Time(s) - 7:00 pm - 3:00 am
Location
Atlanta Photography Group
Atlanta Photography Group presents Selects, its annual feature exhibition, with dynamic photographic works selected by this year’s prominent guest curator, Francis Thompson, manager of a contemporary corporate art collection installed within office buildings throughout North America . Selects is known for featuring a distinguished level of nationally recognized and emerging artists who represent a wide range of photographic mediums and styles.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Exhibition: October 17 – November 28
Opening Reception: October 17, 7:00-9:00pm
Juror Talk: October 17, 7:00pm
Featured Artists
Colin Potts
Jiabao Sun
Laura Inman
Marcela Verschoor
Peter Tilgner
Sy Richards
Thomas Meiss
Zoltan Gerliczki
Francis Thompson is the Art Program Project Manager at JLL. Over the
past decade, he has managed a team responsible for maintaining and expanding a contemporary corporate art collection installed within office buildings throughout North America. During the early part of his role with the collection, he led the curatorial development of its rotating exhibition program which has grown to between seventy and eighty shows a year. On display within the corporate offices, these exhibitions brought in artwork from non-profit art organizations, local museums, university art departments, and corporate employees.
Francis has worked as Assistant Gallery Director for the Ellipse Art Center in Arlington, VA, assistant coordinator for the Mountain Lake Workshops with director/producer Ray Kass, and as Gallery Coordinator for the Virginia Tech Armory Gallery. A native of Virginia, he holds a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with a concentration in painting and drawing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA.
Virtual Opening & Juror Talk with Francis Thompson
