Keliy Anderson-Staley Pete Dugas Nestor Armando Gil Katie Hargrave Jennifer
Hartley Justin Plakas Kevin Sims Vernon Thornsberry Todd Upchurch
In collaboration with Citizen Advocacy Athens-Clarke
(CAAC), ATHICA's newest exhibition, Center,
explores current ideas of community and place that are
ever-present in contemporary art today. Each artist in the
exhibition investigates different aspects of this focus from
immigration, sovereignty, documentary, and festivity to utopian
notions of togetherness.
Curated by ATHICA's Board of Directors, Center is
the first exhibition following the departure of founding
Director Lizzie Zucker Saltz after ten years of supporting,
inspiring, and challenging our community. When approached by
CAAC to collaborate on an exhibition focusing on the topic of
community, ATHICA's board felt this would be the perfect
partnership to share ATHICA's story, its commitment to Athens,
its people and environs, and the notion of bringing artists
from all over the world to enrich our very own. The
collaboration between ATHICA and CAAC came about, in part, to
help CAAC get their mission out to a wider audience.
Established in 1995, Citizen Advocacy Athens-Clarke is a local,
private non-profit that is devoted to strengthening
Athens-Clarke County through the inclusion and empowerment of
local people who live with disabilities. The mission of CAAC is
to foster relationships that offer protection and advocacy for
people with disabilities who are at risk of neglect or abuse or
are socially isolated from the community.
