New show for August!

We are so excited about our upcoming show this August 1st! It will be Danielle Distefano's first solo show! The show is called "100 Ladies" and will feature 100 original paintings from Danielle. She has been working super hard and it shows!! The paintings are amazing!

So come and join us for the opening reception August 1st from 7pm till 10pm.

Highlights from the Boutique!!

We've got some new items that arrived in our inventory as well as some highlights!

First off we would like to congratulate Thomas Burn for having his Peachtree Road Race T-shirt design be chosen this year! Here's the AJC gallery with the t-shirt design. We have lots of Thomas's Atlanta Vintage Travel giclee prints in the boutique!

We have new jewelry from Ornamental Things, an indie jewelry company that showcases the designs of Natalie Tischler. We have some of her necklaces in the shop and they are beautiful!

Creative loafing struggling artist article.

Creative Loafing has an article that interviews four different local artist and gets their outlook on the current recession in the art market. Our friend Lucha was one of the artist interviewed.

So if you're an artist who, like many of us, are struggling check out the article maybe it'll inspire or encourage you.

Atlanta Underground Film Festival

It's almost that time again for the Atlanta Underground Film Festival! The film festival will be running from August 26th through August 30th. "AUFF brings together thousands of people for an incredible celebration of independent film and talented filmmakers. You are invited to experience this unique film festival!"

The films will be shown at the Midtown Arts Cinema, Five Spot, The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge, The Carter Center, Eyedrum, The Lake Claire Community Land Trust and of course here at Young Blood.

Young Blood will have films showing everyday of the festival. Here's the current line up:

Wednesday August 26th:

- 6:00 pm - I'm Gonna Do it Until The Day I Die (short)

- 6:30 pm - The Man Who Would be Polka King

Thursday August 27th:

- 6:00 pm - Random Lunacy

- 7:00 pm - Radical Jesters

Friday August 28th:

- 6:00 pm - The Rebellious Son

- 7:30 pm - Left Field

Saturday August 29th:

- 6:00 pm - Shooting Women

- 7:00 pm - Mississippi Queen

- 8:00 pm - Handmade Nation
(Maggie and Kelly are in this film! So come out on Saturday and show your support!!!)

Sunday August 30th:
- 6:30 pm - Zombie Girl

For more information about the other films showing during the festival please visit auff.org

Images from our current show now on flickr

Hey just uploaded photos of the work in our current show that's up through the month of July.
Come check it out!!

New Item!

We've got so many great new items in the store, it was hard to choose one to feature on the blog (eventually we narrowed it down.)

We are proud to present some great items from Fondue Art and Design! It's a husband and wife team of artists that create decorative pieces with vintage wallpaper. The wallpaper ranges from the 1920's to the 1970's. In the boutique we've got some very whimsical lightswitch plates, magnets and tissue boxes.

So stop by and take a look at our Fondue Art and Design products as well as our other new items!

Opening this Saturday night!

This Saturday (July 11th) will be the opening for Darnell Wilburn! The show features portrait photographs of people of Atlanta as well as iconic shots of the city taken with infrared and will run until the 26th.

Come and show your support for an amazing rising artist! The opening is from 7pm till 11pm.