Amoda
An exhibition by renowned sculptor Olu Amoda, winner of the $50,000 Hudgens Prize for 2022 for Georgia artists, will open Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Fowler Gallery of the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning in Duluth.
Amoda’s show is titled Scavenging and Scanning: Sculptural Exploration of the Earth’s Belly. The opening will be Aug. 19 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and the exhibition runs until October 28.
Laura Ballance, executive director of the Hudgens Center, says: “Amoda is an emerging artist with a unique style, and we believe our visitors are going to truly enjoy this exhibition.”
Amoda is a Nigerian-born sculptor, muralist, furniture designer and multimedia artist who is best known for using discarded consumer products such as rusty nails, metal plates, bolts, pipes and rods to create sculptural figures, flora and animals to highlight a variety of socio-political and cultural issues. He says: “I am interested in the former lives of the objects I use and in the new meanings they take on when they are brought together.”
Amoda graduated with a degree in Sculpture from Auchi Polytechnic, Nigeria, and received a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. He is currently based in Alpharetta.
Summer meals program underway through August
Gwinnett County will extend the Summer Meals Program to include free grab-and-go meals on Friday nights, from August 4 until September 1. The meals are for families with children ages 18 and younger or adults 19 and older with a physical or mental impairment.
Parks and Recreation Director Chris Minor says: “So far this summer, more than 200,000 meals have been given to Gwinnett families. There is a strong need in the community and I’m grateful the Summer Meals Program is able to help fill that void and serve those in need.”
Meals can be picked up curbside at six sites from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. while supplies last. Pick-up locations include Bogan Park Community Recreation Center in Buford; Best Friend Park Gym in Norcross; Lilburn Activity Building in Lilburn; Lenora Park Gym in Snellville; Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center in Lawrenceville; and Shorty Howell Park Activity Building in Duluth. For more information about Gwinnett Summer Meals, call 770-822-8840 or visit GwinnettSummerMeals.com.
63rd Atlanta Model Train show coming to Duluth Aug. 26
Many exhibitors will be present. Photos provided.
Golden Spike Enterprises, Inc. announced its 63rd Atlanta Model Train show and sale will be held this year at Gas South Convention Center in Duluth on Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See working model layouts.
Over 300 tables representing dealers from all over the nation will have model items in all gauges and Railroad Antiques for sale. This is Georgia’s largest combination show, displaying items for both the “modeler” and “railbuff” alike all under one roof. The model railroader may choose from Lionel, American Flyer, LGB, Marklin or Ives trains from the past or present. The rail buff may focus on dining car china, lanterns, switch locks and keys, calendars, timetables, signs or any other artifacts actually utilized by the railroads. Both collecting interests represent truly unique pieces of Americana.
As an extra feature of this show there will be at least six large working layouts for all to view and enjoy during all open show hours.
Attendees will be able to relive the glory days of railroading in Georgia when the Southern Railway, Georgia Railroad, Seaboard Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad were king.
For other details or dealer information please call (813) 949-7197 and ask for Alan Altman or Charlie Miller at (703) 536-2954.
Admission is $10, with children under 12 admitted free. Parking fee will be charged. For discount coupons go to www.gserr.com for $1 off show admission. For online tickets please go here.
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