Dreamer Boy Dan tonight!

Dreamer Boy Dan is the collaborative work of poets, painters, and musicians from Atlanta, Savannah, and Brooklyn building a collective lucid dream.

An exhibition of paintings and a live performance by the ten member band opens August 27th.

In the spirit Grimm's Fairy Tales, insomnia, and the collective unconscious Dreamer Boy Dan is a gothic fairy tale swirling through a parade of original chimera and contemporary nightmares.

Creators Nic*Rad and Brock Scott began working together while Rad attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, and Scott studied at SCAD Atlanta-- the duo enlisted ten eerily talented musicians to help complete the vision.

The show will be up through September 19. The team hopes to continue with the Dreamer Boy Dan series of nightmares until someone wakes them up, semi violently.

Learn more here.

Saturday, July 31st - Gather Atlanta!

Continuing the dialogue amongst emerging creative organizations in the metro Atlanta area, GATHER ATLANTA is back for the Second Annual Creatives Conference to be held Saturday July 31st, at Trees Atlanta from 6:30-10pm. Presented by BURNAWAY, MINT, ThoughtMarker and WonderRoot, GATHER ATLANTA 2010 is a conference promoting and facilitating collaboration between Atlanta’s independent and emerging galleries, creative collectives and non-profits.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network, learn about a cross section of visual and performing arts groups, discover new cultural offerings and learn how they can support their local artists as well as metro Atlanta creative industries through volunteerism and active participation. In addition to these opportunities, there will also be a panel discussion, curated by Jeremy Abernathy of BURNAWAY focusing on the topic of “Art and the Public Sphere”.

Participants include: BURNAWAY, MINT, WonderRoot, ThoughtMarker, Beep Beep Gallery, YoungBlood Gallery and Boutique, Kibbee Gallery, Eyedrum, B-Complex, The Photographer's Print Studio, Plaza Theatre, Relapse Theatre, PushPush Theater, Out of Hand Theater, Twinhead Theatre, ASIFA-Atlanta, WE Design, Wren's Nest, i45, Westside Arts District, MondoHomo, SAAS, Dashboard Co-Op, Purge ATL, The Avant Guardian, Picaflor Studios, Railroad Earth, Atlanta Printmaker’s Studio

Sponsors include: SOHO Office-Printing Dunwoody, Bang! Arts Management and Promotions, PBR, Lotus Cleanse

Doors at 6pm, FREE and open to the public.

We'll see you there!

MINT's 3rd Annual Fundraiser - hosted by WonderRoot on Saturday, July 24

Music from The Back Pockets, Roman Photos, Social Studies, Buffalo Bangers, and Muleskinner MacQueen

Vintage clothing from PonyUp!

A Magical Merlin Polaroid Photobooth

and of course, artwork from Sam Parker, Jason Travis, Harold McNaron, Nikita Gale and more! Art will be sold via silent auction throughout the month of July and the winners can take home their pieces during the closing party on the 24th.

Help MINT keep doin' it's thang for the rest of 2010. We love you guys!

Saturday, June 3rd - AMERICA, a patriotic group show curated by Ben Goldman

An amazing group exhibit featuring art inspired by our beloved country. Come out and salute the flag, have a PBR, and be proud to be an American. Each artist created a piece about their feelings and views on our great democratic republic. Come to the show! It's fun, it's free and It's your civic duty. Support the Arts.

Featuring work created by some of America's finest citizens: Tindel and Michi, Sam Parker, Stephanie Dowda and John Paul Floyd, Brandon Crawford, Bethany Collins, Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Ashley Anderson, Jessica Scott Felder, Mike Germon,Brandi Supra, Erin Bassett, Jim O'Donnell, Chris Walter, Katy Malone, Andrew Cho, InKyong Chun, Katie Coleman, James McConnell, Paul Rodecker, Claire Paul, Bean Summer, Baxter Crane, Preston Snyder, Jessica Orlowski, Don Robson, Travis Smith, Andrea Sanders, Jimmy Alvarez, Marcy Starz, Kelly O'Brien, Beau Torres, Edward Smucgyz, Edie Gonzales, Nikki Grote, Jessica Miller, Mike Devine, Egg Tooth, Ben Goldman and many many more.

Opens at 7, goes late.  See you there!

Tonight! Living Walls Art Auction and Benefit - 7 pm til we go home

We are very excited to be hosting a benefit for the Living Walls Conference that is happening August 13th-15th.  The conference is focused on street art and its role in engaging public space.  The organizers have invited a whole slew of accomplished artists who are very ready to participate.  They just need a little cash to make it all happen.  So, you should come out tonight, have a drink, bid on some art, buy a raffle ticket and have a good ole time.  Doors open at 7 pm and we aren't going home til we've raised a million dollars.  See you there!

Summer Internship applications due on Friday, June 25th!

Summer internship applications are due this Friday. We still have a couple of slots open. Send erica@mintatl.org an email if you are interested in applying!

PonyUp! Debut Vintage Trunk Show, June 19th

We were so very sad to see Loren (aka Southern Dropout) move back to NYC but we're excited to welcome PonyUp! to MINT. Pony Up! is a vintage clothing business that began as an outlet for two best friends' (Marji and Jacqueline) passion for style, travel, and vintage threads. They offer unique, superior, quality vintage clothing and feature a selection of international vintage.

The sale this weekend will feature:
Great vintage clothing! (international vintage and other fly things.)
Sounds provided by DJ Zano
Seductive Sangria and ice cream cupcakes- delicously sweet!
Alright y'all Pony Up!