Friday, December 28, 2012

Back to MODA for Next Wave

David Goodrowe and Tim Hobby, "The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge"
David Goodrowe and Tim Hobby,
"The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge"
A recent return to see The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge garnered a chat with the exhibition curators Tim Hobby and David Goodrowe, of Goodrowe | Hobby. Tim told me that they'd been working on the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) exhibition for a year and I was blown away to learn how quickly the installation went—merely days!

I met Tim and David on a visit to MODA for a curator-led tour, which was brilliant! I'm so glad I went...it exponentially enhanced my experience of the exhibition. 

MODA's programming is fantastic! But like any exceptional tourist attraction, it's only fantastic if you make the time to take advantage of it. In this case, I highly recommend that you do.

There are numerous other tours and discussion events coming up (check the MODA website for dates and times), many being hosted by designers who are showcased in Next Wave.

Some of the upcoming event tour guides include: Chris Hardy of Chris Hardy Design; the cg creative Team; and there's even a field trip with designer Lauriel Leonard of Dex Industries, when participants will have the opportunity to go on an exciting tour of the Dex plant! 

Mark you calendars, check the website for holiday hours, and enjoy these next few reasons to visit the Museum of Design Atlanta to see The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge...


The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge,
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge,
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
The South's Next Wave: Design Challenge,
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

These are just a teaser...you can find more photos over on the wanderlust ATLANTA Facebook Page, with lots of other information on things to do while visiting Atlanta. Enjoy!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Garden Lights on Christmas Night

As of this moment, there are still tickets available for tonight's "Garden Lights, Holiday Nights" exhibition at the Atlanta Botanical Garden


Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden
In talking with many of my friends who didn't make it last year—the inaugural year, some of them have come across sold out nights this year, not realizing the grand popularity of the exhibition. 

So..if you've not yet been, I highly recommend purchasing your tickets online so that you don't risk getting there just to find out that they're sold out for the evening. And don't think that just because Christmas has passed that they won't be sold out...they're already sold out for tomorrow night!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Monday, December 24, 2012

High Marble

One of my favorite features of the High Museum of Art is its collection of marble sculptures. Of the 450 posts since launching wanderlust ATLANTA, a former post on "The Veiled Rebekah", a popular marble sculpture and part of the High's permanent collection, has garnered a substantial number of hits, telling me that art enthusiasts are already familiar with the High's impressive collection of marble statues. 

With that, I wanted to share with you a few more of the incredible marble sculptures at the High. But, I'm only showing the bust portion—hopefully enough to entice you to go see the entire sculptures. Each of these are full body sculptures.


Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art "The Veiled Rebekah"
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
"The Veiled Rebekah"

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art

Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art "Cleopatra"
Marble Sculpture, High Museum of Art
"Cleopatra"
There are just a few...the Museum has quite a few more, quite a few. Wander on over to the wanderlust ATLANTA Facebook Page to see more (but even that's not all of them!). 

Saturday, December 22, 2012

An Endlessly Engaging Experience


A recent trip to the High Museum of Art uncovered a delightful surprise. Artist Anish Kapoor says of his work Untitled, it “invites discovery and provides an endlessly engaging experience.

"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, High Museum of Art
"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor,
High Museum of Art
Untitled is a multi-sensory experience…and it does indeed invite discovery.

The friend I was visiting with had seen the piece before, but didn’t know about the auditory aspect to the piece. Much like concave dishes you’ve seen placed on opposite sides of a room in science museums, this dish on its own allows visitors to carry on conversations from great distances as if they were standing next to each other.

"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, High Museum of Art
"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor,
High Museum of Art

But actually, the carried sound sounded like my friend’s voice was being transmitted via radio. Very cool either way.

Visually, the dish is stunning. Kapoor has combined art and science using stainless steel triangular facets, because of his interest in fractals, “wherein multiples are equivalent to the whole.”

"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, High Museum of Art
"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor,
High Museum of Art

Anish Kapoor is also the artist responsible for Cloud Gate in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Some will know Cloud Gate as the giant silver kidney bean that’s very popular with tourist and local artists. 

"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, High Museum of Art
"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor,
High Museum of Art
To give you an idea of just how large this particular piece is, the person in the below shot is approximately six feet tall.

"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, High Museum of Art
"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor,
High Museum of Art
For those who have never been to the High Museum of Art, I highly recommend including it in your touring plans. There's a lot to see there and they also have some pretty amazing programming...check it out!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Garden Lights a Global Sensation

If you've not yet been to see this year's "Garden Lights, Holiday Nights" at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, get your tickets soon. This weekend—Saturday and Sunday—is already sold out! Garden Lights is on every night 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. through Saturday, January 5, 2013. 

Garden Lights is gaining global recognition. Forbes recently named Garden Lights Holiday Nights one of the most "dazzling holiday light displays" in the world...the WORLD!

Here are a few photos to encourage you to go...

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden


Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, Atlanta Botanical Garden
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Head over to the wanderlust ATLANTA Facebook Page to see more!



Thursday, December 6, 2012

East Lake Golf Club

Mention Bobby Jones, Chef Michael Deihl, and transforming one of the worst public housing projects into a thriving community and you're talking about East Lake Golf Club. And they offer a Clubhouse Tour on the third Sunday of each month at 3:00 p.m. Just be sure to call ahead and make a reservation.


East Lake Golf Club, Clubhouse
East Lake Golf Club, Clubhouse
Now then, while I don't claim to be an athlete, I do enjoy golfing...at least 'my' version of golfing...and no, I'm not talking about putt-putt. When I lived in D.C., I went on a couple of company golf outings. I was rather proud of myself the second year when I didn't lose a single ball to the woods or a pond!

But, those outings didn't have the historic ties that East Lake does.


East Lake Golf Club was the home course of Atlanta golf legend Bobby Jones and is the oldest golf course in Atlanta...and in Atlanta, we love our golf! Even though the Masters are held in "neighboring" Augusta, Georgia, we provide a lot of attendees and enthusiasts at the Masters, as well as at our numerous local golf courses.


Bobby is actually all over Atlanta. The Atlanta History Center has an entire museum dedicated to him, his grave site at Historic Oakland Cemetery is one of the most visited, and—little known—East Lake Golf Club memorializes Bobby in quite a wonderful way. 


And the Club has an amazing philanthropic mission...and a brilliantly successful mission at that. The East Lake Foundation is responsible for many a wonderful thing, particularly for turning one of the worst public housing projects in the country into a thriving, multi-class, education-focused community. I'm beyond impressed with their story!


What first got me interested in the Club was my friendship with Chef Michael Deihl, who is the Club's Executive Chef and the President of the Atlanta chapter of the American Culinary Federation. He's one of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet and holds very close to his heart the philanthropic mission of the Club. 


Chef Deihl was on vacation with his family when I visited the Club, a very well-deserved vacation, I might add.

Before I visited the Club as a tourist, I'd met Chef there for an interview. I was very happy to learn that tours were available. 


The tours, by the way, are self-guided, so plan for plenty of time to read placards, news articles, trophy inscriptions, and you'll definitely want to bring a camera. While you can't go out on the golf course itself, there are numerous vantage points around the Clubhouse from where you can make some nice shots.


Here's a series of photos of the Clubhouse and the Course...



East Lake Golf Club, Clubhouse
East Lake Golf Club, Clubhouse


East Lake Golf Club, "The Many Faces of Bobby Jones"
East Lake Golf Club,
"The Many Faces of Bobby Jones"


East Lake Golf Club, One of the Many Trophies
East Lake Golf Club,
One of the Many Trophies

East Lake Golf Club, Golf Course
East Lake Golf Club,
Golf Course


East Lake Golf Club, Golf Course
East Lake Golf Club,
Golf Course
You'll find more photos of East Lake Golf Club over on the wanderlust ATLANTA Facebook Page and if you have a third Sunday afternoon coming up that's unscheduled, may I recommend a tour of the East Lake Golf Club? You'll find it quite beautiful and socially impressive.