an ex-convict uncovers a ring of human traffickers operating in a sleepy little town.
Avant Garden VII - June 18
48 Hour Film Project Networking - 6:00-8:00 PM Looking for a team to join? Need actors? Need an editor? Want to meet the other teams? Already thinking about your next project? Join us at Avant Garden and get some old fashion networking done.
Avant Garden VIII - July 16
Artist Survival Skills Series - Talk: $#%@&*+?!: Contemporary Art Now - Independent curator Isolde Brielmaier and Artistic Director Stuart Horodner discuss the state of art-making now, focusing on exhibitions, expectations, economics, and audiences. The Contemporary and the Atlanta Film Festival co-host Avant Garden, a monthly salon with social activities for art and film professionals and enthusiasts.
Isolde Brielmaier is a New York-based curator and writer who has developed art programs and special events for ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid; Art Chicago; The New York Armory/Volta; Candela Music and Art Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Versace; and Krug Champagne. She has lectured on international art and photography for several institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; Seattle Art Museum, WA; The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Avant Garden IX - August 20
Sony Camera Demo - This Camera event is offsite at Film Finish.
This event will focus on the PMW-EX3 in the CineAlta environment and will pay particular attention to the application of the camcorder in the CineAlta environment and the file based workflow between the PMW-EX3 camera to Non-Linear Editing systems like Avid and Apple Final Cut.
Film Finish
6544 Antone St, NW Suite 4
Atlanta, GA 30318
Avant Garden X - September 17
Hear the earliest dated sound recording.
Au Claire De La Lune listening session and discussion.
You have 20 seconds to record a video message to the future, what would you say?
In conjuntion with the Au Clair de la lune listening, we will be recording 20 second messages from Avant Garden attendees. We're going to edit together all the messages, save them, and replay them at Avant Garden XIV on March 18, 2010. In this age of instant communication, what do you say when you know no one will hear or see it for 6 months?
You bring your imagination, we'll bring the chalk.
Exquisite corpse sidewalk chalk drawing.
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Safer Grounds by Roszalyn Mattocks - An average suburban housewife survives the fall of government and has risen above the anarchy as a lone warrior that must decide whether or not to help a small group pass through dangerious zones to safer grounds.
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Avant Garden XI - October 15
~Halloween Edition~
Short videos by Contemporary exhibiting artist Will Rogan, documenting "unbelievable everyday actions". Halloween Makeup tips and demo by Ondie Daniel, leave with your own "bruise". Elvira impersonator Patterson Lundquist will be in attendance to give decorating tips on how to spook up your house. Creatures from Netherworld visit to complete the spooktacular night.
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Script to be read: Love and a Possible by Gerarad Erdue - Love is hard to find for Miami newcomer, Aries; yet, he's willing to continue the arduous task of finding a love of his own.
More Events TBA
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Avant Garden XII - November 19
Criticism Panel with Tim Regan-Porter (President and Co-Founder of Paste Magazine), Matt Goldberg (Managing Editor of Collider.com) and more to be announced. Music, art, film, theater, food, critics have been cultural guides and influencers for decades. Informing and shaping public opinion, they've been critical flashpoints for discussion and awareness. How have their respective areas changed, where are the new critics coming from and what does it take to do what they do? Join us for this discussion.
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Shorts Night - Scripts by: Kelly Ladd, David Lindabury, and Olufemi Sowemimo
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Avant Garden XIII - December 17
Artistic Director Stuart Horodner and Felicia Feaster of The Atlantan magazine discuss criticism, promotion, and audience awareness of the arts.
More Events TBA
Atlanta Screenwriters Group - 8:00 PM
Script to be read: RAVAGES by Olufemi S. Sowemimo - Grasping at straws to save his dying relationship, a man goes to desperate and deplorable lengths to save it. As the ripples of his action affect him and others, he learns that even more dangerous than the lies we tell ourselves and others are the truths we don't.
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