by Libba Beaucham I learned about the Athens Free School through good ol’ social media, and was delighted to discover this grassroots group of artists, educators, professionals, and hobbyists of all sorts sharing their passions for, you guessed it, free. Founded in 2016 by a collective of artists […]
FOURTH FOUR COUNTRIES ARTICLE by Bowen Craig This is the fourth installment in Athens Uncharted’s Invitation to the Athens Art Scene series. We’re really just naming countries that seem pretty cool and inviting them to read our articles, but we’re doing it in a grand way, as showmen, […]
by Bowen Craig The ringmaster of the mildly homeless free-spirit. Fun-loving, but a bit sadistic. Athens’ favorite garbage artist and founder of JOKERJOKERTV. Local multi-media artist Mux Blank has been called many things: Genius, jack-of-all-trades, “Hey, you, bearded hobo, park your house bus on someone else’s lawn.” They all […]
by Bowen Craig There’s a strange, intermittent phenomenon that keeps happening to us at Athens Uncharted. Once I began writing these little country-by-country articles, we started getting repeated peek-ins and messages from, I swear to God, “Unknown Region.” Where is this region? Well, no one knows. It’s unknown. Whipping our crack […]
by Mark Katzman I spoke with Liam Parke at the Globe in Athens in January, 2020 right when the pandemic hit. Before that, in days of yore, we’d been bumping into each other at Hendershot’s Open Mic , both of us performing, and my filming many performers at […]
by Bowen Craig We had two log-ons to Athens Uncharted from, and I quote an “Unknown Region.” Normally, the website hosting company gives us lists of where people visit the site (not the names, not the Social Security numbers, but the geography). That’s why I keep writing those […]
by Mark Katzman Upon an initial look into the filled-to-capacity 40 Watt with small tables staged tightly together and a slew of people sharing ideas and selling (or giving away or exchanging) their comics, mini-comics, artist books, graphic novels, art prints/etchings, self-published books, wonderfully weird zines and book […]
by Bowen Craig I should go ahead and admit up front that, when I agreed to cover this event, I didn’t know fuck all about wrestling. BUT, after a few hours watching this pageant, this entertainment explosion, this show that caters-to-the-whims-of-the-audience better than theatre, better than music, better […]
by Bowen Craig Mainly because I find it fun, and because we at Athens Uncharted really do want to invite everyone to join us here to revel in the thriving local Athens art scene, I have penned a third installment to this Hollywood-laced proffer to check out our […]
by Mark Katzman / Cover photo: Jason Thrasher The word ambient in Latin, ambiēns, means “going around.” Encircling, enveloping, surrounding. In the musical sphere, atmospheric. Ambient music creates a feeling; a mysterious experience which unfolds uniquely for each listener. It’s a genre of electronic music that emphasizes tone […]
LURE TO THE WORLD PT. 2 by Bowen Craig In Athens Uncharted’s ongoing attempt to attract e-visitors from around the world, I, and my cohort, Mark Katzman, have decided to appeal directly to various countries. So far, we’ve begged residents of Zanzibar, Burma, Moldova, and Belize to check […]
by Bowen Craig LURE TO THE WORLD Pt. 1 The title of this article is a pop culture reference waaaayy too old for the Internet. If I didn’t hate Millennials with such a burning passion, I might actually listen to them or care what they think. There was a […]
Oscar Wilde said (sort of) that all we need to do to recapture our youth is keep on fucking up the same ways we did when we were young. Because I think if he were alive today he would appreciate my taste in disco pants and spoiled ne’er-do-well […]
by Bowen Craig Whenever Athens Uncharted gets a hit from a country that sounds more interesting than the one I’m currently in, I want to write about it. So far, it’s just Martinique and Somalia, and I’m kind of wavering on Somalia. Other than the higher-than-I’m-comfortable-with likelihood of […]
by Bowen Craig The debut novel, Tobias, by local author/mycologist/woodworker/entrepreneur/romantic/musical hermit, Chevy Mize, is, among other things, an exploration of the mind of the mentally-ill narrator, who may or may not be a serial killer. Reading Tobias is a multi-level experience: interior/exterior, the face one presents to the world/the face one hides, […]
I met with Jacob Waddell, Director of the US Hemp Building Association, outside of the WNC Ag Center in Asheville, North Carolina, on July 26, 2021. The following day he was on the Industry Hemp Panel at SAHAE (Southern Atlantic Hemp & Arts Expo). The Southern Atlantic Hemp […]
During the course of being interviewed, local artist Lois Songster, an environmentalist and a true plant-person, helped me water and care for my plants. In the process she discovered a little “Hello” sign and a pair of sunglasses, neither of which I’d ever seen before. Either she’s so […]
I should call this something alliterative and dopey, like “Pands.” “Lugubrious in Lock-down,” “An Agoraphobic Apocalypse,” “Qualities of a Quagmire in Quarantine,” or some play on an old song like that joke hasn’t been made a million times before. It’s the End of the World as We Know […]
I spoke with Adria Stembridge at the Tate Center at UGA on February 26, 2021. Being masked and distanced proved to be somewhat challenging as there were students scattered here and there, mostly masked. We found a good spot upstairs where it was nearly vacant and spoke for […]
Artist, actor, Athenian and all-around awesome local, Mallory Moye spoke with Athens Uncharted (via Zoom, but what are you gonna do?) about her life the other day…and it is a life to be admired and emulated, a life full of four-legged companions, paint, and less drama than it […]
I spoke with Jordan A. Rothacker, 43, in October 2020, distanced, on his porch at his home in Athens, where he lives with his wife and two young children. First, he gave me a quick look of his library, which is a significant collection of fiction and non-fiction […]
I spoke with David Noah in late September, 2020, on the eve of his virtual exhibition at Athica, Masked/Unmasked, curated by Lucy Reback, with the managers of the virtual platform, The Exhibit, in New Zealand. Is there a larger flashpoint of controversy, opinions and conflicting/competing scientific information that […]
As I walked into the rehearsal space I happened upon a conversation I have stereotypically imagined most bands having – What are we going to change our name to next? There were two Johns (Norris and Prechtel), and an Antoon. Andrea DeMarcus (Cicada Rhythm) and Adam Poulin who […]
I have a certain rule for myself to stave off sentimental aches and obsessive melancholy. I am prone to these turns all year round, but they become acutely annoying in the winter months. It’s mainly the cold weather. I don’t like cold, the sharp stinging snap of wind, […]
There are people who create art in order to make money or to get noticed and fill the emptiness inside of themselves with the praise of others. And then there are artists, people who have to make art in order to make the world a better place. Dr. Lawrence […]
Team Clermont has been a unique company promoting music artists both locally and nationally for over 20 years. They are a small, dedicated team who focuses on up-and-coming musicians as well as established music artists. Co-Founder Nelson Wells, father to twin daughters, is keenly aware of the ever-evolving […]
“I felt really lucky and privileged to have a weekly audience. I never took it lightly, but I didn’t let it affect what I drew.” – Van Alex Burns Local graphic designer/artist/painter/all around talented guy, Van Alex Burns, can be found these days designing posters for Athens-Clarke County […]
Christina Tornambe is a painter of animals, a pet portraitist, a capturer of the peaceful side of the natural world. When I entered her home to interview her and check out her studio, I expected to be mobbed by twenty dogs, five cats, maybe a stray aardvark or […]
Creative Rebellion, a new, ongoing series from AU field correspondent, artist Veronica Darby, kicks off with a visit to the studio of Athen’s ceramic artist, Rebecca Wood. Rebecca Wood Studio “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is mans original virtue. It is through disobedience […]
Tex Crawford’s work on display at the Athens-Clarke County Library’s Quiet Gallery: On Loan From the Universe: The Maverick Art of Tex Crawford at The Quiet Gallery, Athens-Clarke County Library, Feb. 6 – March 24th, 2019. by Bowen Craig “Everything in here had a life before…I digress in a […]
The Work is the first volume of a trilogy – Frankenstein’s Paradox and Screven County Ruby, are forthcoming – published by Casa Forte Press. Pete McCommons, Editor of Flagpole, calls The Work a masterpiece. That’s not a word you just sling around, not from McCommons. But in this case, […]
“I’m a big believer in treating the audience like another actor, hopping off the edge of the stage, interacting with them.” Antonio Mántica Tell me about your awesome last name? Your family? My family name originated from Northern Italy. I definitely wouldn’t be very theatrical without my family. I have […]
“The actors had to actually eat a meal onstage. Most of the time in a show it can be worked around, but for The Circle Ensemble Theatres Company, Burning Man, two actors had to eat two actual meals onstage. Clams. As the Props Master it’s on me to not only make […]
“I just love performing. I’d play polka music if that’s what it took to entertain 300 drunk Germans.” – Dan Roth He doesn’t ONLY perform for drunk Germans, but Dan Roth is talented, willing and extremely able to perform pretty much any music, for pretty much any group […]
I recently started taking piano lessons. I’m 68. At one time in my life I thought a lot about teaching and learning. That part of my life is over, but taking up the piano has made me think about learning for the first time in a decade. For a […]
AU visited with curator extraordinaire Didi Dunphy at the opening of the Magical Mystery Tour show at the Hotel Indigo’s Gallery on Oct. 26, 2017. Can you tell us about the gallery space here at the Indigo? DD: The gallery at Indigo is a delightful space because it incorporates […]
The Classic City of Athens, Georgia has a handful of landmarks, places and people you can’t miss. The Arch. That cannon downtown. Ort. The Tree That Owns Itself. And Michael Davenport. If you’ve ever been downtown or on Atlanta Highway and you spot an impeccably-dressed, middle-aged black man with short curls, no arms, […]
Pip the Pansy (Erin Burchfield) (fka Wrenn, 25) was born in Syracuse, New York, moving to Woodstock, Georgia when she was 10. She played flute in High School but quit the orchestra, veering to visual arts. She then quit visual arts to do theatre. She quit theatre to […]
The Ancient Whales most recent record, Vestiges of Tails Appear in All of Us, is a mighty wall of introspective, brain-blasting rock. They are three: Enoch Bledsoe (vocals, guitar), Natalie Bledsoe (vocals, bass guitar) and Bryan Poole (vocals, drums). They’ve been called acid rock, alt-rock, riff rock, punk rock, […]
No one ever said saving the world would be easy…but local artist and recent Lamar Dodd graduate, Gunnar Tarsa, makes it look pretty easy. Artists and their big dreams gravitate naturally to Athens like swallows to Capistrano. Our fair city nurtures big dreams, cultivates talent, and provides a helpful cocoon […]
Bryan Poole, Ancient Whales rehearsal, 2018
Vanessa Briscoe Hay, 62, lead singer of the seminal Athens’ art/post-punk band, Pylon, has ridden quite the wave from her humble beginnings. The climate in Athens, Georgia in the 1970s – especially in the Art School at the University of Georgia – nurtured a creative/cultural explosion of art […]
One, exactly one, Malaysian person has visited athensuncharted. To that end, I’d like to thank you, Mister Malaysian. Dear Malaysian visitor, What the hell were you thinking? Why in God’s name did you visit our Georgia arts magazine? You live in the South Pacific. Go outside, for God’s sake. Thank you […]
It wasn’t that you couldn’t get the girl; it was that you couldn’t even get her in your own head. You never even wanted to “get her,” but since you are a guy and you don’t like guys you think that is what you need to do to […]
by Bowen Craig Lee Epting is freaking awesome. I went out to interview him for a different outlet, planning inside my head on staying for twenty minutes max. Two-and-a-half hours later I had to pry myself away. If you love history, talk to Lee. If you want to learn how to […]
by Bowen Craig America has gone a little crazy with the pumpkin spicing, but pumpkins themselves are a pretty sane vegetable. They symbolize a season. They’re heavy and funky-looking. They delight children. They’re America’s temporary Fall furniture that we get to decorate ourselves, scare a few children with, enjoy and then watch […]
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