2013 Best Of Atlanta Large


2013 Index of Winners

Best Visual Artist (Emerging) BOA Award Winner

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Alison Hamil

Best Local Celebrity BOA Award Winner

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“Rectify”
After winning the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001 with “The Accountant,” Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins became Georgia’s answer to Ben and Matt, parlaying their success into careers in front of the camera. McKinnon staked his claim on the big screen in 2009’s The Blindmore...
After winning the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001 with “The Accountant,” Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins became Georgia’s answer to Ben and Matt, parlaying their success into careers in front of the camera. McKinnon staked his claim on the big screen in 2009’s The Blind Side and 2012’s Mud and on television with memorable roles on HBO’s “Deadwood” and FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.” This year, McKinnon was back behind the camera - and back in Georgia - as creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Sundance channel original series “Rectify,” which manages a slow, reflective pace that’s rarely seen on mainstream television. www.sundancechannel.com/series/rectify. less...

Best Visual Artist (Established) BOA Award Winner

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R. Land AND Sam Parker

R. Land


www.rlandart.com


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Sam Parker


www.sparkerartist.com

Best Film Festival BOA Award Winner

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Atlanta Film Festival

Best Film Made in Atlanta BOA Award Winner

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Anchorman 2

Best Film Series BOA Award Winner

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WonderRoot

Best Gallery BOA Award Winner

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””“”{Poem 88}”“”“
Tucked behind a burger chain in a high-end shopping center, Poem 88 is easy to miss. The gallery doesn’t exhibit the biggest names in Atlanta or have the highest profile, but it has cultivated a core audience that keeps returning. And for good reasons that go beyond the typical exhibition: There ismore...
Tucked behind a burger chain in a high-end shopping center, Poem 88 is easy to miss. The gallery doesn’t exhibit the biggest names in Atlanta or have the highest profile, but it has cultivated a core audience that keeps returning. And for good reasons that go beyond the typical exhibition: There is heady experimental music by groups such as Chamber Cartel, soulful folk performances, small-press books in the shop, and film screenings of art house favorites. When the programming coincides - as it did with the exhibition Blow-Up and a Michelangelo Antonioni film series - it creates an opportunity for the audience to look at the work on the walls in a new light, to see the connections between inspiration and action. less...

Best Gallery BOA Award Winner

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Alan Avery Art Company AND Whitespace Gallery

Alan Avery Art Company


315 E. Paces Ferry Road. 404-237-0370. www.alanaveryartcompany.com


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Whitespace Gallery


814 Edgewood Ave. 404-688-1892. www.whitespace814.com

Best Book by a Local Author BOA Award Winner

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March: Book One
When we reached out to Congressman John Lewis about guest editing an issue of Creative Loafing this year, we had only heard a little about the forthcoming March: Book One, the first volume of Lewis’ three-part graphic novel memoir. With the help of his aide (and self-described comic book nerd) Andrewmore...
When we reached out to Congressman John Lewis about guest editing an issue of Creative Loafing this year, we had only heard a little about the forthcoming March: Book One, the first volume of Lewis’ three-part graphic novel memoir. With the help of his aide (and self-described comic book nerd) Andrew Aydin and the talents of illustrator Nate Powell, Lewis has crafted a story that blends the personal and political. Inspired by an influential comic about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1956, the Congressman’s coming-of-age story is eloquently woven into the historical context of the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Powell’s illustrations give a dynamic pacing and vivid impact to the scenes. Timed perfectly to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the book shot immediately to New York Times best-seller status. www.topshelfcomix.com. less...

Best Improv Group BOA Award Winner

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Dad’s Garage

Best indie crafter BOA Award Winner

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Foxboxes

Best Local Art Critic BOA Award Winner

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Andrew Alexander

Best Art Blog BOA Award Winner

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ARTS ATL

Best Local Author BOA Award Winner

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Josh Green

Best Local Comedian BOA Award Winner

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Angela Miller AND Carlos Rodriguez

Angela Miller


www.angelamillercomedy.com


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Carlos Rodriguez

Best Female Actor BOA Award Winner

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Marlinda Phillips

Best Male Actor BOA Award Winner

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Phillip Justman

Best Local Playwright BOA Award Winner

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Topher Payne

Best Poet BOA Award Winner

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Mikel K Poet

Best Spoken Word Artist BOA Award Winner

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Abyss Uprite Lions Graham

Best Museum BOA Award Winner

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High Museum of Art

Best Neighborhood Festival BOA Award Winner

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Castleberry Hill

Best Neighborhood for the Arts BOA Award Winner

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Westside

Best Modern Classical Composer BOA Award Winner

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High Museum of Art

Best Trend BOA Award Winner

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Atlanta Fringe Festival

Best Art Market BOA Award Winner

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WonderRoot
The simplicity of the WonderRoot CSA is what makes the idea so beautiful. Taking a cue from local farmers, the nonprofit sells seasonal subscriptions to work by local artists. Buy a subscription and three times during the season, you’ll get two works of art produced by the likes of Ashley Anderson,more...
The simplicity of the WonderRoot CSA is what makes the idea so beautiful. Taking a cue from local farmers, the nonprofit sells seasonal subscriptions to work by local artists. Buy a subscription and three times during the season, you’ll get two works of art produced by the likes of Ashley Anderson, Seana Reilly, and other upcoming Atlanta talent. As older patrons fade from Atlanta’s art scene, a clever innovation like this could go a long way in encouraging a new generation of collectors. less...

Best Opening BOA Award Winner

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Shara Hughes at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Best Performance Venue BOA Award Winner

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The Goat Farm Arts Center

Best Photographer BOA Award Winner

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Stacey Bode

Best Place to See a Movie BOA Award Winner

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Landmark’s Midtown Art Cinema

Best Play BOA Award Winner

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Moby-Dick

Best Play BOA Award Winner

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Moby-Dick

Best Pop-Up Art Space BOA Award Winner

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Saltworks Gallery

Dashboard Co-op’s Boom City


www.dashboardco-op.org


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Salworks


100 Howell Mill Road, Suite A06/07. 404-865-1523. www.saltworksgallery.com.

Best Public Art Event BOA Award Winner

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Flux Night

Best Public Art/Artwork BOA Award Winner

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Living Walls

Best Reading Series BOA Award Winner

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Write Club Atlanta

Best Art Exhibit in a Museum BOA Award Winner

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High Museum of Art
Advocacy is always a hot topic in the Atlanta art scene, and the High Museum has long been criticized as a chilly ivory tower disinterested in emerging local work. As such, the exhibition Drawing Inside the Perimeter (on view until Sept. 22), which features works on paper by more than 40 Atlanta artistsmore...
Advocacy is always a hot topic in the Atlanta art scene, and the High Museum has long been criticized as a chilly ivory tower disinterested in emerging local work. As such, the exhibition Drawing Inside the Perimeter (on view until Sept. 22), which features works on paper by more than 40 Atlanta artists acquired by High curator Michael Rooks and collector Marianne Lambert, is the most significant show of support in recent memory. Wall drawings by artists HENSE and Rocio Rodriguez also make it one of the more dynamic exhibitions curated by the High. At a time when Atlanta’s gallery scene is reinventing itself, the High’s decision to highlight and invest in the careers of these artists is commendable. less...

Best Museum BOA Award Winner

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Atlanta Cyclorama at Atlanta History Center
A visit to Atlanta’s Cyclorama can feel like a trip back in time, and not always in a good way. The memorial to the final battle of the Civil War in the form of a 360-degree 1887 painting can feel conceptually dusty, even alienating. It was an unlikely choice, then, for queer art collective John Qmore...
A visit to Atlanta’s Cyclorama can feel like a trip back in time, and not always in a good way. The memorial to the final battle of the Civil War in the form of a 360-degree 1887 painting can feel conceptually dusty, even alienating. It was an unlikely choice, then, for queer art collective John Q to choose the museum as the setting for its May 2013 piece “Campaign for Atlanta,” which considered through spoken word and film the history of queer migration from rural to urban areas. Drawing on and showing the photos and films taken by the late Crawford Barton, the artists gave a vision of Barton’s and others’ paths from places like rural Georgia to the queer mecca of San Francisco. John Q proved that a difficult, modern reflection on these scenes could be done, even at the Cyclorama. www.johnq.org. less...

Best Reason to Get Excited about the Future of Dance in Atlanta BOA Award Winner

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Atlanta Ballet
When it comes to retelling the story of Dracula, it seems like there couldn’t possibly be anything new under the sun to say. The vampire myth has been resuscitated countless times, with many recent incarnations seemingly more dead than undead. Enter John Welker. The Atlanta Ballet principal dancermore...
When it comes to retelling the story of Dracula, it seems like there couldn’t possibly be anything new under the sun to say. The vampire myth has been resuscitated countless times, with many recent incarnations seemingly more dead than undead. Enter John Welker. The Atlanta Ballet principal dancer took on the title role in the Ballet’s latest revival of the Bram Stoker classic in February, and he slithered into a wickedly limber and fresh portrayal of the Transylvanian Count. His depiction was at once terrifying and alluring. It was impossible to take your eyes away when he was on stage. He killed it. less...

Best Local Celebrity BOA Award Winner

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James Ponsoldt
James Ponsoldt shot his 2013 film starring Miles Teller, The Spectacular Now, in his hometown of Athens, Ga. Now that the film is receiving rave reviews, Ponsoldt is headed on to a spectacular future. The filmmaker cut his teeth as the writer/director of intimate indie features such as Off the Blackmore...
James Ponsoldt shot his 2013 film starring Miles Teller, The Spectacular Now, in his hometown of Athens, Ga. Now that the film is receiving rave reviews, Ponsoldt is headed on to a spectacular future. The filmmaker cut his teeth as the writer/director of intimate indie features such as Off the Black and Smashed. Currently, he’s not only slated to direct the Hillary biopic Rodham, but he’s also been tapped to adapt Pippin and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (novelist Matthew Quick’s follow-up to The Silver Linings Playbook) for the Weinstein Company. He’s also committed to write and direct Julianna Baggott’s dystopian teen novel Pure for Fox 2000. We expect he’ll bring that eloquent and self-confident touch that made Spectacular so memorable to all that work. www.twitter.com/jamesponsoldt. less...

Best Local Stage Director BOA Award Winner

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Marium Khalid

Best Street Art/Graffiti BOA Award Winner

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Living Walls

Best Theater Company BOA Award Winner

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Alliance Theatre
With a Tony in its knapsack, the biggest budget in town, and a faithful core audience, the Alliance Theatre certainly has huge advantages over all theaters in the city. But such achievements can also be heavy burdens. It would be easy for the theater to sit on its laurels and deliver the same repertoiremore...
With a Tony in its knapsack, the biggest budget in town, and a faithful core audience, the Alliance Theatre certainly has huge advantages over all theaters in the city. But such achievements can also be heavy burdens. It would be easy for the theater to sit on its laurels and deliver the same repertoire each season, but that’s not what Atlanta gets from the Alliance. Artistic Director Susan V. Booth provides polish and daring in equal measure. The Alliance’s Kendeda Graduate Playwright Competition cultivates young playwrights while smart productions like this year’s Good People keep the audiences in the seats. less...

Best Theater Company BOA Award Winner

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Twinhead Theatre

Best Touring Play BOA Award Winner

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War Horse

Best Desserts BOA Award Winner

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Café Intermezzo - Midtown
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Desserts BOA Award Winner

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Cafe Intermezzo
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Pizza BOA Award Winner

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Antico Pizza Napoletana
It’s the closest you can get to traditional Neapolitan-style pizza in Atlanta. Almost everything here is imported here from Italy, including the three Acunto pizza ovens in the open kitchen. You love it, we love it.

Best New Thing About Atlanta BOA Award Winner

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The Atlanta Beltline
Naysayers who wrote off Ryan Gravel’s Georgia Tech graduate student thesis as a pipe dream and a loop to nowhere could not have predicted the excitement the project would create. Or the effects it’s had on neighborhoods where trails and parks have already been built. The nationally recognized 22-milemore...
Naysayers who wrote off Ryan Gravel’s Georgia Tech graduate student thesis as a pipe dream and a loop to nowhere could not have predicted the excitement the project would create. Or the effects it’s had on neighborhoods where trails and parks have already been built. The nationally recognized 22-mile loop of parks, trails, and transit has a long way to go but is constantly evolving - boosters say even once it’s completely built, it will never really be “finished” - and is changing the city for the better. less...

Best Street Character BOA Award Winner

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Bicycle Shorts Man
Long Dong Silver. Ponce de Le-Dong. Compression Shorts Man. Willie Terry is known by many names. For years, the street character has stood at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Briarcliff Road in his revealing tight shorts, cane in hand, smile on his face, waving at passersby. Not much is known aboutmore...
Long Dong Silver. Ponce de Le-Dong. Compression Shorts Man. Willie Terry is known by many names. For years, the street character has stood at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Briarcliff Road in his revealing tight shorts, cane in hand, smile on his face, waving at passersby. Not much is known about his life, but the lifelong Atlantan who no one really knows is someone nearly everyone knows. Thank you. less...

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