Roots 2012: a theme show...

The Attic's got Roots! (a theme show)
Friday, March 2
from 7 PM to 9 PM

David Lambert's Saturday Night

Anne Campbell fabric collage and painting on canvas

Paul Fayard's Sarah's Roots

Jean Blue's Convergence

Kennith Humphrey's Ashes to Ashes


Cathy Hegman painting

Jamie Tate's Crux

Lesley Silver's My Roots

Rob Cooper's glass panel

Rhonda Blasingame's quilt

The Attic Gallery's got Roots!

Friday, March 2

from 7 PM to 9 PM

We like to start each year with a theme show. We asked our artists to create something about roots. Join us in our new loft in downtown Vicksburg to see the results: paintings, photography, fabrics, sculpture, collage...

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Sam Biebers
Lane Berg
Rhonda Blasingame
Jean Blue
Anne Campbell
Rob Cooper
Fletcher Cox
Anthony DiFatta
Tony Davenport
Wendy Eddleman
Paul Fayard
Kathy Gergo
Elayne Goodman
Mary Hardy
Cathy Hegman
Kennith Humphrey
Randy Jolly
David Lambert

Ellen Langford
Ron Lindsey
George Ann McCullough
Patt Odom
Poor Julia
Lesley Silver
Earl Simmons
James Smithhart
Jamie Tate

Vidal Blankenstein

(And... Call Sally at Main Street Market Cafe to make dinner reservations before the show. She and Chris want me to remind you that it's BYOB. 601 634 8088)

40 Years Celebration - Friday, Oct 14 - 7 to 9 PM

(Kennith Humphrey's Unemployment Line 6 is number 6)

Join us Friday, October 14 from 7 to 9 PM to celebrate 40 years of the Attic Gallery in downtown Vicksburg. We will be hanging a show of forty pieces of art created for the occasion by forty artist who have a history with the Attic. Each was given a number from one to forty as a starting point. There will be paintings, photography, collage, glass, metalwork, wood, and more.

(David Lambert's Hit Me is number fifteen)


The show also celebrates the Attic's standing as Mississippi's most enduring gallery.


(Cathy Hegman's Alice's Eleven is number eleven)


The event will be hosted on the third floor of the Attic Gallery building at 1101 Washington Street in downtown Vicksburg. For the past two years Lesley and Daniel (owners of the Attic) labored to convert the third floor space into a residence. This show will be the first time they have opened their new home to the public since they moved in at the beginning of this past summer.

(Jean Blue's painting is number seven)


"During our design process, it was always a priority to make the space friendly not only for us to live in, but to host art openings like this one," Lesley said. "For us it wouldn't be a good home unless it was a place to share art."



(Ron Lindsey's One Day on the Corner of Oak and Bowmar is number one)



(Carol & Fletcher Cox's Wing Spreaders is number 38)



Participating artists are:
1 Ron Lindsey
2 Poor Julia
3 Earl Simmons
4 Martha Ferris
5 Ellen Langford
6 Kennith Humphrey
7 Jean Blue
8 Patt Odom
9 Kathy Gergo
10 Jamie Tate
11 Cathy Hegman
12 Vidal Blankenstein
13 Euphus Ruth
14 Ron Koehler
15 David Lambert
16 Mary Hardy
17 Vicki Nicolette
18 Keith Alford
19 Lane Berg
20 Suzi Altman
21 Tony Difatta
22 Susie Ranager
23 Pat Brown
24 Anne Campbell
25 Rhonda Blasingame
26 Wendy Edelman
27 Dale Rayburn
28 James Smithhart
29 Deanna Douglas
30 Will Jacks
31 Rob Cooper
32 Mamie Joe
33 Elayne Goodman
34 Georgeanne McCullough
35 Randy Jolly
36 Daniel Boone
37 Alex Boerner and Deborah Silver
38 Carol & Fletcher Cox
39 Andy Young
40 Lesley Silver



(Rob Cooper's glass panel Halloween Love is number thirty one)

Bare Essentials opening photos

Bare Essentials Show opens Friday, October 15 from 7 to 9 PM

Join us Friday night from 7 to 9 PM in our construction site/gallery to see new paintings by four artists: Kennith Humphrey, Jamie Tate, Ellen Langford, and Cathy Hegman...

The Art Car...

The Art Car event was today. Here's photos of the event:

Come to Our House...

On Friday, July 9 Lesley Silver and Daniel Boone, owners of Vicksburg's Attic Gallery will open their home to host an art exhibit and gallery talks by Mississippi painters Patt Odom, Susie Ranager, and Jamie Tate.

Since the couple are in the middle of remodeling the third floor of the downtown gallery building into a new residence, it seemed like a good time to take the gallery to their long time home on Cherry Street. "We have had the occasional trunk show at the house over the years, but this will be a chance for our friends and clients to come to the house one last time before we move, " Silver said.

"We chose three painters we have worked with over the last few years, and they have worked together as active members of the Mississippi Art Colony. Each will be at the opening and will briefly discuss their involvement with this institution and how it has influenced their work. Susie and Patt are from the Gulf Coast, and Jamie is from the Delta. 'Colony,' headquartered in Utica, has provided a place for a terrific group of Mississippi artists to work side by side and exchange ideas."

The one-night-show will be at the home of Lesley Silver and Daniel Boone at 2432 Cherry Street from 7 PM to 9 PM. For more information call 601 638 9221 or 601 638 3967 the night of the show.

Opening at Pearl River Glass

Our Streets/Roads/Paths theme show opens from 5 PM to 8 PM, Thursday, March 25 at Pearl River Glass Studio at 142 Millsaps Avenue. There's over 70 pieces by more than two dozen regional artists. Be there.

Attic Gallery theme show is coming to Jackson's Pearl River Glass Studio

Vicksburg’s Attic Gallery has a theme show every year, but this time there is a difference: the show will be in Jackson. On Thursday, March 25 Streets/Roads/Paths will open at Pearl River Glass Studio at 142 Millsaps Avenue in Jackson.

For the last couple of decades Vicksburg’s Attic Gallery has asked a number of their artists to participate in a theme show. “We give them a starting point, a subject, and they always surprise us with what they do with it, explained Lesley Silver, owner of the Attic since its inception in 1971. “In the past some of the themes have included: Cats, Doors, Houses, Elvis, etc. The concept of Streets/Roads/Paths seemed to fit now for several reasons.”

Taking the show on the road was inspired by the current state of the downtown Vicksburg gallery. “It’s a construction site now. We are in the process of converting our third floor into an apartment for my husband and me to live in. We have had shows up there during the remodeling, but it’s at a stage where that was not a good option. We have talked for years about doing something in Jackson and this seemed like the perfect time.”

“When I thought about spaces, Andy Young and the Pearl River Glass Studio came into my head. We have many parallels with Andy. Our galleries both began in the 1970's, and when we had shows back then, Andy and his people were always part of what we did. We commiserated, we struggled, we worried and we talked ---now over 30 years later we are still talking. It just feels right to return to the place that had such a warm place in our early days. Representing the Pearl River Glass Studio, Andy, along with Tom Crouch, will be contributing work to the show.”

“Bringing our artists and our style to Jackson will be an adventure. There will be paintings and photos, sculptures, and more by over 27 artists several of whom are having their Jackson debut.” Among those: Georgia artists Dale Rayburn and Mamie Joe are Mississippi natives who have shown their etchings, paintings, and monotypes at the Attic Gallery for more than 35 years; Elayne Goodman lives in Columbus, Mississippi and is known for her colorful constructions made from found objects.

Because of space limitations the artists have been asked to keep their work no larger than 16” x 20.”

Streets/Roads/Paths will open on Thursday, March 25 from 5pm-8pm at Pearl River Glass Studio at 142 Millsaps Avenue. The show will hang for 4 weeks. For more information call The Attic Gallery 601 638 9221 or PRGS at 601-353-2497. See atticgallery.net for images from the show.



Among participating artists are: Lane Berg, Jean Blue, Rob Cooper, Tom Crouch, Wendy
Eddleman, Paul Fayard, Martha Ferris, Kathy Gergo, Elayne Goodman, Mary Hardy, Teresa Haygood, Kennith Humphrey, Will Jacks, Mamie Joe, John Kelly, Ellen Langford, Ron Lindsey, George Ann McCullough, Byron Myrick, Patt Odom, Jimmy Pitts, H. C. Porter, Susie Ranager, Dale Rayburn, Earl Simmons, James Smithhart, Jamie Tate, Bebe Wolfe, and Andy Young.

Artists in Our Living Room (the sequel)

The gallery/construction site/ living room was crammed with art lovers for the second in our Artists in the Living Room series November 13 (Friday the 13th) 2009. They came to see new paintings by Jean Blue, Kathy Gergo, and Ellen Langford. Each gave a gallery talk, and then answered questions.